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20080201022 | RECREATIONAL VEHICLE WARNING AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM RELATED APPLICATIONS - A novel warning and identification system for use on recreational vehicles of various types, such as snowmobiles or ATVs, is disclosed as comprising a housing with a display that projects a digital number that is mounted and oriented to provide oncoming riders with information concerning the number of participants in the user's group. The digital display may be set by the user using inputs that allow the entry of the desired number. In addition, the warning and identification system of the present invention includes a beacon for transmitting a select radio signal from the recreational vehicle and which can be recognized by an oncoming rider using a corresponding warning and identification system. Signal differentiation is generated by the unit and like-kind signals are filtered out to avoid confusion amongst the users within a group of riders. | 08-21-2008 |
20080201023 | Method for reducing quiescent power draw and machine using same - A machine includes a master electronic control module and at least one secondary electronic control module. A method of operating the machine includes steps of determining whether preconditions are satisfied for changing the master electronic control module from an operating state to a low power state, and determining whether preconditions are satisfied for changing the secondary electronic control module from an operating state to a power off state. The method also includes steps of changing the secondary electronic control module from the operating state to the power off state, and changing the master electronic control module from the operating state to the low power state. | 08-21-2008 |
20080208393 | Method of controlling a vehicle based on operation characteristics - A method of controlling a vehicle includes determining an operation assigned to the vehicle along at least one segment of a route assigned to the vehicle and determining at least one control parameter of the vehicle based on at least one operation characteristic. The at least one operation characteristic relates to the operation assigned to the vehicle. The at least one control parameter is determined before operating the vehicle on the assigned route. | 08-28-2008 |
20080208394 | WHEELCHAIR SUSPENSION - The present invention provides a suspension for a conveyance that is capable of traversing obstacles and rough terrain. The suspension includes a frame, a pivot arm, a front caster, a drive assembly and a rear caster. The pivot arm and the drive assembly are coupled and decoupled based on movement of the drive assembly. | 08-28-2008 |
20080215189 | Control System For a Motor Vehicle - A control system for a motor vehicle, including a manual actuating means with a number of degrees of freedom for selecting and/or activating entries in a menu structure and a screen display with display areas for displaying the menu structure. At least two degrees of freedom of the manual actuating means move a cursor for selecting and/or activating one of the entries in an active display area. A first degree of freedom corresponds to a turning movement, and in a clockwise direction about a z-axis a second degree of freedom corresponds to a turning movement in a counterclockwise direction about a z-axis. In addition, cursor movement in the active display area is effected by the first and/or second degree of freedom, depending on the orientation of the displayed entries. | 09-04-2008 |
20080215190 | TURRET ENVELOPE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLE - A turret control system and method is disclosed. The turret control system includes one or more control modules, such as an envelope control module, turret targeting module, a turret pan module, a turret deploy module, a turret store module. The preferred turret control system also provides improved turret control flexibility and improved operator feedback. | 09-04-2008 |
20080215191 | Vehicle control system and method using control allocation and phase compensation - A vehicle control system and method combining control allocation and phase compensation for forming a phase compensated actuator command signal based on a control demand signal. A feedback unit includes a matrix multiplication unit for forming an estimated behaviour signal, from a control efficiency matrix and the actuator command signal. The estimated behaviour signal is fed to a second summation unit for forming a difference signal. The difference signal from the summation unit is processed by a filter unit for forming a feedback signal which is connected to a first summation unit for forming a modified control demand signal, such that the modified control demand signal is adjusted to always represent a control demand realisable by the vehicle. The modified control demand signal of the first summation unit is further connected to the second summation unit and to a control allocator which output is then connected to the matrix multiplier to form a feedback loop. | 09-04-2008 |
20080221741 | FIREFIGHTING VEHICLE AND METHOD WITH NETWORK-ASSISTED SCENE MANAGEMENT - A method comprises acquiring information pertaining to a scene of a fire. The acquiring step is performed by a sensor connected to a first computer. The method further comprises transmitting the information from the first computer to a second computer by way of a wireless communication network. The second computer is mounted to a fire fighting vehicle and is connected to a display. The method further comprises displaying the information at the fire fighting vehicle using the display. | 09-11-2008 |
20080228328 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention discloses an omnidirectional movement control system, having a move signal generator for generating a plurality of movement signals based on a plurality of first position signals and a plurality of second position signals, and an omnidirectional movement controller for generating a plurality of pulse width modulation signals and a plurality of motor direction change signals based on the movement signals and a plurality of motor encoding disc signals, and a driving circuit for driving motors to rotate a plurality of omnidirectional wheels based on the pulse width modulation signals and the motor direction change signals, such that a mobile platform can be moved in any direction and rotated in different directions, so as to provide excellent mobility and flexibility to the mobile platform. | 09-18-2008 |
20080228329 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FRICTION DETECTION AND SLIPPAGE CONTROL - Systems and methods for friction detection and slippage control are provided. In one embodiment, a method for detection and slippage control comprises: measuring vehicle motion, the motion providing data including at least lateral acceleration, longitudinal acceleration and yaw; measuring wheel rotation rates; estimating wheel rotation rates based on the measured vehicle motion, the measured wheel rotation rates, and a vehicle model; estimating a wheel coefficient of friction based the estimated wheel rotation rates, the measured wheel rotation rates, and the vehicle motion; calculating one or both of a road coefficient of friction and a wheel slippage; and producing an output signal representing on one or both of the road coefficient of friction and wheel slippage. When measuring vehicle motion provides less than six-degree-of-freedom measurements, the method further comprises at least one of: detecting driver input; and determining vehicle position from a GNSS signal. | 09-18-2008 |
20080234876 | Deceleration-running evaluating device - A total distance calculating unit calculates a total running distance and an energy-cut-off distance calculating unit calculates a deceleration running distance of a vehicle. The deceleration running distance is a distance for which the vehicle runs while the vehicle is in a deacceleration state and no energy is supplied to a motor of the vehicle. A deceleration-running evaluating unit evaluates deceleration running of the vehicle based on a ratio of the deceleration running distance to the total running distance. The result of the evaluation is displayed for the driver of the vehicle. | 09-25-2008 |
20080234877 | VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle behavior control apparatus that generates a gyro moment based on the behavior of the vehicle includes i) a gyro which has a rotating body that is rotatably supported on a rotating shaft and a rotating body rotating portion that rotates the rotating body, ii) a vehicle speed detecting portion that detects the vehicle speed of the vehicle, and iii) a controller that changes the centrifugal force generated in the rotating body based on the detected vehicle speed. | 09-25-2008 |
20080243312 | Vehicle behavior learning apparatuses, methods, and programs - Vehicle behavior learning apparatuses, methods, and programs store pieces of feature information including position information and attribute information of a plurality of target features. The apparatuses, methods, and programs obtain vehicle position information that shows a current position of a vehicle, obtaining image information of surroundings of the vehicle, and obtain one of the stored pieces of feature information corresponding to the surroundings of the vehicle based on the vehicle position information. The apparatuses, methods, and programs perform an image recognition for recognizing a target feature contained in the image information that corresponds to the obtained piece of feature information, detect a behavior of the vehicle that is performed within a predetermined range from a position of the recognized target feature, and store, based on the vehicle position information, the detected behavior in correspondence with information of a position in which the detected behavior was detected. The apparatuses, methods, and programs extract, based the detected behavior being stored a plurality of times at the same position, the detected behavior as a learned behavior, output learned behavior information including attribute information of the detected behavior and the position information of the detected behavior, each of which are kept in correspondence with the piece of feature information of the recognized target feature. | 10-02-2008 |
20080249667 | LEARNING AND REASONING TO ENHANCE ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS - There is employment of machine learning, reasoning, and optimization included in a multi-attribute utility framework to learn and control energy systems to enhance the efficiency of vehicles. This can include energy systems included in vehicles that employ multiple energy sources. There is construction of models that provide inferences given historical information and/or real-time sensing of contextual information that are used in optimization. Such inferences about such key uncertainties as that route being taken are used in optimizing the expected utilities. | 10-09-2008 |
20080249668 | IN-VEHICLE EQUIPMENT CONTROL DEVICE - An in-vehicle equipment control device includes a force sense imparting type input device mounted on a steering of a vehicle, for remotely operating an in-vehicle equipment mounted on the vehicle according to a predetermined operation route while imparting a force sense, a storage unit for storing an operation route data to conduct an input operation of the force sense imparting type input device with a predetermined operation route, and a control unit for conducting an arithmetic process to transform the predetermined operation route of the force sense imparting type input device based on a rotation angle detection signal which is output in accordance with the rotation of the steering of the vehicle and the operation route data stored in the storage unit, to impart the force sense to the force sense imparting type input device based on a result of the arithmetic process. | 10-09-2008 |
20080262660 | Control-Information System For Mass Transportation Vehicles - A control-information system for mass transportation vehicles intended for transmitting to passengers of mass transportation vehicles while on the road, any kind of information corresponding to the defined spot on the route. The control-information system includes: —an information center; —the proxy using a high-frequency band for receiving the new multimedia data or any other “big” files from the information center and for sending this data from the proxy to the data end points; —a management unit, which can control the data end points and the information center; —a plurality of data end points, which are housed in each mass transportation vehicle, including in said system, involves: —a GPS receiver for receiving GPS signals, —a narrow-band unit for communication between the data end point and the information center, —a wide-band unit for communication between the data end point and the proxy, —a software unit, which is based on data of location and time, decides when and which data will be shown on the display-monitor. | 10-23-2008 |
20080262661 | BIMODAL CONVEYANCE MECHANISM - A virtual wheel provides a leg pair as a conveyance mechanism for a land vehicle. The virtual wheel propels the vehicle across a surface using a repetitive motion of the legs that contact the ground as would a wheel, due to their geometry. Vehicle embodiments include at least two-, three-, four- and six-wheeled vehicles, both transverse and in-line. Additionally, the invention provides a bipedal walking robot. One embodiment provides a robotic mule—a payload-carrying vehicle. The invention combines the flexible mobility of bipedal vehicles with the stability and functionality of very large-wheeled vehicles. Additionally, a bimodal conveyance mechanism readily converts between walking and rolling modes | 10-23-2008 |
20080269956 | SWATH FINDER FEATURE INTEGRATED WITH MULTIPURPOSE DISPLAY - A GPS-based vehicle guidance system method for providing an integrated display for the operator of a vehicle and provides determining the ideal swath path based on predetermined and user inputted parameters. The method is applied to both manual and automatic modes of operation, and includes the use of an integrated display that clearly indicates whether the system is operating in chase or pull mode of operation with continuous indicators. The method also includes providing guidance to the vehicle operator at the beginning of the process and during end of row turns, to enable the vehicle to align with the predetermined swath paths. | 10-30-2008 |
20080269957 | Method and apparatus for determining wagon order in a train - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining the order of wagons in a train. The invention configures a plurality of wagons of a train to sense at least one environmental condition that the wagons are respectively exposed to when the train is moving. The invention configures the wagons to generate a corresponding announcement message in response to a change in state of the environmental condition. The invention configures the first wagon of the train to listen for the announcement message generated by any of the plurality of wagons. The invention configures the first wagon to compute a sequence of the announcement messages from an order in which the wagons have been heard. | 10-30-2008 |
20080269958 | EMOTIVE ADVISORY SYSTEM AND METHOD - Information about a device may be emotively conveyed to a user of the device. Input indicative of an operating state of the device may be received. The input may be transformed into data representing a simulated emotional state. Data representing an avatar that expresses the simulated emotional state may be generated and displayed. A query from the user regarding the simulated emotional state expressed by the avatar may be received. The query may be responded to. | 10-30-2008 |
20080269959 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPROGRAMMING A PROGRAMMED CONTROLLER OF A POWER DRIVEN WHEELCHAIR - Apparatus for reprogramming a programmed controller of a power driven wheelchair comprises: a reprogrammable, non-volatile memory programmed with a plurality of programs executable by the controller to operate the wheelchair, the non-volatile memory disposed at the wheelchair and coupled to the wheelchair controller; a general-purpose computer programmed to reprogram the non-volatile memory while disposed at the wheelchair, the programmed computer for storing main programs for use in reprogramming the non-volatile memory, the programmed computer being coupleable to the wheelchair controller for accommodating an exchange of data therebetween; and wherein the wheelchair controller being operative to communicate with the programmed computer to reprogram the non-volatile memory with the main programs while the non-volatile memory is disposed at the wheelchair. Methods for reprogramming the non-volatile memory are also disclosed. | 10-30-2008 |
20080275596 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention relates to control system for a vehicle. The control system includes a manually operable control lever, such as a joystick, an actuator, a sensor and a control unit. The control lever sets a state variable of the vehicle. The actuator applies a force to the control lever. The sensor senses a vehicle parameter and transmits a parameter signal to the control unit. The control unit determines a current operating state of the vehicle. The control unit, depending on the present operating state of the vehicle, controls the actuator and causes it to apply a changed, predetermined force to the control lever, in order to make the operator aware of an unsafe operating state. | 11-06-2008 |
20080288126 | Method for Controlling Two Actuators of a Vehicle Capable of Being Responsive to a Common Request - A method for controlling multiple actuators of a vehicle capable of being responsive to a common request, at least one of the actuators having a bandwidth and/or a saturation. The method determines for at least one of the actuators a setpoint value integrating an output physical quantity of at least another of the actuators, such that the actuators or at least some of the actuators operate jointly. | 11-20-2008 |
20080288127 | Data Processing Device and Method for the Operation Thereof - A data processing device ( | 11-20-2008 |
20080288128 | STAIR CLIMBING PLATFORM APPARATUS AND METHOD - A platform wheeled apparatus that incorporates an intelligent wheel configuration for each wheel in which each wheel can dynamically change its radius to negotiate various obstacles. The intelligent wheel has a rotational hub and support disc that carries a series of arcuately spaced extendable, weight bearing radial spoke mechanisms that can be controllably extended and retracted in response to the anticipated terrain surface over which the wheel is to travel. The hub of the intelligent wheel carries a microcontroller for a set of obstacle proximity sensors, force and position sensors and an appropriate electrical power supply for operation of the spokes and control components. | 11-20-2008 |
20080294301 | Vehicle Integrated-Control Apparatus and Vehicle Integrated-Control Method - One of the manager control units among multiple control units includes a first coordination portion that coordinates a control target value derived based on an instruction from a driver or a first control unit and expressed by a first unit of physical quantity, with an instruction value from a second control unit and expressed by the first unit of physical quantity; a conversion portion that converts the control value expressed by the first unit of physical quantity into a control target value expressed by a second unit of physical quantity; a second coordination portion that coordinates the control target value derived by the conversion portion and expressed by the second unit of physical quantity, with an instruction value transmitted from a T/M control unit and expressed by the second unit of physical quantity; and an output portion that outputs the control target value to an engine control unit. | 11-27-2008 |
20080300730 | Roller-ball roller coaster - A novel roller coaster comprising a spherical, rotating rider-enclosure, wherein the roller coaster is transported along or within a track configured to transport the coaster, while converting coaster kinetic energy from potential energy and back. The rider is subjected to accelerations resulting from the coaster's transport, among which are rotational accelerations resulting from the rider enclosure. In a preferred embodiment, the coaster comprises a transport mechanism, the transport mechanism engaging and following a track. The spherical enclosure further includes a gimbal arrangement having a gyroscope, the gimbal arrangement supported by the transport mechanism. The gimbal arrangement contains at least one seat carrying a rider, and the motion of the rider is determined by the gyroscope that is controlled by a computer within the coaster. Therefore the motion of the rider is determined by the path of the transport mechanism and the rotation of the rider compartment under the computer controlled gyroscope. The spherical enclosure may roll within a track or the spherical enclosure may be attached to and carried by a traditional roller coaster conveyance. | 12-04-2008 |
20080300731 | Vehicle-running-state display method - The present invention has an object of providing a vehicle-running-state display method capable of easily displaying a running state of a vehicle. The invention provides a vehicle-running-state display method, including the steps of obtaining position information, time information, speed information, and acceleration information of a vehicle, detecting a special state of the vehicle, based on the position information, the time information, the speed information, or the acceleration information, displaying a track of the vehicle on a map screen, based on the position information and the time information, and displaying the detected special state of the vehicle, on the map screen on which the track is displayed. | 12-04-2008 |
20080300732 | Bus Communication Management in a Motor Vehicle with a Plurality of Control Devices Linked by a Bus and Method of Controlling the Bus Communication Management - An apparatus for a motor vehicle includes a first control device, a plurality of second control devices, and a bus system that links the control devices. Wherewith an activity of the control devices is dependent on communication between the control devices which is transmitted via the bus system. The apparatus is distinguished in that the first control device is configured such as to deny communication to (or via) the bus system under prescribed conditions, and the second control devices are configured to cancel (interrupt) a communication to (or via) the bus system if the first control device denies the communication. Additionally, a method is disclosed wherein the apparatus is operated in the described manner. | 12-04-2008 |
20080300733 | METHOD OF ALIGNING A SWIVELABLE VEHICLE SENSOR - A method of aligning a vehicle sensor is provided. The sensor is arranged on a motor vehicle and is swivelable about at least one axis in the direction of an attention angle determined as a function of the actual driving situation. The presence of a traffic route leading into the probable driving route of the motor vehicle is detected, and the attention angle is selected such that the receiving range of the vehicle sensor resulting from the alignment in the direction of the attention angle at least partially contains the traffic route leading into the probable driving route of the motor vehicle. | 12-04-2008 |
20080306636 | ENHANCED DISPLAY FOR PRESENTING TACHOMETER INFORMATION - Aspects of the present invention are directed at an enhanced display for presenting tachometer information. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided that causes an electronic control unit associated with a dashboard display to present the current engine speed (e.g. RPM) relative to an optimal range in which fuel efficiency is maximized. More specifically, the method includes obtaining a set of tachometer data at the electronic control unit that defines the lower and upper limits of the optimal range in which fuel efficiency is maximized. Periodically, the current engine speed may be obtained by the electronic control unit associated with the dashboard display. Then, the method causes the current engine speed to be presented on the graphical display relative to the lower and upper limits of the optimal range. | 12-11-2008 |
20080319589 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TILT ANGLE OF A VEHICLE - A method for determining a tilt angle of a vehicle includes measuring accelerations of a vehicle in directions along a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis, and a vertical axis of the vehicle. A current tilt angle of the vehicle is calculated as a function of the measured accelerations. A magnitude-compensated tilt angle is calculated as a function of the current tilt angle, of a preceding tilt angle, and of the magnitude of the vector sum of the measured accelerations. A gyroscopically stabilized magnitude-compensated tilt angle is calculated as a function of the current tilt angle, of a preceding tilt angle, of the magnitude of the vector sum of the measured accelerations, and of a change in the tilt angle over a given time period calculated from angular rate data provided by a gyroscope. | 12-25-2008 |
20090018709 | Operator Control System for a Vehicle - The invention relates to an operator control system ( | 01-15-2009 |
20090018710 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING EQUIPMENT - The disclosed embodiments concerns a device and method for controlling equipment having a plurality of subassemblies and provided with a storage unit storing at least one set of information relating to the subassemblies, a connection being used for extracting the set of coded information. | 01-15-2009 |
20090018711 | DETECTING DEVICE, DETECTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Information necessary to control a vehicle is to be effectively detected in accordance with a situation. A supposition situation selecting section selects a supposition situation closest to the present situation of an own vehicle from a plurality of pre-supposed supposition situations on the basis of situation information acquired from a situation information acquiring unit and a supposition situation selection table through a situation information input I/F circuit. A detection process selecting portion selects a detection process to be actually performed from detection processes which can be performed by each detecting portion of a target detecting section on the basis of the selected supposition situation and a detection process selection table. The invention is applicable to an in-vehicle image processing device. | 01-15-2009 |
20090030561 | VEHICLE HANDLING BIAS CONTROL SYSTEM - A system for modifying the handling bias of a vehicle having one or more dynamic parameter sensors ( | 01-29-2009 |
20090043428 | Acceleration Sensation Evaluating Device and Vehicle Controller - The present invention provides an acceleration sensation evaluating device that evaluates a sensory acceleration of a driver with respect to an expectation value of acceleration, and a vehicle controller that controls a vehicle according to the evaluation results. The evaluation device detects an amount of operation of the vehicle by the driver of when the vehicle is accelerated, detects an amount of vehicle behavior, computes a physical quantity of an expectation value indicating the expectation value of an acceleration performance which the driver expects based on the detected values, computes a sensory physical quantity indicating a sensation of the acceleration which the driver senses, and computes an evaluation value of the acceleration sensation based on difference or ratio between the physical quantity of the expectation value and the sensory physical quantity. | 02-12-2009 |
20090043429 | Control device and control method of vehicle - An ecorun ECU executes a program including the steps of: starting operation of an electric fan if an air-conditioner refrigerant pressure is higher than a pressure threshold value or an inverter coolant temperature is higher than a temperature threshold value and if the electric fan is not operating; restarting an engine by prohibiting temporary stop of the engine if the engine is not operating; and performing charging processing if SOC of a battery is lower than an SOC threshold value. | 02-12-2009 |
20090043430 | COOPERATIVE PARKING - A system, a method, and a service for cooperative parking between vehicles. A parking vehicle has a transmitter to send a parking signal to parked vehicles in proximity to a parking space. A parked vehicle receives the parking signal, activates one or more position sensors mounted on the parked vehicle, activates its engine or auxiliary motor, disengages any locking mechanism such as brakes or the transmission, and moves itself away from the parking space. Once the parking vehicle has parked successfully or after a predetermined time delay, the parked vehicle may move to a position closer to the parking vehicle but still far enough away to avoid collision as determined by the position sensor and turn off its engine or auxiliary motor and re-engage its locking mechanism. The cooperative parking system may include a switch and a transmitter, either contained within a hand-held programmable device or within the parking vehicle. Preferably, all vehicles have the transmitter and the receiver to activate and respond to parking requests. | 02-12-2009 |
20090048721 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODELING RESPONSES OF A MATERIAL TO VARIOUS INPUTS - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for testing a material. A signal is sent into the material using the transmitter. The signal has a frequency range that falls within a selected frequency range to form a transmitted signal. An actual response to the transmitted signal is received at a sensor. A simulated response of the material to the transmitted signal is generated using a functional model capable of modeling responses of the material to different frequency ranges falling within the selected frequency range. The simulated response is compared to the actual response to determine if a change has occurred in the material. | 02-19-2009 |
20090055033 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FAULT DETECTION AT VEHICLE STARTUP - A method for initializing a controller of a balancing transporter involving acquiring a plurality of orientation signals associated with the balancing transporter. The method also involves determining if one or more of a plurality of angular rate sensors has a signal output offset below a threshold based on the plurality of orientation sensor signals. The method also involves initializing a pitch state estimator for controlling operation of the balancing transporter based on output of the one or more of the plurality of angular rate sensors. The method also involves controlling operation of the balancing transporter based on at least one output of the pitch state estimator. | 02-26-2009 |
20090069951 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE LOAD TRANSFERRED FROM A SEMI-TRAILER TO A FIRST AXLE OF A TOWING VEHICLE - A method and a system determine the load transferred from a semi-trailer to a first axle of a towing vehicle which has at least one further, second axle. The semi-trailer is partly supported by the towing vehicle at a “fifth wheel”. A first value representing the load transferred from the semi-trailer to the second axle is determined by a load sensor and a second value representing the position of the “fifth wheel” in relation to said axles are also determined. Based on these first and second values a value representing the load transferred from the semi-trailer to the first axle is calculated by a calculator. The calculation may be based on the equation L1*d1=L2*d2 or L1=L2*d2/d1. | 03-12-2009 |
20090069952 | CONTROL TARGET RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND VEHICLE OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM - There is provided a system in which when a gate having a reflection level of a threshold or higher and having been recognized as a control target by last time is not recognized as the control target this time, the gate is assumed to be actually detected, and extrapolation device extrapolates the gate (see ◯) up to a predetermined number of times (five times), wherein when the gate is a stationary object, and a reflection level of the gate at the next detection (Time | 03-12-2009 |
20090069953 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY OF DYNAMICALLY CONFORMING A VEHICLE OPERATION - An electronic control system for a vehicle and an associated method of dynamically conforming a vehicle operation recommendation to an environment external to a vehicle are provided. Input parameters relating to the environment external to the vehicle are received. The vehicle operation recommendation is then adjusted based on the input parameters of the environment. The vehicle operation recommendation is then delivered to an interface of the vehicle. The adjustment conforms the vehicle operation recommendation to the environment to alert an operator of the vehicle of environmental conditions. The adjusted vehicle operation recommendation identifies a suggested manner of operating a vehicle control to account for the environment. | 03-12-2009 |
20090076662 | In-vehicle device, computer readable medium for controlling the same, and method for controlling navigation device - An in-vehicle device includes: a hard disk drive for storing data; a communication element for transmitting a message to an user; an input element for receiving an instruction from the user; a communication control element for obtaining altitude information; and an activation control element for controlling activation of the hard disk drive. The communication control element obtains the altitude information before the hard disk drive is activated when the in-vehicle device is activated for the first time since standby power supply stopped while the in-vehicle device was not activated. The communication control element transmits the message when the current position is equal to or higher than a predetermined altitude. The activation control element starts to read the data from the hard disk drive when the input element receives the instruction that the user permits the activation of the hard disk drive. | 03-19-2009 |
20090076663 | Method and Device for Assigning a Wheel of a Motor Vehicle - A method and device for assigning a vehicle wheel to axles having different wheel sizes. The method includes measuring the acceleration “a” sensed by an acceleration sensor of a wheel electronic system in a wheel. The measured acceleration value is transmitted to an evaluation unit, which compares the measured acceleration value “a” with a standard value stored in a memory for a standard wheel. The evaluation unit assigns the vehicle wheel to an axle as a function of the comparison result. The method and device are particularly suited to determining lift axles for trucks. | 03-19-2009 |
20090082912 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICULAR FUNCTIONS - A method of controlling a control system for a vehicle comprising: providing at least one data communications bus; providing at least one firewall in communication with at least one data communications bus, wherein the at least one firewall creates at least two data communications bus from the at least one data communications bus; providing at least one vehicle device in communication with at least one of at least two data communications bus; providing at least one vehicle device in communication with at least one firewall; and providing at least one firewalled controller in communication with at least one firewall, wherein the firewalled controller transmits a directive to the firewall and the firewall transmits the directive through the at least two data communications bus which controls the at least one vehicle device. | 03-26-2009 |
20090088910 | Method to Prevent Excessive Current Drain of Telematics Unit Network Access Device - The disclosed examples illustrate a system and method that prevent excessive current drain through the network access device (NAD) of a telematics unit and provide flexible discontinuous-receive management. Normally, when in a Standby State and where communication service is unavailable, the NAD may dissipate current at rate many times more than where communication service is available. A Standby Counter provides the length of the time interval for Standby State or the sleep cycle. Certain of the disclosed examples prevent excessive vehicle battery drain by operating the telematics unit in a first mode wherein a sleep cycle value of the telematics unit is above a first predetermined threshold, and if the communication service is available, operating the telematics unit in a second mode wherein a sleep cycle value is in a range from zero to the first predetermined threshold. | 04-02-2009 |
20090099707 | Systems and methods for improving haul road conditions - A method for improving haul road surface conditions comprises collecting performance data associated with at least one machine operating on a haul route and determining a rolling resistance of each of the at least one machine based on the performance data. An average rolling resistance associated with one or more portions of the haul route is determined based on the rolling resistance of each of the at least one machine. The one or more portions of the haul route are identified as irregular if the average rolling resistance of the one or more portions exceeds a threshold resistance value. A proposed modification to the irregular portion of the haul route is generated, and performance of the at least one machine is simulated based on the proposed modification. The method also includes outputting results of the simulated performance. | 04-16-2009 |
20090099708 | Systems and methods for designing a haul road - A method for designing a haul road based on machine performance comprises receiving one or more haul road parameters and identifying at least one type of machine to be operated on the haul road. The method also includes selecting at least one target operating parameter associated with the at least one type of machine and simulating performance of the at least one type of machine to predict an operating value corresponding with the at least one target operating parameter. If the predicted operating value is not within a threshold range of the corresponding target operating parameter, one or more haul road parameters are adjusted. | 04-16-2009 |
20090099709 | ROBOTIC VEHICLE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method for forming a robotic vehicle. The method may involve forming a body and arranging a plurality of movable legs to project from the body for propelling the body over a surface. An actuator may be carried by the body to selectively engage and disengage different ones of the movable legs to cause a motion of the body, and thus the robotic vehicle, to travel over the surface. | 04-16-2009 |
20090105890 | Automated Safe Flight Vehicle - Control systems and methods of use provide for fully automated phases of flight of an aircraft. Such fully automated phases include takeoff, cruising flight, and landing without the need for operator input or other operator intervention. Control systems and methods also provide for self-limited compliance with an operators desired deviation from a predetermined flight path, as well as automatic contingency response to non-normal conditions. Onboard and/or ground-based operators may cooperate with the control system in order to control the associated aircraft. Furthermore, an operator need not have any flight skill in order to affect changes in the flight path or other aspects of flight control. | 04-23-2009 |
20090125160 | Relieving Urban Traffic Congestion - A method of reducing congestion on a roadway is disclosed comprising dividing selected lengths of selected normal lanes of a roadway into two commuter lanes, providing distinctive lane markings to identify the commuter lanes, and dynamically designating selected lengths of selected lanes as either normal lanes or pairs of commuter lanes. In order to dynamically change lane configurations, a set of indicators can be provided as lane markers together with a control system to alter particular lane configurations between normal lanes and commuting lanes both cyclically according to a preprogrammed schedule and dynamically in response to sensed vehicle traffic volume, unusual events such as accidents, weather, and so on. Commuter lanes are designated cyclically and dynamically in response to traffic conditions to increase the capacity of the affected road. Normal lanes are designated at other times. To facilitate entry and exit from designated commuter lanes, transition zones can be provided where entering and exiting commuter lane traffic has right of way. | 05-14-2009 |
20090125161 | ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING A VEHICLE - The entertainment system of one of the preferred embodiments includes a recreational vehicle, an event sensor attached to the recreational vehicle, an event element able to be detected by the event sensor, a processor connected to the event sensor, and a game program operated by the processor. The entertainment system functions to enable interactive game-like capabilities for a movable vehicle. The entertainment system is preferably used for children recreational vehicles (miniature cars), but may alternatively be used by other vehicles. | 05-14-2009 |
20090125162 | ELECTRONIC UNIT, A COMMUNICATION UNIT AND A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An electronic control unit has a gateway function for connecting a plurality of communication networks formed in a vehicle with each other and performs functions allotted beforehand by transmitting and receiving signals via the communication networks. The electronic control unit includes a plug-in connecting portion ( | 05-14-2009 |
20090132099 | Vehicle with on-board overweight and obesity preventing system and method - A motor vehicle and a method of operating same, including an on-board vehicle microcomputer having a memory, and a display connected to the microcomputer. An on-board weighing apparatus located in the vehicle is adapted to weigh a person in the vehicle and provide an input to the on-board vehicle microcomputer of the weight of the person from time to time, whereby a weight trend can be analyzed for the person and overweight or obesity condition of the person that may develop in a short period of time, if any, will be forecasted and information of such weight trends provided to a health care professional to prevent it. | 05-21-2009 |
20090138136 | On-Vehicle Database Distribution Node and On-Vehicle Database System - A on-vehicle database system includes: a memory for recording an on-vehicle database connected to an on-vehicle LAN network and to an ECU for registering data inputted from respective ECU as attribute value data all at once; and data output means for registering data in the on-vehicle database when the data is inputted via I/O means and outputting the data to the ECU at the timing when the data is required by the ECU, by using the attribute value data in the on-vehicle database. | 05-28-2009 |
20090138137 | IN-VEHICLE ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS HAVING MONITORING CONTROL CIRCUIT - An in-vehicle electronic control apparatus having a monitoring control circuit is configured in such a way that a monitoring control circuit unit transmits question information from a logic circuit unit; a main control circuit transmits answer information generated by a microprocessor; the monitoring control circuit unit applies an addition and subtraction correction to the value of a first present-value memory by use of a first and fourth variation values Δ | 05-28-2009 |
20090143922 | Power distribution system - A power distribution system is provided having a power source configured to generate a power output. The power distribution system also has an available power module configured to determine a total available power generated by the power source. In addition, the power distribution system has one or more parasitic power request modules configured to receive a request for power from an associated parasitic device and one or more non-parasitic power request modules configured to receive a request for power from an associated non-parasitic device. The power distribution system further has a power distribution module configured to cause the distribution of power among the parasitic and non-parasitic devices. The power distributed among the non-parasitic devices is the power remaining after the parasitic devices receive their requested power. | 06-04-2009 |
20090143923 | Arrangement and Method for Monitoring Shipping Containers - Arrangement for monitoring the weight of a shipping container includes a strain gage-based sensor system arranged to obtain information about the weight of a container and comprising one or more strain gage weight sensors for measuring weight at a mounting location, a wireless communication system arranged to receive the weight measured by the weight sensors and process the received weight into an indication of the weight of the shipping container or the weight of contents therein, and a wireless interrogator controlled by a processor to initiate a transmission of the weight measured by the weight sensors to the communication system. | 06-04-2009 |
20090171515 | Control Device Module, Especially in or for a Motor Vehicle - A control device module for a motor vehicle includes a control device that has a closed housing in which a first internal pressure prevails, and at least one connecting device for coupling a connecting element of an electrical cable. A closed space is defined in the coupled state between the connecting device and the connecting element, in which closed space a second internal pressure prevails. The control device also includes a pressure compensating device for adapting the first and second internal pressures to an external pressure that acts on the control device module from outside. | 07-02-2009 |
20090177335 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE CODE FOR OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE OF A POWERED SYSTEM - A system to optimize performance of a powered system, the system including a data device configured to provide current information about current operating conditions of the powered system and/or prior information about the powered system, a controller configured to control operation of the powered system, and a processor configured to provide at least one control command to the controller for use in operating the powered system and/or user information with at least one recommended command to a user to control the powered system, wherein the at least one control command and/or user information are based at least in part on the current information and/or the prior information. A system and computer software code, stored on a computer readable media and executable with a processor, are also disclosed. | 07-09-2009 |
20090187289 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT FOR USE IN A VEHICLE - A first microcomputer in an ECU outputs a CID of the ECU in response to a request from a scan tool when the ECU has multiple microcomputers implemented therein. Each of the multiple microcomputers has an additive value stored therein for counting an update of the software. The additive values from the multiple microcomputers are added as a sum total of the ECU that is further added to a CID base value. The sum total of the ECU added to the CID base value is then output as the CID of the ECU from the first microcomputer to the scan tool. Therefore, information stored in the first microcomputer is not necessarily changed for outputting an updated CID (e.g., software product number information) from the ECU. | 07-23-2009 |
20090187290 | Collision predicting apparatus and collision predicting method - A collision predicting apparatus detects subject targets present in the traveling course of the own vehicle by using the relative distance and the relative velocity, etc. The apparatus also calculates the predicted collision time of each subject target on the basis of the relative distance and the relative velocity. The apparatus also detects the relative lateral position of each subject target, and corrects the relative lateral position. The apparatus then executes a collision-predicted target selecting routine, in which the predicted collision time of each subject target that does not meet a predetermined condition is set at a predetermined maximum value. The apparatus selects a subject target that meets the predetermined condition as a collision subject target, and predicts whether the collision subject target will collide with the own vehicle. | 07-23-2009 |
20090198389 | Method for Controlling/Regulating At Least One Task - A method is provided for the control/regulation of at least one task with the aid of a control program that monitors a runtime of the at least one task, the control program terminating the at least one task if the runtime of the at least one task exceeds a predefined period of time. | 08-06-2009 |
20090204275 | Electronic control unit - An electronic control unit for controlling at least one function of a vehicle, having at least one input for receiving control-relevant data from at least one sensor, a computer device for processing the control-relevant data and generating control instructions, and at least one output for outputting the control instructions to at least one actuator, and furthermore having a device for limiting the operation of the control unit in time and/or functionality. | 08-13-2009 |
20090216389 | DRIVER INFORMATION DEVICE - A driver information device includes an output unit for outputting items of driver information, a pause having a predetermined length being inserted between the outputting of a first and a second item of information. | 08-27-2009 |
20090240383 | AUTOMOBILE DETECTION AND CONTROL GATEWAY INTERFACE AND METHOD THEREOF - An automobile detection and control gateway interface and a method thereof are provided. The automobile detection and control gateway interface is connected with a controller area network (CAN) formed by a body control module (BCM) and body devices, and pre-stores a plurality of device diagnostic commands and status diagnostic data, so that the BCM performs corresponding actions on specific body devices according to the device diagnostic commands and capture status feedback data transmitted over the CAN by the body devices, and outputs the status diagnostic data matching with the status feedback data for determining the operation status of the body devices or for the externally connected device to acquire. All the device diagnostic commands are transferred through the BCM to avoid interfering with the operation of the CAN and control the external device connected to the BCM, so as to ensure all the body devices are under control. | 09-24-2009 |
20090240384 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER - There is provided a vehicle controller that is mounted in a box-shaped manner beneath the floor or on the roof of a vehicle so as to supply electric power to vehicle apparatuses. The vehicle controller is configured with a plurality of functional modules | 09-24-2009 |
20090248219 | DEVICE THAT ENABLES A VEHICLE TO BE MOVED WHEN A DISASTER OCCURS - A device that enables a vehicle to be moved when a disaster occurs includes a forced engine start unit and a constraint unit. When it is detected that the vehicle has stopped after a disaster detection signal is received, the position where the vehicle has stopped is stored. Thereafter, the forced engine start unit enables the engine of the vehicle to be started by a start switch, without using an ignition key. The constraint unit restricts the moving of the vehicle by the forced engine start unit. | 10-01-2009 |
20090265046 | Vehicle Control System - A disclosed vehicle control system comprises a mobile terminal that transmits a current location of the mobile terminal; a receiving portion that is installed in a vehicle and receives the current location transmitted from the mobile terminal; a vehicle location detecting portion that detects a current location of the vehicle; a controlling portion that controls a vehicle apparatus installed in the vehicle in accordance with a positional relationship between the current position of the mobile terminal received by the receiving portion and the current location of the vehicle detected by the vehicle location detecting portion; and a memory portion that stores behavioral pattern information of a user of the vehicle. The controlling portion controls the vehicle apparatus in accordance with the behavioral pattern information stored in the memory portion and the positional relationship between the current location of the mobile terminal and the current location of the vehicle. | 10-22-2009 |
20090265047 | Machine with automatic operating mode determination - A method is provided for determining a current operating mode of a machine. The method includes receiving data relating to a plurality of machine parameters and performing initial comparisons between the received data and previously stored reference data for each machine parameter. The method also includes determining an operating mode indicated by each initial comparison. The method further includes selecting a current operating mode from the operating modes indicated by the initial comparisons. | 10-22-2009 |
20090271050 | TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE - Information for generating a target speed pattern is computed from information acquired from various sensors and a running mode input switch, so as to generate the target speed pattern (S | 10-29-2009 |
20090271051 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT FOR VEHICLE - An electronic control unit (ECU) for a vehicle is disclosed. The subject ECU stores: vehicle ID; and first cross-check information different from the vehicle ID. The subject ECU acquires second cross-check information different from the vehicle ID. The second cross-check information is stored in an external ECU that is mounted in a same vehicle as the subject ECU is mounted. The subject ECU determines whether the first cross-check information matches the second cross-check information. Upon receiving an instruction for changing the vehicle ID, the subject ECU prohibits a change the vehicle ID if the first cross-check information matches the second cross-check information, and the subject ECU changes the vehicle ID if the first cross-check information does not match the second cross-check information. | 10-29-2009 |
20090281680 | Method and apparatus for simultaneously playing video frame and trip message and controller thereof - The present invention provides a method for simultaneously playing video frames and trip message, and the method includes the following steps: (a) receiving a trip video frame data; (b) decoding the trip video frame data to obtain a plurality of video frames and a plurality of trip message, wherein each of the trip message corresponds to one of the video frames; (c) simultaneously displaying at least one video frame and its corresponding trip message. When the user uses the method for playing the trip video frame data, the user can simultaneously see the video frame and its corresponding trip message, so as to achieve a good performance of monitoring. | 11-12-2009 |
20090299546 | Dynamic-based method of estimating the absolute roll angle of a vehicle body - The absolute roll angle of a vehicle body is estimated by blending two preliminary roll angle estimates based on their frequency so that the blended estimate continuously favors the more accurate of the preliminary roll angle estimates. A first preliminary roll angle estimate based on the measured roll rate is improved by initially compensating the measured roll rate for bias error using roll rate estimates inferred from other measured parameters. And a second preliminary roll angle estimate is determined according to the sum of the road bank angle and the relative roll angle. The blended estimate is used to estimate the actual lateral acceleration, the lateral velocity and side-slip angle of the vehicle, which are used in rollover detection and other various other control applications. | 12-03-2009 |
20090299547 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING FREE SPACES IN THE VICINITY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR IN THE VICINITY RELEVANT TO THE VEHICLE OPERATION - A method and system for determining free spaces in the vicinity of a motor vehicle, in particular a vicinity relevant to the vehicle operation, is provided. A method and system for determining an evasion trajectory for a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle is provided in which information from at least one object detection sensor of the motor vehicle about at least one detected object is used while taking the characteristics of the physical measuring principle of the at least one object detection sensor into account. A method and system is provided in which it is taken into account that the at least one object detection sensor has the capability of directly detecting a plurality of objects by a single measurement. | 12-03-2009 |
20090299548 | Networking of Control Devices of a Motor Vehicle - A process is provided for the networking of control devices in a motor vehicle, having first sequence-controlled control devices being connected to a first data bus and second sequence-controlled control devices being connected to a second data bus. The first control devices exchange messages on the basis of a routing default with second control devices by way of at least one gateway device. A first control device of the first or second control devices sends a first message via the gateway device into the at least two data buses. At least a second control device of the first or second control devices receives the first message and checks whether the receiving and/or the processing of the first message is required for the corresponding control device in order to be able to carry out the tasks intended for it by way of its sequence control during the operation of the motor vehicle. The second control device sends out a response message, which at least indicates whether the second control device has a corresponding need to receive and/or process the first message. In the event of such a need, a routing default is established and/or an existing routing default is changed such that it causes the first message to arrive at the second control device from the first control device by way of the gateway device. | 12-03-2009 |
20090306834 | VEHICLE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION - A mobile communications device comprising a gateway is provided. The device enables an automated discovery of a vehicle environment is enabled. Hereby context information relating to the vehicle environment can be automatically communicated to the service backend. Also context information from the service backend can be provided to the vehicle environment all utilizing SIP Presence technologies. The invention can in accordance with one embodiment be implemented in an IMS system. In accordance with one embodiment a communications device comprising gateway can be provided in the form of a mobile communications device, such as a mobile telephone. The gateway can for example be an IMS gateway. | 12-10-2009 |
20090312888 | DISPLAY OF A RELEVANT TRAFFIC SIGN OR A RELEVANT TRAFFIC INSTALLATION - In a method for displaying information in a vehicle: a region of the surroundings of the vehicle is captured optically via at least one image capture device; the captured image data are transmitted to a control and analysis unit, which analyzes the captured image data for the presence of traffic signs or traffic installations; and information is displayed on a display unit in the vehicle if the captured image data following analysis on the part of the control and analysis unit contain at least one traffic sign and/or at least one traffic installation. The control and analysis unit is supplied with route information about the current or planned route of the vehicle, information adapted to the current or planned route of the vehicle being displayed if for different route options different traffic signs and/or different traffic installations are detected. | 12-17-2009 |
20090312889 | VEHICLE CONTROL USING STOCHASTIC INFORMATION - A method for operating a vehicle includes estimating expected states and probable ranges for influence factors associated with stochastic parameters over a time horizon. A preferred control state and a candidate control state for an objective function are determined. The objective function is controlled using the preferred control state for the objective function over the time horizon. | 12-17-2009 |
20090319094 | DOCKING SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A MOBILE MEDICATION CART - The docking system includes a wall-mounted assembly having an extending contact portion which includes a set of power contacts for supplying power to a medication cart via a docking port located on the medication cart when the cart is engaged with the wall-mounted assembly. The contact portion includes a depending hook member which engages a spring-biased locking solenoid in the docking port to lock the cart to the wall-mounted assembly when the cart is moved into contact with the wall-mounted assembly. The cart can be unlocked by a signal to the locking solenoid from the cart or manually. | 12-24-2009 |
20090319095 | Vehicle driver messaging system and method - A steering wheel system for a vehicle includes a display and a controller. The controller receives vehicle parameters from one or more vehicle sensors as well as geometric or navigability characteristics of the road. The controller generates a prediction of an effect of the vehicle parameters on the vehicle with respect to the geometric or navigability characteristics of the road. The controller sends a signal to the display based on the prediction. The display is configured to display a representation of the prediction based on the signal received from the controller. | 12-24-2009 |
20090326733 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING AN UPDATED WHEEL CIRCUMFERENCE OF AT LEAST ONE WHEEL DISPOSED ON A VEHICLE - In a method and an arrangement for the determination of an updated wheel circumference (U*) of at least one wheel (R) arranged on a vehicle, during which at least one wheel circumference (U) is assigned to at least one wheel (R) in a control unit (CU), and during which the wheel speed (RaV) is determined by means of the control unit (CU) according to the speed of rotation (RoV) of the at least one wheel (R) and according to the assigned wheel circumference (U), advantageously, a reference speed (RefV) of the vehicle and/or the wheel (R) is determined which is independent of the determined wheel speed (RaV). The discrepancy (V) between the at least one wheel speed (RaV) and the reference speed (RefV) is detected and the updated wheel circumference (U*) of the at least one wheel (R) is determined according to the discrepancy (V). | 12-31-2009 |
20100010689 | DRUNKEN DRIVING PREVENTION DEVICE, DRUNKEN DRIVING PREVENTION METHOD, AND DRUNKEN DRIVING PREVENTION PROGRAM - A drunken driving prevention device having an alcohol sensor and being mounted on a vehicle including an automobile includes a judging element for judging whether inspection for detecting alcohol via the alcohol sensor should be performed or not based on predetermined conditions when the vehicle is started. The drunken driving prevention device further includes an element for performing the inspection via the alcohol sensor when the judging element judges to perform inspection, and a control element for disabling operation of the vehicle if alcohol is detected as a result of the inspection. | 01-14-2010 |
20100010690 | Radio Communication System for Controlling a Vehicle - A radio control system for controlling a vehicle includes a transmission node for transmitting vehicle control data, the vehicle control data including at least one of a measured value of a vehicle state or a driver's manipulated variable and a control target value of a control actuator in the vehicle, a reception node for receiving the vehicle control data, and a plurality of radio communication routes between the transmission node and the reception node. A radio communication route that satisfies communication limit time of transmission data including the vehicle control data and satisfies lowest required reliability of the transmission data is selected from among the radio communication routes. | 01-14-2010 |
20100023180 | ADAPTIVE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH DRIVING STYLE RECOGNITION BASED ON LANE-CHANGE MANEUVERS - An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a driver's driving style based on lane-change maneuvers. A maneuver identification classification process reads sensor signals for vehicle speed, vehicle yaw rate and vehicle heading angle. The process determines if the vehicle is turning based on whether the yaw rate signal is greater than a yaw rate threshold and whether the heading angle is greater than a heading angle threshold. The process then determines whether the maneuver is an ordinary curve-handling maneuver or a lane-change maneuver by determining whether the yaw rate signal is greater than another yaw rate threshold, the difference between the heading angle and an initial heading angle is greater than another heading angle threshold and the lateral deviation is greater than a lateral deviation threshold. If the curve-handling maneuver is a lane-change maneuver, a maneuver identifier signal is provided to a style characterization processor. | 01-28-2010 |
20100023181 | ADAPTIVE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH DRIVING STYLE RECOGNITION BASED ON VEHICLE PASSING MANEUVERS - An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a driver's driving style based on vehicle passing maneuvers. A process determines whether the vehicle has started a lane change from a first lane to a second lane as a first phase of the passing maneuver. If so, the process determines whether the lane change to the second lane has been completed as a second phase of the passing maneuver. If the lane change to the second lane has been completed, the process determines whether there has been a lane change back to the first lane to complete the passing maneuver as a third phase of the passing maneuver. Further, the process determines whether a time threshold has been exceeded after the passing maneuver is in a second phase, but no lane change back to the first lane has occurred. | 01-28-2010 |
20100023182 | ADAPTIVE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH DRIVING STYLE RECOGNITION BASED ON MANEUVERS AT HIGHWAY ON/OFF RAMPS - An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a driver's driving style based on highway on/off ramp maneuvers. Once the maneuver has been determined to be an on-ramp maneuver or an off-ramp maneuver, a style characterization processor can classify the maneuver using selected discriminant features obtain or derived from the maneuver. | 01-28-2010 |
20100023183 | ADAPTIVE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED MANEUVER-BASED DRIVING STYLE RECOGNITION - A vehicle control system that classifies a driver's driving style based on characteristic maneuvers. The system includes a plurality of vehicle sensors that detect various vehicle parameters. A maneuver identification processor receives the sensor signals to identify a characteristic maneuver of the vehicle and provides a maneuver identifier signal of the maneuver. A style characterization processor receives the maneuver identifier signals, sensor signals from the vehicle sensors and the traffic and road condition signals, and classifies driving style based on the signals to classify the style of the driver driving the vehicle. The classification of the driver style can be provided for a level-1 combination that combines the classification results from different maneuver type classifiers for a single maneuver, a level-2 combination that combines the classification results from multiple maneuvers that are of the same type and a level-3 combination that combines the classification results from different types of characteristic maneuvers. | 01-28-2010 |
20100023184 | RIGHT-LEFT DRIVING FORCE CONTROL SYSTEM - A right-left driving force control system includes: a selecting unit which: selects an adjusting unit adjusting distribution of a driving force between right and left wheels, when a shifting direction in which the driving force is shifted between the wheels and which is related to a control amount is the same as a first direction towards one of the wheels which has a larger speed; selects a limiting unit adjusting a differential action limiting force, when the shifting direction is the same as a second direction towards one of the wheels which has a smaller speed, and a difference between the wheel speeds is equal to or larger than a threshold value; and maintains the adjusting unit or the limiting unit, which has been selected, when the shifting direction is the same as the second direction, and the difference between the wheel speeds is less than the threshold value; and a control unit which controls the adjusting unit or the limiting unit, which is selected or maintained by the selecting unit, based on the control amount. | 01-28-2010 |
20100030397 | Vehicle - To provide a vehicle which can move independently as an own independent vehicle and can run integrally in linkage with another vehicle. A plurality of single-seat vehicles which can move independently are combined and they move integrally while a predetermined formation is maintained through linkage among respective vehicles. One of all the vehicles moving in linkage serves as a host vehicle and an occupant in the host vehicle becomes a driver in the linkage moving. A host vehicle | 02-04-2010 |
20100030398 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DRIVE SOURCE - Static demand engine torque set in a static torque setter is converted into dynamic demand engine torque in a converter using an engine model C (s) represented by a first-order lag function. A time constant T of engine model C (s) is calculated by a time constant calculator. The time constant calculator calculates time constant T in accordance with the static demand engine torque set in the static torque setter and dynamic demand engine torque set in a dynamic torque setter. The dynamic demand engine torque set in the dynamic torque setter is added to the dynamic demand engine torque converted from the static demand engine torque in the converter. | 02-04-2010 |
20100036543 | Drive assistance device for a wheel chair and a wheel chair having a drive assistance device - A drive assistance device for a wheel chair having a drive motor, a driving wheel, a sensor means which is designed such that a driving force manually induced into a driving wheel is detected, and a control unit, designed such that the drive motor is controlled to drive the driving wheel in accordance with a drive assistance degree depending on the driving force manually induced into the driving wheel, wherein the control unit comprises an anti-rollback operational mode in which it is adapted to control the drive motor such that an unintended rolling of the driving wheel is avoided. The invention also relates to a wheel chair having such a drive assistance device. | 02-11-2010 |
20100049373 | METHOD FOR MODULAR SOFTWARE REMOVAL - A method of managing a code module that generates output information for a computer system is provided. The method comprises searching for the output information in the computer system, if the output information is not detected by the searching step, executing the code module, generating the output information in response to executing the code module, and removing the code module from the computer system in response to generating the output information. | 02-25-2010 |
20100049374 | FOLLOWER VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORWARD AND REVERSE CONVOY MOVEMENT - A vehicle control system for causing a follower vehicle to follow a leader may have a tether system mounted to the follower vehicle. The tether system may include a tether having an end adopted to be attached to the leader, a length sensor, and an angle sensor. A path tracking system operatively associated with the tether system determines a path traveled by the leader. A path control system operatively associated with the path tracking system and the follower vehicle causes the follower vehicle to follow the path traveled by the leader. A spacing control system operatively associated with the path tracking system and the follower vehicle causes the follower vehicle to maintain a predetermined spacing between the follower vehicle and the leader. | 02-25-2010 |
20100049375 | VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle including a vehicle behavior control device in an ECU. The vehicle behavior control device obtains a line of sight direction of the driver of the vehicle by a line of sight detecting sensor for detecting the line of sight of the driver from an eye movement of the driver. The vehicle behavior control device decides a targeted traveling direction of the vehicle based on the obtained line of sight direction of the driver. Then, the vehicle behavior control device controls a rear wheel steering device such that a front-rear direction of the vehicle faces the targeted traveling direction of the vehicle. | 02-25-2010 |
20100057272 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SECURING VEHICLE DATA - A method for securing vehicle data that includes a plurality of data messages includes the steps of determining a sequence for the plurality of data messages, selecting a plurality of identifier values for the plurality of data messages such that each of the plurality of identifier values are at least two bit errors removed from another, and assigning one of the plurality of identifier values to each of the plurality of data messages, based at least in part on the sequence. | 03-04-2010 |
20100057273 | Screen-Based Vehicle Control System - A screen-based vehicle control system in which the control arrangement ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100063648 | DISTRIBUTED KNOWLEDGE BASE PROGRAM FOR VEHICULAR LOCALIZATION AND WORK-SITE MANAGEMENT - The illustrative embodiments provide a computer program product for controlling a vehicle. In an illustrative embodiment, a computer program product is comprised of a computer recordable media having computer usable program code for identifying a dynamic condition. When the dynamic condition is identified, computer usable program code using a knowledge base controls the vehicle. | 03-11-2010 |
20100063649 | Intelligent driving assistant systems - The invention discloses an intelligent driving assistant system applied to a handheld device. The invention can detect more than one safety mode including lane departure detection, lost-cargo detection, detecting front-object under driving condition, detecting side-object under driving condition and detecting back-object under driving condition, also the invention can mention alarm according to the detection results from different modules. Finally the invention can store the real-time image according to the detection results from different modules, and then transfer the related information to other places for real-time notice with matching the information from the GPS system and the digitized map. | 03-11-2010 |
20100070105 | Optimal Guidance Blender for a Hovering/Flying Vehicle - For a vehicle having thrusters and control surfaces or other types of effectors having different cost of use and/or effectiveness as a function of vehicle speed, errors in position relative to an asserted control command are apportioned between errors of translational rate and pointing error as a function of speed in the vertical and/or horizontal planes and guidance commands are adjusted accordingly to produce commands that provide an optimal attitude for guidance of the vehicle through an arbitrary maneuver. The commands thus generated are then preferably apportioned between various available effectors to execute the maneuver most efficiently. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070106 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system including: a first vehicle control unit configured to include a first vehicle control unit configured to include a first processor installed with a real-time OS; and a second vehicle control unit configured to include a second processor installed with a real-time OS and a third processor installed with a multimedia OS, wherein the first processor and the second processor are configured to perform communication between the first vehicle control unit and the second vehicle control unit, and a communication function of the second processor and a communication function of the third processor are configured to perform communication between the second processor and the third processor. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070107 | Method for generating a vehicle identifier - Upon initial boot-up, a telematics device receives a PID map in response to a PID map request. The TCU may send multiple PID map requests for different mode and PID combinations over a vehicles communication bus, and then may append each received PID map to the already-received PID maps. The multiple PID maps appended to one another form a composite bit value, or composite PID map. The composite PID map is processed according to a hash algorithm, resulting in a pseudo-VIN. Upon subsequent boot-ups of the TCU, the TCU sends the multiple PID map requests over the vehicle's bus and generates a pseudo VIN to following the same steps as it did at initial boot-up. The TCU compares the currently generated pseudo-VIN to the initial pseudo VIN; if it determines a mismatch, it sends a notification to an interested third party that indicates improper usage of the TCU. | 03-18-2010 |
20100076621 | SAFETY DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS - An object of the invention is to provide a safety driving support apparatus capable of detecting a dangerous moving object with high accuracy at quick timing. A safety driving support apparatus | 03-25-2010 |
20100082179 | Methods for Linking Motor Vehicles to Reduce Aerodynamic Drag and Improve Fuel Economy - Methods for linking two or more vehicles to achieve reduced aerodynamic drag while the vehicles are travelling on the road are disclosed. The disclosed methods utilize a dynamic linking system that not only physically connects the vehicles but also allows the driver of the leading vehicle to monitor and control essential functions of the trailing vehicles. Preferably, the driving mechanisms of the trailing vehicles, such as throttles, brakes, and gears, are fully operational so as not to put excessive burden on the driving mechanisms of the leading vehicle. Methods for linking individual vehicles as well as streamlining the operation of a fleet of vehicles are also disclosed. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082180 | ERRANT VEHICLE COUNTERMEASURES - A method, system, and device are presented for providing countermeasures against errant vehicles. A countermeasure controller determines a vehicle-velocity vector based on data from one or more sensors and compares the vehicle-velocity vector to an authorized-velocity vector. The vehicle is determined to be an errant vehicle if the vehicle-velocity vector is not aligned with the authorized-velocity vector. Then, the countermeasure controller may apply countermeasures to the errant vehicle. The countermeasures include electronic countermeasures, informational countermeasures, and physical countermeasures. The countermeasure controller can provide information to other drivers about the errant vehicle via personalized communication or electronic warning signs. The countermeasure controller can be configured to detect entry of vehicles into security areas based on data from one or more sensors. The countermeasure controller may then apply countermeasures to vehicles attempting unauthorized entry into a security area. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082181 | Communication control system for vehicles - Devices that are connected to each other by shorter distances, such as an audio switch | 04-01-2010 |
20100082182 | Powered wheelchair - A powered wheel chair device comprises a motorized undercarriage and a support seat for supporting a wheelchair occupant. At least one support arm is located adjacent the seat. A controller is mounted on the arm, the controller including a joystick unit within reach of the occupant. The joystick is in communication with the motorized undercarriage for driving the undercarriage. The joystick includes an upstanding post with a collar, the collar having a periphery with a number of abutment regions located therealong. A number of actuators are provided, each movable from a storage position distal to the corresponding abutment region and a deployed position adjacent the corresponding abutment region. Each actuator is responsive to an obstacle detecting sensor near a corresponding peripheral region of the undercarriage. | 04-01-2010 |
20100094481 | High Integrity Coordination System for Multiple Off-Road Vehicles - The illustrative embodiments provide a method and apparatus for controlling and coordinating multiple vehicles. In one illustrative embodiment, machine behaviors are assigned to multiple vehicles performing a task. The vehicles are coordinated to perform the task using the assigned behaviors and a number of signals received from other vehicles and the environment during performance of the task. In another illustrative embodiment, a role is identified for each vehicle in a group of vehicles. A number of machine behaviors are assigned to each vehicle depending upon the identified role for the vehicle. The machine behaviors are selected from coordinating machine behaviors stored in a behavior library. Each vehicle is then coordinated to perform the task according to the role and machine behaviors assigned. | 04-15-2010 |
20100114402 | INPUT CONTROL APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - [Object] To provide an input control technology that allows performing text input on a peripheral apparatus mounted in a mobile unit such as an automobile in the same way as driving operations and allows performing text input safely. | 05-06-2010 |
20100114403 | ON-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An on-vehicle communication system has a plurality of buses relay-connected through a relay connection unit, each of the buses having at least one ECU connected thereto. In the vehicle communication system, a basic routing table that specifies a relay point for transmitting from the relay connection unit to the ECU is stored in a ROM and a transmission list report message about message IDs is transmitted. The ECU receives the transmission list report message and sends back a transmission request message about a message ID, which is not included in the transmission list report message but should be received, to the relay connection unit. The transmission request message is received by a table creation unit in the relay connection unit. The table creation unit creates a new additional routing table indicating a correspondence relationship between an ID requested by the transmission request message and a transmission destination and being stored in a RAM. | 05-06-2010 |
20100121501 | OPERATING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - In a method for the operator control of a motor vehicle having a display for displaying variable information, a symbol assigned to a function pertaining to the motor vehicle is shown with the aid of the display, the viewing direction of an operator of the motor vehicle is ascertained, and the function pertaining to the motor vehicle is subsequently executed in response to recognition of an acoustic command assigned to the function pertaining to the motor vehicle, while the viewing direction is aimed toward the display. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121502 | Operation control system and method - An operation control system includes a transmitter circuit, a transmitter interface, an engine start button switch, a receiver unit and an engine ECU. The transmitter circuit generates a transmission signal and the transmitter interface inputs a communication signal to an operator by converting the transmission signal. The receiver unit receives the communication signal through the operator, when the operator touches the engine start button switch. The engine start button switch detects in-blood alcohol concentration of the operator. The receiver unit generates and applies an engine start control signal in response to output signals of the receiver unit indicative of the operator's engine start operation and alcohol detection result. | 05-13-2010 |
20100138077 | VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - This invention is intended to ensure that a vehicle control method or vehicle control device is capable of achieving the object of each of a plurality of control logics in a balanced manner and performing an appropriate control for the vehicle as a whole. | 06-03-2010 |
20100138078 | Vehicle Passenger Classification System Using Weight Sensors - A system and method are provided for vehicle passenger classification. The system may include a plurality of weight sensors installed under a seat frame to support a load of a vehicle seat, a single dummy sensor installed under the seat frame to support the load of the vehicle seat along with the plurality of weight sensors, and a passenger classification logic unit for classifying a passenger value obtained by summing sensor values of the plurality of weight sensors as either class 1 or class 2 by comparing the passenger value with a first reference and a second reference. | 06-03-2010 |
20100145549 | INTEGRATED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is an integrated vehicle control system, which eliminates the possibility of interfering with motion control devices and is capable of accurately controlling the targeted behavior of a vehicle. | 06-10-2010 |
20100152919 | VEHICLE MANAGEMENT AND MISSION MANAGEMENT COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND PACKAGING - A vehicle management and mission management computer architecture and packaging may include a first line replaceable unit and a second line replaceable unit. The first line replaceable unit may include a vehicle management system computer channel coupleable to a group including at least one mission related system and at least one vehicle system. The first line replaceable unit may also include a mission management system computer channel coupleable to the group including the at least one mission related system and the at least one vehicle system. The second line replaceable unit may include another vehicle management system computer channel coupleable to the group including the at least one mission related system and the at least one vehicle system. The second line replaceable unit may also include another mission management system computer channel coupleable to the group including the at least one mission related system and the at least one vehicle system. | 06-17-2010 |
20100185341 | VEHICLE MODE ACTIVATION BY GESTURE RECOGNITION - Methods and devices are provided for activation of a vehicle operational mode. The device includes one or more detectors and a controller. The one or more detectors visually monitor one or more predetermined spatial locations, each of the one or more detectors corresponding to one of the one or more predetermined spatial locations. The controller is coupled to the one or more detectors and activates a predetermined vehicle operational mode in response to a current vehicle operational mode and a predetermined gesture detected within one of the one or more predetermined spatial locations. | 07-22-2010 |
20100191390 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE OCCUPANCY OF A VEHICLE SEAT - A passenger occupancy detection system and method are provided for detecting occupancy of a vehicle seat. The system includes a pressure sensor for monitoring pressure of the seat. Routines are employed to monitor the pressure and to determine the occupancy of the seat based upon one or more of vehicle acceleration, vehicle deceleration and variances in inertia experienced during driving of the vehicle. A supervisory routine may combine outputs from the multiple routines to process the outputs and provide an output indicative of a detected occupancy of the seat. | 07-29-2010 |
20100191391 | MULTIOBJECT FUSION MODULE FOR COLLISION PREPARATION SYSTEM - A method for controlling a vehicle operating during a dynamic vehicle event includes monitoring a first input image, monitoring a first tracked object within the first input image in a first tracking cycle, monitoring a second input image, monitoring a second tracked object within the second input image in a second tracking cycle, and determining a dissimilarity measure comparing the first tracked object to the second tracked object. The dissimilarity measure estimates whether the first tracked object and the second tracked object represent a single tracked object proximate to the vehicle. The method further includes associating the first tracked object and the second tracked object based upon the dissimilarity measure, and utilizing the associated objects in a collision preparation system to control operation of the vehicle. | 07-29-2010 |
20100198427 | Open Architecture For Dynamic Vehicle Network - A self-configuring and self-learning network optimizes itself for battery usage, and allows users to simply mount modules implementing new functionality to the vehicle at any location on the vehicle. The use of network zones and wireless gateways between zones reduces network traffic within zones by isolating data not required outside a zone from the other zones. | 08-05-2010 |
20100217455 | ESTABLISHING QUALITY PARAMETERS OF A DIGITAL MAP - A device and method for the establishment of quality parameters of a digital map. A currently determined position of the vehicle and a measured value of an attribute of this position is used to calculate a quality parameter which serves as additional information for the data of the digital map. A driver assistance system constitutes an improved aid for a driver of a vehicle, since, in addition to the data of the digital map, the driver assistance system uses the feedback information of the quality parameter. | 08-26-2010 |
20100228404 | Method and system for configuring and provisioning a vehicle - A telematics method and system facilitates customizing a plurality of vehicle content files, parameters, and features based on edits and selections from a user interface. A telematics provider maintains a database comprising a table, or tables that associate(s) user identification information with a vehicle VIN and equipment/features/content installed in/on vehicle devices associated with the VIN. Database updates may occur automatically, or upon a user instruction, when a TCU wirelessly transmits current equipment, content, and feature configuration information to a TOC coupled with the database. The telematics provider's server may provide the interface that facilitates the user logging in and editing features, content, and operational and performance parameters currently configured/installed in/on the vehicle' equipment and devices. The telematics provider may forward the user input from the interface to another provider after it verifies user log in credentials before the other provider begins a download to vehicle devices associated with the VIN. | 09-09-2010 |
20100235015 | CONTROL ARCHITECTURE AND INTERFACING METHODOLOGY FOR COCKPIT CONTROL PANEL SYSTEMS - A hardware-based control and communication architecture communicates a plurality of signals within a vehicle. The communication architecture has a transmitting portion including a signal receiving portion configured to obtain or receive a first plurality of signals, a signal consolidation circuit, a signal driver capable of transmitting a consolidated signal representative of the first plurality of signals from the signal consolidation circuit, and a clock signal generator configured to provide a synchronizing timing signal having an established or fixed period. The signal consolidation circuit may include hardware logic to provide successive data transmission windows based on the established or fixed period of the timing signal, and the consolidation circuit may be configured to transmit each of the first plurality of signals in successive data transmission windows. Bidirectional and redundant system configurations are also disclosed with a plurality of transmission mediums. This new approach may be used to reduce the number of electrical cables over distance within an aircraft or vehicle, thus reducing the weight and size. | 09-16-2010 |
20100250021 | Driver Risk Assessment System and Method Having Calibrating Automatic Event Scoring - The system and method provides robust and reliable event scoring and reporting, while also optimizing data transmission bandwidth. The system includes onboard vehicular driving event detectors that record data related to detected driving events, selectively store or transfer data related to said detected driving events. If elected, the onboard vehicular system will score a detected driving event, compare the local score to historical values previously stored within the onboard system, and upload selective data or data types to a remote server or user if the system concludes that a serious driving event has occurred. Importantly, the onboard event scoring system, if enabled, will continuously evolve and improve in its reliability by being periodically re-calibrated the ongoing reliability results of manual human review of automated predictive event reports. The system may further respond to independent user requests by transferring select data to said user at a variety of locations and formats. | 09-30-2010 |
20100262316 | Vehicle control apparatus - The vehicle control apparatus, which performs vehicle control on a vehicle by issuing commands generated on the basis of results of computations which the vehicle control apparatus performs by use of a plurality of parameters, includes a first section to obtain a vehicle state of the vehicle, and a second section to make, for each of the plurality of the parameters, a determination whether or not the vehicle state has changed in compliance with corresponding at least one of rewrite conditions respectively set for the plurality of the parameters. If the determination is affirmative, the second section rewrites the parameter to a corresponding one of rewrite values respectively assigned to the plurality of the parameters. | 10-14-2010 |
20100262317 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - In a vehicle control, a future travel locus of a vehicle is computed by using an evaluation function, and travel road surface information regarding a travel road surface on which the Vehicle travels is stored. According to the travel road surface information stored, a convergence criterion for the evaluation function is variably set. | 10-14-2010 |
20100268400 | IN-VEHICLE EQUIPMENT SYSTEM - Front-mounted in-vehicle equipment arranged to a front part of a vehicle internal space, rear-mounted in-vehicle equipment arranged to a rear part of the vehicle internal space, and a connection adapted to connect the front-mounted in-vehicle equipment and the rear-mounted in-vehicle equipment is described. Rear-mounted in-vehicle equipment controls the front-mounted in-vehicle equipment via a keyboard or game controller, thereby allowing a passenger to control the front-mounted in-vehicle equipment in a straightforward manner from the rear-mounted in-vehicle equipment instead of the driver operating the front-mounted in-vehicle equipment. The rear-mounted in-vehicle equipment can be denied access to overwriting information related to music data in the front-mounted in-vehicle equipment. | 10-21-2010 |
20100274410 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CUSTOMIZING CONTENT FOR AN OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE - A method for customizing content for an occupant of a vehicle during a vehicle drive includes the steps of determining a driving mode of the vehicle and determining appropriate content for the occupant based on the driving mode. The driving mode represents one or more characteristics of the vehicle drive. | 10-28-2010 |
20100274411 | DRUNK DRIVING PREVENTION APPARATUS - Disclosed is a drunk driving prevention apparatus which reliably prevents drunk driving while permitting the release of control for restraining vehicle travel at an appropriate timing. A drunk driving prevention apparatus | 10-28-2010 |
20100274412 | SEMICONDUCTOR DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present invention provides an arrangement for enabling a plurality of central processing units to share specific resources while ensuring overall reliability owing to domain separation. More specifically, in a semiconductor data processing device comprising a plurality of access management circuits for managing access to resource units that are sharable by the central processing units via an internal bus, each of the access management circuits performs permission/inhibition control for access from the central processing units to the resource units according to a setting state of a domain setup register so as to allow domain separation of the resource units for each of the central processing units, and through use of a priority access permission control function for specific resource units selectively recognized by the access management circuits as resources sharable by the central processing units, access from one of the central processing units that is identified by register setting data is given higher priority than access from the other central processing units. | 10-28-2010 |
20100280681 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER - A vehicle-mounted electronic controller which executes applications by using the data acquired from the same vehicle-mounted device and in which the plurality of applications with different execution periods are installed comprises a storage section for storing the data acquired from the vehicle-mounted device and elapsed time(tb) from the time of acquiring the data and a processing section for comparing the elapsed time(tb) from the data acquisition in the storage section with allowable elapsed time(tb) the time of acquiring the data till the time of executing the applications by using the data, executing the applications by using the data when the elapsed time(tb) is within the allowable elapsed time(ta), and making a request for the transmission of the data to the vehicle-mounted device to acquire the latest data when the elapsed time(tb) exceeds the allowable elapsed time(ta). | 11-04-2010 |
20100292866 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACCESSING AN ASSIGNMENT RULE AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT - To operate a motor vehicle ( | 11-18-2010 |
20100292867 | Motor Vehicle Control Device - According to the invention, a motor vehicle control device is provided, comprising: a microkernel; several entities; and a software bus, via which the entities can communicate with each other and with the kernel, wherein one or more of the entities represent respectively one or more modules of the AUTOSAR base software. The present invention is based inter alia on the idea of representing the AUTOSAR architecture on a microkernel-based architecture. Thereby, the motor vehicle control device according to the invention makes it possible for example to link infotainment applications with AUTOSAR-based applications. | 11-18-2010 |
20100299000 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - A driving assistance apparatus is configured such that, in a case in which determination has been made there is a road marking within a predetermined range from a vehicle, the road marking is detected based upon an image acquired by a rear-side camera. In a case in which there is a single control target solely associated with the road marking thus detected, or in a case in which there are multiple control targets associated with the road marking, and the difference in the marking-target distance is equal to or greater than a driving control threshold distance, the target-vehicle distance, which is the distance between the vehicle and the control target that is a target for guidance and vehicle control, is calculated. The driving assistance apparatus performs guidance and vehicle control according to the control target based upon the target-vehicle distance thus calculated. | 11-25-2010 |
20100312417 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - A vehicle-mounted electronic system includes: a standby ECU that performs standby operation when ignition is turned off; a plurality of non-standby ECUs that are inactive when the ignition is turned off; a sensor electric wire that is disposed between the plurality of sensors and the standby ECU to supply power from the standby ECU to the plurality of sensors; a sensor signal wire that carries a signal from the plurality of sensors to the standby ECU; and an ECU signal wire that is disposed between the non-standby ECU and the standby ECU to carry a wakeup request signal from the standby ECU to the non-standby ECU, in which the standby ECU, in response to signal input from the sensor, transmits the wake up request signal through the ECU signal wire to the non-standby ECU that corresponds to the signal from the sensor. | 12-09-2010 |
20100312418 | VEHICLE COMPUTING MODULE - A vehicle computing system is provided that includes a vehicle computing module mounted on a main system board. The vehicle computing module includes a computing module circuit board with conducting paths. Computing components are mounted to the computing module circuit board and include at least a central processing unit and a main memory. An edge connector is provided at an edge of the computing module circuit board and adapted to connect the computing module circuit board to an edge connector socket on the main system board. A plurality of computing function interfaces are connected to the edge connector. The plurality of computing function interfaces includes a configuration interface connected to the central processing unit and, via the edge connector, to a controller on the main system board. The controller is used to configure the central processing unit on the computing module circuit board for operation in the vehicle computing system by enabling specification of the computing function interfaces during a vehicle computing module configuration. The computing function interfaces are configured during the vehicle computing module configuration to process data received by the vehicle computing module via the computing function interfaces. | 12-09-2010 |
20100318240 | COURSE EVALUATION APPARATUS AND COURSE EVALUATION METHOD - A course evaluation that evaluates a course of a mobile unit includes: generating a predetermined first course of the mobile unit; generating, for the first course, a second course for which a controlled amount of the mobile unit after a predetermined driving condition is satisfied is increased as compared with a controlled amount of the mobile unit on the first course; estimating another object course, which is a course of another object; determining whether the second course interferes with the other object course; and evaluating a degree of safety of the first course on the basis of a result of determination as to whether the second course interferes with the other object course. | 12-16-2010 |
20100324752 | GRADIENT INFORMATION CALCULATING SYSTEM, VEHICLE RUNNING CONTROL SYSTEM, NAVIGATION SYSTEM, AND GRADIENT INFORMATION CALCULATING METHOD - A gradient information calculating system includes a first calculating unit ( | 12-23-2010 |
20100332049 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DETERMINING LOAD CHARACTERISTICS OF A TRAILER - The invention provides a system and method for determining characteristics of a trailer being towed by a vehicle that includes an electronic stability control (“ESC”) system. The trailer is coupled to the vehicle using a trailer hitch. The hitch is configured to fasten the trailer to the vehicle using at least one intelligent bolt or fastener. The intelligent fastener has structural characteristics similar to those of traditional bolts for fastening a trailer to a vehicle (e.g., shear strength, diameter, etc.), but the intelligent fastener is configured to sense forces at a junction between the trailer and the vehicle. The ESC system receives force readings from the intelligent fastener sensors and uses them in conjunction with signals from a plurality of other sensors connected to the ESC system to determine one or more characteristics of the trailer. The characteristics of the trailer include a trailer weight, a trailer sway, and a trailer center of gravity. The ESC system compensates the motion of the vehicle based on the forces sensed at the junction and the characteristics of the trailer. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332050 | VEHICLE TRAVEL SUPPORT DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE TRAVEL SUPPORT PROGRAM - A vehicle travel support device capable of continuing operation even when the recognition accuracy of a lane mark has been degraded, and the like, wherein the degree of control on the operation of a steering device or the like is set higher as the reliability of a lane mark becomes higher. In a state in which the reliability of a travel area demarcated by the lane mark is high, a vehicle's travel is relatively strongly or actively supported so that the vehicle will not depart from the travel area. On the other hand, the degree of control on the operation of the steering device or the like is set lower as the reliability of the lane mark is lower. In a state in which the reliability of the travel area demarcated by the lane mark is low, the vehicle's travel is relatively weakly or passively supported so that the vehicle will not depart from the travel area. | 12-30-2010 |
20110004359 | Method and apparatus for determining a signal offset of a pitch rate sensor - In order to determine a signal offset (OFF_SIG) of a pitch rate sensor of a vehicle ( | 01-06-2011 |
20110004360 | METHOD AND CONTROLLER FOR IMPACT DETECTION FOR A VEHICLE - A control device and a method for impact detection for a vehicle are proposed, the impact being detected as a function of a signal of a structure-borne noise sensor system. However, an impact location on the vehicle is determined as a function of an evaluation of a multipath propagation of the structure-borne noise signal in the vehicle. | 01-06-2011 |
20110010020 | Object specifying device and vehicle control apparatus having the device - An object specifying device mounted in a controlled vehicle has a unit for tracking objects, existing in a monitoring area set along a running direction of the controlled vehicle, to detect the objects as forward objects, a unit for specifying one forward object running in the area as a forward vehicle, a unit for specifying each of other forward objects as a candidate for a control-based object when the forward object is placed in an inter-vehicle area between the controlled and forward vehicles, and a unit for specifying each candidate, tracked for a tracking period equal to or longer than a reference tracking period, as a control-based object and specifies each candidate, tracked for a tracking period shorter than the reference tracking period, as a non-control-based object. The controlled vehicle is controlled according to a movement of the control-based objects, regardless of a movement of the non-control-based objects. | 01-13-2011 |
20110010021 | VEHICLE TRAVEL SUPPORT DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE TRAVEL SUPPORT PROGRAM - A vehicle travel support device capable of properly controlling the operation of a steering device and the like from the viewpoint of supporting the travel of a vehicle stably even in a situation where a travel area is inappropriately demarcated by right and left lane marks at both sides, wherein a virtual travel area can be set as a travel area when a first condition is satisfied, that is, when the separation between the right and the left lane marks in width direction of a road increases to an inappropriate extent from the viewpoint of demarcating the travel area because the separation therebetween gradually increases as the distance from the vehicle increases. The operation of a steering device and the like is so controlled that the vehicle will not depart from the virtual travel area set as the travel area. | 01-13-2011 |
20110015804 | Vehicle Threshold Based Synchronous Communication System and Method - A system and method are provided for communicating data synchronously with a plurality of crash sensors onboard a vehicle. The system includes a control unit comprising interface circuitry for communicating with a plurality of crash sensors and providing synchronization signals to the crash sensors. The system also includes a communication bus coupled to the control unit for communicating with the crash sensors. The system further includes a plurality of crash sensors connected to the communication bus for communicating with the control unit. Each of the plurality of crash sensors receives one or more synchronization signals and is capable of transmitting data in response to the synchronous signals. The plurality of crash sensors each comprises logic for comparing a sensed parameter to a threshold and transmitting data when the sensed parameter exceeds the threshold. The logic further periodically transmits data based at least one of a time period and a synchronization count when the sensed parameter is less than the threshold. | 01-20-2011 |
20110015805 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A method for controlling a driver assistance system having sensors for recording the vehicle's environment and a device for intervening in onboard systems of the vehicle as a function of output signals of the sensors, the driver assistance system recording at least the course of a travel lane along which the vehicle is traveling and the position of the vehicle with respect to the travel lane, and guiding the vehicle on a trajectory; in this context, the driver assistance system establishes the trajectory as a function of the driver request. | 01-20-2011 |
20110022246 | UPDATE OF DIGITAL MAPS AND POSITION-FINDING - A control system for a vehicle which has a first controller for storing navigation map data and a separate second controller for storing update data. The navigation map data are updated outside of the first controller. The first controller or at least the navigation system is designed to perform map matching and to ascertain a possible location area for the vehicle on the basis of an evaluation of a travel history for a travel angle, or other measurement data which characterize the movement or the location of the vehicle. | 01-27-2011 |
20110022247 | METHOD FOR THE OPEN-LOOP AND CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL OF TRAFFIC FLOW - A method for the open-loop and closed-loop control of traffic flow by means of the automatic takeover of the longitudinal control a vehicle by a driver assistance system. First, the method detects the occurrence of a special situation. Then, a driver assistance system automatically takes over the longitudinal control of the vehicle. When the special situation ends, the driver regains the control over the vehicle, which he had before the activation of the driver assistance system. | 01-27-2011 |
20110054716 | VEHICLE SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATION AND/OR DRIVER ASSISTANCE - Disclosed herein is assistance, safety and navigation technology for vehicles. In particular, the disclosure relates to a vehicle system and a method for controlling the vehicle system. | 03-03-2011 |
20110060478 | VEHICULAR TERRAIN DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and system are provided for detecting attributes of a terrain surrounding a vehicle. The system includes at least one terrain sensor configured to generate data describing the terrain and a processor coupled to the at least one terrain sensor. The processor is configured to detect at least one attribute of the terrain based on data generated by the at least one terrain sensor and to adjust a handling behavior of the vehicle based on the at least one terrain attribute. | 03-10-2011 |
20110060479 | Electronic device, wiring unit, and assembling method thereof - An electronic device includes an electronic control unit, a wire, and a wiring-side connector. When a movable member is arranged in a first arrangement relative to a wiring-side connector main body, the movable member is in a position where the movable member does not prevent the wire from projecting from the main body to extend straight in a counter-fitting direction. When the movable member rotates from the first arrangement to a second arrangement relative to the main body, a restricting member approaches a portion of the main body from which the wire projects, to press and bend the wire, so a direction in which the wire projects from the main body is limited to a direction crossing the counter-fitting direction. When the movable member is arranged in the second arrangement and the main body is fitted to an ECU-side connector, the second arrangement is maintained. | 03-10-2011 |
20110066303 | DETERMINING SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZATION METHODS COMBINATION - A determining system for localization methods combination which determines a combination of a plurality of localization methods used in a vehicle includes: a unit that stores therein a localization accuracy influence parameter which is determined for each position in a travel environment; a unit that stores therein a relation between the localization accuracy influence parameter and a localization accuracy of each of a plurality of the localization methods; a unit that stores therein correspondence information between the localization accuracy influence parameter and each of the localization methods; a unit that acquires the localization accuracy influence parameter in the travel environment; and a unit that acquires the correspondence information on the localization accuracy influence parameter, references the relation based on the correspondence information, and thereby predicts a localization accuracy of each of the localization methods at each position in the travel environment. | 03-17-2011 |
20110077798 | ESTIMATED ACCELERATION CALCULATING APPARATUS - An estimated acceleration calculating apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a rolling resistance coefficient calculating unit which calculates a rolling resistance coefficient corresponding to a rough road level or a turning level of the vehicle; and an estimated acceleration calculating unit which calculates an estimated acceleration based on a motion equation, the motion equation expressing an equilibrium of wheel forces and including a term of the rolling resistance coefficient. | 03-31-2011 |
20110082603 | Process for Controlling Functions in a Motor Vehicle Having Neighboring Operating Elements - In the case of the process for controlling functions in a motor vehicle having neighboring operating elements, the functions in each case being activatable by the operation of a defined operating element assigned to each function, the functions assigned to two neighboring operating elements receive a different priority. The higher-priority function can be activated immediately if the operating element assigned to it is operated before or within a defined time period after the neighboring other operating element. | 04-07-2011 |
20110106333 | INTERFACE IN A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING DATA - A method and system provide an interface in a vehicle for connecting to a mobile computing device for exchanging data between the interface and the mobile computing device, the interface being connected to a vehicle data bus for exchanging data with at least one vehicle system. The data exchange between the mobile computing device and the interface occurs according to a first data protocol and the data exchange between the interface and the at least one vehicle system occurs according to a second data protocol that differs from the first data protocol. | 05-05-2011 |
20110106334 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR ADVISING DRIVER OF SAME - A method for advising a driver of a vehicle may include monitoring driver torque requests, establishing categories of driver behavior based on a history of driver torque requests and associated rates of change thereof, categorizing current driver behavior into one of the established categories based on current driver torque requests and associated rates of change thereof, and initiating an alert for the driver if the categorization is of a particular type. | 05-05-2011 |
20110106335 | MICROCONTROLLER, CONTROL SYSTEM AND DESIGN METHOD OF MICROCONTROLLER - Two data processing units having the same function, one of which is used for a master and the other for comparison, are provided, control of a circuit unit is performed by the master, the master data processing unit and the circuit unit are operated in synchronization with a first clock signal, the second data processing unit is operated in synchronization with a second clock signal having the same cycle and different phase from the first clock signal, and processing results of both the data processing units are compared in a comparison circuit. Flip flops are disposed on a signal path from the circuit unit to the comparison data processing unit and on a signal path from the master data processing unit to the comparator, and both the first and second clock signals are used for latch clocks of the flip flops in accordance with input signals thereof. | 05-05-2011 |
20110118897 | Protecting a Vehicle from Environmental Events - Methods and systems for locating a vehicle are disclosed, including detecting one or more environmental conditions, the one or more environmental conditions being indicative of an occurrence of an environmental event, determining a probability of the occurrence of the environmental event in response to detecting the one or more environmental conditions, and effecting a preventive action in response to the probability being above a threshold probability, the preventive action being configured to protect the vehicle from the environmental event. | 05-19-2011 |
20110118898 | Rehabilitation Device - A rehabilitation device includes a moving body, a motor, a control system and a sensor module. The moving body has a housing and a moving mechanism. The motor, disposed in the housing, connects to the moving mechanism and drives the moving mechanism. The control system is disposed in the housing and coupled to the motor. The sensor module is disposed on the moving body and coupled to the control module. The control system controls the operation of the motor to move the moving body according to information detected by the sensor module. | 05-19-2011 |
20110137486 | FORWARD VEHICLE SENSING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a forward vehicle sensing system for a vehicle. The system includes a sensor and a control unit. The sensor monitors conditions of a road ahead of the vehicle. The control unit detects stationary objects placed on edges of the road, calculates an imaginary line from the consecutive stationary objects, and recognize a prior transverse position of a forward vehicle as a current transverse position of the forward vehicle when determining that an absolute value of a transverse position of the forward vehicle detected on the road is greater than an absolute value of a transverse position of the imaginary line. Therefore, the system of the present invention can prevent the forward vehicle from being incorrectly sensed in such a way as to determine the imaginary line from the stationary objects and compare the transverse position of the forward vehicle to that of the imaginary line. | 06-09-2011 |
20110137487 | RUNNING CONTROL DEVICE, AND RUNNING CONTROL METHOD - [Object] An object of the present invention is to restrict an unnecessary control intervention at a scene where a vehicle avoids an obstacle etc. ahead of the vehicle by steering. | 06-09-2011 |
20110137488 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - A driving assistance apparatus is a lane keeping apparatus that performs a vehicle driving assistance so that a vehicle runs along a set target course, and includes a vehicle control ECU; a camera; an image ECU; a steering torque sensor; and a steering torque applying unit. The vehicle control ECU includes a parallel running vehicle trajectory estimating unit which estimates the trajectory of the parallel running vehicle running on the adjacent lane and a target course correcting unit which corrects the target course of the own vehicle on the basis of the estimation trajectory of the parallel running vehicle. Since the target course of the own vehicle is corrected on the basis of the estimated trajectory of the parallel running vehicle, it is possible to sufficiently reduce the driver's anxiety with respect to the parallel running vehicle. | 06-09-2011 |
20110153116 | DETERMINING A STATUS OF ADHERENCE TO A TRAFFIC REGULATION - An indication of a traffic regulation, such as a speed limit, is transmitted to a vehicle. Equipment on the vehicle determines whether the vehicle is in adherence to the traffic regulation, and appropriate information and/or cues are provided to the driver of the vehicle. Cues can be audible, visual, mechanical (vibration), or a combination thereof. The equipment on the vehicle can be a stand alone receiver unit, a part of the vehicle, a mobile communications device, or a combination thereof. | 06-23-2011 |
20110160933 | OPERATION APPARATUS FOR ON-BOARD DEVICES IN AUTOMOBILE - An operation apparatus includes image capturing device capable of capturing images of a plurality of mark members provided in assembled members in a compartment; determining device capable of determining individually whether each of the mark members is or is not shielded on the basis of the image data taken and outputted by the image capturing device; and operation instructing device configured to output an operation command to on-board devices in accordance with a result of the determining by the determining device. Accordingly, it is easy for an operator to understand operational steps, thereby effectively preventing an erroneous operation due to the operator's misunderstanding. Furthermore, it is possible to simplify a determination logic of the operation instructing device, and also possible to easily provide a retrofitted option. | 06-30-2011 |
20110172849 | CONTROL NETWORK FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A control network for motor vehicles, having nodes in the form of control devices, sensors, and/or actuators, that are connected to each other and temporally synchronized by a time-controlled bus, wherein each node has a time reference system synchronized with the bus, that indicates a global time shared by all nodes, and at least one node has a time coordination system that, for a plurality of actions to be implemented by different nodes, coordinates the global times at which these actions are to be implemented. | 07-14-2011 |
20110184588 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AND DETECTING SPEED - A system for determining instances when a vehicle's indicated speed exceeds a governing speed includes a receiver to receive information from which a vehicle's location envelope, indicated direction of travel, and indicated speed can be derived, and a processor. The processer is configured to ascertain a location envelope in which the vehicle is located, an indicated speed of the vehicle, and a direction of travel of the vehicle at a sample time. It is also configured to select the governing speed for the vehicle at the sample time, which includes ascertaining possible road segments with at least a portion within the location envelope, eliminating road segments with a road segment direction of travel inconsistent with the indicated direction of travel, and selecting as the governing speed a speed associated with a remaining road segment. The processor will then determine if the indicated speed exceeds the governing speed. | 07-28-2011 |
20110184589 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING OPERATION ACCORDING TO DETECTED ORIENTATION - An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) mountable within a vehicle receives input power and produces a first output in response to the received input power even in the absence of the input power. A detector is coupled to the UPS and detects a situation parameter associated with the vehicle and/or the UPS. The detected situation parameter is either an incline angle relative to a reference plane, an applied force, an acceleration or a vibration. The first output of the UPS is then modified as a function of the detected situation parameter with respect to either a threshold value or a range of values. | 07-28-2011 |
20110190961 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND OPERATOR CONTROL CONCEPT THEREFOR - A driver assistance system having a predefined number of driver assistance functions has a device for defining, storing and implementing a predefined number of driver assistance packages, wherein each driver assistance package comprises one or more driver assistance functions and each driver assistance package has a predetermined functional scope. | 08-04-2011 |
20110213511 | Vehicle Control Method for Adapting Dynamic Vehicle Performance to the Psychophysical Condition of the Driver - A method of controlling a driver-operated vehicle; the method including the steps of:
| 09-01-2011 |
20110218696 | VEHICLE OPERATING DEVICE - A vehicle operating device includes: a voice operation unit | 09-08-2011 |
20110224840 | Methods of Real Time Image Enhancement of Flash LIDAR Data and Navigating a Vehicle Using Flash LIDAR Data - A method for creating a digital elevation map (“DEM”) from frames of flash LIDAR data includes generating a first distance R | 09-15-2011 |
20110231032 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - A control circuit board has a plurality of connectors that can connect each control module circuit board to control a plurality of in-vehicle equipment. A power supply circuit board has a power supply circuit that controls a power supply from a battery to a controlled equipment of the control module circuit boards connected with each connector. The control circuit board and the power supply circuit board are electrically connected and accommodated in a case. When the control module circuit boards are connected with any connector of the control circuit board, the power supply circuit is controlled by the control module and it becomes possible to control the controlled equipment such as engines. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231033 | Motion Control Unit for Vehicle Based on Jerk Information - In a motion control system for a vehicle including control means for controlling a yaw moment of the vehicle; first detection means for detecting a longitudinal velocity (V) of the vehicle; second detection means for detecting a lateral jerk (Gy_dot) of the vehicle; and third detection means for detecting a yaw angular acceleration (r_dot) of the vehicle, the yaw moment of the vehicle is controlled by the control means so that a difference between the yaw angular acceleration (r_dot) detected by the third detection means and a value (Gy_dot/V) obtained by the lateral jerk (Gy_dot) of the vehicle detected by the second detection means by the longitudinal velocity (V) detected by the first detection means becomes small. | 09-22-2011 |
20110238237 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING VEHICLE COMPUTING PLATFORM CONFIGURATION INFORMATION - A vehicle includes a computing platform configured with first configuration information, an identification module that receives driver identification information and determines whether to enable the computing platform based on the identification information, and a communication module that establishes communications between the computing platform and an off-vehicle information store storing second configuration information if the computing platform is enabled. The vehicle also includes an update module that updates the computing platform with the second configuration information if the second configuration information is different than the first configuration information. | 09-29-2011 |
20110245992 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A method for controlling a motor vehicle wherein the control is carried out with the participation of at least one driver assistance system. In order to simplify and/or differentiate the overriding of a driver assistance system, there is provision that the participation of at least part of the at least one driver assistance system in the control of the motor vehicle is switched off or changed by the driver activating an activation element which is provided in and/or on the motor vehicle and communicates with the at least one driver assistance system. A corresponding device is also described. | 10-06-2011 |
20110245993 | DRIVE ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - Disclosed is a drive assistance apparatus capable of assisting safer driving of a vehicle. The drive assistance apparatus that includes a position detection unit detecting a positional relationship between a preceding vehicle present in front of a subject vehicle and the subject vehicle and executes a drive assistance control assisting the driving of the subject vehicle according to the detected results, wherein the drive assistance apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires signal device information regarding a signal device on a traveling path of the subject vehicle and a setting unit that sets execution conditions for executing the drive assistance control based on the signal device information acquired by the acquisition unit. | 10-06-2011 |
20110245994 | VEHICLE STABILIZATION - A vehicle ( | 10-06-2011 |
20110245995 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A ROAD PROFILE OF A LANE LOCATED IN FRONT OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for determining a road profile of a lane located in front of a vehicle by means of sensed image data ( | 10-06-2011 |
20110251734 | METHOD FOR THE ADAPTION OF A DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF A VEHICLE WITH A CHANGE OF DRIVER - A method is provided for the adaption of a driving behavior of a vehicle with a change of driver. For this, driver-specific driving parameters, which characterize a driving style of a driver, of several vehicle drivers are stored as virtual driver profiles in the vehicle or in a drivers' control center. In addition, various methods are stored driver-specifically in the vehicle or in a drivers' control center, which respectively modify a reaction of the vehicle to driving parameters of a driver to the effect that a manner of driving, taking into account the limits of the vehicle, is ensured in traffic. During the driving of the vehicle, a first of the methods is then used and a comparison of stored virtual driver profiles with actually detected driver-specific driving parameters is carried out. If on comparing the actually detected driver-specific driving parameters a change of driver is clearly recognized and an allocation to one of the stored virtual driver profiles was not able to take place, a change-over is made to a next one of the methods until the driver is recognized or, if a recognition is not possible by means of the stored data, a further safety method is created for a new virtual driver. | 10-13-2011 |
20110257810 | ONBOARD VEHICLE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING VEHICLE FUNCTIONALITIES - An onboard vehicle control system includes a vehicle electronic control adapted to control at least one vehicle functionality, a human machine interface communicating with the vehicle electronic control and including a human input interface. The vehicle electronic control includes a preloaded configuration program for configuring the vehicle functionality and the vehicle electronic control is adapted to, upon manual entry of an activation code by a user with the human input interface, execute the preloaded configuration program which modifies the vehicle functionality settings. | 10-20-2011 |
20110257811 | Data Collection Apparatus and Portable Data Collection Device - An apparatus includes a portable device, a supporting base associable with a vehicle and connecting means to lock, or release, the device in the base. The apparatus further includes detecting means for detecting at least an operating parameter of the vehicle, interface means for setting an operating state of the device and control means, connected to the detecting means and to the interface means to command the connecting means, as a function of the operating parameter and/or of the operating state. | 10-20-2011 |
20110264300 | FRICTION ESTIMATION METHOD - A method and apparatus for the estimation of maximum friction between a vehicular tire and a road surface via driving dynamics measurements and at least one sensor measuring the road surface, comprising
| 10-27-2011 |
20110264301 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TRAVEL DIRECTION AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for determining a travel direction of a vehicle ( | 10-27-2011 |
20110264302 | TRAVEL ROUTE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND TRAVEL ROUTE ESTIMATION METHOD USED IN THE SAME DEVICE - Provided is a travel route estimation device capable of accurately estimating, without excessively increasing communication load of the device, a shape of a travel route even when one's own-vehicle is traveling on a travel route that does not have any objects installed on the route. A calculation section calculates and successively stores a radius of curvature of the travel route based on a yaw rate detected by a yaw rate detection section and on a traveling velocity detected by a velocity detection section. When conducting a filtering process for reducing variation of the calculate radius of curvature, the calculation section selects a filtering constant for multiplying the stored radius of curvature in accordance with the type of the travel route of the own-vehicle, and generates information representing a radius of curvature obtained by conducting at least one filtering process by using the selected filtering constant. | 10-27-2011 |
20110270466 | CURVE RADIUS ESTIMATING DEVICE - A curve radius estimating device ( | 11-03-2011 |
20110282516 | METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR DETECTING A DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION OF A VEHICLE - A method for detecting a dangerous driving condition of a vehicle located on a roadway is provided, which includes a step of receiving a first damping signal ( | 11-17-2011 |
20110282517 | Microcontroller having a computing unit and a logic circuit, and method for carrying out computations by a microcontroller for a regulation or a control in a vehicle - A microcontroller having a computing unit and a logic circuit. The microcontroller carries out computations for a regulation or control in a vehicle. The computing unit is connected to the logic circuit, and the logic circuit has an arrangement for computing an exponential function and is configurable. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282518 | G.P.S. Management System - A management system using Global Positioning System receivers for tracking remote units from a central office and quickly and conveniently determining if those remote units have varied from a set of predetermined parameters of operation. The system also includes provisions that allows information to be sent from the remote units to the central office and vice versa. The system also has safety features that promote the rapid dispatch of law enforcement personnel when requests for emergency assistance have been made from the remote units. | 11-17-2011 |
20110288693 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE ANGLE OF INCLINATION OF A TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE - In a method for determining the angle of inclination of a two-wheeled vehicle of the type of a bicycle, a scooter or a motorcycle with respect to the roadway normal, the angle of inclination is able to be determined simply and accurately if the transverse acceleration of the vehicle is measured using a transverse acceleration sensor and the acceleration in the direction of the vertical axis of the vehicle is ascertained and the angle of inclination with respect to the roadway normal is calculated based on the two acceleration values. | 11-24-2011 |
20110288694 | VEHICLE GOVERNANCE SYSTEM - Disclosed are a method and system for preventing the unauthorized use of a vehicle. A set of vehicle operating parameters is entered onto a person's driver's license, and that person registers as an authorized user of a specified vehicle. When that person enters the vehicle, the person inserts the driver's license into a card reader, and the card reader reads the operating parameters and enters those parameters onto a computing platform. The computing platform receives these operating parameters and checks to determine if the person is an authorized user of the vehicle. If the computing platform determines that the person is an authorized user, the computing platform sends the operating parameters to a control module within the vehicle. If the person then operates the vehicle, the control module controls the vehicle to maintain that operation within the operating parameters. | 11-24-2011 |
20110295444 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPLEMENTING AND ENFORCING SECURITY AND RESOURCE POLICIES FOR A VEHICLE - In one or more embodiments, a vehicle resource usage control system includes a vehicle computer having security policies that define usage rules for one or more vehicle resources. One or more devices communicating with the vehicle computer may have installed in memory software applications that use one or more vehicle resources for operation. Programmed instructions may be received that define which of the one or more vehicle resources the software applications use for operation. These programmed instructions may be associated with the one or more security policies. The security policy associated with the software applications may be determined based on the programmed instructions. Operation of the software applications may be permitted according to the security policy. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295445 | Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Providing a Synthetic View of Terrain for Use in a Moving Vehicle - Specific determinations are made in a moving vehicle ( | 12-01-2011 |
20110295446 | VEHICLE VISUAL AND NON-VISUAL DATA RECORDING SYSTEM - The system described in this invention can be used for monitoring and analyzing real time visual and non-visual information pertaining to the occupant, vehicle, and surroundings prior to, during and post eccentric operating conditions for a given period of time. The system stores vehicle and occupant data from sensors throughout the vehicle and also makes use of existing vehicle sensors that may already be present in the vehicle. The invention also includes a video recording module that makes use of a fish-eye camera to capture video from the inside and the outside of the vehicle. Real-time data analysis is performed to detect and to recognize vehicle occupants, and recognize impending eccentric events. Vehicle, occupant, and video data are stored in circular buffers. When an eccentric event, a collision for example, has been detected, the device continues to record data and video for a fixed period of time. Once this time has elapsed, the data is transferred from volatile to non-volatile memory for later retrieval. A computer may be used to retrieve and display the vehicle and occupant data in a synchronization with the video data for the purposes of accident recreation, driver or vehicle monitoring. | 12-01-2011 |
20110301779 | VEHICLE RELATIVE POSITION ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE RELATIVE POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD - A vehicle relative position estimation apparatus includes: a motional state acquiring unit that acquires vehicle control information for controlling the motional state of a vehicle or the motional state of the vehicle detected by an in-vehicle apparatus of the vehicle, and vehicle control information for controlling the motional state of another vehicle or the motional state of another vehicle detected by an in-vehicle apparatus of another vehicle; a relative position acquiring unit that acquires the relative position detected by the in-vehicle apparatus provided in the vehicle or another vehicle; an estimation unit that receives the vehicle control information or the motional state of the vehicle, and the vehicle control information or the motional state of another vehicle acquired by the motional state acquiring unit and estimates the relative position with a Kalman filter using the relative position acquired by the relative position acquiring unit as the amount of observation. | 12-08-2011 |
20110301780 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE LOCATION OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN A VEHICLE - In at least one embodiment, a system for locating a personal communication device (PCD) in a vehicle is provided. The system includes a controller that is configured to receive a first signal indicative of a location of at least one PCD in a vehicle and to determine whether the at least one PCD is located within one of a driver zone and a passenger zone. The driver zone corresponds to a location in the vehicle generally occupied by a driver and the passenger zone corresponds to a location in the vehicle generally occupied by at least one passenger. The controller is further configured to receive a second signal indicative of at least one occupant being positioned in at least one of the driver zone and the passenger zone and to store data corresponding to a modified driver zone that includes the driver zone and at least a portion of the passenger zone in response to determining that the at least one PCD is located in the driver zone and the second signal indicating that a first occupant is in the driver zone and a second occupant is not detected within the passenger zone. | 12-08-2011 |
20110301781 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN ANGLE SENSOR AND VEHICLE WITH AN ANGLE SENSOR - A method for calibration of at least one angle sensor sensing an angular position of a pivotable element rotatable from a first position to a maximum position is provided, wherein during an operation time of the pivotable element at least one adjustable angle corresponding to an extreme value of the angle sensor is automatically maintained or updated depending on at least one measured angle determined by the at least one angle sensor. | 12-08-2011 |
20110301782 | SEAT WEIGHT DETECTING SUBSYSTEM - It is provided a subsystem for seat weight detection, the configuration of which enables improved assemblability and economization of space in layout. A seat weight detecting subsystem is provided for each seat | 12-08-2011 |
20110307118 | Vehicle Aerodynamic Efficiency Advisor Systems and Methods - A method is provided. The method includes estimating aerodynamic efficiency values of a vehicle; comparing the aerodynamic efficiency values to determine vehicle settings; and generating a recommendation based on the at least one of the efficiency values and the vehicle settings. | 12-15-2011 |
20110307119 | WEB PORTAL SYSTEM FOR MANAGING VEHICLE USAGE AND MOBILITY - A network including a web portal gathers, compiles and formats information on vehicle usage across a vehicle community. The vehicle community is comprised of a plurality of vehicles whose users and owners have joined the network and communicate through the web portal to allow gathering and accumulation of vehicle operation information for various uses including maintaining a record of vehicle operation and determining energy usage and environmental impact. | 12-15-2011 |
20110307120 | METHOD FOR LOCATING THE LONGITUDINAL POSITION OF THE WHEELS OF A VEHICLE - A method for locating the longitudinal position, either on the front chassis or on the rear chassis of a vehicle, of wheels ( | 12-15-2011 |
20110307121 | ROAD-INSTALLED DRIVING SUPPORTING DEVICE, VEHICLE-MOUNTED DRIVING SUPPORTING DEVICE, AND DRIVING SUPPORTING SYSTEM - A vehicle-mounted driving supporting device | 12-15-2011 |
20110307122 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF A VEHICLE WHEN APPROACHING A STOPPING POINT - A device is provided for controlling the driving behavior of a vehicle when approaching a stopping point with a sensing device, which determines the distance between the vehicle and the stopping point, and with an evaluation device which taking into account at least the current vehicle speed determines a rolling distance to the stopping point, which the vehicle will cover with disconnected operational connection between vehicle drive and the driven vehicle wheels. A signaling device, upon reaching of the rolling distance, generates a disconnection signal for disconnecting the operational connection. | 12-15-2011 |
20110313592 | VEHICLE DRIVE SUPPORT DEVICE - In a vehicle drive support device | 12-22-2011 |
20110320063 | HANDLEBAR CONTROL SYSTEM - A handlebar control system for a motorcycle. The system includes a controller, a network interface, a plurality of user actuated devices coupled to the controller, an electronic switch coupled to the controller, a first connector having terminals linking to motorcycle power and a network bus, and a second connector coupled to a device external to the control system. | 12-29-2011 |
20110320064 | Method for Operating a Sensor Apparatus and Sensor Apparatus - A sensor apparatus includes a housing with a security device, a secure first computation device, a second computation device (AC) and a sensor element. The sensor apparatus detects a temperature in the housing, to activate the first computation device only when the detected temperature is in a predefined temperature range, to determine a session key by the first computation device and to store the session key in a second memory of the second computation device, to deactivate the first computation device after the session key has been stored, to determine data on the basis of a sensor signal detected using the sensor element and to encrypt and/or sign the data by the second computation device on the basis of the session key. | 12-29-2011 |
20110320065 | NETWORK NODE WITH INTEGRATED POWER DISTRIBUTION - A control network comprises a plurality of network nodes arranged in a plurality of tiers, with first-tier nodes and lower tier nodes. A master control bus interconnects the first-tier nodes, which are also connected to a power source. Lower-tier buses interconnect groups of the lower tier nodes. The lower-tier buses include both data lines and a power source line derived from the power source, allowing the lower tier nodes to selectively distribute power to local loads. A first-tier node may be embodied as a hub controller configured to be connected to one or more of said lower-tier buses. The hub controller may comprise a plurality of internal hub nodes (including a hub master node and hub slave nodes) integrated within the same physical unit. | 12-29-2011 |
20110320066 | VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAY - An information display system for a vehicle includes a display screen disposed at an interior cabin of a vehicle so as to be viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle. The information display system is operable to display on the display screen vehicle user information so as to provide information to the driver of the equipped vehicle related to use of the equipped vehicle. The display screen is operable to display video images captured by a rearward facing camera of the equipped vehicle for assisting the driver during a reversing maneuver. The video images are captured by the rearward facing camera and are displayed on the display screen when the equipped vehicle is executing a reversing maneuver. When the equipped vehicle is not executing a reversing maneuver, the information display system is operable to display on the display screen vehicle user information. | 12-29-2011 |
20120004790 | Method and System for Calculating and Reporting Slump in Delivery Vehicles - A system for managing a concrete delivery vehicle having a mixing drum | 01-05-2012 |
20120010762 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An information providing device for a vehicle is provided in which when the subject vehicle (VA) transmits to a base station ( | 01-12-2012 |
20120022716 | MOVEMENT TRAJECTORY GENERATOR - A movement trajectory generator | 01-26-2012 |
20120022717 | TAXI USER EXTRACTION DEVICE, TAXI USER EXTRACTION METHOD, TRANSPORTATION USER EXTRACTION DEVICE, AND TRANSPORTATION USER EXTRACTION METHOD - In a taxi user extraction device, an automobile movement extraction unit creates line data of each user, using point data transmitted from mobile terminals, which is stored in a user location information storage unit, and probe data acquired by a probe information acquisition unit, and extracts first line data indicative of movement by automobile from the data. A taxi movement extraction unit extracts second line data, based on the probe data. A taxi use extraction unit extracts data agreeing with the second line data out of the first line data and stores the extracted data as third line data. A taxi using user extraction unit extracts an identifier of mobile terminal having formed the third line data. | 01-26-2012 |
20120029727 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VEHICLE MOTION - A control system for a vehicle includes a period determination module and a motion detection module. The period determination module determines a period for the vehicle to travel a predetermined distance based on a desired transmission output shaft speed (TOSS), a target transmission output shaft position, a final drive ratio of the vehicle, and a tire size of the vehicle. The motion detection module detects whether the vehicle is moving based on the TOSS during the determined period. | 02-02-2012 |
20120029728 | CHARGING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE - A charging device for a vehicle includes a device-side power line communication (PLC) modem, a device-side control pilot (CPLT) signal generating circuit, a device-side CPLT signal detecting circuit and a device-side low-pass filter (LPF). The device-side PLC modem is used for PLC between the vehicle and the charging device. The device-side CPLT signal generating circuit is used for generating CPLT signals. The device-side CPLT signal detecting circuit is used for detecting the CPLT signals transmitted from the vehicle through the signal line to determine whether or not the vehicle is ready for charging and whether or not the charging is completed. The device-side LPF is connected to an input of the device-side CPLT signal detecting circuit and has such a frequency characteristics that allows the CPLT signals to pass through the device-side LPF but removes signals having frequencies in a frequency band used for PLC. | 02-02-2012 |
20120035784 | Method for stabilizing a vehicle having an integrated rollover prevention function - A device for regulating the driving dynamics of a motor vehicle. A setpoint variable (ψ) for regulating the transverse dynamics of the vehicle is predefined and limited to a maximum value that is set in such a way that the transverse acceleration (a | 02-09-2012 |
20120041616 | Motor Vehicle - A motor vehicle, is provided with a plurality of operator control units which can be operated individually by an occupant in order to initiate functions of the motor vehicle, a plurality of display units that can be illuminated, and a display control logic unit. In response to operator activation of a first function associated with a second function in a specified operating sequence, a first display unit can be controlled in such a way that the first display unit displays a directional pointer in the spatial direction of a second operator control unit, which on being actuated can initiate the second function. | 02-16-2012 |
20120041617 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE - Provided is a vehicle periphery monitoring device having: a first distance calculating unit ( | 02-16-2012 |
20120046802 | Apparatus for supporting drive of mobile object based on target locus thereof - In an apparatus for supporting drive of a mobile object, a curl component calculator projects relative motion of a environmental field in a coordinate system formed by modeling a retina sphere of a driver of the mobile object. The curl component calculator calculates each of rotational components of the projected relative motion of the environmental field around a corresponding driver's eye direction to the gaze point. A target trajectory setter sets, as a target trajectory of the mobile object, an equal-magnitude line connecting a part of the rotational components of the projected relative motion of the environmental field, the part of the rotational components having a same magnitude. | 02-23-2012 |
20120046803 | Apparatus for controlling speed of mobile object - In an obtainer for obtaining speed feeling of a driver of a movable object, a gaze point setter sets a gaze point of the driver, and a motion detector detects relative motion of an environmental field around the mobile object with respect to the mobile object. A divergent component calculator projects the relative motion of the environmental field in a coordinate system. The coordinate system is formed by modeling a retina sphere of the driver of the mobile object. The divergent calculator calculates each of divergent components of the projected relative motion of the environmental field radially expanding from the gaze point. A speed feeling calculator calculates speed feeling of the driver based on the divergent components of the projected relative motion of the environmental field radially expanding from the gaze point calculated by the divergent component calculator. | 02-23-2012 |
20120046804 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A DATA SET - Systems, methods, and stored coded instruction sets for reducing the amount of data captured, i.e., retained, by a computerized system, such as an aircraft flight control or monitoring system. Such systems can, for example, be used in monitoring and/or controlling the operation of one or more aircraft engines, flight controls, or other aircraft systems, in order to optimize storage required for collected data, and/or to reduce or otherwise control the time required to off-load captured data to another computer system, such as a land-based analysis system. The amount of data collected, e.g., captured or retained in memory, may be reduced by discarding data points that are within a specified tolerance of, for example, a previously observed or expected value in a manner which assists with preserving the accuracy and precision of the original measured data. | 02-23-2012 |
20120046805 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER - According to one embodiment, there is provided a vehicle controller including: a sudden change judgment section that judges whether a change rate of a detected yaw rate is equal to or more than a predetermined value; a normative yaw rate calculator that calculates a normative yaw rate based on a steering angle amount; and a correction section that performs a correction for making a detected lateral acceleration close to a value to be detected at a gravity center of a vehicle, by using: the detected yaw rate when the sudden change judgment section judges that the change rate of the detected yaw rate is less than the predetermined value; and the normative yaw rate instead of the detected yaw rate when the sudden change judgment section judges that the change rate of the detected yaw rate is equal to or more than the predetermined value. | 02-23-2012 |
20120046806 | SPECIFICATION INFORMATION ESTIMATING DEVICE AND VEHICLE - Disclosed is a specification information estimating device which estimates the steering gear ratio n of a vehicle. A specification information estimating device includes a steering angle sensor | 02-23-2012 |
20120065810 | In-Vehicle Electronic Control Device, Control Software and Development Tool for Control Software - There is provided means enabling effective selection of a method of combining software assets in the development of software that is hierarchized and segmented into components. Control software | 03-15-2012 |
20120065811 | MAP DATA UPDATE SYSTEM, MAP DATA UPDATE METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MAP DATA UPDATE PROGRAM - A map data update system includes a first storage portion that stores road network data that describes a road in terms of a connection relationship between a node and a link; an update portion that receives update data and updates the road network data based on the update data; a data obtaining portion that obtains additional data by a means that differs from a means that receives the update data; a second storage portion that stores the additional data including association information that indicates association between the additional data and the link; and a correcting portion that, when update processing of the road network data is executed by the update portion, the association information in the additional data that is associated with the link that is changed by the update processing. | 03-15-2012 |
20120065812 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER - Disclosed is a vehicle controller which can perform appropriate control even when an acceleration sensor is mounted in a movable portion of a vehicle. A vehicle controller includes an acceleration sensor attached to a cabin movable around a shaft, an open/closed state detection section which detects the open/closed state of the cabin, and a correction section which corrects the output value of the acceleration sensor. When the open/closed state detection section detects that the cabin is opened and then closed, the correction section performs correction. When the acceleration sensor is provided in the cabin serving as a movable portion, the inclination of the acceleration sensor may differ slightly before and after the cabin is opened. For this reason, when correction is constantly performed, a useless operation is performed, causing an increase in a control load. Therefore, correction is performed when the cabin is opened and then closed, such that the control load is reduced and accurate control is performed on the basis of the new inclination of the acceleration sensor. | 03-15-2012 |
20120072047 | ENHANCED ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY - Remote sensor units for a vehicle are described. An apparatus may comprise a satellite housing having an electrical connector interface portion, and an electrical connector disposed within the electrical connector interface portion of the satellite housing. The electrical connector may be arranged to conduct electrical signals for an electronic component having an electronic sensor operative to monitor conditions for a vehicle, the electrical connector comprising a capture portion at a first end and a pin portion at a second end, the capture portion having a pair of opposing mechanical contact elements arranged to receive at least one edge of the electronic component. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072048 | JUMPER CONNECTOR - A method and apparatus for jumping a pin connections in an electrical device are provided. The electrical device can be a vehicle having a data link connector that once mated with the apparatus, such a jumping connector that will jump at least two pin connections in the data link connector. The jumping connector can also have dip switches that be in the active or inactive state. In the active state, the dip switch will cause a connection to one of the pin connectors on the electrical device while the inactive state, the dip switch will not cause a connection to one of the pin connectors on the electrical device. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072049 | COMPUTER-SUPPORTED MONITORING OF AN ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION - A method and arrangement are configured for determination of the energy consumption of a transportation device per section of the route, in urban traffic, for example. In an embodiment, current energy consumption data is compared to reference data from a fleet of transportation devices. The result is visually conveyed to the driver to allow them an interpretation of the energy consumption and to provide motivation for energy-saving driving behavior. An evaluation of the energy consumption data relative to the route allows specific feedback, for example, that the driver has achieved an energy-saving best value for a section of the route. The gathered data can also be used to pay bonuses or to initiate training measures. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072050 | Vehicle Control Device and Vehicle Control Method - A control device and method in which, even when a road deviation operation is performed continuously near a road boundary where sidewalk/road separating blocks are discontinuously lined up, discontinuity does not occur in the control input, and unwanted vehicle behavior does not occur. The sizes of obstacles present around a host vehicle, as well as their relative positions and relative speeds with respect to the host vehicle are detected 500. A pair to be linked is determined from among the plurality of detected obstacles 501. An obstacle link length that serves as a determination criterion for virtual linking is set 502. Whether or not to perform virtual linking is determined based on the determination criterion 503. A gap position interpolation process 504 is performed with respect to the pair for which it has been determined that virtual linking is to be performed. A search is performed as to whether or not there exists a control subject for which collision is to be avoided 505. A yaw moment for avoiding an obstacle is calculated based on position information of the avoidance control subject 506. | 03-22-2012 |
20120078439 | VEHICLE INFORMATION STORING APPARATUS - A vehicle information storing apparatus stores a camera image, acceleration or the like, which a user selected from vehicle information stored in a RAM, and an intersection, a curve or the like of navigation information into a flash memory under a predetermined condition. The predetermined condition may include that a user performed a vehicle information selection operation for selecting the camera image or acceleration, the user performed a specific item selection operation for setting the intersection or curve, a vehicle enters within a predetermined distance range from a set location and navigation information received from a navigation device satisfies a predetermined condition. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078440 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTEGRATION OF VEHICLE SYSTEMS - In one aspect, an information terminal of a vehicle has a display device and a vehicle interface connecting to a plurality of distinct vehicle communications platforms supporting a plurality of vehicle systems. It also has a storage device storing an operating system of the vehicle information terminal, a plurality of graphical operator interface (GUI) applications corresponding to the vehicle systems and configured to execute on the operating system, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute the GUI application on the operating system to display a GUI window on the display device, the GUI window providing for an operator's selection at least some of the plurality of GUI applications, to receive a selection by the operator of a GUI application, and to interface with the vehicle system to which the selected GUI application corresponds over the vehicle communications platform via the GUI window. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078441 | WIRELESS LOCATING AND MONITORING SYSTEM - A wireless tracking device including a positioning system for determining a location of the device and a processor connected to the positioning system. The wireless tracking device further including a wireless radio connected to the processor for transmitting the location of the device across a wireless area network. | 03-29-2012 |
20120083942 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RISK PREDICTION FOR A SUPPORT ACTUATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and system for risk prediction for a support actuation system. The present invention includes a support actuation system for an automobile having a support actuation module and/or a risk prediction system. The risk prediction system includes a sensor, a processor, and/or a memory. The sensor detects images corresponding to identity data, environment data, event data, and/or behavior data, which are stored in the memory. The memory also stores a database including identities of users, environment risk values, event risk values, and/or behavior risk values. Using the identity data, the environment data, the event data, and/or the behavior data, the processor determines the environment risk value, the event risk value, the behavior risk value, and/or the total risk value for a user. When the total risk value is above a predetermined risk threshold, the support actuation module performs support actuation. | 04-05-2012 |
20120083943 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR DETERMINING OF REFERENCE VALUES FOR A VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A method for determining set-point values for a vehicle's control systems having the steps of: determining a horizon by means of position data and map data of an itinerary made up of route segments with at least one characteristic for each segment; calculating threshold values for at least one characteristic of segments according to one or more vehicle-specific values, which threshold values serve as boundaries for assigning segments to various categories; comparing the at least one characteristic of each segment with the calculated threshold values and placing each segment within the horizon in a category according to the results of the comparisons; calculating set-point values for the vehicle's control systems across the horizon according to rules pertaining to the categories in which segments within the horizon are placed; regulating the vehicle according to the set-point values. Also a module adapted to determining set-point values for a control system in the vehicle. | 04-05-2012 |
20120089271 | VEHICLE MANAGEMENT - A system for golf course vehicle management can include a tag device having a transceiver and a vehicle management process. The vehicle management process includes an application service for receiving the location of the tag device from the transceiver, at least one geographical zone, and a tracking module for comparing the location to the zone and generating an alert when the location is within the zone. Also included in the process is a control module for recognizing the alert. The control module can initiate an action, such as performance of a vehicle control action by a vehicle controller device. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089272 | Vehicle Monitoring Device Based on Use of Dashboard Indicators - A vehicle monitoring device may include a set of sensors that may be mounted over indicators and analog gauges displayed on a vehicle's dashboard. The vehicle monitoring device may use these sensors to deduce the current state of the dashboard indicators and in turn generate an output signal that resembles the signal which would have been generated by the vehicle's electrical system to which the dashboard indicators are connected. Use of this vehicle monitoring device allows for easy connection of after-market vehicular safety devices such as, lane warning departure systems, to the vehicle monitoring device instead of the vehicle's electrical system. | 04-12-2012 |
20120095617 | VEHICLE GUIDANCE SYSTEM - A vehicle guidance system is provided with a controller configured to receive input indicative of a relative position between a charging port and a charging pad, and to provide output indicative of a distance vector therebetween in response to the input. An interface communicates with the controller and is configured to display a base element representing the charging port and target element representing the charging pad positioned relative to each other according to the distance vector. | 04-19-2012 |
20120101654 | METHOD FOR SAFELY PARKING VEHICLE NEAR OBSTACLES - Method, storage medium and system of optimizing a destination for a vehicle by obtaining a map corresponding to a desired destination of the vehicle and identifying objectives of the map based on multiple parameters including collision avoidance, driver time, legal constraints and social consensus. A cost function is constructed to determine an optimal destination based on a proximity to the desired destination and the identified objectives, and an optimal destination is identified by minimizing a value of the cost function. | 04-26-2012 |
20120101655 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - A main microcomputer abnormality determination section checks whether or not a voltage value of Vcc based on digital data output from a main microcomputer analog-to-digital converter is equal to or higher than a threshold value to thereby perform abnormality determination for the main microcomputer analog-to-digital converter and Vref. A sub microcomputer abnormality determination section checks whether or not the voltage value of Vcc is equal to or higher than a threshold value based on digital data output from a sub microcomputer analog-to-digital converter to thereby perform abnormality determination for the sub microcomputer analog-to-digital converter and Vref. An abnormality identifying section identifies an abnormality occurring site by using both results of the abnormality determination performed by the main microcomputer abnormality determination section and the sub microcomputer abnormality determination section. | 04-26-2012 |
20120101656 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN IN-VEHICLE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a system for controlling an in-vehicle device is provided. The system has an in-vehicle device and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit generates control signals to control the in-vehicle device and transmits the generated control signals to the in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device has a semiconductor integrated circuit and a semiconductor memory circuit. The semiconductor integrated circuit is capable of performing a plurality of functional operations. The semiconductor memory circuit stores pieces of setting information necessary to perform the respective functional operations. The electronic control unit has a designation signal generation unit to output designation signals as the control signals. Each of the designation signals designates one of the pieces of setting information to be read from the semiconductor memory circuit. The semiconductor integrated circuit receives the designated one of the pieces of setting information which is read from the semiconductor memory circuit. | 04-26-2012 |
20120101657 | Motion Control Unit for Vehicle Based on Jerk Information - In a motion control system for a vehicle including control means for controlling a yaw moment of the vehicle; first detection means for detecting a longitudinal velocity (V) of the vehicle; second detection means for detecting a lateral jerk (Gy_dot) of the vehicle; and third detection means for detecting a yaw angular acceleration (r_dot) of the vehicle, the yaw moment of the vehicle is controlled by the control means so that a difference between the yaw angular acceleration (r_dot) detected by the third detection means and a value (Gy_dot/V) obtained by the lateral jerk (Gy_dot) of the vehicle detected by the second detection means by the longitudinal velocity (V) detected by the first detection means becomes small. | 04-26-2012 |
20120109406 | UNIFIED VEHICLE NETWORK FRAME PROTOCOL - A vehicle communication network includes a network fabric, a plurality of vehicle control modules, memory, one or more multimedia processing modules, and a network manager. The network manager is operable to coordinate communication of packets, via the network fabric, among the vehicle control modules, the memory, and the multimedia processing modules based on individual content of the packets and in accordance with a global vehicle network communication protocol. The network manager is further operable to facilitate network resource management to support the communication of packets via the network fabric in accordance with the global vehicle network communication protocol. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109407 | POWER MANAGEMENT WITHIN A VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Power management within a vehicle is achieved by maintaining individual and/or power island power saving options for each of a plurality of devices coupled to a vehicular communication network of the vehicle. Upon determining that power savings should be enabled for a device, at least one of the power saving options for the device is selected and applied. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109408 | ELECTRICAL VEHICLE RANGE PREDICTION - A method for predicting the remaining travel distance of an electric vehicle. The method includes determining a useable battery energy value based on battery state-of-charge and battery capacity and a power value needed to heat or cool a vehicle cabin. The method determines an available battery energy value based on the useable battery energy value and an estimated energy value to provide the vehicle cabin heating or cooling, where the estimated energy value is determined using the power value. The method determines a recent energy used value based on an actual recent HVAC energy used value, a recent energy used value with no HVAC system loads and a recent energy used value with maximum HVAC system loads. The method determines a recent distance traveled value and determines the range by dividing the recent distance traveled value by the recent energy used value and multiplying by the available battery energy value. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109409 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING SERVER, VEHICLE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, NAVIGATION DEVICE, AND CHARGING CABLE - It is an object to provide a system for assisting a vehicle on the edge of battery exhaustion. An information providing device includes: an information acquiring part for acquiring the current location of a vehicle and the amount of power stored in a power storage unit of the vehicle from a plurality of vehicles; a vehicle selecting part for selecting one or more vehicles as available vehicles for power supply from the plurality of vehicles based on the respective current locations and the amounts of stored power of the plurality of vehicles, the one or more vehicles to be selected being capable of supplying charging power to a target vehicle requiring charge of its power storage unit; and a notifying part for notifying of an available vehicle for power supply selected by the vehicle selecting part. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109410 | VEHICLE MOTION CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle motion control apparatus configured to control a plurality of control objects in a same direction of vehicle motion control to achieve a requested control amount is provided. The vehicle motion control apparatus includes a control object selection unit which is configured to determine priority of the control objects used for the vehicle motion control based on a priority determination condition, to select a control object from among the plurality of control objects. The control object selection unit includes a control object selection timing determination section configured to detect a change in the priority determination condition, and cause the control object selection unit to reselect a control object at a timing of the change detection as a selection timing. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109411 | VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A vehicle dynamic control apparatus is designed to control a plurality of controlled objects based on a first parameter associated with a motion of a vehicle in a same direction to fulfill a request value of a second parameter associated with the motion of the vehicle in the same direction and outputted from a control requester. The vehicle dynamic control apparatus includes an availability obtainer configured to obtain an availability of the first parameter of each of the controlled objects, and to output the availability of the first parameter of each of the controlled objects to the control requester. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109412 | VEHICLE MOVEMENT CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE MOVEMENT CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle movement control apparatus for setting control requirement values for a plurality of control objects controlling movement of a vehicle, if control target values for movement of the vehicle are input, the apparatus includes: a first requirement value setting unit setting a first control requirement value for a first control object; a first estimating unit acquiring a first movement estimated value if the first control object is activated based on the first control requirement value; a calculating unit calculating an estimated delay amount which is a shortage amount generated based on response delay of the first control object; a second requirement value setting unit setting a second control requirement value for a second control object, based on the result of the calculation; and a second estimating unit acquiring a second movement estimated value if the second control object is activated based on the second control requirement value. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109413 | ELECTRIC DRIVING RANGE CALCULATOR - A method of and device for determining driving range for a vehicle operating with a rechargeable energy storage supply. The method includes performing a calculation based on a limited number of input parameters, including a driving distance, average speed, location and time of day. Other determinations, such as the possibility of using a battery power-depleting climate control system, as well as battery capacity and climate data for various seasonal and location factors may also be used in the calculations. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109414 | VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL PLATFORM BETWEEN APPLICATION AND CONTROLLED OBJECT - In a vehicle dynamic control platform arranged between a controlled object and an application, an availability obtainer obtains an availability corresponding to a controllable range of a second parameter of the controlled object, and outputs the availability of the second parameter of the controlled object to the application. The application is programmed to output the target value of the first parameter based on the availability of the second parameter of the controlled object. A comparator compares the target value of the first parameter with the availability of the second parameter when the target value of the first parameter is outputted from the application, and determines, based on a result of the comparison, whether to perform dynamic control of the vehicle by controlling the controlled object. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109415 | LATERAL MOTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - A lateral motion control apparatus for a vehicle includes a control stop determination unit that determines whether or not to stop the control for the control target by the control target control unit based on a steering operation amount inputted by a driver of the vehicle, and a degeneration control amount determination unit that determines a degeneration control amount for the control target such that the control amount for the control target degenerates after the time when the control stop determination unit has determined that the control for the control target is to be stopped. When the control stop determination unit has determined that the control for the control target is to be stopped, the control target control unit controls the control target based on the degeneration control amount determined by the degeneration control amount determination unit. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109416 | LATERAL MOTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - The lateral motion control apparatus calculates lateral motion control amounts for a plurality of control targets that operate cooperatively in order to change the lateral motion amount of the vehicle based on a target value for the lateral motion amount of the vehicle, and control the plurality of control targets based on the calculated lateral motion control amounts. Meanwhile, it is determined whether or not the control of the plurality of control targets is to be stopped. When it has been determined that the control of the plurality of control targets is to be stopped, lateral motion degeneration control amounts are determined for each of the plurality of control targets so that the lateral motion control amounts of the plurality of control targets degenerate starting at that time, and the plurality of control targets are controlled based on the determined lateral motion degeneration control amounts. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109417 | Methods, systems, and apparatuses for using a vehicle identification profile to determine whether a vehicle has been stolen - Provided are methods, systems, and apparatuses for determining driver behavior based on vehicle operating parameters, adjusting insurance premiums accordingly, and preventing fraudulent manipulation of the methods, systems, and apparatuses. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109418 | DRIVER PROFILING - The present invention discloses a driver profiling system comprising: at least one sensor adapted to measure vehicle parameters; computing means in communication with said sensors, provided with storage means adapted to store said vehicle parameters, and provided with means for issuing warnings based on said vehicle parameters; a remote server adapted to receive, store, analyze, and display said vehicle parameters; and, communication means adapted to transfer said vehicle parameters and associated data to said remote server; whereby historical vehicle parameter data may be analyzed to identify driver characteristics. | 05-03-2012 |
20120116605 | ELECTRONIC VEHICLE SECURITY KEY - An electronic vehicle security key for vehicles stores vehicle data and user data in separate, protected memories that are coupled to a processor. Information in the protected memories is exchanged with a processor in a vehicle. The information in the vehicle security key instructs the processor in a vehicle whether to enable the vehicle to operate and if so, when and how the vehicle should be operated. | 05-10-2012 |
20120116606 | RANGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A range display apparatus includes a range calculator, an amount-of-consumption calculator, a remaining-amount-of-electricity calculator, a full-charge detector, an average mileage calculator, an instantaneous mileage calculator, a current possible range calculator, an instantaneous possible range calculator, a current total range calculator, an instantaneous total range calculator, a storage device, and a display. The current total range calculator is configured to calculate a current total range. The instantaneous total range calculator is configured to calculate an instantaneous total range. The storage device is configured to store the current total range calculated by the current total range calculator when the full-charge detector has detected a full charge as a past total range. The display is configured to display the current total range, the instantaneous total range, and the past total range. | 05-10-2012 |
20120116607 | METHOD FOR LATERAL LOCALIZATION OF THE WHEELS OF A VEHICLE - Method for localization of the lateral position of the wheels of a vehicle equipped with a tire pressure monitoring system. Each wheel of the vehicle includes an electronic unit fixed onto a rim of radius R. Each unit notably includes two accelerometers, disposed perpendicular to one another and one measuring a radial component F | 05-10-2012 |
20120123611 | SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING THE COMPONENTS OF A VEHICLE - A system for identifying a plurality of components of a vehicle that includes a plurality of non-volatile memories for storing identifiers associated with the plurality of vehicle components, a controller of the plurality of the vehicle components, a communication network configured for connecting the controller to the plurality of memories, and an identifiers memory including a portion to store a list of a plurality of type-approved identifiers associated with the plurality of type-approved vehicle components. The controller receives the identifiers, reads from the portion of the identifiers memory the list of type-approved identifiers, and checks if the identifiers of the plurality of components are included in the list of the type-approved identifiers, and when the controller detects that an identifier associated with a component out of the plurality of components is not included in the list, the controller blocks operation of the component. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123612 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CALCULATING A WHEEL SPEED BY USING A TIRE FORCE SENSOR AND CHASSIS CONTROL SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An apparatus for calculating a wheel speed is described herein which includes a tire force sensor, a time measurement unit, an angular velocity calculation unit and a wheel speed calculation unit. The tire force sensor outputs a signal in accordance with an amount of modification of a bearing. The time measurement unit measures a time interval between peak values of the signal output from the tire force sensor. The angular velocity calculation unit calculates an angular velocity by dividing an angle between balls positioned within the bearing by the time interval measured by the time measurement unit. The wheel speed calculation unit calculates the wheel speed by multiplying a distance from a center of the bearing to a center of the ball by the angular velocity calculated by the angular velocity calculation unit. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123613 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed are a driving support device, a driving support method, and a program, which are capable of relieving driver's concern by making it possible to easily identify the travelling position of a vehicle in a lane. Specifically disclosed is a driving support device ( | 05-17-2012 |
20120130561 | Assistant Driving System with Video Radar - An assistant driving system with video radar installed on a vehicle is disclosed. The assistant driving system includes a camera array capturing environment images for the environment around the vehicle, an image recognition unit identifying environment objects and their image, location, color, speed and direction from the environment images, an environment monitor and control unit receiving the information generated by the image recognition unit and creating the rebuild environment information for the vicinity of the vehicle as well as judging the space relationship between the vehicle and the environment objects to generate the warning information, a video radar display unit showing a single image for the rebuild environment information, a vehicle warning unit performing the processes corresponding to the warning information, a vehicle driving unit generating the driving control command based on the rebuild environment information, and a vehicle controlling unit receiving the driving control command to control the throttle, brake or steering wheel of the vehicle. Thus, the safety of steering the vehicle in various situations is greatly improved. | 05-24-2012 |
20120136503 | Methods and Apparatus for Activating Applications - A computer-implemented method of application control includes receiving a list of applications available on a wireless device in communication with a vehicle computing system (VCS). The method also includes storing a list of applications, including triggers associated with one or more of the applications, in a local memory. The method further includes monitoring, via the VCS, one or more vehicle sensors or other input mechanisms for a state which corresponds to a trigger. This method also includes comparing, via the VCS, the trigger to the triggers associated with one or more of the applications upon detection of a state which corresponds to a trigger. Finally, the method includes recommending at least one application having an associated trigger that is the same as the trigger to which the state corresponds for activation, via the VCS. | 05-31-2012 |
20120136504 | METHOD FOR DRIVING A GROUP OF VEHICLE MEMBERS ON THE BASIS OF DRIVING SITUATIONS, AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE - A driving method considering driving situations using at least one effective control signal of a member or group of members of an automobile, the method: making an arbitration between different control strategies each corresponding to a driving context, each control strategy being marked with an identifier continuously calculating an optimal control signal corresponding to each of the strategies; continuously transmitting a value representative of the identifier of the selected strategy; detecting if a strategy identifier change has occurred; when a change is detected, generating a time function x(t) increasing from 0 to 1 over a finite time interval starting when the strategy change has been detected; when a strategy identifier change has been detected, transmitting, during at least one time interval following the identifier change, an effective control signal which is the sum of the optimal signal of the control strategy following the last identifier change weighed by the value x(t) and of the optimal signal of the control strategy preceding the last identifier change weighed by the value (1−x(t)). | 05-31-2012 |
20120136505 | GUIDING APPARATUS, GUIDING METHOD, AND GUIDING PROGRAM PRODUCT - In a guiding method, an object of interest existing in a vicinity of a guidance point, at which a driver of a vehicle needs guidance, on a travel path of the vehicle is retrieved. A recognizable range the driver will have is estimated based on at least one of (a) time required to provide guidance with respect to the object of interest and (b) time required for the driver to visually check the object of interest after receiving the guidance. The guidance with respect to the object of interest is provided when the object of interest exists in the estimated recognizable range. | 05-31-2012 |
20120136506 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system capable of improving drivability by reflecting driving environment and driving preference accurately on driving characteristics. The vehicle control system is configured to change an index for setting driving characteristics of the vehicle. When accelerations Gx and Gy are changed, a sportiness index is changed in a different manner depending on a detail of an operation for changing accelerations Gx and Gy executed by a driver, thereby reflecting the driving preference of the driver appearing on the operation can be reflected on sportiness of the vehicle. | 05-31-2012 |
20120143391 | TAILORING VEHICLE HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE - Methods and systems for analyzing communication options, including determining one or more driving factors, being provided with one or more HMI tailoring options, and analyzing the one or more driving factors and the one or more HMI tailoring options to determine an optimum HMI tailoring option. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143392 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ADJUST FOR UNDESIRED FORCE INFLUENCING A VEHICLE INPUT CONTROL - An input control signal is adjusted to account for a portion of the input control signal that may be attributable to unintended forces. Such unintended forces may include, but are not limited to, one or more of operator initiated unintended forces, vehicle-generated unintended forces, and extra-vehicular unintended forces. The amount by which the input control signal is adjusted correlates to a determined probability. The probability is an indicator as to how likely the input control value is affected by unintended forces. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143393 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING OR MODIFYING PROGRAMMABLE PARAMETER IN POWER DRIVEN WHEELCHAIR - A method and apparatus for setting or modifying a programmable operating parameter associated with a power driven wheelchair is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) operating a user interface device associated with a power driven wheelchair in a programming mode, b) selecting a programmable operating parameter associated with operation of the power driven wheelchair using the user interface device, c) selecting a value for the programmable operating parameter using the user interface device, and d) saving the selected value for the programmable operating parameter in a portion of a storage device associated with the power driven wheelchair using the user interface device. A method and apparatus for selecting one or more programmable parameter sets from a portable storage medium and saving the selected sets to a local storage device associated with a power driven wheelchair and vice versa is also provided. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143394 | VEHICLE SENSOR, SYSTEM HAVING A CONTROLLER FOR VEHICLE STATE DETERMINATION AND AT LEAST TWO VEHICLE SENSORS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATION OF A SYSTEM HAVING A CONTROLLER FOR VEHICLE STATE DETERMINATION AND AT LEAST TWO VEHICLE SENSORS - A vehicle sensor as well as a system having a controller for vehicle state determination and at least two vehicle sensors, as well as a method for operation of a system such as this, are proposed. At least one first vehicle sensor is connected only by radio to the controller and/or to at least one second vehicle sensor for a first data transmission. The at least one second vehicle sensor is connected by cable to the controller for a second data transmission. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143395 | DRIVE SUPPORTING DEVICE - A drive supporting device includes a GPS, a front camera, and a communication device that acquire traffic signal information related to the time-series on/off state of a traffic signal and an ECU that supports the driving of a vehicle on the basis of the traffic signal information acquired by, for example, the communication device. The ECU changes a driver support aspect on the basis of the level of proficiency of the driver of the vehicle in a region in which the vehicle is currently located. In this way, even when the driver is in a strange place, it is possible to appropriately support the driving of the vehicle. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143396 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF A TRANSPORTED SITUATION OF A VEHICLE IN STANDBY MODE, AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A DEVICE - A method for detecting whether a vehicle on standby is in a transported situation, the vehicle including a course control device, wheel speed sensors, a yaw rate sensor, a processing unit processing data managing vehicle operation modes and a device for immobilizing the vehicle. The method includes detecting a vehicle standby mode after installing the vehicle on a transport support, detecting a zero vehicle speed using the wheel speed sensors, the speed sensor of at least one wheel able to be on the verge of oscillating over a predefined time period, detecting a non-zero yaw rate using the yaw rate sensor over a predefined time period, and under these conditions determining the vehicle is in a transported mode, in which data from at least the wheel speed sensor on the verge of oscillating is filtered, and allowing the vehicle to be put in a wake-up state. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143397 | ASSET TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An asset tracking system includes a central control station with an associated datastore for storing asset information. The stored information includes multiple unique identifiers, each identifier being associated with an asset tracking unit in the form of a mobile base station asset tracking unit or a beacon asset tracking unit. The two types of tracking unit are fitted to assets such as vehicles. The mobile base station asset tracking units include GPS modules and can determine their position, and can also communicate with the central control station. The beacon asset tracking units can communicate with the mobile base station asset tracking units via short range radio transmissions and their positions can thus be determined from the position of nearby mobile base station asset tracking units. The control station includes a communication module which can receive, over an existing communication network, location data messages from a mobile base station asset tracking unit fitted to a first asset. The message contains geographical location data on the first asset generated by the mobile base station asset tracking unit as well as the unique identifier of the mobile base station asset tracking unit and the unique identifier of a beacon asset tracking unit fitted to a second asset in the vicinity of the first asset. A processor module at the control station extracts from the location data message the unique identifier of the beacon asset tracking unit and the geographical location data of the first asset and associates this information to record the geographical location of the second asset. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143398 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - In a vehicle control system, an index used to set a running characteristic of a vehicle is obtained based on a running condition of the vehicle. A change of the index that makes behavior of the vehicle crisper is more likely to occur than a change of the index that makes the behavior of the vehicle milder. When it is determined that the vehicle is in a turning condition, the change of the index or a change of the miming characteristic based on the index is less likely to occur than when it is determined that the vehicle is not in the turning condition. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143399 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system obtains an index indicating a running condition of a vehicle on the basis of a vehicle parameter indicating a motion of the vehicle and then sets a running characteristic of the vehicle in accordance with the index. The vehicle control system includes a noise reduction unit that is configured to obtain the index on the basis of the vehicle parameter of which a fluctuating component that fluctuates because of a driver's driving operation or the influence of a running road surface. | 06-07-2012 |
20120158207 | VIRTUAL AMBIENT WEATHER CONDITION SENSING - A system for providing weather conditions includes a server in communication with a weather data provision service. The server includes a middleware application operable to process weather data requests. The system also includes a gps module, and at least one component control system, operable to adjust at least one parameter associated with at least one vehicle component. Finally, the illustrative system includes a vehicle computing system, in communication with the GPS module, the at least one component control system, and the server. In response to a request for data from the component control system, the vehicle computing system passes GPS data to the server, including the request for data, and the vehicle computing system responsively receives the requested data from the server. The vehicle computing system relays the received data to the component control system that requested the data. | 06-21-2012 |
20120158208 | INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE MOVING BODY - An inverted pendulum type moving body. The inverted pendulum type moving body includes: a vehicle body having a riding part on which a rider rides; a rotary body which is rotatably supported on the vehicle body; a rotary body drive unit which rotatably drives the rotary body; and a control device which controls the rotary body drive unit for allowing the inverted pendulum type moving body to travel in accordance with a traveling instruction while keeping a balance, wherein the inverted pendulum type moving body further includes an uncontrollable state detection unit for detecting a state where the control of the inverted pendulum type moving body by the rider is highly improbable, and the control device stops a traveling of the inverted pendulum type moving body when the uncontrollable state is detected based on information detected by the uncontrollable state detection unit. | 06-21-2012 |
20120158209 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A GROUND SPEED OF A MACHINE - The disclosure describes, in one aspect, a method for determining a machine ground speed. The method includes determining a first speed from a position determining system, determining a direction the machine is traveling at the first speed, determining a machine rate of inclination, and determining a compensated ground speed as a function of the first speed and the machine rate of inclination. | 06-21-2012 |
20120158210 | Onboard Information System With Antenna For Receiving Satellite-Based Geoposition Data - An onboard information system having an antenna for receiving satellite-based geoposition data. The onboard information system includes a housing that can be installed in a vehicle interior and a module for processing satellite-based geoposition data. The antenna for receiving satellite-based geoposition data is arranged on the housing such that in the installed state a reception direction of the antenna points toward the vehicle interior. The onboard information system can be used particularly in a vehicle as a tachograph, preferably as a digital tachograph, and/or toll collection appliance. | 06-21-2012 |
20120158211 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM VEHICLE DEVICES VIA A VEHICLE DATA BUS - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention continuously collect information from vehicle devices via a vehicle data bus, store information in a database, and retrieve information from the database in response to requests from remote devices. One embodiment includes a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller apart from at least one operable vehicle device, connected to the vehicle data bus so that the vehicle data bus extends from said controller to at least one operable vehicle device. Additionally, the controller is configured to query at least one vehicle device via the vehicle data bus and store information provided by at least one vehicle device in a database, receive requests for information from a remote device via the wireless communications device, query the database for the requested information, and send the requested information to the remote device via the wireless communications device. | 06-21-2012 |
20120158212 | INTELLIGENT DATA CENTER BASED ON SERVICE PLATFORM FOR VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICES - The present invention provides a intelligent data center based on a service platform for vehicle-mounted devices, including: a static data storage unit, adapted for storing static data relating to a vehicle-mounted device; a static data processing unit, adapted for processing the static data stored in the static data storage unit; a dynamic data storage unit, adapted for storing dynamic data which are relating to the vehicle-mounted device and acquired by the service platform for vehicle-mounted devices; and a data analysis unit, adapted for analyzing the static data and the dynamic data. The intelligent data center can provide a wide variety of services for the vehicle-mounted device through the service platform. | 06-21-2012 |
20120166016 | Tracking System Device and Method - An aircraft monitoring system comprising a computer system and a receiver for receiving tracking data from a tracking device associated with an aircraft, the monitoring system having a passive tracking mode in which the computer system is configured to receive tracking data and an active tracking mode in which the computer system is configured to determine a condition indicative of an aircraft incident based on the absence of received tracking data. The monitoring system is automatically triggered into the active tracking mode when a signal is received from the aircraft indicating the aircraft has taken-off. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166017 | VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANT AND VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTING METHOD - An overtaking state is detected which is at least one of a first state where an own vehicle (MM) is overtaking an obstacle (SM) in a posterolateral direction of the own vehicle (MM) and a second state where the own vehicle (MM) is estimated to overtake the obstacle (SM). In the implementation of an obstacle access prevention control for preventing the own vehicle (MM) from accessing the obstacle (SM) present in the posterolateral direction of the own vehicle (MM), when a determination that the overtaking state is established is made based on the detecting, the obstacle access prevention control with respect to the obstacle (SM) is suppressed compared with when the determination that the overtaking state is established is not made. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166018 | Method for data communication between a vehicle and fuel pump - A method for data communication between a vehicle and fuel pump includes storing vehicle operating data on an onboard recorder in the vehicle, and transmitting the vehicle operating data from the onboard recorder to the fuel pump. The vehicle operating data includes vehicle identification information. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166019 | System and Method for Area Coverage Using Sector Decomposition - The different illustrative embodiments provide a method for generating an area coverage path plan using sector decomposition. A starting point is identified on a worksite map having a number of landmarks. A first landmark in the number of landmarks is identified. A path is generated around the first landmark until an obstacle is detected. In response to detecting the obstacle, the path is made linear to a next landmark. The path is generated around the next landmark. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166020 | POWER DRIVEN WHEELCHAIR - A power driven wheelchair and a method for operating same are provided. In one embodiment, the power driven wheelchair includes a system controller with a main controller, a storage device, and at least one input device, a motor assembly, and a common bus. The motor assembly may include a drive motor, a local controller, and a sensor sensing a condition associated with the drive motor and in communication with the local controller. In another embodiment, the power driven wheelchair includes the system controller, an actuator assembly, and the common bus. The actuator assembly may include an actuator mechanism, a local controller, and a sensor sensing a condition associated with the actuator mechanism and in communication with the local controller. Multiple embodiments of the method are related to controlling various arrangements of motor assemblies or actuator assemblies. | 06-28-2012 |
20120173038 | Vehicle Mount Computer with Configurable Ignition Switch Behavior - A vehicle mount computer having a configurable behavior controlled by a vehicle's ignition switch. A user can configure the computer to perform an action, switch modes, or execute a software application in response to the ignition switch being pressed or the position of the ignition switch being adjusted. For example, the computer can be configured to switch to a standby mode or hibernation mode, shutdown, prompt the user to select an action, or do nothing in response to the ignition switch being placed in an off position. The ignition switch can be electrically coupled to an input of the computer so that the computer's operating system or another application can monitor the status of the ignition switch. The operating system or application can cause the computer to perform the configured response upon detecting a change in the ignition switch's position or an actuation of the ignition switch. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173039 | DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING TURNING CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE - The device calculates a transient yaw rate of the vehicle on the basis of a standard yaw rate of the vehicle using an estimated value of a time constant coefficient of steering response, and adjusts the estimated value of a time constant coefficient of steering response on the basis of the relationship between a transient yaw rate of the vehicle and an actual yaw rate of the vehicle so that a transient yaw rate of the vehicle approaches an actual yaw rate of the vehicle. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173040 | DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING TURNING CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE - A device for estimating turning characteristic of a vehicle estimates a stability factor indicating the turning characteristic of a vehicle. The device for estimating the turning characteristic calculates the transient yaw rate of a vehicle involved in the relationship of a primary delay relative to the steady-state standard yaw rate of a vehicle, and calculates the deviation between the transient yaw rate of the vehicle and the actual yaw rate of the vehicle. The device for estimating the turning characteristic corrects the estimated value of the stability factor so as to approach the true stability factor by correcting the initial value of the stability factor supplied to the calculation of the standard yaw rate of the vehicle on the basis of the relationship between the deviation of the yaw rate and the lateral acceleration of the vehicle so that the transient yaw rate of the vehicle approaches the true yaw rate. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173041 | CONTROL DEVICE OF INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE VEHICLE - Provided is a control device of an inverted pendulum type vehicle capable of moving the vehicle toward a desired direction easily. In the inverted pendulum type vehicle | 07-05-2012 |
20120173042 | CONTROL DEVICE OF INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE VEHICLE - A control device of an inverted pendulum type vehicle capable of easily performing a circling movement of the vehicle, without requiring complex maneuvering operation. A control unit | 07-05-2012 |
20120173043 | CONTROL DEVICE OF INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE VEHICLE - To provide a control device of an inverted pendulum type vehicle capable of making an occupant perform boarding action or dismounting action easily. A traveling motion unit controlling element | 07-05-2012 |
20120173044 | Software Architecture for Developing In-Vehicle Software Applications - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a software architecture encoded on a computer readable medium is disclosed. The software architecture can be utilized for developing in-vehicle software applications for installation and execution on an in-vehicle computer system. The software architecture includes a number of vehicle application program interfaces (APIs) for accessing vehicles systems or data and for developing in-vehicle software applications; and a number of policy restrictions underlying the vehicle APIs for restricting the level of access to vehicle systems and data while the in-vehicle software application is being developed. | 07-05-2012 |
20120179304 | DETERMINATION APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ERRONEOUS APPLICATION OF ACCELERATOR RATHER THAN BRAKE - A determination apparatus is provided which is installed in a vehicle. A longitudinal acceleration calculation unit obtains acceleration applied in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, removes an acceleration component corresponding to gravity from the acceleration, and regards the resultant value as longitudinal acceleration. A selection unit selects criteria data, when considering a first case where the absolute value of the longitudinal acceleration is a first value and a second case where the absolute value is a second value larger than the first value, so that a range of accelerator-opening variation by which occurrence of an erroneous application of the accelerator is determined or a range of accelerator-opening by which the occurrence is determined in the second case becomes larger than that in the first case. A determination unit determines the occurrence by applying the current variation in the accelerator-opening or the current accelerator-opening to the selected criteria data. | 07-12-2012 |
20120185110 | PROTOCOL PROTECTION - A system is provided for generating data packets of a message according to a first protocol, then analyzing the message according to a second protocol. The system determines if the message provides a correct checksum according to the second protocol. If the message provides the correct checksum according to the second protocol, the system alters the message and transmits the message according to the first protocol. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185111 | MULTIPLE-MODE DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM - Disclosed is electronic control unit data recorder readable code which is configured for storage in memory of an electronic control unit data recorder, such as a vehicle data recorder. The code is configured to provide that the electronic control unit data recorder acquires data in a plurality of different modes. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185112 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LOCATION OF VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for detecting the location of a vehicle using results sensed by sensing devices installed outside the vehicle and the internal information of the vehicle without obtaining the current location information of the vehicle using signals transmitted from a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite. The apparatus for detecting the location of a vehicle includes a location information reception unit for receiving location information that is generated by sensing a vehicle passing by a sensing point and that corresponds to the sensing point. A location detection unit estimates a current location of the vehicle based on information sensed by internal sensors of the vehicle and control information for a vehicle manipulation part while the location information is not received, and corrects the estimated current location of the vehicle using received location information when the location information is received. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185113 | DEVICE FOR MANEUVERING A VEHICLE USING MANEUVERING MOVES USING AT LEAST ONE TRAJECTORY - A device and a method for maneuvering a vehicle using maneuvering moves using at least one trajectory along which the vehicle is movable. Maneuvering moves have at least one reversing clothoid which borders on at least one trajectory and which is designed so that a steering motion of the vehicle is avoidable at standstill. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185114 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROGRAMMING PARAMETERS OF A POWER DRIVEN WHEELCHAIR FOR A PLURALITY OF DRIVE SETTINGS - A method of programming parameters of a power driven wheelchair for a plurality of drive modes comprises: displaying a menu image on an interactive display screen, the menu image including settings of a plurality of wheelchair parameters for a plurality of drive modes of the wheelchair; selecting a wheelchair parameter for a drive mode from the displayed menu image; and programming the setting of the selected wheelchair parameter to a desired setting. | 07-19-2012 |
20120191266 | DETECTING A HANDS FREE DRIVING SITUATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - Embodiments of the inventive subject matter ensure that a hands-free driving situation of a motor vehicle can be detected. In the case of such detection of a hands-free driving situation, requirements of a driving assistance system are preferably reset with respect to steering corrections made by the driving assistance systems. In this manner, virtually independent steering of the vehicle such as, for example, and autopilot type of driving assistance functionality is therefore advantageously avoided. | 07-26-2012 |
20120191267 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS - An information input apparatus for detecting input information to output operation information to a controlled apparatus is disclosed. The information input apparatus includes a steering device having a grip part and multiple connection parts connecting the grip part and a rotation shaft. A vehicle driver inputs the input information by tapping the grip part or the connection parts. The information input apparatus further includes multiple measurement devices for measuring the vibration propagating through the respective connection parts. A controller of the information input apparatus pre-stores a correspondence between a form of the vibration, which is measured with the measurement devices, and the operation information. The controller selects the operation information from the pre-stored correspondence based on measurement signals outputted from the two measurement devices. | 07-26-2012 |
20120191268 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR DETERMINING DRIFT VALUES OF AT LEAST ONE TIRE - A data processing method for determining the drift values of at least one tire comprising, for various positions of the vehicle on a track, determining coordinates of GPS antennas, determining values of roll of the vehicle, determining various points of contact between tire and track based on coordinates of at least one GPS antenna and based on various values of roll of the vehicle, said contact points defining a trajectory of the tire on the track; determining a tangent to the trajectory of the tire at at least one contact point, determining, based on coordinates of the GPS antenna, an orientation of a wheel plane associated with the tire, and determining a drift value based on the tangent and on the orientation of the wheel plane. | 07-26-2012 |
20120197460 | FUEL-FILL AREA DATA PORT - Near field communications devices provide wireless connectivity between vehicles and fueling stations by which vehicle fuel-related information can be exchanged. The exchanged information can include the type of fuel required by the vehicle and thus reduce the likelihood of an improper fuel being introduced to the vehicle. Vehicle fuel related information also includes an amount of fuel required to fill the vehicle's fuel reservoir, an amount of fuel required for the vehicle to travel to a particular location or distance, an amount of fuel received during previous refueling sessions, the identity of the vehicle, and vehicle operator fueling preferences. It can also include the location of the vehicle relative to a fueling station or fuel pump. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197461 | Vision Based Hover in Place - A method for providing vision based hover in place to an air vehicle is disclosed. Visual information is received using one or more image sensors on the air vehicle and based on the position of the air vehicle. A number of visual displacements is computed from the visual information. One or more motion values are computed based on the visual displacements. One or more control signals are generated based on the motion values. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197462 | EMERGENCY REPORT APPARATUS - A portable device includes an airbag deployment determination unit that detects a deployment of an airbag, a travel condition detection unit that determines a travel condition of a vehicle, a travel condition determination unit that compares the travel condition before and after the detected deployment of the airbag to determine whether the travel condition has changed. Based on a comparison performed by the travel condition determination unit, an emergency report unit performs an emergency report operation, when the travel condition determination unit determines a change in the travel condition of the vehicle before and after the detected deployment of the airbag. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197463 | Method and Device for Providing Information About a User of a Social Network in the Social Network - A method and device for providing information about a user of a social network in the social network are provided. In order to enable the driver of a vehicle or a passenger to communicate with an IT social network with as little distraction as possible, the information is acquired using at least one status recognition device, which is provided in a vehicle used by the user of the social network. The status recognition device delivers status information that indicates a specific status of the vehicle, a specific driving situation, and/or the status of one or more users of the vehicle. | 08-02-2012 |
20120203395 | TRANSITIONING A CONTROL SYSTEM BETWEEN CHANGING STATE EQUATIONS - A method of controlling a vehicle changing operating ranges from a first range to a second range includes defining a current set of state equations and a target set of state equations. The current set of state equations and the target set of state equations may each include a set of control state equations for controlling the vehicle and a set of estimator state equations for estimating the performance of the vehicle. The values of the current set of state equations are incrementally adjusted over time until substantially equal to values of the target set of state equations to smooth the requested change between the first range and the second range. | 08-09-2012 |
20120203396 | SHORT RANGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A control unit performs a forced decoupling of a communication link between a second in-vehicle apparatus and a short range communication unit, and couples a communication link between a first in-vehicle apparatus, and the short range communication unit when the second in-vehicle apparatus has a lower profile priority order than the first in-vehicle apparatus. Additionally, the forced decoupling is performed when, at the time of the communication request by the first in-vehicle apparatus, the short range communication unit was in communication with a maximum “M” number of in-vehicle apparatuses, and the second in-vehicle apparatus had the lowest priority order of the M number of in-vehicle apparatuses. The control unit re-couples the second in-vehicle apparatus when at least one of the M number of in-vehicle apparatuses has completed its profile function ending the communication link. | 08-09-2012 |
20120203397 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TORQUE SET VALUE FOR A STEERING WHEEL FOR A POWER STEERING SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a power steering system in which the set value for torque or force at the steering wheel is predetermined on the basis of various parameters and information so as to provide the most driving comfort in all conditions of driving the vehicle. The torque or force set value is predetermined on the basis of the sideways acceleration of the vehicle, the acceleration in turn being predetermined mainly from an estimate of the force exerted on the rack, and preferably also predetermined by other methods, with the estimate being weighted among all of the obtained values. Said method is particularly useful for vehicles provided with electrical power steering. | 08-09-2012 |
20120203398 | Information Transmission and Processing Systems and Methods for Freight Carriers - Methods and systems for remotely monitoring trailer or trailers attached to a vehicle is provided. The method includes associating an identification tag or ABS ECU that is configured to broadcast a trailer identification signal with a trailer. The method further includes receiving the trailer identification signal on-board the vehicle, associating the trailer identification signal with the vehicle, transmitting the trailer identification signal to a remote processor and receiving the trailer identification signal at the remote processor. The system comprises a mobile data terminal capable of generating and responding to telematic events comprising at least one processor, a graphical user interface, an input device, a memory and a set of executable instructions which may include a plurality of modules, such as a vehicle location module capable of receiving a GPS signal and transmitting the GPS signal to a remote processor for determining a location of a transportation unit. | 08-09-2012 |
20120203399 | VEHICLE WITH IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - A vehicle may include an identification system configured to acquire information from a token in a vicinity of the vehicle and to classify a driver of the vehicle based on the information. The vehicle may also include at least one controller in communication with the identification system and configured to characterize a driver's control of the vehicle and to record a history of the characterization if the driver classification is of a particular type. | 08-09-2012 |
20120203400 | Method for the Measurement and Analysis of Tyre Air Pressure with Allocation of Wheel Positions and System for Tyre Air Pressure Measurement - In a method for the measurement and analysis of tyre air pressure with an allocation of wheel positions (I, II, III, IV) of a vehicle ( | 08-09-2012 |
20120209450 | VEHICLE BEHAVIOR DATA STORING APPARATUS - An engine ECU compares an acceleration value with a reference value, which corresponds to an accelerator operation value inputted in response to a user operation on an accelerator pedal, and stores vehicle behavior data when the acceleration value exceeds the reference value. After determining that the acceleration value is larger than the reference value and storing the vehicle behavior data, the reference value is changed to a larger value. After determining that the acceleration value is smaller than the reference value and, for example, a period in which the acceleration value remains lower than the reference value, reaches a set period, the reference value is changed to a smaller value. Thus, the number of times of storing the vehicle behavior data is equalized among vehicle users. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209451 | CONTROLLING VEHICLE OPERATIONS BASED ON OBJECT PRESENCE - Operation of a vehicle is controlled based on the presence of or absence of one or more identified foreign objects within one or more monitored zones about the vehicle. One or more transceivers receive information about the one or more foreign objects. Based on the received information and the one or more corresponding zones, one or more controllers identify a response, which may include notifying the user about the foreign object and/or generating a signal that inhibits the ignition from turning on. Controllers identify a response, which may include notifying a user about a present or absent object or generating a signal that inhibits the ignition from turning on. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209452 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT FOR USE IN A VEHICLE - A first microcomputer in an ECU outputs a CID of the ECU in response to a request from a scan tool when the ECU has multiple microcomputers implemented therein. Each of the multiple microcomputers has an additive value stored therein for counting an update of the software. The additive values from the multiple microcomputers are added as a sum total of the ECU that is further added to a CID base value. The sum total of the ECU added to the CID base value is then output as the CID of the ECU from the first microcomputer to the scan tool. Therefore, information stored in the first microcomputer is not necessarily changed for outputting an updated CID (e.g., software product number information) from the ECU. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209453 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING CENTER, AND DRIVING EVALUATION SYSTEM - A check point calculation unit evaluates the driving of a driver in a travel segment where a host vehicle has traveled and extracts a check point where the driving evaluation does not meet a predetermined evaluation standard, thereby obtaining data representing a point in the travel segment where the driving evaluation is lowered. An advice generation unit provides maneuver support to the driver on the basis of the check point. When there is the check point in the traveling direction host vehicle, the advice generation unit provides maneuver support at the check point such that the driving evaluation by the check point calculation unit meets a predetermined evaluation standard, thereby improving the driving evaluation at the check point where the driving evaluation is low and improving the driving evaluation as a whole. | 08-16-2012 |
20120215375 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING DRIVING SKILL ATROPHY - A system for preventing driving skill atrophy comprises a trainer module that determines the driver's current skill level, disables certain automated features based on the determined skill level, and forces the driver to use and hone her driving skills. The system collects data to determine through on-board vehicle sensors how a driver is driving the vehicle. The system then compares the driver's current driving skills with the driver's historical driving skills or the general population's driving skills. Based on the comparison, the system determines whether the driver's skill level is stagnant, improving or deteriorating. If the skill level is improving, for example, the system disables certain automated driving features to give driver more control of the vehicle. | 08-23-2012 |
20120215376 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PROTECTION LIMITS WITH INTEGRATED EXTRAPOLATION OVER A GIVEN TIME HORIZON - The invention relates to a method for determining protection limits at a future moment associated with navigation states of a hearer, including the steps of: estimating the navigation states of the bearer at the present moment, developing a statistic model of the estimation errors of navigation states of the bearer at the present moment in the form of a covariance matrix, extrapolating, for a future moment, the statistical model of the estimation errors, calculating protection limits at the future moment from the extrapolated statistical model, wherein the extrapolation of the statistical model of the estimation errors implements the application of a constant and positive transition matrix to a standard deviation vector constructed from the square root of the elements of the diagonal of the covariance matrix, in order to propagate, up to the future moment, the standard deviations of the navigation states developed at the present moment. The invention also relates to a navigation system configured to implement the method. | 08-23-2012 |
20120215377 | Vehicle Controller - A vehicle controller is provided capable of expanding an application range of departure prevention control while suppressing erroneous control. The vehicle controller includes: a vehicle-mounted camera | 08-23-2012 |
20120221168 | REDUNDANT LANE SENSING SYSTEMS FOR FAULT-TOLERANT VEHICULAR LATERAL CONTROLLER - A vehicle lateral control system includes a lane marker module configured to determine a heading and displacement of a vehicle in response to images received from a secondary sensing device, a lane information fusion module configured to generate vehicle and lane information in response to data received from heterogeneous vehicle sensors and a lane controller configured to generate a collision free vehicle path in response to the vehicle and lane information from the lane information fusion module and an object map. | 08-30-2012 |
20120221169 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CELL PHONE RESTRICTION - In at least one embodiment, a vehicle system comprising a vehicle communication module is provided. The vehicle communication module is configured to receive first global positioning system (GPS) data indicative of a location of a vehicle and to receive a first signal indicative of the vehicle being in a drive state. The vehicle communication module is further configured to transmit the first GPS data to an occupant communication device (OCD) in response to the first signal to restrict at least a portion of the operation of the OCD and to reduce power consumption of the OCD. | 08-30-2012 |
20120221170 | Driving Evaluation Method - Disclosed is a driving evaluation method capable of properly evaluating an efficient driving mode corresponding to road conditions by way of using energy efficiency as a main perspective of evaluation. The driving evaluation method, on the basis of motion data (S | 08-30-2012 |
20120221171 | DRIVER STATE ASSESSMENT DEVICE - A driver state assessment device is provided in which when driver model identification means (M | 08-30-2012 |
20120221172 | Multi-Vehicle High Integrity Perception - The illustrative embodiments provide a method for processing sensor data and controlling the movement of a vehicle. In one illustrative embodiment, a vehicle having a plurality of sensors attempts to receive sensor data. In response to an inability of the vehicle to obtain needed sensor data, collected sensor data is requested from a plurality of other vehicles to form alternate sensor data. The alternate sensor data is received and the vehicle is controlled using the alternate sensor data. In another illustrative embodiment, a request is received at a first vehicle for sensor data from a different vehicle. Sensor data is collected from a plurality of sensors at the first vehicle. The sensor data is then sent to the different vehicle. | 08-30-2012 |
20120226389 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATION OF SIGNAL PROPAGATION ACROSS DISPARATE TIME DOMAINS - A method for correlating, in time, selected events that are memorialized as data within messages transmitted across disparate communications busses is described. The method includes receiving, with a referencing unit, the messages that are transmitted across the disparate communications busses, referencing, with the referencing unit, the content of a first selected received message to a master clock within the referencing unit, referencing, with the referencing unit, the content of a second selected received message to the master clock within the referencing unit, the second selected received message related to the first selected message, the second selected received message occurring on a communications bus disparate from the communications bus upon which the first received message occurred, and providing, based on operation of the master clock, a common time reference for the content of both the first selected received message and the second selected received message. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226390 | HISTORY TIMELINE DISPLAY FOR VEHICLE FLEET MANAGEMENT - A vehicle management system can generate a vehicle management user interface that depicts vehicle history information in timelines or graphical timelines. These history timelines can include information regarding vehicle location, speed, and idling, among other useful information. The graphical nature of the history timelines can quickly convey vehicle tracking details and potential problems, such as idling and congregation, to an administrator. Further, history timelines for multiple vehicles can be displayed in parallel, allowing comparison between histories for different vehicles. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226391 | VEHICLE ROUTE CALCULATION - This disclosure describes vehicle route calculation methods including “fitting” route segments between locations reported by a vehicle at different times along a route to create an overall “fitted” route. In certain embodiments, a vehicle management system generates a vehicle management user interface that displays the “fitted” route overlaid on a map. The “fitted” route can provide more useful tracking information to an administrator compared to simply displaying direct routes between known route stops. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226392 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD - A driving support detects for a lane dividing line on a road surface which is travelled upon, by using an image which is taken by a camera and which represents the road surface which is traveled upon and is in front of a vehicle, sets a virtual lane dividing line in a section in which no lane dividing line is drawn, performs a driving support by controlling the vehicle based on the lane dividing line and the virtual lane dividing line, and issues a warning when the vehicle deviates from the virtual lane dividing line. Further, the driving support detects a state of the vehicle, calculates information indicating the state as vehicle information, cancels the driving support when the vehicle information satisfies a predetermined cancel condition, and inhibits the warning when the driving support is canceled. | 09-06-2012 |
20120239222 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A control unit for a motor vehicle having a microprocessor that comprises at least two computation cores, a monitoring module that is separate from the microprocessor, an evaluation module for evaluating input signals provided by sensors, and an activation module comprising at least one end stage for producing output signals to activate actuators. A control function is implemented in a first computation core, a monitoring function for the first computation core of the microprocessor is implemented in the second computation core of the microprocessor, and a monitoring function for the second computation core of the microprocessor is implemented in the monitoring module. Starting from the first computation core and/or starting from the second computation core and/or starting from the monitoring module, a switch-off module can be activated to switch off the at least one end stage of the activation module. | 09-20-2012 |
20120245755 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A NUMBER OF CONTROL UNITS - In a method for operating a number of control units including a central control unit which has a central wakeup functionality units, at least one control unit requests a wakeup signal for at least one future instant from the central control unit, and the at least one control unit is informed and awakened by the central control unit when the at least one instant is at hand. | 09-27-2012 |
20120245756 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A system and method of assisting a driver of a vehicle by providing driver and vehicle feedback control signals is disclosed herein. The system and method includes receiving location data of the vehicle from a GPS unit, retrieving navigation characteristics stored in a map database based on the location data, generating a most probable future path for the vehicle, determining the locations of upcoming zones on the most probable future path based on the retrieved navigation characteristics using a processor, generating vehicle speed data at a vehicle sensor unit, and determining if the vehicle speed data exceeds a speed threshold associated with the upcoming zone on the most probable path. | 09-27-2012 |
20120245757 | Vehicle Data Recording Device - A vehicle data recording device including a vehicle data recording unit which has a housing, a data memory arranged outside the housing, and a unit interface with a connection for the data memory is provided in an outer wall of the housing. The data memory is connected to the unit interface by a connecting cable. To ensure not only that the data memory is reliably arranged in the vehicle data recording device but also that the data memory can be easily removed from the device, the housing has, on a housing outer side, a mount that detachably supports the data memory. | 09-27-2012 |
20120245758 | DRIVING BEHAVIOR DETECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention includes a driving behavior detecting unit ( | 09-27-2012 |
20120245759 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING CRITICAL AND NON-CRITICAL INFORMATION, AND AIRCRAFT INCLUDING SUCH A DEVICE - An information display device has a first processor unit and a second processor unit that are connected to at least one information source. The first processor unit is also connected to a display and to the second processor unit. The first processor unit and the second processor unit each include a computer and a memory. The computer of the second unit is arranged to construct an image for displaying on the display and to transmit it to the computer of the first processor unit, which is arranged to modify the image by incorporating therein information from the information source, and to transmit the modified image to the display. An aircraft fitted with such a device is also provided. | 09-27-2012 |
20120245760 | OPERATION VEHICLE MONITORING DEVICE - To provide an operation vehicle monitoring device that can reduce man hours for maintenance and realize the maintenance efficiency, it includes an input unit ( | 09-27-2012 |
20120253546 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING DRIVE FORCE THAT ACTS ON VEHICLE - A control device for controlling a drive force that acts on a vehicle includes a first controller for controlling the drive force, and a second controller for sending to the first control means a limit of the drive force. The second controller has an input unit for inputting the drive force outputted from the first controller, and a calculation unit for calculating a limiting drive force for limiting the drive force. In the case that a first value obtained by subtracting the drive force from the limiting drive force is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the calculation unit outputs a second value that is greater than the limiting drive force. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253547 | CONTROL SOFTWARE WITH PROGRAMMABLE ARRAYS THAT ARE CONFIGURABLE FOR VEHICLES HAVING DIFFERENT PROPULSION SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS - A method is provided for creating custom control software for a particular propulsion system configuration. Generic control software is provided that is configurable for use with a plurality of different propulsion system configurations. The generic control software is generically designed to control each of the different propulsion systems regardless of their different propulsion system configurations. The generic control software comprises a plurality of programmable arrays (or configuration tables). Information that characterizes a particular propulsion system configuration of the plurality of different propulsion system configurations is input into the programmable arrays to configure the generic control software into custom control software that is customized for use and designed to operate with the particular propulsion system configuration. The generic control software is configured into the custom control software that is applicable to and customized for use with the particular propulsion system configuration only after being programmed with the information that characterizes the particular propulsion system configuration. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253548 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEGMENTING OPERATIONAL DATA - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to an efficiency management system configured for evaluating various operational efficiencies based on operational data. In certain embodiments, the efficiency management system is adapted for use as a vehicle fleet management system and configured for receiving operational data from a fleet of vehicles and vehicle operators, and for segmenting the received operational data into a plurality of activity segments. Various embodiments of the vehicle fleet management system may also be further configured for generating a graphical representation of the identified activity segments. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253549 | MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus for monitoring one or more target objects in an environment external to a host vehicle by means of at least one sensor, the apparatus being arranged to trigger at least one action responsive to the detection of prescribed relative movement between the host vehicle and the one or more target objects. The apparatus is arranged to determine whether the at least one sensor is correctly aligned with respect to the host vehicle whereby, when the apparatus commences monitoring of the environment, the apparatus is arranged not to trigger the at least one action until the apparatus has determined that the at least one sensor is correctly aligned. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253550 | DETERMINING SPEED PARAMETERS IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for assigning parameters to a geographic area, wherein the parameters may be used to associate a speed limit with the geographic area. For example, in one embodiment, a geofenced area that comprises one or more street segments is identified. Additionally, speed data associated with one of more of the street segments is received. After receiving the speed data, a speed limit is determined for one or more of the street segments and associated with one or more of the street segments. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253551 | Systems and Methods for Providing Telematic Services to Vehicles - A method for providing abstraction in a telematics system provides a telematics system with components, the components including a translator that converts messages received from a vehicle into a canonical form and an adapter that converts data received from an external source into a canonical equivalent. The translator interprets the received messages and routes the received messages to a correct component of the telematics system. The adapter is operable to allow a content services subsystem to deliver the received data. | 10-04-2012 |
20120259478 | SATELLITE SIGNAL ACQUISITION APPARATUS, NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING A SATELLITE SIGNAL - A satellite signal acquisition apparatus comprises a parking detector ( | 10-11-2012 |
20120259479 | RIDER CHARACTERISTIC DETERMINING APPARATUS, AND A SADDLE RIDING TYPE VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - A rider characteristic determining apparatus capable of determining characteristics of a rider controlling a saddle riding type vehicle, and a saddle riding type vehicle including the same, are configured such that the rider's characteristics are determined from a turning movement of the saddle riding type vehicle which reflects results of the rider controlling the saddle riding type vehicle. This enables a stable characteristic determination regardless of individual operation or control by the rider. Further, a turning performance score of the vehicle is calculated based on at least one of vehicle state amounts of a roll direction, a pitch direction and a caster angle which influence the steering angle of the saddle riding type vehicle. This enables a proper evaluation of the turning characteristic of the saddle riding type vehicle. | 10-11-2012 |
20120265366 | Method for Dynamic Determination of the True Mass of a Non Rigid Body Subject To Low Frequency Noise - A dynamic method to accurately determine the mass of a vehicle which deforms on acceleration and is subject to low frequency noise is disclosed. Only the greater than zero hertz frequencies of the signals are processed. Both signals are squelched during periods of high jerk to reduce the error between true mass and apparent mass. For a single body or combination vehicle such as a semi-rig with a propulsive body of known mass a reference for matched or Wiener filtering is constructed from the noisy signals to filter low frequency noise. A towing vehicle with a fifth wheel mounted on a dedicated load sensing apparatus can, therefore, determine the weight of any semi-trailer towed on any terrain of any inclination and any changing inclination with the greatest precision in the shortest possible time. | 10-18-2012 |
20120265367 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DERIVATIVE-FREE OUTPUT FEEDBACK ADAPTIVE CONTROL - An adaptive control system is disclosed. The control system can control uncertain dynamic systems. The control system can employ one or more derivative-free adaptive control architectures. The control system can further employ one or more derivative-free weight update laws. The derivative-free weight update laws can comprise a time-varying estimate of an ideal vector of weights. The control system of the present invention can therefore quickly stabilize systems that undergo sudden changes in dynamics, caused by, for example, sudden changes in weight. Embodiments of the present invention can also provide a less complex control system than existing adaptive control systems. The control system can control aircraft and other dynamic systems, such as, for example, those with non-minimum phase dynamics. | 10-18-2012 |
20120271483 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING SHAPE OF ROAD FOR VEHICLES - An example of recognition of the shape of a road where a vehicle travels is provided. An object type as to whether an object is a moving or stationary object is determined according to a relative speed of the object and a speed of the vehicle. Object-unit data effective for recognizing a road shape is extracted according to the determination. The object-unit data is used for forming data of a roadside object group, based on which a road edge is recognized. A series of the processes is repeatedly performed at a predetermined cycle. After the extraction process, a data addition process is performed to add object-unit data obtained in the extraction process of the previous cycle to object-unit data obtained in the extraction process of the present cycle. In a recognition process, a road edge is recognized according to the object-unit data obtained in the data addition process. | 10-25-2012 |
20120271484 | Predictive Human-Machine Interface Using Eye Gaze Technology, Blind Spot Indicators and Driver Experience - A system and method are disclosed for preventing accidents in a vehicle. The system comprises an eye gaze detector for receiving an eye gaze vector from a driver. The system additionally comprises a proximity sensor for detecting locations of nearby objects and their velocities. A vehicle accident risk is determined based on the nearby object location and velocity. Additionally, the driver's knowledge of vehicle circumstances is determined based on the nearby object location and velocity as well as the eye gaze location. Responsive to the driver's knowledge and the vehicle accident risk, a vehicle alert is activated. | 10-25-2012 |
20120271485 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF STEERING WHEEL CONTROL SIGNALS - A method for automatically detecting a control signal configuration of a vehicle component includes making a connection to a channel of the component, performing an electrical measurement on the channel, and identifying a control signal configuration based upon the measurement. A method for sending control signals from one vehicle component to another includes making a connection on a channel of one component, making a connection to a channel of the other component, performing electrical measurements on the channels, identifying control signal configurations based upon the measurements, and configuring a control signal interface. A control signal interface includes an input unit, a signal processing unit, and an output unit. The input and output units each can connect to a channel of a vehicle component and perform an electrical measurement. The signal processing unit can determine control commands based upon control signals. | 10-25-2012 |
20120283893 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE DRIVING STYLE DETERMINATION - In one embodiment, a system and method may collect acceleration data for a driver for a vehicle, compare the acceleration data for the driver to a set of acceleration data representing a plurality of sample drivers driving in the same type of vehicle as the vehicle, and based on the comparison, determining a driving style rating for the driver. | 11-08-2012 |
20120283894 | HANDS ON STEERING WHEEL VEHICLE SAFETY CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a safety control system for a vehicle with controls located on the vehicle steering wheel. The controls may be arranged in a cluster on one or both sides of the upper half of the steering wheel or on a special flange mounted to the steering wheel. The contours are easily recognizable and accessible while driving without any distraction to the driver. The controls can be enhanced by varied coloring, shape, size, and texture to make them easily identifiable. The controls can be used with portable telematics devices, in a multi-modal process in conjunction with thumb gesture interpretation or speech recognition. A universal portable device docking station may be used in conjunction with the control system. | 11-08-2012 |
20120283895 | COLLISION PROBABILITY CALCULATION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A collision probability calculation apparatus capable of accurately calculating a collision probability that one's own vehicle will collide with an object around the own vehicle (referred to as a nearby object). In the apparatus, a position of the nearby object and a traveling speed and a traveling direction of the own vehicle are acquired. A collision probability map is generated on the basis of the traveling speed and traveling direction of the own vehicle. A width of a traveling lane of the own vehicle is acquired and the map is corrected in response to the width of the traveling lane. Thereafter, a collision probability associated with the position of the nearby object is corrected in response to the position of the nearby object. The corrected collision probability is outputted as a more accurate collision probability that the own vehicle will collide with the nearby object. | 11-08-2012 |
20120290146 | GPS/IMU/Video/Radar absolute/relative positioning communication/computation sensor platform for automotive safety applications - A GPS/IMU safety sensor platform is proposed, consisting of data fusion Processors, GNSS Signal Acquisition and Tracking Processors, MEMS IMU sensors, one or multiple accelerometers able to provide orientation information, optional V2V communication modules, and optional V2I communication modules. The data fusion processors provide interface ports to GNSS/IMU processors, odometers, video (Visual/Infrared) cameras installed in the vehicle, V2V relative positioning sensors (laser, radar or any other distance measuring), and V2V and V2I communication modules. The data fusion processors are interfaced to a driver warning system and optionally to the vehicle controls for providing safety warning messages to drivers, or for automatic control the vehicle for preventing and reducing accidents. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290147 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING A LOAD AT THE END OF A ROPE WRAPPED OVER A ROD - A digging machine. The machine includes a rod having a central bore with at least two strain gauges angled relative to each other, a hoist rope, and a CPU configured to create a calibration table of a plurality of outputs from each of the two strain gauges, given various rope tensions and rope angles, determine an unknown rope tension and rope angle, use the output from one strain gauge and create a first set of data point angle and tension pairs from plurality of calibration outputs that correspond to the one output from one strain gauge, use the output from the other strain gauge and create a second set of data point angle and tension pairs from the plurality of calibration outputs that correspond to the one output from other strain gauge, and determine, based on where said two sets of data points intersect, rope tension and rope angle. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290148 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPATCHING VEHICLE - A method and a system for dispatching vehicle are provided. The method for dispatching vehicle includes the following steps: A. obtaining the vehicle information, which includes vehicle numbers, vehicle states and relative positions; B. placing the vehicle icons corresponding to the vehicle numbers in the corresponding positions on the virtual line schedule map according to the vehicle states and the relative positions, the virtual line schedule map includes a line table, which is composed of multiple independent lines, and each line includes up-line, down-line, line description and vehicle icons, each vehicle icon corresponds to a specific encoded vehicle; C. displaying the virtual line schedule map refreshed via step B. The system for dispatching vehicle includes vehicle information obtaining unit, vehicle states judging and processing unit, displaying unit and dispatching unit. The system realize the visual vehicle dispatching method by utilizing the virtual line schedule map, so as to implement vehicle monitoring and dispatching. | 11-15-2012 |
20120296492 | Methods and Systems for Aggregating and Implementing Preferences for Vehicle-Based Operations of Multiple Vehicle Occupants - A method and system may include aggregating and implementing preferences associated with vehicle occupants for vehicle-based operations. The occupants may be identified in a vehicle, each occupant having one or more preferences relating to a plurality of vehicle-based operations. The common preferences between the vehicle occupants may be identified, merged, and implemented in a vehicle. | 11-22-2012 |
20120296493 | ROAD SURFACE CONDITION ESTIMATING METHOD, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND ROAD SURFACE CONDITION ESTIMATING APPARATUS - The condition of a road surface on which a vehicle is traveling is estimated accurately, using a tire having a general variable-pitch tire pattern for detection of a road surface condition. The tire for detection of a road surface condition has rows of blocks, the total number N of the circumferentially disposed blocks being 10 or more and the number n of lug grooves, each provided with a joining section connecting circumferentially adjacent blocks, being in the range of (N/2)≦n≦(N−5). The vibrations of the tire are detected by an acceleration sensor and are subjected to a rotational order ratio analysis by a rotational order ratio analyzing unit. And the road surface condition is estimated by comparing the amplitude P of the rotational order component of the tire vibrations extracted by a rotational order component extracting unit with a predetermined threshold value K. | 11-22-2012 |
20120303176 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCURATE LOCALIZATION FOR AN INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - A method and apparatus for providing accurate localization for an industrial vehicle is described; including processing at least one sensor input message from a plurality of sensor devices, wherein the at least one sensor input message includes information regarding observed environmental features; determining position measurements associated with the industrial vehicle in response to at least one sensor input message, wherein the plurality of sensor devices comprises a two-dimensional laser scanner, and at least one other sensor device selected from an odometer, an ultrasonic sensor, a compass, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, an inertial measurement unit, or an imaging sensor; and updating a vehicle state using the position measurements. | 11-29-2012 |
20120303177 | DOCKING TERMINAL AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE FUNCTIONS - A docking terminal for controlling a plurality of vehicle functions of a motor vehicle by a control device connected to the vehicle, including a wireless data exchange with a control device, an input unit, and an energy store. A greater range of functions, which can also include control of safety-relevant vehicle functions, is facilitated by the connection of the wireless data exchange to a data processing system integrated in the docking terminal. The system is designed to use at least one cryptologic method. | 11-29-2012 |
20120310441 | VEHICLE OPERATING STATE DISPLAY DEVICE - An operating state display device for a vehicle includes a display portion that displays an energy transmission state of the vehicle. A display similar to what is shown when no energy is being transmitted to the axle is shown, regardless of the energy transmission state, when two conditions that the vehicle is stopped and that a brake operation is being performed are satisfied. | 12-06-2012 |
20120310442 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING THE DRIVER OF A BIOMECHANICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE WHEEL - A system assists the driver of a biomechanically-driven vehicle comprising at least one wheel (R). The system includes a means (DET | 12-06-2012 |
20120310443 | ORIENTATION-BASED WIRELESS SENSING APPARATUS - An orientation-based wireless sensor includes a transmitter unit having a body housing a microprocessor, a transmitter, and an accelerometer for detecting the orientation of the transmitter unit relative to one-, two- or three-axis of the direction of the pull of earth's gravity. The transmitter body is mounted on a feature of a vehicle that it is desirable to monitor. The transmitter will transmit orientation data at predetermined time intervals to a receiver on the vehicle, which will in turn process the information, adding additional information, such as GPS location, and wirelessly send the data to a database that is available to a customer over the Internet | 12-06-2012 |
20120316699 | VEHICLE DRIVER ADVISORY SYSTEM AND METHOD - An automotive vehicle may include at least one controller configured to monitor a plurality of parameters representing a driver's dynamic control of the vehicle and to establish a reference range based on values of the monitored parameters during a first time period. The at least one controller may be further configured to detect a change in driver behavior condition when, during a second time period, a parameter derived from the monitored parameters falls outside of the reference range, and in response to detecting the change in driver behavior condition, to alter a response of the vehicle to driver inputs or to generate output representing a recommendation to alter a response of the vehicle to driver inputs. | 12-13-2012 |
20120316700 | DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING DATA IN A VEHICLE - A data distribution system for a vehicle includes a data distributor module that is communicatively coupled with a data acquisition module that obtains values of available data parameters related to operation of the vehicle, a service module that provides functions for the vehicle based on the values, and a memory. The data distributor module receives a request list from the service module that includes one or more requested data parameters of the available data parameters. The data acquisition module stores the values of the requested data parameters in the memory. The data distributor module retrieves the values of one or more of the requested data parameters from the memory and communicates the values that are retrieved to the service module for the service module to use the values that are retrieved to provide the functions for the vehicle. | 12-13-2012 |
20120323401 | OUTPUT TORQUE RATE LIMITING BASED ON A REQUEST BUSYNESS INDICATOR THAT CONSIDERS THE RECENT TIME HISTORY OF THE OUTPUT TORQUE REQUEST - A method for controlling torque in a vehicle including monitoring a plurality of factors associated with an output torque request in response to an output torque request rate of change exceeding a predetermined threshold, and controlling rate limiting of a delivered output torque to achieve the output torque request rate of change based on the plurality of factors associated with the output torque request. | 12-20-2012 |
20120323402 | SERVER - A server that delivers a control program for an on-vehicle apparatus detects a distance between a vehicle and a user of the vehicle, and instructs the on-vehicle apparatus to update the control program by use of an update program when the detected distance is equal to or longer than a prescribed distance. | 12-20-2012 |
20120323403 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle control device for starting a drive assist in accordance with relative positional relationship between a self vehicle and an object around the self vehicle, comprises a control value calculating part which calculates a control value based on an inter-vehicular distance between the self vehicle and the object, a velocity of the self vehicle, a relative velocity of the object to the self vehicle, and an acceleration-related value obtained based on at least one of an acceleration of the self vehicle and an acceleration of the object; an acceleration-related value adjusting part which adjusts the acceleration-related value by changing a degree of contribution of at least one of the acceleration of the self vehicle and the acceleration of the object in the acceleration-related value in accordance with the acceleration of the self vehicle; and a drive assist start judging part which starts the drive assist if the control value is greater than a threshold value. | 12-20-2012 |
20120323404 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AND DETECTING SPEED - A system for determining instances when a vehicle's indicated speed exceeds a governing speed includes a receiver to receive information from which a vehicle's location envelope, indicated direction of travel, and indicated speed can be derived, and a processor. The processor is configured to ascertain a location envelope in which the vehicle is located, an indicated speed of the vehicle, and a direction of travel of the vehicle at a sample time. It is also configured to and select the governing speed for the vehicle at the sample time, which includes ascertain possible road segments with at least a portion within the location envelope, eliminate road segments with a road segment direction of travel inconsistent with the indicated direction of travel, and select as the governing speed a speed associated with a remaining road segment. The processor will then determine if the indicated speed exceeds the governing speed. | 12-20-2012 |
20120323405 | ON-VEHICLE DEVICE - An on-vehicle device with a storage unit that includes a transfer unit that transfers data stored in the storage unit to another on-vehicle device of equal capability that is also equipped with a storage unit. In the on-vehicle device, the transfer unit is configured by a data transfer jack provided to each of the on-vehicle device and the another on-vehicle device, and a data transfer cable for connecting the transfer jacks. | 12-20-2012 |
20120330479 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VEHICLE DRIVE CYCLE PROFILES - A system and method for generating vehicle drive cycles. Information describing a path of travel and a vehicle are received from a user. A detailed representation of the path of travel is obtained. Road condition information for segments of the path of travel is obtained, and the path of travel is verified as being traversable by the described vehicle. This information is used to generate a drive cycle profile, which contains at least the simulated path traversed by the vehicle, the speed of the vehicle along segments of the path, and any ambient conditions taken into account when predicting the speed of the vehicle. | 12-27-2012 |
20120330480 | VEHICULAR ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE, RELATED INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A behavior determination unit determines whether a predetermined vehicle behavior occurs in an own vehicle. A driving information storage unit stores driving information of the own vehicle in a storage portion on determination that the predetermined vehicle behavior occurs. When the predetermined vehicle behavior occurs, a behavior transmission unit transmits behavior occurrence information to an outside of the own vehicle to notify a related information acquisition device, which is around the own vehicle and acquires related information related to the predetermined vehicle behavior, of the occurrence of the predetermined vehicle behavior. In this case, the behavior transmission unit further requires the related information acquisition device to store the acquired related information. | 12-27-2012 |
20130006440 | VEHICLE USING TIRE TEMPERATURE TO ADJUST ACTIVE CHASSIS SYSTEMS - In accordance with exemplary embodiments, a system and method are provided for using tire temperature for dynamically adjusting active chassis systems of a vehicle. The method comprises determining a tire temperature value for at least one tire of a vehicle using at least one sensor and adjusting at least one active chassis system of the vehicle responsive to the tire temperature value. The system comprises a chassis having an engine providing power to tires to propel the vehicle. At least one active chassis system is configured to control braking, power applied or control inputs to the tires, and a controller is configured to determine a tire temperature value for adjusting the at least one active chassis systems. The at least one active chassis systems are adjusted responsive to the tire temperature value provided by the controller to control braking, power applied or control inputs to the tires. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006441 | MESSAGE TRANSMISSION CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A message generation module generates a message that is to be transmitted to a serial data bus of the vehicle once per first predetermined period. A queue manager module resets a timer value when the message is added to a transmit queue and selectively adds the message to the transmit queue when: a number of messages in the transmit queue is less than a first predetermined value; the timer value is greater than the first predetermined period; and one of (i) the first predetermined period is less than a second predetermined period and (ii) the first predetermined period is greater than the second predetermined period and the number of messages in the transmit queue is less than a second predetermined value. The second predetermined value is less than the first predetermined value. A communication control module selectively transmits messages from the transmit queue to the serial data bus. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006442 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING ON-DEMAND ROUTES FOR POWERED INDUSTRIAL VEHICLES - Systems and methods for creating in a facility on-demand routes for powered industrial vehicles to transport cargo efficiently. In one embodiment, an on-demand route generation module receives receiving a request to move cargo. The module analyzes data about the current location, the current tasking, and the driver availability of PIVs in operation. Based on the information, the module creates an on-demand route through the facility and sends a notification to an assigned PIV to pick up the cargo and carry it on the defined on-demand route. | 01-03-2013 |
20130013127 | NETWORK INTERFACE FOR USE IN VEHICLES - An apparatus is set forth for use with a vehicle having a first electronic control unit and a second electronic control unit. The apparatus comprises data processing circuitry in data communication with memory circuitry and input/output circuitry. The data processing circuitry, the memory circuitry, and the input/output circuitry are collectively operative to: (a) receive an input message from the first electronic control unit over a first network where the input message is formatted in conformity with a first messaging protocol; (b) translate the input message into a corresponding output message formatted in accordance with a second messaging protocol where the second messaging protocol is different from the first messaging protocol; and (c) transmit the corresponding output message to the second electronic control unit over a second network. The first and second electronic control units are operative to control and/or sense one or more elements within the vehicle. | 01-10-2013 |
20130018524 | Single Handed Attendant Control for a Wheelchair - Disclosed herein is a personal mobility vehicle controller. The personal mobility vehicle controller includes a housing having a first input member, a second input member, and a third input member. The first input member is configured to change a mode or profile of a personal mobility vehicle. The second input member is configured to provide a security function for the third input member. The third input member is configured to operate a feature based on the mode or profile. The housing is adapted to be held in a single hand of a user. The personal mobility vehicle controller is configured to operate the personal mobility vehicle with the single hand from a location proximate the personal mobility vehicle. | 01-17-2013 |
20130024047 | METHOD TO MAP GAZE POSITION TO INFORMATION DISPLAY IN VEHICLE - A method of controlling a vehicle system of a vehicle is provided. The method includes: receiving image data that is captured from an occupant of the vehicle; determining a focus of the occupant of the vehicle based on the image data; and generating a user command to control the vehicle system based on the focus of the occupant. | 01-24-2013 |
20130024048 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING THE PATH OF A VEHICLE - A system for tracking a path of a motor vehicle, the system including: an instantaneous speed sensor on each wheel of front and rear axle systems; a mechanism to calculate speed loss between wheels of a single axle system; a mechanism to calculate difference between the speed losses of each axle system; and a mechanism to compare the difference with a stored threshold value. A method for tracking a path of a motor vehicle includes: calculating speed losses for wheels of front and rear axle systems; calculating speed loss difference between each front and rear axle system; and comparing the speed loss difference with a stored threshold value. | 01-24-2013 |
20130030601 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VEHICLE USING IN-WHEEL MOTOR - Disclosed is a technique for controlling the stability of a vehicle via in-wheel motors. More specifically, a steering angle, a wheel speed, a lateral G-Force, and a yaw rate calculated, and the lateral G-Force is compared with a predetermined lateral G-Force threshold. Next, a predetermined yaw rate control threshold is compared with a difference between an actual yaw rate and a demand yaw rate based on the calculated steering angle and wheel speed. The demand yaw rate and the actual yaw rate are then compared when the difference between the demand yaw rate and the actual yaw rate is greater than the yaw rate control threshold, and a final torque value is generated according to the difference between the demand yaw rate and the actual yaw rate. | 01-31-2013 |
20130030602 | LANE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM USING AN IN-WHEEL SYSTEM - A lane assistance system using an in-wheel system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include determining a lane deviation danger of a vehicle whether a vehicle is in danger of deviating from a lane, calculating a necessary yaw rate to assist a driver in maintaining a the vehicle in the intended lane of travel, calculate a demand yaw rate through a difference between the calculated necessary yaw rate and an actual yaw rate, and calculate a distribution amount of a driving torque of torque vectoring for achieving the demand yaw rate. In doing so, the lane assistance system controls the torque selectively applied to each wheel according to the above calculations. | 01-31-2013 |
20130030603 | BICYCLE COMMUNICATION ADAPTER - A bicycle communication adapter is provided with a voltage converting component, a signal converting component and a superimposing component. The voltage converting component is configured to convert a received voltage supplied from a bicycle electrical management system to a converted voltage suitable for at least one of a plurality of electric devices of a bicycle electrical system. The signal converting component is configured to convert a received signal outputted from a bicycle electrical management system into a converted signal compliant with a standard for power line communication. The superimposing component is configured to superimpose the converted signal converted by the signal converting component onto the converted voltage converted by the voltage converting component. | 01-31-2013 |
20130030604 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, VEHICLE HAVING THE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A controller system for vehicle which has a plurality of driving modes which influence driving feeling, and performs selection from the driving modes and the regulation by inputs from a selecting switch, a forward sequence regulating switch, and a reverse sequence regulating switch. For each input from the selecting switch, changing to the driving mode according to a predetermined normal order. For each input from each of the regulating switches, the current controlled step is changed in a predetermined tendency direction. In a state where the controlled step reaches a final step, the state of the final step is maintained even when the same regulating signal is inputted. | 01-31-2013 |
20130030605 | SELECTIVE VEHICLE TRACKING AND VEHICLE ROUTING - A vehicle monitoring system permits a user to designate some usage as personal, such that the location of the vehicle is not tracked (or not recorded or not reported). The user can designate the usage as personal in terms of time of day or day of the week or in terms of geographic areas. Optionally, in calculating a route, the system may take into account a safety index; i.e. which route is safer. The system may also take into account which route will consume less energy, particularly where the vehicle is an electric vehicle, which has different efficiencies in certain types of road conditions. | 01-31-2013 |
20130035803 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROPAGATING THE ATTITUDE OF A VEHICLE - Apparatus and method is provided for propagating the attitude of a vehicle. A slew rate is computed based on angular rotation increments associated with a time interval. An incremental update is computed for the associated time interval based on an angular rate and the slew rate. An attitude of the vehicle is propagated based on the computed attitude increment and an initial attitude at the start of propagation. | 02-07-2013 |
20130035804 | INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD - In order to suppress charge amount shortage in a predetermined area, an information provision device has an acquisition means that acquires travelling information of an electric vehicle on which a secondary battery | 02-07-2013 |
20130041521 | VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC DRIVER IDENTIFICATION - A vehicle monitoring system includes at least one sensor in the vehicle. A processor receiving information from the at least one sensor, the processor programmed to automatically identify a driver of the vehicle based upon the information from the at least one sensor. | 02-14-2013 |
20130041522 | SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION IN VEHICLE - An information obtaining system in a vehicle is provided. The information obtaining system includes a nonvolatile memory built into the vehicle, vehicle information relating to the vehicle being stored in the nonvolatile memory; a portable reader device which is not incorporated into the vehicle and can be carried by a person, the portable reader device being configured to read out the vehicle information from the nonvolatile memory, encrypt the vehicle information, and store the encrypted vehicle information, and being capable of outputting the encrypted vehicle information; and an analyzing device which is not incorporated into the vehicle, the analyzing device being separate from the portable reader device, and configured to decrypt the encrypted vehicle information output from the portable reader device into the vehicle information. | 02-14-2013 |
20130041523 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECITON OF SUBSEA ASSETS - The present invention relates to a method and a system for protection of subsea assets, which system comprises an electronic map indicating subsea assets, the system defines a geographical zone, which zone covers an area around the subsea asset, which system performs tracking of vessels entering a geographical zone by analysing electronic signal transmitted or reflected from the vessel. Performing an analysis of a sailing pattern in the geographical zone, the system can define at least one event based on sailing patterns, which system scores the events, the system count the scores, and based of a defined level of scores the system generates an alarm, based on the alarm the system generates a warning, which warning can be transmitted to the vessel. By this system there can be placed a computer system at a coast control center, where all data about vessels are picked up. This way, the system can transmit an alarm to a vessel if the vessel performs critical behaviour near subsea assets. | 02-14-2013 |
20130054048 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system comprising a control device having a plurality of positions, a processing device, and a display device. The control device is configured to transmit data regarding a position of the control device when an object is proximate to the control device. The processing device is configured to receive the data from the control device, identify the control device transmitting the data, and transmit data regarding the first position and identity of the control device. The display device is configured to receive the data from the processing device, visually display a virtual control having a plurality of positions, and allow adjustment of the plurality of positions of the virtual control to at least a second position of the virtual control, wherein the second position is different from the first position. | 02-28-2013 |
20130054049 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - A driving assistance apparatus is provided with: a storing device ( | 02-28-2013 |
20130060400 | DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A CARRIER OF A TRANSCEIVER, MOTOR VEHICLE - A detection apparatus is provided for detecting a carrier of a mobile transceiver relative to a vehicle, which is provided in a vehicle, that includes, but is not limited to a transmitting/receiving device, which is configured to communicate with a mobile transceiver to be detected, an environment sensor device for detecting information on the environment of the vehicle, an evaluation device, which is configured, depending on the communication and the detected information, to determine a type of carrier of the mobile transceiver and an impending collision of the carrier of the transceiver with the vehicle, and a control device, which is configured in such a manner as to control a device of the vehicle depending on the determined type of carrier in order, in the event of an impending collision of the carrier of the mobile transceiver with the vehicle determined by the evaluation device. | 03-07-2013 |
20130066483 | System, Method and Odometer Monitor for Detecting Connectivity Status of Mobile Data Terminal to Vehicle - An odometer monitor for monitoring the connectivity status of a mobile data terminal to a vehicle is a software module defined in a data processor of a vehicle tracking device. The monitor is operable to listen for arrival of successive timed poll events from a mobile data terminal connected to a vehicle, listen for arrival of and storing each of successive odometer update values from a vehicle information bus of the vehicle that corresponds to arrival of each of the successive timed poll events, compare next odometer update values to last stored odometer update values, calculate the distances between the compared odometer update values, make a determination of connectivity status of the mobile data terminal relative to the vehicle based on whether or not the values of the calculated distances ascend to above the value of a preset maximum distance, and report the connectivity status to the mobile data terminal. | 03-14-2013 |
20130073112 | Motor vehicle operating data collection and analysis - A method and apparatus for collecting and evaluating powered vehicle operation utilizing on-board diagnostic components and location determining components or systems. The invention creates one or more databases whereby identifiable behavior or evaluative characteristics can be analyzed or categorized. The evaluation can include predicting likely future events. The database can be correlated or evaluated with other databases for a wide variety of uses. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073113 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A RANGE FOR THE VEHICLE - A method to control a vehicle includes assigning a predicted driving pattern to a predicted path for the vehicle, and providing a range for the vehicle using the predicted energy efficiency and an amount of energy available to the vehicle. The predicted driving pattern has an associated predicted energy efficiency. A vehicle includes a propulsion device coupled to wheels of the vehicle via a transmission, and a controller electronically coupled to the propulsion device. The controller is configured to: (i) assign a predicted driving pattern to a predicted path for the vehicle, the predicted driving pattern having a predicted energy efficiency, and (ii) provide a range for the vehicle using the predicted energy efficiency and an amount of energy available to the vehicle. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073114 | DRIVER IDENTIFICATION BASED ON FACE DATA - A system for identifying a driver comprises an image capturing device, a processor, and a memory. The image is captured during vehicle operation and of an expected driver location. The processor is configured to detect a face of a driver in the image, determine a set of face data from the image, and identify the driver based at least in part on the set of face data. The memory is coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073115 | System And Method For Improving A Performance Estimation Of An Operator Of A Vehicle - System for improving a performance estimation of an operator of a vehicle, comprising a first module implementing a first method for estimating a performance state of vehicle operation, a second module implementing a second method for estimating at least one of a physiological and behavioural state of the operator, a device for sharing an estimated state between one of the first and the second module and the other one of the first and the second module, wherein the implemented estimation method of one of the first and the second module is adjusted based on the state of the other one of the first and the second module, thereby improving the estimation of at least one of the performance state of vehicle operation and the physiological and/or behavioural state of the operator. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073116 | Electronic Control Unit for Vehicle and Method of Executing Program - An electronic control unit for vehicle capable of receiving a program by communication expands the received program in a volatile memory and executes the expanded program. As an example of this program, there is a program for changing a communication environment for communicating with another unit. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073117 | METHOD FOR CLOCKING CUMULATIVE OPERATING TIME FOR A CARGO-HANDLING VEHICLE, AND THE CARGO-HANDLING VEHICLE BY USE OF THE METHOD - An accumulated use time for cargo handling vehicles is accurately displayed by a time measuring device even if the time measuring device fails and is replaced. Units such as a display unit and a control unit of the cargo handling vehicle each include a time measuring device and a storage device. The device may perform in a synchronization mode in which the difference between the accumulated use times of both devices is made the same and a synchronization inhibition mode in which the accumulated use times are not changed. The accumulated use times are communicated between the function units, and the accumulated use time of the cargo handling vehicle and the absolute value of the difference between the accumulated use times of both measuring devices are taken into consideration. The appropriate mode is selected and the time measurement is carried out in the selected mode. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073118 | YAW RATE DETECTION APPARATUS - A yaw rate detection apparatus includes: a vehicle yaw rate detection device detecting a yaw rate of a vehicle to output a detection value thereof; a right-wheel and left-wheel speed detection device detecting at least speeds of right and left wheels to output detection values thereof; a wheel speed yaw rate calculation device calculating a wheel speed yaw rate from the detection values of the speeds of the right and left wheels; a turning correction coefficient calculation device calculating a turning correction coefficient based on an amount of turning associated with a turning operation within a predetermined time in which the detection value of the vehicle yaw rate deviates due to a temperature change; and a vehicle yaw rate correction device correcting the detection value of the vehicle yaw rate based on the detection value of the vehicle yaw rate, the wheel speed yaw rate and the turning correction coefficient. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073119 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSISTING PARKING OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and device for selecting a parking assistance function from a predefined group of parking assistance functions of a parking steering assistant by an input element of the parking steering assistant of a motor vehicle. The parking assistance functions are arranged in two groups, wherein the first group includes the functions which relate to parking of the vehicle and the second group includes functions which relate to exiting a parking space by the vehicle. A selection is made between the two function groups as a function of the ignition switch state and a distance traveled by the vehicle, as a result of which the method differentiates automatically between parking functions and parking space exiting functions. | 03-21-2013 |
20130079948 | INERTIAL SENSOR CALIBRATION METHOD FOR VEHICLES AND DEVICE THEREFOR - An inertial sensor calibration method has steps of mounting an observer device and an inertial sensor of a vehicle carrying on an inertial move, acquiring actual vehicle motion data from the observer device and inertial signal data of the inertial sensor, calculating an integral corresponding to the vehicular dynamic variation model with respect to the inertial signal data to obtain predicted vehicle sensor data and calculating variations of the actual vehicle motion data, acquiring differences between the two calculated data, applying an energy optimization and a discretization to the differences so as to obtain parametric error variances, and feeding back the parametric error variances to the vehicular dynamic variation model to calibrate the parameters associated with offset and scale factor and acquire a calibrated vehicular dynamic variation model. Under the premise of no GPS, electronic compass or pressure sensor, the present invention can secure positioning continuity and reliability. | 03-28-2013 |
20130079949 | INCLINATION DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An inclination detection system is disclosed. The inclination detection system may have an inclination angle predictor configured to calculate an a priori estimated inclination angle of the machine based on a previously estimated inclination angle, and a measurement variance calculator configured to calculate a measurement variance of the a priori estimated inclination angle based on a non-gravitational acceleration of the machine. The inclination detection system may also have an inclination angle sensor configured to measure a measured inclination angle of the machine, and an inclination angle updater configured to determine an a posteriori estimated inclination angle of the machine based on the a priori estimated inclination angle, the measurement variance of the a priori estimated inclination angle, and the measured inclination angle. | 03-28-2013 |
20130079950 | VEHICLE UPGRADE SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A vehicle update system for updating a vehicle's ROM data is provided. More specifically, a telematics unit is configured to receive new ROM data transmitted from a telematics server. An electronic control unit (ECU) is configured first check to determine whether certain update conditions are satisfied and when they are satisfied, update the old ROM data to the new ROM data using at least one of a main battery and an auxiliary battery. More specifically, the update conditions are that the charged state and the voltage level for at least one of the main battery and the auxiliary battery is greater than a certain level, the vehicle is stopped or parked, and the controller area network (CAN) communication state of the vehicle is normal. | 03-28-2013 |
20130085625 | Monitoring, Diagnostic and Tracking Tool for Autonomous Mobile Robots - A system and method are provided for managing and prioritizing for action fleets of mobile robots deployed at various locations. The system/method includes a plurality of homebase servers, each corresponding to a different location, with each of the homebase servers receiving operational parameter data (representing operational and navigational issues experienced by the mobile robot) from a plurality of mobile robots operating at the particular location where the homebase server is deployed. A central server receives the operational parameter data from the plurality of homebase servers. The central server included a data analysis module for processing the operational parameter data and prioritizing the mobile robots operating at the various locations for action by support staff. A list is generated ranking the mobile robots in order of importance for action by support staff. | 04-04-2013 |
20130090779 | PROPORTIONAL AND NON PROPORTIONAL DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM - A system and method for driving a power driven wheelchair is provided. One system embodiment may include, for example, a plurality of force sensing resistors, at least one force sensing resistor comprising a contactable surface for sensing a pressure thereon, wherein the at least one force sensing resistor generates a proportional signal in response to the sensed pressure. A controller comprising at least one input for receiving the proportional signal and having logic to receive the proportional signal and generate a control signal which is outputted to a motor controller to control the power driven wheelchair. | 04-11-2013 |
20130090780 | SPEED AND SEVERITY TRIGGER FOR AN ACTIVE DEVICE OF A VEHICLE - A method of determining the category of action of an active device of a vehicle comprises repeatedly measuring a vehicle parameter indicative of a change of vehicle state, determining a rate of change of the vehicle parameter and determining a modified vehicle parameter by reference to said rate of change. A threshold is applied to said modified vehicle parameter and a trigger signal is generated for an active device of the vehicle in response to the threshold being reached and in accordance with a severity of said vehicle parameter, which may be vehicle speed related. | 04-11-2013 |
20130096731 | DRIVE EVENT CAPTURING BASED ON GEOLOCATION - A system for drive event capturing based on geolocation comprises an interface and a processor. The interface receives driving data from one or more onboard sensors of a vehicle, and the processor is configured to capturing a drive event based on a geolocation of the vehicle. The capturing of the drive event includes causing storage of driving data associated with the drive event. | 04-18-2013 |
20130096732 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING A PARKING MANEUVER - A driving assistance device having a control unit including a memory unit for storing sensor signals, in particular while parking into a parking space, in which the driver is provided with optimization tips on a computer, which is separate from the control unit, during a later evaluation. | 04-18-2013 |
20130103225 | TRAIN SPEED MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided are a train speed measuring device and method. The train speed measuring device includes: at least one first tachometer disposed at an axle of a trailer car and for outputting a pulse signal according to a wheel revolution of the trailer car; at least one second tachometer disposed at an axle of a motor car and for outputting a pulse signal according to a wheel revolution of the motor car; at least one speed measuring unit for measuring speed values on the basis of pulse signals outputted from the at least one first tachometer and the at least one second tachometer; and a speed calculating unit for calculating the speed of the train on the basis of the measured speed values. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103226 | REHABILITATION DEVICE - A rehabilitation device includes a moving body, a motor, a control system and a sensor module. The moving body has a housing and a moving mechanism. The motor, disposed in the housing, connects to the moving mechanism and drives the moving mechanism. The control system is disposed in the housing and coupled to the motor. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103227 | LEFT-RIGHT WHEEL DRIVE FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle left-right wheel drive force distribution control apparatus is provided for improving the handling of a vehicle when a steering wheel of the vehicle is being returned toward a center position. The vehicle left-right wheel drive force distribution control apparatus executes a distributed output of a wheel drive force to left and right drive wheels in accordance with a control. The apparatus has a left-right drive force transient control amount computing section that computes a left-right drive force difference transient control amount based on a driver transient turn response. This control amount computed is used in the aforementioned control and is made smaller as the steering wheel is being turned away from a center position than as the steering wheel is being returned toward the center position. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103228 | LEFT-RIGHT WHEEL DRIVE FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - A calculating section finds a left-right rear wheel drive force difference transient control computation value, which is a basic target value for a turning response transiently requested by a driver through a steering speed at current wheel speeds (vehicle speed). A computing section finds a left-right drive force difference transient control gain based on a target yaw rate change rate such that the control gain is smaller than 1 in a high target yaw rate change rate region. The computing value is multiplied by the control gain to calculate a left-right rear wheel drive force difference transient control amount for a left-right wheel drive force distribution control. As a result, during high-speed steering when the yaw rate gain tends to increase, the left-right drive force difference transient control amount is revised to a decreased value such that the transient control amount causes less of an increase in the yaw rate. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103229 | LEFT-RIGHT WHEEL DRIVE FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - In a transient control computing section, a left-right drive force difference transient control gain computing section finds a left-right drive force difference transient control gain α that is smaller than 1 in a region where a target yaw rate change rate is small, i.e., a low speed steering region, and a left-right drive force difference transient control computation value calculating section finds a left-right rear wheel drive force difference transient control computation value. The transient control computing section then multiplies the left-right rear wheel drive force difference transient control computation value by the left-right drive force difference transient control gain α to calculate the left-right rear wheel drive force difference transient control amount and contributes the same to a drive force distribution control for left and right wheels (left and right rear wheels). | 04-25-2013 |
20130103230 | CONTROL DEVICE - A program delivery center is a program update device which updates a program of an ECU mounted in a vehicle, wherein a right holder specification unit specifies a right holder who has a right to execute the update of the program on the basis of information regarding the vehicle, and a reprogramming guide execution unit sets and outputs program update guide notification to the right holder. Accordingly, the update of the program by a person other than the right holder can be avoided, thereby improving security. Furthermore, since the update of the program is notified to the right holder which can execute the update of the program, a program update execution frequency increases compared to a case where a user who cannot execute the update of the program is notified, thereby prompting the execution of the program update. | 04-25-2013 |
20130110309 | VEHICLE COLLISION AVOIDANCE AND MITIGATION SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
20130110310 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH COMPLIANCE REPORTING AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
20130110311 | SYSTEM FOR NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF AN ANALYTE IN A VEHICLE DRIVER | 05-02-2013 |
20130110312 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE INITIAL TEMPERATURE OF A MECHANICAL MEMBER OF A VEHICLE AT THE START-UP OF THE VEHICLE | 05-02-2013 |
20130110313 | Method for Data Exchange in a Transport System and Vehicle Control System | 05-02-2013 |
20130110314 | Method and Apparatus For Positioning A Vehicle Service Device Relative To A Vehicle Thrust Line | 05-02-2013 |
20130110315 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
20130110316 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130110317 | SKID DETECTION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE | 05-02-2013 |
20130116854 | LANE TRACKING SYSTEM - A lane tracking system for tracking the position of a vehicle within a lane includes a camera configured to provide a video feed representative of a field of view and a video processor configured to receive the video feed from the camera and to generate latent video-based position data indicative of the position of the vehicle within the lane. The system further includes a vehicle motion sensor configured to generate vehicle motion data indicative of the motion of the vehicle, and a lane tracking processor. The lane tracking processor is configured to receive the video-based position data, updated at a first frequency; receive the sensed vehicle motion data, updated at a second frequency; estimate the position of the vehicle within the lane from the sensed vehicle motion data; and fuse the video-based position data with the estimate of the vehicle position within the lane using a Kalman filter. | 05-09-2013 |
20130116855 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ACQUIRING AND ANALYZING VEHICLE DATA AND GENERATING AN ELECTRONIC REPRESENTATION OF VEHICLE OPERATIONS - Geo-referenced and/or time-referenced electronic drawings may be generated based on electronic vehicle information to facilitate documentation of a vehicle-related event. A symbols library, a collection of geo-referenced images, and any data acquired from one or more vehicles may be stored in memory for use in connection with generation of such drawings, and a drawing tool graphical user interface (GUI) may be provided for electronically processing vehicle data and geo-referenced images. Processed geo-referenced images may be saved as event-specific images, which may be integrated into, for example, an electronic vehicle accident report for accurately depicting a vehicle accident. | 05-09-2013 |
20130116856 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for operating a vehicle system of a motor vehicle for determining at least one state variable which describes the state of the driver, in particular the attention and/or fatigue of the driver, wherein the state variable is determined by using a reference data set which describes a reference state, in particular a normal state of the driver, wherein the conditions of a condition group are verified during an entire drive of the motor vehicle, and wherein when all conditions are established a reference data set is recorded so long as all conditions are established and the reference data set is analyzed for calibrating and/or adjusting at least one operating parameter of the vehicle system. | 05-09-2013 |
20130116857 | ENVIRONMENT ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - An environment estimation apparatus includes an image area dividing unit for dividing a camera image taken with a vehicle camera into a plurality of image areas, a camera image information extracting unit for extracting, from an image area that has the sky taken and is acquired from among the plurality of image areas undergoing the division by the image area dividing unit, image information indicating features of the image area, and an environment estimation unit for estimating, from the image information extracted by the camera image information extracting unit, the weather or intensity of light of a surrounding environment by referring to corresponding data indicating the correspondence between the features of the image area and the weather or the intensity of light of the surrounding environment. | 05-09-2013 |
20130124005 | VEHICLE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device includes a first resistance circuit connected between an output of a signal generating unit and a first terminal and having a resistance value corresponding to a requested operation mode requested to a vehicle. The vehicle includes: a second resistance circuit connected between a ground node fed with a reference potential and a second terminal; and a vehicle control unit for setting an operation mode of the vehicle. The vehicle control unit detects a signal potential of a signal via a first signal extraction node provided on a path connecting the second terminal and a second resistance circuit to each other, and sets the operation mode of the vehicle at the requested operation mode corresponding to the resistance value of the first resistance circuit. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124006 | DATA SELECTION AND SHARING BETWEEN A VEHICLE AND A USER DEVICE - Embodiments enhance the functionality of a vehicle, a user device, or both by the selection and sharing of data. Upon detection of each other, the vehicle device and the user device obtain and share data. The data may be associated with the user, the user computing device, and/or the vehicle and may be stored in cloud-based services. Functionality of the vehicle and/or user device is customized to the user based on the shared data. For example, the user device may provide assisted global positioning system (GPS) data to the vehicle to reduce a time-to-fix (TTF) when determining a location of the vehicle. In other examples, settings of the vehicle are personalized to the user, and location-relevant content is downloaded to the user device. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124007 | System And Method For Monitoring Vehicle Mass Tamper Events - A system for detecting a mass tamper event affecting a vehicle mass record for a vehicle being monitored includes a body bounce frequency estimator configured to estimate body bounce frequency for the vehicle and a mass estimator configured to estimate a vehicle mass, m, according to the equation (I), where k is a constant relating to a suspension system in the vehicle and ω | 05-16-2013 |
20130124008 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A REFERENCE VEHICLE VELOCITY AND A REAR WHEEL SPEED IN A VEHICLE HAVING THREE SPEED SENSORS - The method for controlling a safety system ( | 05-16-2013 |
20130131888 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING AN ELECTRIC TAXI INDEX - A taxi method for an aircraft having a primary thrust engine taxi system and an electric taxi system is provided. The method involves obtaining aircraft and airport status data and generating therefrom taxi drive information indicative of the relative cost of taxiing the aircraft along a predetermined route using the electric taxi system versus the aircraft engine taxi system. The taxi drive index information is presented to a user. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131889 | CONTROLLER FOR VEHICLE - When an idle speed control is implemented, an engine speed is computed based on an output signal of a crank angle sensor at a specified processing angle interval, and a time interval corresponding to the specified processing angle interval is computed. Then, the engine speed is filtered at a specified processing time interval, and a feedback amount (throttle opening correction amount) is computed based on a deviation of an engine speed filtered by a filter portion from a target engine speed. A time constant of a filtering processing is established according to the processing angle interval. Therefore, a filtering processing and a feedback control processing are performed in synchronization with each other, and an instability of an output of the feedback control (feedback amount) can be reduced. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131890 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF ENHANCING ACCELERATION INFORMATION - The present invention relates to using information from a monitoring device and other vehicle information from a supplemental device to create enhanced data about an event involving the vehicle. An event could include vehicle turning events, vehicle acceleration, a vehicle braking event, among others. In some examples a scalar acceleration value corresponding to the vehicle is processed with supplemental information to produce enhanced acceleration information. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131891 | 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 it to perform antiskid control functions. The velocity data is stored in a data concentrator also associated with the axle. A tire pressure sensor, a brake temperature sensor and a brake torque sensor, each associated with the wheel, send data to the processor at the axle, for storage in the data concentrator. A transmitting antenna associated with the axle and in communication with the data concentrator transmits stored data to a receiving antenna associated with the wheel. A data port at the wheel and in communication with the receiving antenna provides an interface to an external device for receiving the data. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131892 | DEVICE FOR CALCULATING POWER CONSUMPTION OF VEHICLE, INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - Information providing device has: travelling route searching section searching for a travelling route; and power consumption amount calculating section calculating a total power consumption amount. The power consumption amount calculating section has: first calculating section that refers to travel information correlated with a first unit area that belongs to the searched travelling route and calculates each first power consumption amount consumed to travel in the first unit area; second calculating section that refers to weather information forecasted for each second unit area that belongs to the searched travelling route, predicts setting temperature of an air conditioner and calculates each second power consumption amount consumed when the air conditioner into which the predicted setting temperature is inputted is operated during the travel in the second unit area; and totalizing section that calculates the total power consumption amount on the basis of the first and second power consumption amounts. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131893 | VEHICLE-USE INFORMATION COLLECTION SYSTEM - A vehicular information collection system which collects information from a vehicle. The vehicular information collection system includes a vehicle information output portion that outputs vehicle information to a collection destination, a presentation portion that presents a query relating to sensory evaluation based on the vehicle information output from the vehicle information output portion to a driver, a receiving portion that receives a driver's reply to the query presented by the presentation portion, and a reply output portion that outputs the driver's reply received by the receiving portion to the collection destination. With this configuration, a query relating to sensory evaluation based on vehicle information is presented to request a reply from the driver, thereby collecting vehicle information taking the sensory evaluation of the driver into consideration. | 05-23-2013 |
20130138263 | Real-Time Flexible Vehicle Control Apparatus - An apparatus on an integrated circuit provides a real-time flexible interface between inputs from a vehicle components and outputs to the vehicle control components. The functions comprises of a programmable interconnection matrix, engine sensors and a control interface. Both engine sensors and control functions comprise of fixed hardwired functions and a customization hardware area. The apparatus therefore provides means for flexible powertrain events control target for the next generation of low-polluting power trains of vehicles. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138264 | AUTOMOTIVE NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD TO UTILIZE INTERNAL GEOMETRY OF SENSOR POSITION WITH RESPECT TO REAR WHEEL AXIS - A navigation system and method to utilize the internal geometry of the sensor position with respect to the vehicle's rear-wheel axis for maintaining high positioning accuracy even when GPS signals are lost for a long period of time are disclosed. One aspect is to use an analytical condition derived from a vehicle's mechanical condition so-called Ackermann Steering Geometry for enhancement in navigation accuracy. The analytical condition is a relationship between the vehicle's lateral directional velocity, the distance of the sensor position with respect to the rear wheel axis, and the angular rate with respect to the vehicle's z-axis. Another aspect is to incorporate the distance of the sensor position with respect to the rear wheel axis into the INS and Kalman filter's states as an auxiliary parameter. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138265 | MOBILE TERMINAL, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS MOUNTED IN CAR AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD USING THE SAME - An image display apparatus mounted in a car includes a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from a mobile terminal, and a controller configured to control the communication unit to receive information for requesting status information of the car, in which the image display apparatus is mounted, from the mobile terminal, to generate car status information according to the received information for requesting the status information of the car, to control the communication unit to transmit the generated car status information to the mobile terminal. The car status information includes at least one of driving information, speed information and fuel information of the car. According to a mobile terminal, an image display apparatus mounted in a car and a data processing method using the same, it is possible to efficiently transmit car status information between the mobile terminal and the image display apparatus. | 05-30-2013 |
20130144458 | TIERED OPERATION OPTION SCANNING FOR WHEELCHAIR - A wheelchair can include a control system that is configured to operate the wheelchair using an input device and a scanning device. The scanning device may be programmed to have a multi-tiered scan sequence. A first tier of the multi-tiered scan sequence may include at least a first operation option that is configured to operate a specific function of the wheelchair. A second tier of the multi-tiered scan sequence may include at least a second operation option that is also configured to operate a specific function of the wheelchair. The second operation option is generally selected less frequently than the first operation option included in the first tier. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144459 | LAW BREAKING/BEHAVIOR SENSOR - Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure builds on integrating existing technology with new devices, methods, and systems to provide a complete vehicle ecosystem. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144460 | CAR LOCATION - Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure builds on integrating existing technology with new devices, methods, and systems to provide a complete vehicle ecosystem. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144461 | BEHAVIORAL TRACKING AND VEHICLE APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure builds on integrating existing technology with new devices, methods, and systems to provide a complete vehicle ecosystem. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144462 | FEATURE RECOGNITION FOR CONFIGURING A VEHICLE CONSOLE AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES - Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system to recognize the drivers and/or passengers within the automobile. Based on the recognition, the vehicle may change a configuration of the automobile to match predetermined preferences for the driver and/or passenger. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144463 | CONFIGURABLE VEHICLE CONSOLE - Methods and systems for a configurable vehicle console are provided. Specifically, a configurable console may comprise one or more displays that are capable of receiving input from a user. At least one of these displays may be removed from the console of a vehicle and operated as a stand-alone computing platform. Moreover, it is anticipated that each one or more of the displays of the console may be configured to present a plurality of custom applications that, when manipulated by at least one user, are adapted to control functions associated with a vehicle and/or associated peripheral devices. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144464 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A BICYCLE - Systems, methods, and devices are provided to sense unauthorized use of a vehicle. For example, an electronic device may include sensors to detect an operational parameter of a bicycle and communications circuitry to couple the electronic device to a second electronic device associated with user of the bicycle according to authorization information. Control circuitry may determine when the bicycle is in operation based at least in part on the detected operational parameter, identify whether the second electronic device is substantially within a communicative proximity of the electronic device when the bicycle is in operation, and generate an alert indicating unauthorized operation when the second electronic device is not identified as substantially within the communicative proximity of the electronic device. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144465 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device capable of more appropriately carrying out travel control of an own vehicle carried out while acquiring travel information of a leading vehicle by an inter-vehicle communication is provided. Provided is a vehicle control device for carrying out vehicle control of acquiring inter-vehicle communication information of a leading vehicle travelling in front of an own vehicle, and controlling a travel state of the own vehicle based on the acquired inter-vehicle communication information of the leading vehicle, wherein control of the inter-vehicle communication is changed according to a parameter at the time of the vehicle control. | 06-06-2013 |
20130151027 | VEHICLE OPERATOR IDENTIFICATION AND OPERATOR-CONFIGURED SERVICES - A system for implementing customized vehicle services includes a vehicle control system including a computer processor, and logic executable by the computer processor, the logic configured to implement a method. The method includes receiving user-selected settings for distributing a communication, the user-selected settings input to the computer processor by a user of a vehicle. The method also includes monitoring vehicle components for a condition specified in the user-selected settings, and distributing the communication pursuant to the user-selected settings when the condition is met in response to the monitoring. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151028 | MULTIPLE ENERGY ROUTING SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and automotive vehicles are provided for providing routing for an automotive vehicle from a first location to a second location. The automotive vehicle is configured to operate using a primary energy source and a secondary energy source. An energy indicator is configured to provide a measure of available energy from the primary energy source onboard the automotive vehicle. A processor is coupled to the energy indicator, and is configured to ascertain characteristics of a plurality of segments connecting the first location and the second location, and to select an optimized route between the first location and the second location using the measure of available energy and the characteristics of the plurality of segments. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151029 | VEHICLE TRAVEL AMOUNT ESTIMATION DEVICE AND OBSTACLE DETECTION DEVICE - A vehicle travel amount estimation device includes a camera, a taken image storing unit, a compensated image storing unit, a travel amount calculation unit, a vehicle speed and gyro sensor, and a travel amount determination unit. The taken image storing unit and the compensated image storing unit store images taken by the camera. The travel amount calculation unit calculates the amount of travel based on two stored images. The sensors detect the amount of travel of the vehicle. The travel amount determination unit is configured to compare a first amount of travel calculated by the travel amount calculation unit with a second amount of travel detected by the vehicle speed sensor or the like in order to determine the first amount of travel to be the amount of travel of the vehicle when the difference between the first amount and the second amount is smaller than a predetermined value. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151030 | DRIVING CONDITION DETERMINATION APPARATUS - A driving condition determination apparatus includes: an image obtaining device for obtaining a driver face image; a direction detector for detecting a face direction and/or a visual line direction of the driver; a steering wheel angle detector for determining whether a steering wheel angle exceeds a threshold value; and a determination device for determining whether the face direction and/or the visual line direction, which has been detected within a time interval just before the steering wheel angle exceeds the threshold value, satisfies a first condition and/or a second condition. The first condition is that the face direction and/or the visual line direction turns to a rearview mirror of the vehicle, and the second condition is that the face direction and/or the visual line direction turns to a door mirror or a side mirror on a side, to which the steering wheel is turned. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151031 | GESTURE RECOGNITION FOR ON-BOARD DISPLAY - Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system to recognize the drivers and/or passengers within the automobile. Based on the recognition, the vehicle may change a configuration of the automobile to match predetermined preferences for the driver and/or passenger. The configurations may also include the recognition of a unique set of gestures for the person. Further, the configuration can also include the tracking of health data related to the person. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151032 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING DATA IN A VEHICLE SYSTEM - A system including a router transceiver unit that is configured to be disposed on-board a vehicle system. The vehicle system may have at least a source vehicle and a separate linked vehicle that are mechanically linked with each other to travel together along a route and are communicatively linked with each other through a system network of the vehicle system. The router transceiver unit is configured to be communicatively coupled to a requesting operational component of the source vehicle and the system network. The router transceiver unit is also configured to receive a local data packet from the requesting operational component that is directed toward a target operational component of the linked vehicle. The router transceiver unit includes an encapsulation module that is configured to transform the local data packet into an in-tunnel data packet, wherein the local and in-tunnel data packets have different packet formats. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151033 | ALTITUDE RELIABILITY DETERMINING SYSTEM, DATA MAINTENANCE SYSTEM, DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, ALTITUDE RELIABILITY DETERMINING PROGRAM, AND METHOD - Systems, methods, and programs acquire map information including road width data and background type data. The systems, methods, and programs acquire altitude information indicating an altitude of each unit region, the unit region being set by dividing a map indicated in the map information into a plurality of unit regions having a predetermined size, and calculate a predicted altitude of each of a plurality of reference points based on the road information and the altitude information, the plurality of reference points being set along a road. The systems, methods, and programs determine a predicted altitude reliability of each of the reference points based on at least one of the background type data and the road width data at the position of the each of the reference points. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151034 | DETERMINING SPEED PARAMETERS IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for assigning parameters to a geographic area, wherein the parameters may be used to associate a speed limit with the geographic area. For example, in one embodiment, a geofenced area that comprises one or more street segments is identified. Additionally, speed data associated with one of more of the street segments is received. After receiving the speed data, a speed limit is determined for one or more of the street segments and associated with one or more of the street segments. | 06-13-2013 |
20130158739 | DATA COLLECTION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR WATERBORNE VEHICLE - A system for collecting and communicating data associated with a waterborne vehicle, includes at least one sensor configured to provide signals indicative of data associated with a parameter related to a waterborne vehicle. The system further includes a communication module configured to receive the signals and communicate with a user interface located remote from the vehicle. A method for loading material onto a waterborne vehicle, includes conveying material onto the waterborne vehicle. The method further includes monitoring the draft of the waterborne vehicle using at least one sensor, and discontinuing conveying the material onto the waterborne vehicle when the draft of the waterborne vehicle reaches a predetermined draft as indicated by the at least ore sensor. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158740 | MOTOR VEHICLE COMBINATION AND METHOD FOR OPERATING - A motor vehicle combination is provided. The motor vehicle combination includes a towing vehicle. The towing vehicle is embodied as passenger car. In addition, the motor vehicle combination includes at least one trailer. The at least one trailer can be mechanically connected to the towing vehicle. In addition, the motor vehicle combination comprises a bidirectional communication unit, which is designed for exchanging data between the towing vehicle and the at least one trailer. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158741 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING DRIVER OF MOTOR VEHICLE GIVEN LOSS OF ALERTNESS - A method for assisting the driver of a motor vehicle is provided. The method includes prescribing a desired driver behavior parameter that describes a desired driver behavior, determining an actual driver behavior parameter that describes an actual driver behavior, and determining a deviation parameter that describes a deviation between the desired driver behavior parameter and the actual driver behavior parameter. The method also includes prescribing a first threshold value for the deviation parameter, raising an error counter if the deviation parameter exceeds the first threshold value, and lowering the error counter if the deviation parameter falls below the first threshold value. The method includes determining an evaluation parameter that describes a change in the error counter over time, prescribing a lower threshold value for the evaluation parameter, and initiating a reaction that affects the behavior of the motor vehicle and/or driver if the evaluation parameter exceeds the lower threshold value. | 06-20-2013 |
20130166096 | PREDICTIVE DESTINATION ENTRY FOR A NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A predictive destination entry system for a vehicle navigation system to aid in obtaining a destination for the vehicle. The navigation system utilizes a memory for storing data relating to prior driving history or habits. A processor connected with the memory examines the information stored in the memory for making predictions for the current destination desired by a user of the vehicle. The information stored in the memory may be segregated into distinct user profiles and may include the vehicle location, previous driving history of the vehicle, previous searching history of a user of the vehicle, or sensory input relating to one or more characteristics of the vehicle. The navigation system may either confirm the predicted destination with the user of the vehicle before generating or displaying a travel route to the predicted destination or may automatically generate and display the travel route without verifying the destination with the user. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166097 | UNIVERSAL BUS IN THE CAR - Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system to recognize the drivers and/or passengers within the automobile. Based on the recognition, the vehicle may change a configuration of the automobile to match predetermined preferences for the driver and/or passenger. The configurations may also include the recognition of a unique set of gestures for the person. Further, the configuration can also include the tracking of health data related to the person. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166098 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE OF PATTERN RECOGNITION IN ASSESSING OR MONITORING VEHICLE STATUS OR OPERATOR DRIVING BEHAVIOR - A system and method which uses pattern recognition in assessing or monitoring a vehicle status and/or an operator's driving behavior. A vehicle, for use by an operator or driver, can be equipped with a data collection and assessment system. The system can comprise one or more data collection devices, e.g., accelerometers, which can be used to capture data and information, or otherwise measure vehicle actions. A pattern recognition module is configured with one or more defined operating patterns, each of which operating patterns reflects either a known change in vehicle status corresponding to, e.g., when a passenger has embarked or disembarked the vehicle, or a known vehicle operating or driving behavior. Information collected as events describing a current vehicle status or a current driving behavior can be compared with the known operating patterns. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166099 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE WITH AN ACCELEROMETER TO DETERMINE A FRAME OF REFERENCE - A system and method for use with a device that includes an accelerometer, which can be used to determine a frame of reference for the device relative to a moving vehicle or other equipment, and which can be subsequently used in assessing or monitoring the status of the vehicle or an operator thereof. In accordance with an embodiment, by sampling accelerometer data over a period of time, the system can determine a rotation matrix or skew between the device/accelerometer's orientation and understanding of direction, and the vehicle's true orientation or direction in three-dimensions. The information can be used to provide corrections to the accelerometer data, and to more accurately determine the vehicle's true orientation/direction and motion within a three-dimensional frame of reference. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166100 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING MODES OF A VEHICLE - A system for controlling driving modes of a vehicle having a driver, where each of the driving modes is adapted to control a behaviour of the vehicle during operation of the vehicle in the driving mode, each of the driving modes being associated with a set of driving sub-modes. Each driving sub-mode is adapted to be activated by the vehicle in response to ambient circumstances. One of the driving modes is associated with a first and a second driving sub-mode, the first and second driving sub-modes being accompanied with a first and a second driver controlled setting respectively. The system also includes an input device for selection between the driving modes and for controlling the driver controlled settings. The first and second driver controlled settings are adapted to be manually set by the driver through the input device only upon activation of the accompanying driving sub-mode by the vehicle. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166101 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - In a vehicle control apparatus that changes the travel characteristic of a vehicle on the basis of a change of the acceleration of the vehicle, when the travel characteristic is to be changed because the acceleration has changed, the amount of change of the travel characteristic to be changed is adjusted on the basis of the pre-change travel characteristic that is present immediately prior to the change of the acceleration. | 06-27-2013 |
20130173083 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT WITHIN A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK - A method includes determining whether use of an energy management system (EMS) associated with a vehicle traveling in a transportation network is allowed within a region of the transportation network. The EMS obtains a trip plan for the vehicle that designates operational settings of the vehicle as a function of at least one of distance or time along a trip of the vehicle. The method also includes determining whether the EMS is being used by the vehicle when the vehicle is within the region, and sending a message to an off-board location when the EMS is not being used by the vehicle within the region. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173084 | Information System for Automotive, On-Vehicle Device and Server Device - An information system for automotive includes a plurality of on-vehicle devices each installed in a vehicle and a server device connected with the on-vehicle devices via a communication network. The plurality of on-vehicle devices each include an acceleration/deceleration change detection unit that detects an acceleration/deceleration change of the vehicle equipped with the on-vehicle device and a transmission unit that transmits acceleration/deceleration information pertaining to the detected acceleration/deceleration change. The server device includes a reception unit that receives the acceleration/deceleration information, a statistical parameter calculating unit that calculates statistical parameters to be used to estimate an extent of energy consumption or energy regeneration based upon the received acceleration/deceleration information, and an estimating unit for estimating the extent of energy consumption or energy regeneration based upon the calculated statistical parameters. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173085 | Method for Detecting a Lack of Driver Activity at the Steering Wheel of a Motor Vehicle - A method detects a lack of driver activity at the steering wheel of a motor vehicle. A moment imparted by hand to the steering wheel by the driver is repeatedly measured, and if in a plurality of successive measurements the magnitude of a value of the moment imparted by hand does not exceed a threshold value, a lack of driver activity is inferred. The magnitude of the threshold value is dependent on the surface condition, in particular on the degree of unevenness, of the roadway being traveled upon. The degree of unevenness of the roadway may be derived from a measured vertical acceleration in the wheel suspension of the vehicle or from deceleration and/or acceleration signals of at least one wheel of the vehicle. | 07-04-2013 |
20130179001 | CONTROL UNITS ON BOARD THE MOTOR VEHICLE - A system for controlling a motor vehicle includes a first electronic control unit on board the motor vehicle, which is designed to obtain a predetermined piece of information from a second electronic control unit, and at least one second electronic control unit on board the motor vehicle, which is designed to provide the predetermined piece of information. In addition, the system includes a first processing unit for determining which of the second electronic control units provides the information and a second processing unit for selecting which of the determined second control units provides the highest quality information in order to allow the first control unit to obtain the information from the selected second control unit. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179002 | ACCELERATION DETECTION DEVICE - An acceleration detection device is provided with a zero point correction unit for correcting a zero point position of a sensor signal by a correction amount based on the acceleration signals when the neutral control starts and ends, respectively, and an acceleration signal Gsen-r that is eliminated of a body vibration from an acceleration signal Gsen-f after passing a filter at transition from a vehicle stationary state to the running state. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179003 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CHECKING VEHICLE, AND PROGRAM FOR CHECKING VEHICLE - In order to allow the broader selection of modules that configure a vehicle, this information processing system, which is for checking a vehicle configured by combining a plurality of vehicle modules, is characterized by being provided with: a first judgment means that judges whether or not each vehicle module has been certified; a second judgment means that judges whether or not the combination of the plurality of vehicle modules can be certified; and a determination means that determines the conditions necessary for the combination of the plurality of vehicle modules to receive certification. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179004 | VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle travel control apparatus executes turning facilitation control that controls wheel longitudinal force such that the longitudinal force of a turning path inner side wheel becomes smaller than the longitudinal force of a turning path outer side wheel, and vehicle dynamics control that controls wheel longitudinal force so as to stabilize the turning motion of the vehicle. The vehicle speed range in which to permit the turning facilitation control is lower than the vehicle speed range in which to permit the vehicle dynamics control. | 07-11-2013 |
20130184896 | VEHICLE TRACKING MONITOR - The utility model discloses a vehicle tracking monitor, mainly comprising a master control unit, a power supply module, a GPS module and a GSM module, wherein the input end of the power supply module is electrically connected to a cigar lighter port on a vehicle and the output end thereof is connected with the master control unit; one end of the GPS module has a radio connection with a satellite, and the other end is connected with the master control unit for data transmission; one end of the GSM module has a radio connection with a computer server or a mobile phone, and the other end thereof is connected with the master control unit for data transmission. | 07-18-2013 |
20130190944 | DRIVER ASSISTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A driver assisting system and method for a vehicle are provided. The system includes a processor and a display system. The display system is adapted to display information on a screen of a vehicle. The screen is adapted to show the environment in front of the vehicle or a representation thereof. The vehicle extends in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, the longitudinal direction corresponding to the intended direction of vehicle travel. The processor is adapted to receive a first input data signal indicative of a velocity of the vehicle, and a second input data signal indicative of an actual performed and/or on-going and/or impending lateral position change of the vehicle. The processor is further adapted to process at least the first and the second input data signals to calculate an estimated vehicle path, and the display system is adapted to display the estimated vehicle path on the screen. | 07-25-2013 |
20130190945 | VEHICLE MASS ESTIMATING APPARATUS - There is provided a vehicle mass estimating apparatus including an acceleration detecting unit which detects an acceleration of a vehicle, a driving-force calculating unit which calculates a driving force of the vehicle corresponding to the acceleration, a steering-angle associated value detecting unit which detects a steering-angle associated value which is associated with a steering angle of the vehicle at a detection time of the acceleration, and a mass estimating unit which estimates a vehicle mass at the detection time of the acceleration based on the acceleration and the driving force on a condition that the steering angle associated value satisfies a predetermined condition. | 07-25-2013 |
20130190946 | VEHICLE DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND VEHICLE DATA ACQUISITION METHOD - A vehicle data acquisition system that stores, in a memory device, vehicle data acquired by way of a vehicle-mounted information processor. A data acquisition program assisting the acquisition of the vehicle data is dynamically incorporated in the vehicle-mounted information processor. A probe section, which can be replaced with another command, is positioned as an invalid command in one or a plurality of positions in an application program incorporated in advance in the information processor. The data acquisition program replaces the probe section with a vehicle data acquisition command and stores the acquired vehicle data in chronological order in the memory device. The data acquisition program re-replaces the probe section with an invalid command after the vehicle data is acquired. | 07-25-2013 |
20130197711 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SADDLE BLOCK SHIMMING GAP OF AN INDUSTRIAL MACHINE - A method of controlling the operation of an industrial machine. The industrial machine includes a boom, a dipper handle attached to the boom, a saddle block pivotally mounted to the boom at a pivot point, and a computer having a controller. The method comprises processing, with the controller, data received from a saddle angle sensor, determining, with the controller, a saddle angle and a saddle angle gap using the data from the saddle angle sensor, determining, with the controller, a height of the dipper handle. The method further comprises determining, with the controller, a height of the saddle block, determining, with the controller, a saddle gap radius, and determining, with the controller, a saddle block shimming gap by comparing the saddle gap radius with the height of the handle. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197712 | VEHICLE PROGRAM REWRITING SYSTEM - A rewriting apparatus of a vehicle program rewriting system predicts, on the basis of both a state of a battery at the time of starting rewriting the programs of ECUs and a scheduled process time period of rewiring the programs, a state of the battery after rewriting the programs, and executes rewriting the programs if the predicted state of the battery satisfies a condition on which the vehicle can be restarted. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197713 | VEHICLE OPERATING CONDITION DETERMINING SYSTEM, DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM, AND OPERATING CONDITION DETERMINING METHOD - A vehicle operating condition determining system determines, when a turning angle of wheels or a steering angle of a steering wheel changes, that the turning angle of the wheels or the steering angle of the steering wheel changes due to a driver's intention, under a condition that the magnitude of steering torque applied to a steering device is kept equal to or larger than a threshold value after the torque reaches a peak, for a period of time equal to or longer than a reference time. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197714 | METHOD FOR RECUPERATING KINETIC ENERGY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A OPTIMUM WAY IN TERMS OF ENERGY - So that kinetic energy of a motor vehicle is recuperated in an optimum way in terms of energy, after a target point for braking or initiation of braking by the motor vehicle driver during travel of the motor vehicle has been detected, an optimum braking distance is determined insofar as the energy which can be recuperated is concerned, and a signal for the vehicle driver is generated which informs the driver the form of the measure which he has to perform in order to brake the vehicle or during braking of the vehicle for braking to actually occur over the optimum braking distance and for kinetic energy to be recuperated in an optimum way. The method combines the calculation of optimum operating states with autonomy of the vehicle driver during braking. | 08-01-2013 |
20130204455 | MANAGING A DRIVER PROFILE - A method, system or computer usable program product for porting driver preferences between vehicles including initiating a first communication session between a computer in the first vehicle and an external device, receiving a driver profile from the first vehicle in the external device, wherein the driver profile was used to configure warnings and other driver settings in the first vehicle, initiating a second communication session between the external device and a computer in a second vehicle, transferring the driver profile from the external device to a second memory in the second vehicle, and using the driver profile to configure warning and other driver settings in the second vehicle. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204456 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE TRAVELLING FROM A STARTING POINT TO A DESTINATION - A method for an electric vehicle travelling from a starting point to a destination, a navigation system for an electric vehicle, a method for charging an electrical energy storage device of an electric vehicle, a charger for charging an electrical energy storage device of an electric vehicle, and an electric vehicle are described. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204457 | INTERACTING WITH VEHICLE CONTROLS THROUGH GESTURE RECOGNITION - A gesture-based recognition system obtains a vehicle occupant's desired command inputs through recognition and interpretation of his gestures. An image of the vehicle's interior section is captured and the occupant's image is separated from the background, in the captured image. The separated image is analyzed and a gesture recognition processor interprets the occupant's gesture from the image. A command actuator renders the interpreted desired command to the occupant along with a confirmation message, before actuating the command. When the occupant confirms, the command actuator actuates the interpreted command. Further, an inference engine processor assesses the occupant's state of attentiveness and conveys signals to a drive assist system if the occupant in inattentive. The drive-assist system provides warning signals to the inattentive occupant if any potential threats are identified. Further, a driver recognition module readjusts a set of vehicle's personalization functions to pre-stored settings, on recognizing the driver. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204458 | SYSTEM, A METHOD AND, AN APPARATUS FOR VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION - A system and method vehicle-to-mobile communication using a smart horn ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130204459 | IN-VEHICLE OPERATION APPARATUS - An in-vehicle operation apparatus has an operation switch, a candidate selection operation unit, and a command assignment operation unit, all of which are operable by a user. The operation switch may control multiple in-vehicle devices based on a desired command assigned thereto. In particular, the candidate selection operation unit selects a plurality of candidate commands from among a plurality of commands respectively for in-vehicle devices. The command assignment operation unit selects and assigns the desired command from among the plurality of candidate commands to the operation switch. Accordingly, the operation switch controls the in-vehicle device associated with the desired command. Thus, the apparatus reduces the amount of operation switches required and allows the user to easily select and assign a command to the operation switch for controlling a desired in-vehicle device. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204460 | VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A vehicle information processing system includes a database that mutually associates and stores driving operation information of a driver and position information of a vehicle for each candidate of an assistance area; and a specification unit that determines a vehicle stop based on the information stored in the database, and specifies an assistance area based on stop frequency in the same area. By this configuration, the assistance area can be specified by learning a driving action of the driver based on the database which stores information for each vehicle, and an assistance that is appropriate for the driver can be performed for each vehicle. | 08-08-2013 |
20130211618 | SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING THE DRIVING STYLE OF VEHICLE DRIVERS - An assessment system of a risk indicator of the vehicle driver is disclosed, which uses an accelerometer ( | 08-15-2013 |
20130211619 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE - A method, device, system, and computer program for operating a vehicle, in case of a detection of a vehicle avoidance maneuver a driver assistance system being activated for a lateral vehicle dynamics control. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211620 | VEHICLE MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle motion control system | 08-15-2013 |
20130211621 | Vehicle Regulating System and Method for Determining Tire States - A control device for a vehicle regulating system is configured to pick up driving state measurement signals from driving state sensors of the vehicle and determine reaction properties of the vehicle wheels from the signals. The control device is configured to also pick up roadway measurement signals of a spectroscopic sensor that is aligned with a roadway surface and determine therefrom the presence and/or properties of a layer of water on the roadway surface. The control device determines tire properties of the tires on the basis of the determined reaction properties of the vehicle wheels and the roadway measurement signals. | 08-15-2013 |
20130218364 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A CONDITION AND RELATIVE LOCATION OF AN INNER TIRE AND AN OUTER TIRE OF A TIRE PAIR - An apparatus determines a condition and relative location of an inner tire and an outer tire of a tire pair. Each tire has an associated tire-based sensor assembly that senses a tire condition, senses acceleration, and transmits, in response to its associated acceleration signal, having a unique tire identification and associated sensed tire condition. A tire rotation sensor senses rotation of the tire pair during vehicle movement and provides a tire rotation signal indicative thereof. A vehicle-based controller associates each of the unique identification signals with one of the inner tire location and the outer tire location responsive to a phase relationship between the received transmitted signals from the tire-based sensor assemblies and the tire rotation signal. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218365 | VEHICULAR PLATOONING USING DISTRIBUTED RECEDING HORIZON CONTROL - This disclosure relates to distributed control of a platoon of vehicles with nonlinear dynamics. Distributed receding horizon control algorithms are presented to derive sufficient conditions that guarantee asymptotic stability, leader-follower string stability, and predecessor-follower string stability, following a step speed change in the platoon. Vehicles compute their own control in parallel, and receive communicated position and velocity error trajectories from their immediate predecessor. Leader-follower string stability requires additional communication from the lead car at each update, in the form of a position error trajectory. Communication from the lead car is required only once at initialization. Provided an initially feasible solution can be found, subsequent feasibility of the algorithms are guaranteed at every update. The theory is generalized for nonlinear decoupled dynamics, and is thus applicable to fleets of planes, robots, or boats, in addition to cars. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218366 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ON POWER CONSUMPTION AMOUNT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A high-speed calculation of power consumption provided to a driver to figure out whether an electric vehicle is able to reach a destination can be implemented. Solution: A system for providing information on power consumption amount of an electric vehicle includes receiving means for receiving a departure point of the electric vehicle and a destination of the electric vehicle from a terminal device; a database which stores a plurality of power consumption amounts required to move between respective two sections, corresponding to a plurality of combinations of two sections, the combinations including a combination of a first section in a predetermined area including the departure point and the destination, and a second section including a second point in the predetermined area; extracting means which retrieves the database to thereby extract a power consumption amount required to travel from the departure point to the destination; and transmitting means for transmitting information on the power consumption amount extracted by the extracting means to the terminal device. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218367 | ROAD INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - A road information providing apparatus includes a position detection unit, a matching unit, a reference point ranking unit, a calculation unit, a weighting unit, and a transmit unit. The position detection unit detects a present position of a vehicle. The matching unit specifies reference points based on the present position and map data. The reference point ranking unit defines a ranking of each reference point. The calculation unit calculates a priority value of each forward road link corresponding to one of the reference points. The weighting unit recalculates a weighted priority value of each forward road link based on the priority value of corresponding forward road link and the ranking of corresponding reference point. The transmit unit transmits the weighted priority value of each forward road link in order of increasing weighted priority value to an in-vehicle device. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218368 | Method for Selecting a Motor Vehicle - A method for selecting or configuring a motor vehicle from a plurality of selectable motor vehicles involves providing a motor vehicle database containing a plurality of selectable motor vehicles, each having an associated first load collective data record describing properties of the motor vehicle which can be detected by a sensor system. Technical properties in a comparison vehicle are detected by a sensor system. A second load collective data record is formed by conditioning of the detected technical properties of the comparison vehicle and the two load collective data records are compared. The first load collective data record from the motor vehicle database having the smallest discrepancy from the second load collective data record is determined and the motor vehicle associated with the first load collective data record having the smallest discrepancy is selected. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218369 | COURSE DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM OF VEHICLE - A course determining system of a vehicle determines, when two or more objects that are present around the vehicle are detected, whether a passable road which the vehicle can enter is present between the two or more objects, recognizes the two or more objects as a single object when it is determined that there is no passable road between the two or more objects, and determines a running course based on at least one road including the passable road when it is determined that the passable road is present between the objects. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218370 | METHOD FOR SAMPLING MONITORING DATA OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT - A method of sampling monitoring data of construction equipment according to the present disclosure includes: setting a sampling cycle of the monitoring data of the construction equipment when the construction equipment enters into an operation; sampling the monitoring data of the construction equipment according to the sampling cycle when a sampling start is input; and storing the sampled data and transmitting consecutive sampling data to a remote management server when a total sampling time elapses. | 08-22-2013 |
20130226365 | VEHICLE DRIVE MATCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle includes a route collection module that collects drive history data describing a plurality of routes traveled by the vehicle and associated departure and arrival times for each of the routes, and a vehicle computing system that sends the drive history data and, in response, receives contact information for at least one driver of at least one other vehicle based on a similarity between the collected drive history data and drive history data associated with the at least one other vehicle. The vehicle further includes an interface that displays or plays the contact information to facilitate ride sharing between a driver of the vehicle and the at least one driver of the at least one other vehicle. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226366 | ODOMETER MONITORING AND REDUNDANT STORAGE SYSTEM - A vehicle control system includes a computer and logic executable by the computer. The logic is configured to read an odometer value from a storage system. The odometer value corresponds to an accrued mileage obtained from an odometer. The accrued mileage is determined at a beginning of a current driving event. The logic is also configured to read an odometer value for the vehicle from another storage system. The odometer value from the other storage system corresponds to an accrued mileage obtained from the storage system at the beginning of a driving event that precedes the current driving event. The logic is further configured to compare the odometer value from the storage system to the odometer value from the other storage system and calculate a reduction value from the difference, upon determining the odometer value from the other storage system is greater than the odometer value from the storage system. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226367 | Method and Apparatus for Analyzing and Optimizing Fuel/Energy Consumption - A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request for improving vehicular energy conservation. The method further includes responsively providing at least one action to a vehicle computing system, based at least in part on received vehicle data. Also, the method includes receiving data relating to a change in vehicle energy efficiency resulting from implementation of the action. The method additionally includes analyzing the received data and action along with data resulting from similar actions to determine a generalized effect of the action. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226368 | Operating Method for a Vehicle - An operating method for a vehicle includes the steps of measurement of a filling level of a liquid, assignment of a measured filling level to a closest filling level threshold from a multiplicity of known filling level thresholds, wherein each filling level threshold represents a defined filling value, activation of at least one filling level threshold from the multiplicity of filling level thresholds by means of the measuring device, ascertainment of the frequention of an activation of a filling level threshold and/or a frequention of an assignment of a measured filling level to a closest filling level threshold, and determination of the filling level threshold which has a maximum frequention relative to a defined period of time. A realistic filling value is determined from which measuring errors which arise are eliminated. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226369 | PORTABLE VEHICLE TELEMATICS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A portable sensing and telematics device senses one or more conditions with respect to a vehicle and/or its occupant(s) and can communicate regarding, or in response to, the sensed condition to a remote entity (e.g., emergency responders, law enforcement agencies, other entities that monitor vehicle occupants or usage). An exemplary device can be integrated in, for example, a cigarette lighter adapter (CLA) configured to be connected to a vehicle cigarette lighter socket or auxiliary power socket. The portable sensing and telematics device can be connected to a tethered smartphone, interface with an in-vehicle modem or cellular phone, or incorporate smartphone or similar functionality within. Other form factors are possible. An exemplary device can be used in a wide variety of emergency sensing and response applications, as well as various monitoring applications and scenarios. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226370 | Method for Presenting the Drift Values of an Aircraft - A method for presenting the current drift values of an aircraft on a display device in which the drift values are presented in a vector presentation. The length of the drift vector above a predefined threshold value is presented in a manner proportional to the current drift velocity, and the length of the drift vector below the threshold value is presented in a manner disproportionate to the current drift velocity. There is a continuous transition between the two ways of presentation at the threshold value. | 08-29-2013 |
20130231798 | METHOD TO OPERATE A POWERTRAIN BY COMPARING HISTORICAL TO ACTUAL AMBIENT OPERATING CONDITIONS - A web based method and system to determine the ambient conditions and/or surrounding or affecting a remote object during its travel, such as a vehicle, animal or individual. The system and method include pulling data from the world wide web to determine the travel path of the vehicle. Data from a nearby weather station is used to ascertain the ambient conditions along the travel path. Historical weather data indicative of historical ambient conditions in a geographical location may be stored in memory and used as predictor for travel conditions to be expected and used as a basis for the operation of the vehicle. When weather data is received that is outside of the historical weather data by some predetermined statistically significant amount, the actual data is used to alter the operation of the vehicle during travel. | 09-05-2013 |
20130231799 | VEHICLE ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle attitude control system includes a control unit that calculates a front wheel control amount and a rear wheel control amount on the basis of a front-side slip angle at a front axle of front wheels and a rear-side slip angle at a rear axle of rear wheels, and that controls the front wheels on the basis of the front wheel control amount and controls the rear wheels on the basis of the rear wheel control amount at the same time. | 09-05-2013 |
20130231800 | VEHICLE OCCUPANT HEALTH DATA GATHERING AND MONITORING - Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system to recognize the drivers and/or passengers within the automobile. Based on the recognition, the vehicle may change a configuration of the automobile to match predetermined preferences for the driver and/or passenger. The configurations may also include the recognition of a unique set of gestures for the person. Further, the configuration can also include the tracking of health data related to the person. | 09-05-2013 |
20130231801 | Apparatus for Tracking and Recording Vital Signs and Task-Related Information of a Vehicle to Identify Operating Patterns - An apparatus is provided for diagnosing the state of health of a vehicle and for providing the operator of the vehicle with a substantially real-time indication of the efficiency of the vehicle in performing an assigned task with respect to a predetermined goal. A processor on-board the vehicle monitors sensors that provide information regarding the state of health of the vehicle and the amount of work the vehicle has done. In response to anomalies in the data from the sensors, the processor records information that describes events leading up to the occurrence of the anomaly for later analysis that can be used to diagnose the cause of the anomaly. The sensors are also used to prompt the operator of the vehicle to operate the vehicle at optimum efficiency. | 09-05-2013 |
20130238162 | DRIVING RANGE CALCULATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A storage part stores beforehand, as an energy consumption graph, amounts of energy consumed by a vehicle traveling in both directions along road links on a map. A processing part traces a road link from a specified start point location peripherally, calculates, for each road node, a first and second integration values obtained by integrating amounts of energy in a direction moving away from the start point location on the energy consumption graph and in a direction moving toward the start point location on the energy consumption graph, and based on a relationship between the sum of the first integration value and the second integration value, and a given specified amount of energy for each road node, decides a round-trip driving range which is a range within which the vehicle is able to return to the start point location by using the specified amount of energy. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238163 | CHARGE POINT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND IN-VEHICLE DEVICE - A charge point notification system includes a center device and an in-vehicle device disposed in an electric vehicle. The system provides a notification regarding a charge point based on a comparison between a required energy for traveling to a nearby charge point from a node that is close to the nearby charge point, and a remaining energy of the electric vehicle. The system does not generate a notification when the remaining energy is greater than the required energy by an amount greater than a first threshold. The system generates the notification, which is to be provided to the user via the in-vehicle device, when the remaining energy is greater than the required energy by an amount that is in between the first threshold and a second threshold, which is less than the first threshold, and when the nearby charge point exists within a first distance range from the electric vehicle. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238164 | ROAD SURFACE SLOPE ESTIMATING DEVICE - A road surface slope estimating device changes filter characteristics of a filter with respect to a detected vehicle body attitude value in accordance with an actual rate of change of road surface slope so as to enhance the filter characteristics when the rate of change of the road surface slope is low and to degrade the filter characteristics when the rate of change of the road surface slope is high. | 09-12-2013 |
20130245855 | PEER-TO-PEER VEHICLE COMMUNICATOR - A system and method for communicating information between vehicle operators. The method includes receiving a request from a send vehicle operator to communicate a vehicle information message from a send vehicle. The method also includes generating the vehicle information message at the send vehicle. The method further includes sending the vehicle information message from the send vehicle to a receive vehicle. | 09-19-2013 |
20130245856 | COLLISION DETERMINATION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A collision determination apparatus to be mounted in a vehicle includes a wiring substrate, a first acceleration sensor, a second acceleration sensor, an analog-to-digital converter, and a central processing unit. The wiring substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite from each other. The first acceleration sensor is mounted on one of the first surface and the second surface. The second acceleration sensor is mounted on the other one of the first surface and the second surface in a state where the second acceleration sensor is rotated 90 degrees with respect to the first acceleration sensor. The analog-to-digital converter converts an analog signal from the first acceleration sensor or the second acceleration sensor to a digital signal. The central processing unit determines a collision by an arithmetic processing of the digital signal. | 09-19-2013 |
20130253729 | ROLLOVER DETECTION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A rollover detection apparatus for a vehicle includes a first vertical acceleration sensor, a second vertical acceleration sensor, and a rollover determining section. The first vertical acceleration sensor is mounted on the vehicle and outputs a first vertical acceleration signal indicative of vertical acceleration of the vehicle. The second vertical acceleration sensor is mounted on the vehicle and outputs a second vertical acceleration signal indicative of the vertical acceleration of the vehicle. The second vertical acceleration sensor is spaced away from the first vertical acceleration sensor in a lateral direction of the vehicle. The rollover determining section determines whether a rollover of the vehicle occurs based on a difference between the first and second vertical acceleration signals. | 09-26-2013 |
20130253730 | SECONDARY BATTERY STATE DETECTING DEVICE AND SECONDARY BATTERY STATE DETECTING METHOD - A current detecting unit (current sensor | 09-26-2013 |
20130253731 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - The vehicle control system controls a vehicle based on an estimated gradient value of a travel road. Further, the vehicle control system includes a front/rear acceleration sensor and wheel speed sensors, and a control device for calculating the estimated gradient value. Further, when the vehicle travels, the control device determines whether or not the vehicle is traveling rearward. Then, when the vehicle is traveling forward, the control device calculates the estimated gradient value based on an output signal of the acceleration sensor and output signals of the wheel speed sensors. In contrast, when the vehicle is traveling rearward, the control device calculates the estimated gradient value based on an output signal of the acceleration sensor. | 09-26-2013 |
20130261837 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A DIRECTIONAL HEADING OF A VEHICLE - A system for verifying a route segment that a vehicle is traveling along includes a magnetic sensor and a control unit. The magnetic sensor generates an output signal based on an orientation of the sensor relative to an external magnetic field. The control unit receives an operator-designated route segment. The operator-designated route segment represents a selected route segment of the route segments that is identified by the operator as being the route segment on which the vehicle is traveling. The control unit identifies a directional heading of the vehicle based on the output signal from the magnetic sensor and determines an actual route segment of the routes segments in the network that the vehicle is actually traveling along based on the directional heading of the vehicle. The control unit verifies that the actual route segment on which the vehicle is actually traveling is the selected route segment. | 10-03-2013 |
20130261838 | VEHICULAR IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ROADWAY WIDTH - A vehicular imaging system for determining roadway width includes an image sensor for capturing images and an image processor for receiving the captured images. The image processor determines roadway width by identifying roadway marker signs and oncoming traffic in processed images captured by the image sensor and determining the number of lanes, vehicle location on the roadway based on the roadway size and/or width and location of oncoming traffic. | 10-03-2013 |
20130261839 | PORTABLE DEVICE FOR CHANGING OPERATING PARAMETER VALUES AND/OR FIRMWARE OF ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNITS OF MOTOR VEHICLES - Some embodiments provide a portable device for modifying operating parameter values and/or firmware of electronic control apparatuses of motor vehicles including storage means, processor means connected to the storage means and adapted to read out firmware components and/or operating parameter values from the storage means, and interface means connected to the processor means and adapted to be releasably connected to the communication terminal of the communication bus. The processor means comprises translation means, by means of which the processor means is able to transmit, receive and interpret data, and is adapted to automatically establish a communication connection, to carry out a survey of the control apparatuses as well as of the communication protocols used by them, and to transmit, for each recognized control apparatus, for which firmware components and/or operating parameter values are stored in the storage means, programming commands and data. | 10-03-2013 |
20130261840 | MOTION STABILIZER FOR TRACTOR - A pendular motion determination unit of a motion stabilizer for a tractor includes a parameter computation unit configured to compute a determination parameter PA indicative of a quantity of change in an actual yaw rate Y, a threshold value setting unit configured to compute a threshold value PAth for the determination parameter PA, and a determination unit configured to determine that a pendular motion caused by swaying motion of a trailer is imparted, if the determination parameter PA is greater than the threshold value PAth. At least one of PAth and PA is changed based upon a correlation of a value related to a lateral acceleration based yaw rate Yg with a value related to the standard yaw rate Ys and a correlation of a value related to the actual yaw rate Y with a value related to the standard yaw rate Ys. | 10-03-2013 |
20130261841 | MOTION STABILIZER FOR TRACTOR - In a pendular motion determination unit of a motion stabilizer for a tractor, a parameter computation unit computes a determination parameter PA indicative of a quantity of change in an actual yaw rate Y, a threshold value setting unit computes a threshold value PAth for the parameter PA, and a determination unit determines that a pendular motion caused by swaying motion of a trailer is imparted, if the parameter PA is greater than the threshold value PAth. Based upon at least one of a value related to the actual yaw rate Y and a value related to the standard yaw rate Ys, an evaluation value computation unit computes a steering-back maneuver evaluation value TS (indicative of a possibility of making periodical steering-back maneuvers), based upon which at least one of the threshold value PAth and the parameter PA is changed. | 10-03-2013 |
20130261842 | VEHICLE CONSIST CONFIGURATION CONTROL - A method includes obtaining data relating to operation of a first vehicle in a vehicle consist that includes the first vehicle and a second vehicle communicatively coupled with each other by a communication channel. The first vehicle includes a first electronic component performing functions for the first vehicle using the first data. The method also includes communicating the first data over the communication channel from the first vehicle to a second electronic component disposed onboard the second vehicle responsive to the first electronic component being unable to perform the one or more functions for the first vehicle using the first data. The method further includes performing the functions of the first electronic component with the second electronic component using the first data that is received from the first vehicle. | 10-03-2013 |
20130261843 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE RECOGNITION OF A TRAILER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method and device for the recognition of a trailer ( | 10-03-2013 |
20130274949 | HIERARCHICAL ACCUMULATED VALIDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure generally relates to improvements in validating control specifications and more particularly pertains to a system and method to hierarchically validate graphically based executable logic control specifications. This method may include identifying, by a processor for hierarchically validating a graphically based logic control specification, a functional hierarchy of a first application of the control specification comprising a first feature. The method may include executing, by the processor, a specific first feature test case on the first feature to at least one of validate a structure of the first feature and validate that a specific functional requirement of the first feature is met. | 10-17-2013 |
20130274950 | SERVER REQUEST FOR DOWNLOADED INFORMATION FROM A VEHICLE-BASED MONITOR - A system for triggered request for downloaded information from a vehicle-based monitor comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The processor is coupled to the transmitter and the receiver. The processor is configured to determine whether it is desired to receive one or more data from a vehicle-based monitor. In the event that it is desired to receive one or more data from the vehicle-based monitor, the processor is configured to provide an indication that it is desired to receive the one or more data from the vehicle-based monitor. The processor is configured to receive the one or more data. | 10-17-2013 |
20130274951 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING VEHICLE GENERATED CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS - A system is disclosed having a primary vehicle and a secondary vehicle that is carried by the primary vehicle when not in use. The system further includes at least one of an immobilizing device to immobilize the primary vehicle if the secondary vehicle is removed from the primary vehicle, a data storage device for storing information regarding usage of the primary and secondary vehicles, a user interface device for displaying information regarding usage of the primary and secondary vehicles, and a user prompt for providing information regarding potential opportunities for use of the secondary vehicle to encourage usage of the secondary vehicle and lower CO2 emissions. | 10-17-2013 |
20130274952 | PREDICTIVE POWERTRAIN CONTROL USING DRIVING HISTORY - A method and powertrain apparatus that predicts a route of travel for a vehicle and predicts powertrain loads and speeds for the predicted route of travel. The predicted powertrain loads and speeds are then used to optimize at least one powertrain operation for the vehicle. | 10-17-2013 |
20130274953 | Vehicle Location Navigation System - An apparatus includes a connector to an on board diagnostic (OBD) port of a vehicle, wireless communications circuitry, a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to monitor the ignition state of the vehicle, and upon detecting an ignition off state, reporting at least the off state to a network-enabled communications appliance wireles sly paired for wireless communication with the apparatus. | 10-17-2013 |
20130274954 | Mobile Asset Data Recorder and Transmitter - An acceleration-based mobile asset data recorder and transmitter equipped with a wireless processing unit, an event recorder, a digital video recorder, a fuel level sensor, and an inertial navigation sensor board. The inertial navigation sensor board includes a 3-axis gyroscope, a 3-axis accelerometer, a 3-axis magnetometer, and a microcontroller. The data recorder and transmitter allows for automatic orientation, automatic compass calibration, fuel compensation with pitch and roll, emergency brake application with impact detection, rough operating condition detection, engine running detection, and inertial navigation of a mobile asset. Users can use the normal operation of their mobile assets to locate and alert, in real-time, areas where their assets are encountering rough operating environments, to provide for quicker emergency response, and to validate the effectiveness of repairs and rerouting. | 10-17-2013 |
20130274955 | Method for analyzing operation characteristics of a vehicle driver - A disclosed method analyzes characteristics of a vehicle driver, especially for insurance purposes. The method is performed by a cooperation of an analyzing vehicle system in a vehicle and a stationary processing unit remote from the vehicle. The analyzing vehicle system determines a driver operation characteristics parameter from the driving vehicle and sends the parameter to the stationary processing unit. The stationary processing unit derives a metric from that parameter as driver operation characteristics. | 10-17-2013 |
20130274956 | System and Method for Vehicle Speed Monitoring Using Historical Speed Data - A target (not-to-exceed) speed for a vehicle over a road segment ahead of the vehicle is established based on a desired relationship with a speed profile of the segment. The speed profile is generated by analyzing a statistical distribution of historical speed data over the segment collected by probe vehicles. A driver alert is activated if the vehicle is likely to exceed the target speed based on at least one measured vehicle dynamic property. The target speed may be established by identifying a baseline road segment over which the vehicle has previously travelled and which is similar to the approaching road segment, comparing a past speed of the vehicle over the baseline segment with a speed profile of the baseline segment to determine a speed differential, and applying the speed differential to the speed profile of the approaching segment. | 10-17-2013 |
20130274957 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING VEHICLE EVENTS AND FOR GENERATING REPORTS CORRESPONDING TO THE RECORDED VEHICLE EVENTS BASED ON DRIVER STATUS - In at least one embodiment, an apparatus for recording events in a vehicle based on driver status of a driver is provided. The apparatus comprises a vehicle interface device. The device is configured to receive a driver status signal indicative of the driver being one of a primary driver and a secondary driver. The device is further configured to receive at least one vehicle event signal corresponding to vehicle events in response to the driver status signal indicating that the driver is the secondary driver and to store the at least one vehicle event signal to record the vehicle events. The device is further configured to generate a report indicating the recorded vehicle events for transmission to at least one of the primary driver and the secondary driver. | 10-17-2013 |
20130274958 | VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided a vehicle information processing system for assisting a driver in a specified assistance area. The vehicle information processing system includes an operation pattern setting part for setting an operation pattern in the assistance area on the basis of driving operation information of the driver when the driver enters the assistance area and an assistance information determining part for determining assistance information for assisting the driver in the assistance area on the basis of the operation pattern in the assistance area which is set by the operation pattern setting part. According to this structure, it is possible to assist the driver using high-accuracy assistance information corresponding to the operation pattern and thus perform assistance suitable for the driver with high accuracy. | 10-17-2013 |
20130274959 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND VEHICLE - An object of the present invention is to provide a technique wherein a traveling lane is set as definitely as possible to perform the warning or the support so that a vehicle is allowed to travel smoothly in the traveling lane. The present invention resides in a driving support apparatus for setting a traveling lane in which a vehicle can travel on the basis of a traveling-prohibited region and performing warning or support so that the vehicle is allowed to travel in the traveling lane if the vehicle is to be departed from the traveling lane; wherein the traveling lane is set while raising a level of reliability as information to recognize the traveling lane from the traveling-prohibited region if the traveling-prohibited region is continuous in a travel direction of the vehicle as compared with if the traveling-prohibited region is discontinuous in the travel direction of the vehicle. | 10-17-2013 |
20130282199 | VEHICULAR TRAVELING REGULATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A position determination unit determines whether a present position of a vehicle deviates from a predetermined range. A direction determination unit determines whether a traveling direction of the vehicle is along a return direction, which is toward the predetermined range, on determination of the position determination unit that the present position deviates from the predetermined range. A traveling regulation unit regulates traveling of the vehicle when the direction determination unit determines that the traveling direction is not along the return direction. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282200 | Multi-Vehicle High Integrity Perception - The illustrative embodiments provide a method for processing sensor data and controlling the movement of a vehicle. In one illustrative embodiment, a vehicle having a plurality of sensors attempts to receive sensor data. In response to an inability of the vehicle to obtain needed sensor data, collected sensor data is requested from a plurality of other vehicles to form alternate sensor data. The alternate sensor data is received and the vehicle is controlled using the alternate sensor data. In another illustrative embodiment, a request is received at a first vehicle for sensor data from a different vehicle. Sensor data is collected from a plurality of sensors at the first vehicle. The sensor data is then sent to the different vehicle. | 10-24-2013 |
20130289797 | VEHICLE SPEED LIMITER VIA GAUGE INTERFACE - An electronic control unit (“ECU”) limiter is disclosed. The electronic control unit may be configured to receive a user-specified vehicle limit, such as a speed limit, from an input device, such as a gauge interface of the vehicle or a diagnostic tool. The electronic control unit is further configured to enforce the received vehicle limit, without a need to reprogram (e.g., erase and rewrite) vehicle engine control data stored by the electronic control unit, such as lookup tables or maps that are used to determine the operational parameters (e.g., ignition timing, throttle) based on sensor inputs (e.g., engine revolutions per minute, engine temperature). | 10-31-2013 |
20130289798 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DRIVER-CUSTOMIZED VEHICLE SERVICE - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a driver-customized service. The present invention is configured to collect bio-signal information of a driver from a first sensor, collect current health condition information of the driver based on data stored in a health information DB, collect environmental condition information of an interior of a vehicle from a second sensor, collect environmental condition information of an exterior of the vehicle from a third sensor, generate a driving index based on the pieces of information collected from the first to third sensors and the health information DB, and perform a vehicle control operation corresponding to the driving index. Accordingly, the present invention not only enables the accident risk of drivers to be decreased, but also allows the drivers to drive their vehicles, which were considered to be only transportation means, in a safer and more comfortable environment. | 10-31-2013 |
20130297095 | Intelligent Fleet Management System and Method - An intelligent fleet management system and a related method of operation provide a higher level of legal compliance and public road safety by requiring a commercial driver an electronic form of a driver's identification in a commercial vehicle. In one embodiment of the invention, the electronic form of the driver's identification is validated and additionally authenticated by a driver-specific PIN entry to a vehicle fleet management system interface device installed in a commercial vehicle. The vehicle fleet management system interface device can also communicate with a monitoring station via a data network for dynamically-generated alerts and periodic reports associated with vehicle speeds, driving pattern analysis utilizing various sensors, unexpected stops, and continuous driving which exceed a mandatory rest requirement. The monitoring station is able to disable the commercial vehicle remotely or take other actions based on an alert generated from the vehicle fleet management system interface device. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297096 | EVALUATION TOOL FOR VEHICLE SURVIVABILITY PLANNING - Systems and methods for improving vehicle survivability. In some embodiments, an evaluation model may be built based at least in part on mission information. The mission information may comprise vehicle information regarding at least one vehicle and threat information regarding a plurality of threats to the at least one vehicle. The evaluation model may be used to assign a numerical measure to each potential action of a plurality of potential actions for the at least one vehicle, where the numerical measure may be based on measures of signature exposure relating to multiple threats of the plurality of threats. A sequence of actions to be executed by the at least one vehicle may be selected based at least in part on the respective numerical measures assigned to the plurality of potential actions, to improve the at least one vehicle's survivability against the plurality of threats. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297097 | SAFE DRIVING MONITORING SYSTEM - A method and system for detecting unsafe or suspect activities such as distracted driving associates distracted driving events to the road type, vehicle speed and vehicle acceleration (positive, negative and lateral) at the time of the distracted driving event, and identifies severe distracted driving events from a large population of minor events using a statistical distribution such as a Cauchy distribution equation. The system employs a smartphone application (App) coupled with a central server that computes driver safety scores which relate time of day, road type, vehicle speed, vehicle acceleration (positive, negative and lateral) and distracted driving using the Cauchy distribution equation. The server renders summary and detail reports of driving scores and distracted driving events to concerned parties including insurance companies, fleet managers, vehicle owners and the parents/guardians of teenaged drivers. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297098 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPROGRAMMING A PROGRAMMED CONTROLLER OF A POWER DRIVEN WHEELCHAIR - Apparatus for reprogramming a programmed controller of a power driven wheelchair comprises: a reprogrammable, non-volatile memory programmed with a plurality of programs executable by the controller to operate the wheelchair, the non-volatile memory disposed at the wheelchair and coupled to the wheelchair controller; a general-purpose computer programmed to reprogram the non-volatile memory while disposed at the wheelchair, the programmed computer for storing main programs for use in reprogramming the non-volatile memory, the programmed computer being coupleable to the wheelchair controller for accommodating an exchange of data therebetween; and wherein the wheelchair controller being operative to communicate with the programmed computer to reprogram the non-volatile memory with the main programs while the non-volatile memory is disposed at the wheelchair. Methods for reprogramming the non-volatile memory are also disclosed. | 11-07-2013 |
20130304276 | OFF-BOARD HOURS-OF-SERVICE ("HOS") PROCESSING - Systems, methods, and devices for providing hour-of-service (“HOS”) calculations via a web based host server instead of on an onboard mobile device. In the various embodiments, an onboard vehicle recording device and driver-carried mobile devices may operate independently. The onboard vehicle recording device and driver-carried mobile device(s) may exchange information independently with a host server rather than exchanging information together onboard the vehicle. | 11-14-2013 |
20130304277 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - The control property of an onboard device is changeable by using an external control unit, and the data from the external control unit is authenticated. An onboard gateway unit is provided with a verification code generator for generating a security key, and an external control unit is provided with an application control unit for generating a security key. When the external control unit is connected, a main control logic unit of the gateway unit compares the two keys, and when the keys are verified, the control by the external control unit using an application program is enabled. The onboard device control unit can be easily connected to the external control unit. As the control of the device control unit by an external control signal is enabled only when verified, an unauthorized access can be prohibited, and the onboard deice can be controlled only by an authorized control signal. | 11-14-2013 |
20130311001 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREVENTING UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLE OPERATION USING FACE RECOGNITION - Various embodiments relate to systems and methods for detecting an unauthorized use of a vehicle. One or more facial images of one or more authorized drivers of a vehicle may be stored on a vehicle computing system. After detecting movement of the vehicle, one or more facial images of a driver of the vehicle may be periodically received from at least one in-vehicle camera. The one or more captured facial images of the driver may be periodically processed based on the stored facial images of the one or more authorized drivers to determine if the driver is an authorized driver. If the driver is not an authorized driver based on the periodic determination, vehicle operation may be disabled. If the driver is authorized based on the periodic determination, operation of the vehicle may continue. | 11-21-2013 |
20130317665 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE TELEMATICS DATA ON A MAP DISPLAY - A system and method are disclosed herein to determine an insurance premium discount based on telematics data. The system includes a computer memory and a processor in communication with the computer memory. The computer memory stores data indicative telematics data received from a sensor within a vehicle, including at least one of geo-position information of the vehicle and vehicle kinematics data. The processor is configured to identify safety events and associated safety event locations based on the telematics data. The processor is further configured to display to the driver indications of the safety events on a map display along with indications of safety events associated with other drivers. | 11-28-2013 |
20130317666 | VEHICLE INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - An information management center | 11-28-2013 |
20130325202 | NEURO-COGNITIVE DRIVER STATE PROCESSING - A driver state module for interfacing with a vehicle, with a surroundings vicinity of the vehicle and with a driver of the vehicle, the driver state module comprising: (i) a frame memory for storing representations of behaviors with related context; (ii) an evaluation system for ranking the frames based on goals and rewards; (iii) a working memory comprising a foreground sub-memory and a background sub-memory, the working memory for holding and sorting frames into foreground and background frames, and (iv) a recognition processor for identifying salient features relevant to a frame in the foreground memory ranked highest by the evaluation system. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325203 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING A VEHICLE FOR FAULTS - Methods and systems are provided for monitoring a vehicle. In one embodiment, the method includes, but is not limited to, receiving traffic data from a vehicle communication bus. The method further includes, but is not limited to, identifying, by a processor, net-motifs from the traffic data. The method still further includes, but is not limited to, detecting a mode of components of the vehicle based on the net-motifs. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325204 | PROCEDURE AND MONITORING DEVICE FOR SUPERVISING AN ENTERPRISE OF A VEHICLE - A method for monitoring an operation of a vehicle is provided, wherein said method features the following steps. At least one first parameter is determined, wherein the at least one first parameter characterizes the beginning of a starting sequence of the vehicle. In addition, at least one intoxicant content of the person seated in the driver's seat is determined by means of a test instrument and the determined content is compared with a predefined threshold value. If the determined content does not exceed the predefined threshold value, the starting sequence of the vehicle is automatically enabled and it is detected if the person seated in the driver's seat leaves the driver's seat based on data acquired by at least one sensor. The determination of the at least one intoxicant content is repeated if it is detected that the person seated in the driver's seat leaves the driver's seat. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325205 | CRUISE-ASSIST IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, CRUISE-ASSIST IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, IN-VEHICLE CAMERA AND EQUIPMENT-CONTROL ASSIST IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE - A cruise-assist image generation device includes a steering-angle information acquisition unit, an additional line generation unit generating a cruise assist additional line corresponding to acquired steering angle information and formed by combination of a given number of segments, and an additional line superimposing unit superimposing the generated cruise assist additional line on a taken image of the vehicle periphery to obtain a composite image. The additional line generation unit generates respective curved lines forming at least some of the segments by quadratic curve approximation using coordinate data corresponding to the acquired steering angle information and including coordinates of points representing each segment, and generating respective straight lines forming any remaining segments by collinear approximation using coordinate data corresponding to the acquired steering angle information. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325206 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, MICROCONTROLLER, AND SELF-DIAGNOSIS METHOD OF DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - A data processing device according to the present invention includes a memory, an arithmetic circuit that accesses the memory by outputting an access control signal CTRL that controls access to the memory, a first data storage unit that stores first data used when a self-diagnosis is performed, a read-modify-write circuit that generates second data by replacing a part of the first data stored in the first data storage unit with modify data outputted from the arithmetic circuit, and a determination unit that diagnoses a failure of the read-modify-write circuit by comparing the second data with an expected value. | 12-05-2013 |
20130332003 | COMBINE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION TOOL - An evaluation tool related to operation of a combine is provided to aid an operator of the combine. A processing device implements the evaluation tool by receiving an input related to an evaluation to be performed from the operator of the combine. The processing device initializes the evaluation to be performed. A plurality of sensors are operably connected to the processing device and collect data related to the operation of the combine during the evaluation. The processing device analyzes the collected data and presents the analyzed data to the operator of the combine. As such, the operator may review the analyzed data and make an informed choice in proceeding with the combine operation, such as changing settings or operating components to affect the combine performance. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332004 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO CAPTURE, USER FEEDBACK, REPORTING, ADAPTIVE PARAMETERS, AND REMOTE DATA ACCESS IN VEHICLE SAFETY MONITORING - A method for vehicle data management according to embodiments of the present invention includes receiving an accelerometer signal from an accelerometer mounted in a vehicle, determining an accelerometer specific force based on the accelerometer signal, receiving a speed signal from a speed sensor or GPS or other source on the vehicle, wherein the speed signal indicates a speed of the vehicle, determining an instantaneous acceleration of the vehicle by calculating a rate of change of the speed based on the speed signal, selecting a current observed acceleration as a lower value of the accelerometer specific force and the instantaneous acceleration, capturing video footage with a camera mounted on the vehicle, and flagging the video footage corresponding to a time when the current observed acceleration exceeds a preset safe force value. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332005 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle control device for starting a drive assist in accordance with relative positional relationship between a self vehicle and an object around the self vehicle, comprises a control value calculating part which calculates a control value based on an inter-vehicular distance between the self vehicle and the object, a velocity of the self vehicle, a relative velocity of the object to the self vehicle, and an acceleration-related value obtained based on at least one of an acceleration of the self vehicle and an acceleration of the object; an acceleration-related value adjusting part which adjusts the acceleration-related value by changing a degree of contribution of at least one of the acceleration of the self vehicle and the acceleration of the object in the acceleration-related value in accordance with the acceleration of the self vehicle; and a drive assist start judging part which starts the drive assist if the control value is greater than a threshold value. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332006 | Method For Configuring A Control Apparatus For A Motor Vehicle, Computer Program And Control Apparatus - A respective representation of signals from the control apparatus is provided for selection which has been prescribed as a first selection of signals for the control apparatus. At least two representations of program processes which can be executed concurrently can be produced. At least one of these representations is produced as a respective representation of an operating program process, and at least one of these representations is produced as a respective representation of a supplementary program process. Access by the at least one supplementary program process is limited to the prescribed first selection of signals. Program code is produced based on the prescribed first selection of signals the at least two representations produced for program processes which can be executed concurrently. | 12-12-2013 |
20130338848 | Method and Apparatus for Leveling Recreational Vehicles - A method and apparatus for leveling recreational vehicles in which the level correction device of the invention will calculate the level correction required and will identify the particular ground contact points that must be corrected through the use of leveling blocks in order to return an out-of-level recreational vehicle to a proper level state. | 12-19-2013 |
20130338849 | DYNAMOMETER VEHICLE OPERATING MODE CONTROL - A vehicle and a method of controlling a dynamometer mode operation of a vehicle that includes requesting the dynamometer mode; monitoring for at least one non-dynamometer vehicle operating condition; if at least one of the non-dynamometer vehicle operating conditions is detected, prohibiting dynamometer mode; and if none of the non-dynamometer vehicle operating conditions is detected, operating the vehicle in dynamometer mode. | 12-19-2013 |
20130338850 | DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Various sensors, such as a GPS and a vehicle speed sensor, are used to detect a current position and direction of a vehicle. A normal running direction, which is a running direction specified for a road on which the vehicle runs, is acquired. In a state where a vehicle speed pulse is acquired at the predetermined intervals, it is detected whether the vehicle is placed in a wrong-way driving situation on the basis of the detected current direction of the vehicle and the normal running direction; whereas, in a state where a vehicle speed pulse is not acquired, it is not detected whether the vehicle is placed in the wrong-way driving situation on the basis of the detected current direction of the vehicle. | 12-19-2013 |
20130338851 | Automatic Accident Analysis - In accordance with some embodiments, an automatic detector may detect characteristics of a vehicular crash and use those characteristics to project the nature of injuries to the driver and/or passengers within the vehicle. This information may be used by emergency room personnel to expedite the diagnosis of injuries. | 12-19-2013 |
20130338852 | DRIVE ASSIST APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES - A drive assist apparatus which performs driving assistance in a predetermined interval having a gradient, includes an average gradient information acquisition unit that acquires average gradient information of the predetermined interval, a driving status information acquisition unit that acquires driving status information of a host vehicle, and a gradient estimation unit that estimates a gradient of a certain point within the predetermined interval or an average gradient of a certain interval within the predetermined interval, based on the average gradient information acquired by the average gradient information acquisition unit and the driving status information of the host vehicle that is acquired by the driving status information acquisition unit, and performs driving assistance in the predetermined interval, using the gradient that is estimated by the gradient estimation unit. According to the above configuration, a gradient at a certain point or at a certain interval within a predetermined interval can be estimated with high precision, and thereby it is possible to perform more appropriate driving assistance using a very precise gradient that is estimated. | 12-19-2013 |
20130345895 | LANE CHANGE MONITORING - A method for detecting a lane change by a moving vehicle is disclosed. In one embodiment, it is detected that a first heading of a moving vehicle has met a parameter defining a stable heading. It is then detected that a second heading of the moving vehicle has subsequently met a parameter defining an unstable heading. It is then detected that a third heading of the moving vehicle has subsequently met a parameter defining a stable heading within a pre-determined time parameter and that the third heading equals the first heading within a pre-defined margin. An indication is then generated that the moving vehicle has performed a lane change. | 12-26-2013 |
20130345896 | VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION AND VERIFICATION - Disclosed are various embodiments for a data aggregation application. Operational data and image data may be captured from a client device. Odometer readings can be extracted from the image data. The operational data and image data can be verified by comparing an instrument panel depicted in the image data to a known instrument panel depiction. | 12-26-2013 |
20130345897 | INFORMATION SERVICE SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY TANGIBLE COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - An information service system for providing facility information includes: a restriction information obtaining device for obtaining restriction information relating to a driving condition or a user behavior; a preference information obtaining device for obtaining preference information of the user; a first information retrieving device for retrieving necessary facility information among multiple facility information items according to the restriction information; a second information retrieving device for retrieving preference facility information suited to the user preference among multiple necessary facility information items according to the preference information when the necessary facility information includes multiple necessary facility information items; and an information output device for outputting the necessary facility information or the preference facility information. | 12-26-2013 |
20130345898 | IN-VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD USING THE SAME - An in-vehicle infotainment device includes a first processor for executing a web application, and a second processor for outputting vehicle data to the first processor. The first processor includes a first-processor-side inter-node communication (INC) interface module for transmitting and receiving information to and from the second processor, the second processor includes a second-processor-side INC interface module for transmitting and receiving information to and from the first processor, and the first processor provides the vehicle data received from the second processor to the web application if a request for vehicle data is received from the web application. | 12-26-2013 |
20130345899 | IN-VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT PROCESSOR AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD USING THE SAME - An in-vehicle information method and device, the in-vehicle information device including a first processor for executing a web application, and a second processor for outputting vehicle data to the first processor. The first processor includes a first-processor-side inter-node communication (INC) interface module for transmitting and receiving information to and from the second processor. The second processor includes a second-processor-side INC interface module for transmitting and receiving information to and from the first processor. The first processor constructs a data structure including at least one lower node and a higher node of the lower node according to the vehicle data received from the second processor, locates vehicle data of the same attribute as internal values of lower nodes belonging to the same higher node of the data tree, and outputs the data tree to the web application. | 12-26-2013 |
20130345900 | TRAVEL ASSIST APPARATUS AND TRAVEL ASSIST METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a technology of performing assist of warning or auxiliary in an optimal way without bothering the driver. The present invention provides a travel assist apparatus that performs assist of warning or auxiliary for preventing departure of a vehicle in a lateral direction of the vehicle, wherein the value of the estimated time to lane crossing at which assist is to be performed is varied in accordance with the velocity of the vehicle in the lateral direction. This enables to select a value of the estimated time to lane crossing at which assist is to be performed suitable for the velocity of the vehicle in the lateral direction, enabling optimization of the timing of performing assist. Therefore, assist of warning or auxiliary in an optimal way without bothering the driver. | 12-26-2013 |
20130345901 | Inertial Sensor - An object of the invention is to provide an inertial sensor with small delay and high accuracy. An inertial sensor | 12-26-2013 |
20130345902 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE DRIVING RESISTANCE OF A VEHICLE - A method for determining the driving resistance of a vehicle by taking into account a value for the vehicle mass is described. Before beginning to drive, the vehicle mass and driving resistance coefficients are estimated with an estimation method by taking into account sensor signals, and an initial value for the driving resistance is calculated from the vehicle mass and the driving resistance coefficients. A corrected value for the driving resistance and the vehicle mass is calculated while driving, based on measured driving-related values, which are measured in chronological succession. | 12-26-2013 |
20140005855 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING A REMAINING MILEAGE OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | 01-02-2014 |
20140005856 | METHOD FOR VALIDATION OF A GRAPHICALLY BASED EXECUTABLE CONTROL SPECIFICATION USING MODEL EXTRACTION | 01-02-2014 |
20140005857 | Method, Device and Computer Program Product for Controlling a Functional Unit of a Vehicle | 01-02-2014 |
20140005858 | Vehicle Operator Presence Detector | 01-02-2014 |
20140012430 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A SYSTEM FOR RECOVERING ENERGY FROM EXHAUST GAS OF A VEHICLE - A method and device for planning a recovery of energy from an exhaust gas of a vehicle is provided. The method and device include: estimating an operating behavior of the vehicle on a route to be traveled by the vehicle; and planning the recovery of energy from the exhaust gas of the vehicle based on a likelihood that the estimated operating behavior of the vehicle corresponds to an operating behavior that is suitable for the recovery. | 01-09-2014 |
20140012431 | WIRELESS SENSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR TRAFFIC LANES - Wireless sensing and communication system including sensors located in the roadway or in the vicinity of the roadway and which provide information which is transmitted to one or more interrogators in the vehicle by a wireless radio frequency mechanism. Power to operate a particular sensor is supplied by the interrogator or the sensor is independently connected to either a battery, generator, vehicle power source or some source of power external to the vehicle. The sensors can provide information about the exterior environment, about the roadway, ambient atmosphere, travel conditions and/or external objects. The sensors arranged on the roadway or ancillary structures include pressure sensors, temperature sensors, moisture content or humidity sensors, and friction sensors. | 01-09-2014 |
20140018974 | VEHICLE DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE AND VEHICLE DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD - There is provided a vehicle driving support device including: a change amount calculating part | 01-16-2014 |
20140025225 | VEHICLE DRIVER BEHAVIOR MONITORING AND CORRELATION - What is disclosed are various methods of operating vehicle monitoring systems. One example method includes receiving activity information for a transportation vehicle, receiving mobile phone usage information associated with the transportation vehicle, and processing the activity information and the mobile phone usage information to determine behavior of a driver operating the transportation vehicle. The method could also include, in some examples, processing the activity information and the mobile phone usage information to identify the driver operating the transportation vehicle. | 01-23-2014 |
20140025226 | Method and Apparatus for Charging Station Guidance - A computer-implemented method, executable by a vehicle associated computing system, includes receiving a request for display of local refueling points. The method also includes determining current coordinates of vehicle and determining one or more fuel point locations within a defined map range. The method additionally includes displaying a map display containing the current vehicle location and the location of the one or more fuel point locations. | 01-23-2014 |
20140025227 | ROAD SHAPE ESTIMATING SYSTEM - A technique, which makes it possible to estimate a curve shape of a road more simply and more accurately, is provided. Disclosed is a road shape estimating system for estimating the shape of the road including a curve easement section in which a radius of curvature changes according to a clothoid curve and a circular curve section in which a radius of curvature is constant. The distance Lp from a curve starting point and the radius of curvature Rp of the curve at a vehicle position in the curve easement section, are determined on the basis of the information from a white line recognition camera of the vehicle, a yaw rate sensor and a wheel speed sensor, and the radius of curvature Rreal of the circular curve section is determined from an image of a road sign recognition camera. Then, the length Lclo of the curve easement section is derived by using the information as described above and a clothoid function to estimate the shape of the road. | 01-23-2014 |
20140032012 | TRACKING ON-ROAD VEHICLES WITH SENSORS OF DIFFERENT MODALITIES - A vehicle system includes a first sensor and a second sensor, each having, respectively, different first and second modalities. A controller includes a processor configured to: receive a first sensor input from the first sensor and a second sensor input from the second sensor; detect, synchronously, first and second observations from, respectively, the first and second sensor inputs; project the detected first and second observations onto a graph network; associate the first and second observations with a target on the graph network, the target having a trajectory on the graph network; select either the first or the second observation as a best observation based on characteristics of the first and second sensors; and estimate a current position of the target by performing a prediction based on the best observation and a current timestamp. | 01-30-2014 |
20140039716 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A TRANSVERSAL CONTROLLER PARAMETERIZATION FOR TRANSVERSAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE - A method for determining a transversal controller parameterization for transversal control of a vehicle on a route segment to be instantaneously traveled on by the vehicle, having a step for determining the parameter based on a piece of information about a curvature of the route segment to be instantaneously traveled on. | 02-06-2014 |
20140039717 | Logbook with multimedia function - A system for documenting the state of a component, for example a component present on board a transport device; the use of such a system in a transport device; a transport device having such a system; an associated method for documenting the state of a component; and a computer program for executing the method. The transport device may be an aircraft. The system comprises a central logbook equipment and at least one mobile recording device, the mobile recording device comprising a recording unit for recording items of multimedia information relating to the state of the component, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the recorded items of multimedia information to the central logbook equipment. The central logbook equipment is configured to generate a multimedia logbook entry on the basis of the transmitted items of multimedia information, and to store the generated multimedia logbook entry. | 02-06-2014 |
20140039718 | DETECTING AN ABNORMAL DRIVING CONDITION - A method of detecting an abnormal driving includes receiving a RF signal transmitted from a vehicle in front; performing digital down conversion on the RF signal to obtain a baseband digital signal; performing frequency shift detection on the baseband digital signal to obtain frequency shift between the received RF signal and the RF signal transmitted from the vehicle in front; and determining that the abnormal driving condition in front exists response to determining that the frequency shift has reached a set threshold. | 02-06-2014 |
20140039719 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES - A wireless communication system for agricultural vehicles, in which each vehicle has a global positioning system (GPS), a multi-channel transmitter/receiver module having a limited communication range, and a signal processor connected to the transmitter/receiver module. The transmitter is controlled by the signal processor to transmit on a predetermined communication channel a signal comprising a unique vehicle identifier and a signal indicating the current positional coordinates of the vehicle. The signal processor also analyzes the signals received from other vehicles within the communication range and determines from the identifier and the positional coordinates data when another vehicle is ready to perform a joint operation with the vehicle. Prior to initiation of a joint operation, the communication system is switched to a different communication channel. | 02-06-2014 |
20140039720 | MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE - The present invention provides a method of managing shut down of a motor vehicle ( | 02-06-2014 |
20140039721 | Method and Apparatus for User Authentication and Security - A computer implemented method includes logging a GPS location in a wireless device responsive to a vehicle entering a parked state. The method also includes comparing device GPS coordinates to the logged GPS coordinates to determine if the device is in vehicle proximity, after the wireless device has moved a predetermined distance from the logged GPS location. The method additionally includes sending a signal to the vehicle to activate a user authentication process when the device is in vehicle proximity. | 02-06-2014 |
20140039722 | INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE FOR USE IN VEHICLE - A first driving instability determining unit estimates driving instability based on a difference value between plural traveling state distributions of different time ranges on the basis of the traveling state data. A second driving instability determining unit estimates driving instability by a process different from the process used in the first driving instability determining unit. A learning completion determining unit determines that the learning is completed when a predetermined learning time elapses from the start of collection of the traveling state data, depending on a degree of learning at which the traveling state distribution calculated by a first traveling state distribution calculating unit is matched with the driving characteristic of a driver. An instability selecting unit selects the instability estimated by the first driving instability determining unit when the learning is completed and selects the instability estimated by the second driving instability determining unit when the learning is not completed. | 02-06-2014 |
20140046502 | SPRING FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A spring made of a fiber composite includes a metal thread which is connected to the spring and has an electrical resistance which changes in dependence on a deformation of the spring. The metal thread can be integrated inside the spring or may also be arranged on an outer side of the spring. | 02-13-2014 |
20140046503 | SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH AN ASSISTANCE-CONTROLLER FOR ASSISTING AN OPERATOR OF THE SYSTEM, CONTROL-OPERATION ASSISTING DEVICE, CONTROL-OPERATION ASSISTING METHOD, DRIVING-OPERATION ASSISTING DEVICE, AND DRIVING-OPERATION ASSISTING METHOD - A target-travel-path generating circuit calculates a target travel path along which a controlled object can travel in the future from a current controlled object position. An ideal-control-signal calculating circuit calculates a control profile to travel along the target travel path, and a difference calculating circuit calculates a difference between an ideal control magnitude and a current control magnitude. A controller controls an operation system based on a magnitude of the difference to assist a control operation and a control-operation-state of an operator, an environment-state, and a required operation-precision. The operator receives assistance corresponding to the magnitude of the difference from an ideal control state, the control-operation-state, the environment-state, and the required operation-precision. An outputted control-operation assistance control is suitable for conditions that characterize the operator state, the environment, and the controlled object. | 02-13-2014 |
20140058578 | BICYCLE CONTROL DEVICE - A bicycle control device includes a base member, an operating member, a detecting member and a switching member. The operating member is movably mounted relative to the base member along an operating path. The detecting member detects operation of the operating member. The switching member is electrically connected to the detecting member so that the detecting member is switched from a power-off state to a power-on state in response to operation of the operating member. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058579 | DRIVING ASSIST DEVICE AND DRIVING ASSIST METHOD - A driving assist device including: a preceding vehicle behavior prediction unit that predicts whether a vehicle behavior of a preceding vehicle is a deceleration behavior or a non-deceleration behavior; a host vehicle behavior prediction unit that predicts whether a vehicle behavior of a host vehicle is a deceleration behavior or a non-deceleration behavior; and an assist mode determination unit that determines a mode of a driving assist to be performed for the deceleration behavior of the host vehicle, based on a combination of the predicted vehicle behavior of the preceding vehicle and the predicted vehicle behavior of the host vehicle. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058580 | WHEEL LOCALIZER, WHEEL LOCALIZATION DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR LOCATING A POSITION OF A WHEEL - Embodiments can provide a system, a wheel localizer, a wheel localization device, a method or a computer program for locating a position of wheel. The system for locating the position of the wheel on the vehicle includes a detector for obtaining information related to a steering angle of the vehicle and a locator for determining the position of the wheel based on the information related to the steering angle of the vehicle. Embodiments further provide a device, a method and a computer program configured to determine information related to one or more expected rotational frequencies of one or more wheels of a vehicle. The device includes a path detector configured to determine expected path lengths of the one or more wheels of the vehicle based on information related to a path of the vehicle. The device further includes a controller configured to determine the information related to the one or more expected rotational frequencies of the one or more wheels of the vehicle based on the expected path lengths of the one or more wheels. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058581 | DYNAMIC AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM PERFORMANCE PREDICTION METHODOLOGY - Methods and apparatuses are presented for optimizing performance of a base vehicle platform (e.g. an automobile) and operating the base vehicle platform without human intervention. Some embodiments may receive base vehicle platform data indicative of at least one performance characteristic of the base vehicle platform. Some embodiments may also receive environmental conditions data indicative of at least one characteristic of at least one weather condition or terrain condition, and receive base sensor data from at least one base sensor indicative of at least one up-to-date environmental condition or base vehicle platform condition. Embodiments may then generate at least one module based on the base vehicle platform data, the environmental conditions data, and the base sensor data, such that the at least one module operates the base vehicle platform without human intervention, and dynamically modifies at least one base vehicle platform performance characteristic without human reconfiguration. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058582 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING OR MODIFYING PROGRAMMABLE PARAMETERS IN POWER DRIVEN WHEELCHAIR - A collection of diagnostic and troubleshooting information associated with a power driven wheelchair is stored for access by a microcontroller to be displayed to a user to assist in troubleshooting the power driven wheelchair. A log of fault codes transmitted by various fault-detecting mechanisms is compiled. A user may request display of diagnostic information associated with a selected fault code. The operating instructions of a power driven wheelchair may be updated by using portable storage media onto which a latest version of operating instructions is loaded to transfer the updated operating instructions to wheelchair controller memory. The calibration of a power driven wheelchair can be simplified by providing functionality within the wheelchair controller to change calibration parameters or to transfer calibration parameters from portable storage media. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058583 | Event Data Recording for Vehicles - In accordance with some embodiments, in response to the detection of a particular event, an event data recorder may enter a secure mode. In the secure mode, data from various peripherals is collected over a secure channel and stored in a secure memory within the event data recorder. That data may subsequently be read out under secure conditions with an assurance of reliability while the system is in a secure mode, it may continue to collect data in a non-secure mode in parallel. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058584 | System And Method For Multimodal Interaction With Reduced Distraction In Operating Vehicles - A method of interaction with an in-vehicle information system includes receiving first and second inputs from an operator with first and second input devices, respectively. The method further includes identifying a service request corresponding to the first input, and a parameter of the service request with a value that is included in the second input with a controller in the in-vehicle information system. The controller executes stored program instructions to perform the identified service request with reference to the identified parameter. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058585 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING LOCATION - A system for providing location information of a vehicle includes a communications interface and a correlation logic that correlates location information of a communications device to location of the vehicle. The communications interface communicates electronic signals including: a first signal including data representing a request for the location of the vehicle, a second signal transmitted to a location information provider corresponding to a party or device other than the communications device including data representing a request for location information of the communications device, a third signal received from the location information provider corresponding to the party or device other than the communications device including data representing the location information of the communications device, and a fourth signal including data representing the location of the vehicle. | 02-27-2014 |
20140067152 | PROVIDING VEHICLE OPERATING INFORMATION USING A WIRELESS DEVICE - A method of collecting vehicle operating information using a wireless device includes the steps of communicatively linking a wireless device located within a vehicle to a vehicle telematics unit; receiving vehicle data at the wireless device from the vehicle telematics unit using the link; recording the received vehicle data at the wireless device; detecting that the wireless device is no longer present in the vehicle; and wirelessly transmitting the recorded vehicle data to a central facility using the wireless capabilities of the wireless device based on the detection. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067153 | ROAD GRADIENT ESTIMATION ARBITRATION - A vehicle and vehicle system are provided with a controller that is configured to generate output indicative of a road gradient based on at least one of a first estimation, a second estimation and a third estimation. The road gradient is based on the first estimation when a vehicle speed is less than a speed threshold and an input indicative of a longitudinal acceleration is available. The road gradient is based on the second estimation when the vehicle speed is greater than the speed threshold and the longitudinal acceleration is available. The road gradient is based on the third estimation when the longitudinal acceleration is not available. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067154 | KINEMATIC ROAD GRADIENT ESTIMATION - A vehicle and a vehicle system are provided with a controller that is configured to generate output indicative of a kinematic road gradient estimation using an extended Kalman filter. The extended Kalman filter includes a system input based on a longitudinal acceleration and an acceleration offset, and a system output based on a predicted vehicle speed. The acceleration offset is based on at least one of a lateral velocity, a lateral offset, and a vehicle pitch angle. The controller is further configured to generate output indicative of a kinematic quality factor corresponding to an availability of the kinematic road gradient estimation. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067155 | DYNAMIC ROAD GRADIENT ESTIMATION - A vehicle and vehicle system are provided with a controller that is configured to generate output indicative of a vehicle mass estimation. The vehicle mass estimation is based on a longitudinal acceleration and a wheel torque when at least one of the longitudinal acceleration, a vehicle speed and a yaw rate indicate an occurrence of a qualified event. The controller is further configured to generate output indicative of a dynamic road gradient estimation based on the vehicle speed, the wheel torque and the vehicle mass estimation. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067156 | System for Identification Provided by Users in Vehicles - The techniques described herein include a system for determining the number and the identity of users in a vehicle, and to a method for operating this system. The system comprises a vehicle with a vehicle identification (ID) and a vehicle module for the wireless transmission of vehicle-specific data. The system includes a mobile network including a network server and mobile terminals having terminal IDs, wherein users of the mobile terminals are identifiable via the terminal ID. The network server is configured to transmit terminal-specific data to the system. The system includes a database for storing the vehicle-specific and terminal-specific data and for ascertaining individual travel routes and movement routes for the specific vehicles and terminals. The system includes an analysis server that is configured to compare the individual travel routes to the individual movement routes and link a vehicle ID with the terminal IDs belonging to the movement routes. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067157 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A vehicle communication system includes at least one device control apparatuses. One device control apparatus has an electronic controller. The vehicle communication system includes an information memory apparatus that is another vehicle apparatus different from the first device control apparatuses. The electronic controller of the device control apparatus stores a variation information memory, a process execution portion and a vehicle information obtaining portion. The information memory apparatus stores a vehicle information memory and a vehicle information providing portion. The process execution portion switches and executes a content of the device control process based on the variation information. The vehicle information is related to specifications of a vehicle on which the vehicle communication system is mounted, and it is obtained from the information memory apparatus. The variation information is extracted from the vehicle information so that the variation information is stored into the variation information memory. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING OR MODIFYING PROGRAMMABLE PARAMETER IN POWER DRIVEN WHEELCHAIR - A method and apparatus for setting or modifying a programmable operating parameter associated with a power driven wheelchair is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) operating a user interface device associated with a power driven wheelchair in a programming mode, b) selecting a programmable operating parameter associated with operation of the power driven wheelchair using the user interface device, c) selecting a value for the programmable operating parameter using the user interface device, and d) saving the selected value for the programmable operating parameter in a portion of a storage device associated with the power driven wheelchair using the user interface device. A method and apparatus for selecting one or more programmable parameter sets from a portable storage medium and saving the selected sets to a local storage device associated with a power driven wheelchair and vice versa is also provided. | 03-06-2014 |
20140074315 | VEHICLE-INCIDENT DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A vehicle-incident detection method is disclosed herein. Vehicle data is received at a cloud computing system from a vehicle, where the vehicle data is generated by the vehicle in response to an initial detection of a vehicle-related event. After receiving the data, the cloud computing system requests additional vehicle data from the vehicle. The additional vehicle data is generated by the vehicle at a time subsequent to the initial detection of the vehicle-related event. The additional vehicle data is received from the vehicle, and an application resident in the cloud computing system analyzes the vehicle data and the additional vehicle data to determine that the vehicle-related event occurred. The application includes computer readable code embedded on a non-transitory, tangible computer readable medium for performing the analyzing. Also disclosed herein is a vehicle-incident detection system. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074316 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT OF VEHICLE - In an electronic control unit that controls a control target device based on control data stored in a storage unit, when control data is written in the storage unit of the electronic control unit from a data processing device at a manufacturer side, a hash-code generation unit creates a hash code corresponding to the control data. The hash code is stored as second storage data. | 03-13-2014 |
20140081476 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method is described for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle in which the surroundings laterally next to the motor vehicle, in order to detect a parking space. When a parking space is detected, a trajectory is determined, along which the motor vehicle is able to park in the parking space. During the parking, the surroundings of the motor vehicle are monitored. | 03-20-2014 |
20140081477 | FLEXIBLE COMBINATION SENSOR MODULE FOR A VEHICLE - A combination sensor module for a vehicle, having at least two sensor submodules which are situated in the combination sensor module and able to be connected to the electronics system of the vehicle, wherein the at least two sensor submodules are able to be operated independently of each other. | 03-20-2014 |
20140081478 | SOLVING TRAFFIC CONGESTION USING VEHICLE GROUPING - A method, system, and computer program product for solving a traffic congestion problem are provided in the illustrative embodiments. Using an application executing using a processor and a memory in a data processing system, a congested route section is selected from a set of congested route sections. A set of congesting vehicles is selected, where the set of congesting vehicles cause congestion in the selected congested route sections by being positioned on the selected congested route section. A vacancy data structure corresponding to the selected congested route section is populated. A subset of the set of the congesting vehicles is selected. The subset of the set of the congesting vehicles is rerouted to a candidate route section identified in the vacancy data structure. | 03-20-2014 |
20140088789 | EVALUATION METHOD FOR A SHIFT FEELING OF A VEHICLE - An evaluation method for a shift feeling of a vehicle, through which the shift feeling during a kick down operation of a driver is deduced as objectively quantitative value, it may be applied to a proper shift control corresponding to an expectancy of a driver based on the quantitative value. | 03-27-2014 |
20140088790 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO ESTIMATE THE STATE OF A MOVING VEHICLE - Device and method to estimate the state of a moving vehicle overflying a certain terrain. The device comprises a camera oriented toward the terrain, an inertial measurement unit, a device for the processing of images and a “navigation filter”. This filter uses an innovative method to obtain state estimates of the vehicle. Unlike the conventional art, only robust and flexible expressions are used here, producing accurate state estimates, with no possibility of divergence, with no need for initial state estimates or high computational power. The method calculates parameters describing geometrical relationships among points of the trajectory and others on the terrain. These parameters are combined with estimates of the accelerations to obtain estimates of the velocity at a given time and of the gravity acceleration vector. By integrating these estimates, velocity and position profiles are obtained. The state is expressed in a reference system fixed with respect to the terrain. | 03-27-2014 |
20140088791 | SOLVING TRAFFIC CONGESTION USING VEHICLE GROUPING - A method, system, and computer program product for solving a traffic congestion problem are provided in the illustrative embodiments. Using an application executing using a processor and a memory in a data processing system, a congested route section is selected from a set of congested route sections. A set of congesting vehicles is selected, where the set of congesting vehicles cause congestion in the selected congested route sections by being positioned on the selected congested route section. A vacancy data structure corresponding to the selected congested route section is populated. A subset of the set of the congesting vehicles is selected. The subset of the set of the congesting vehicles is rerouted to a candidate route section identified in the vacancy data structure. | 03-27-2014 |
20140088792 | VIBRATION DAMPING CONTROL DEVICE - In order to properly perform vibration damping control in a vehicle | 03-27-2014 |
20140094987 | TIERED LEVEL OF ACCESS TO A SET OF VEHICLES - An access control system allows a plurality of users various tiered levels of access to a set of vehicles, records driving information and the purposes that the vehicles are driven, and provides reports to a select subsets of users. | 04-03-2014 |
20140094988 | DE-NOISING SCHEDULED TRANSPORTATION DATA - Embodiments of the disclosure include a method for de-noising data in a scheduled transportation system, the method includes receiving a plurality of digital traces that correspond to a piece of equipment in the scheduled transportation system. The method also includes identifying a plurality of journeys from the plurality of digital traces, wherein each of the plurality of journeys corresponds to the piece of equipment traversing one of a plurality of routes and generating a route map and schedule for the scheduled transportation system from the plurality of journeys and the plurality of digital traces. | 04-03-2014 |
20140094989 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING REAL-TIME CONTEXT-AWARE MESSAGES FOR VEHICLE-BASED AND OTHER COMPUTING DEVICES - A mechanism is described for facilitating real-time context-aware messages at computing devices according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes evaluating real-time context-aware data relating to a vehicle, recommending a real-time message based the evaluation of the context-aware data. The recommended message may include one or more of a warning message, an alert message, a reminder message, and an information message. The method may further include facilitating displaying the recommended real-time message at a first display screen at the vehicle or a second display screen of a mobile computing device within a proximity of the vehicle. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 04-03-2014 |
20140094990 | Automated Systems, Devices, and Methods for Transporting and Supporting Patients - Systems, devices, and methods are described for moving a patient to and from various locations, care units, etc., within a care facility. For example a transport and support vehicle includes a body structure including a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface the vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, and a surface structured and dimensioned to support an individual subject. A transport and support vehicle can include, for example, an imager operably coupled to one or more of a power source, a steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., and having one or more modules operable to control the power source, steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., so as to maintain an authorized operator in the image zone. | 04-03-2014 |
20140094991 | DE-NOISING SCHEDULED TRANSPORTATION DATA - Embodiments of the disclosure include a method for de-noising data in a scheduled transportation system, the method includes receiving a plurality of digital traces that correspond to a piece of equipment in the scheduled transportation system. The method also includes identifying a plurality of journeys from the plurality of digital traces, wherein each of the plurality of journeys corresponds to the piece of equipment traversing one of a plurality of routes and generating a route map and schedule for the scheduled transportation system from the plurality of journeys and the plurality of digital traces. | 04-03-2014 |
20140094992 | TRIGGERING A SPECIALIZED DATA COLLECTION MODE - A system for triggering a specialized data collection mode of a vehicle event recorder comprises an input interface, a processor, and an output interface. The input interface is configured to receive a trigger indication from an external trigger source. The processor is configured to determine whether the trigger indication comprises an indication to enter into a specialized data collection mode and, in the event that the trigger indication comprises the indication to enter into the specialized data collection mode, to determine a vehicle event recorder associated with the trigger indication. The output interface is configured to provide a specialized data collection mode indication to enter the specialized data collection mode to the vehicle event recorder in the event that the trigger indication comprises the indication to enter into the specialized data collection mode. | 04-03-2014 |
20140094993 | IMAGING SYSTEMS WITH VERIFICATION PIXELS - An imaging system may include a pixel array having a plurality of image pixels and a plurality of test pixels. The test pixels may each include a photodiode configured to receive a test voltage. For example, the photodiodes of test pixels may be coupled to a bias voltage supply line or the photodiodes may receive test voltages via a column readout line or a row control line. The test voltage may be output on a column line associated with the column of pixels in which the test pixel is located. Verification circuitry may compare the output test signal with a predetermined reference signal to determine whether the imaging system is functioning properly. If an output test signal does not match the expected output signal, the imaging system may be disabled and/or a warning signal may be presented to a user of the system. | 04-03-2014 |
20140094994 | Vehicle Accessory Engagement Tracking - Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for estimating environmental conditions. An example method can comprise determining location information associated with a vehicle and determining status information indicative of time periods when one or more vehicle accessories are engaged. An example method can also comprise providing the location information and the status information to a device configured to estimate environmental conditions based on the location information and the status information. | 04-03-2014 |
20140094995 | System, Method and Odometer Monitor for Detecting Connectivity Status of Mobile Data Terminal to Vehicle - An odometer monitor for monitoring the connectivity status of a mobile data terminal to a vehicle is a module defined in a data processor of the mobile data terminal. The monitor is operable to detect successive timed poll events originating in the mobile data terminal and listen for arrival of corresponding odometer update values from a vehicle tracking device connected to an information bus of the vehicle. Successive odometer updates are compared to calculate the distances travelled between updates, and to make a determination of connectivity status of the mobile data terminal relative to the vehicle based on whether or not the calculated distances are above or below a preset maximum distance. The odometer monitor can verify whether the mobile data terminal remains connected to the same vehicle by checking a vehicle identity module, which may be located in the vehicle tracking device. | 04-03-2014 |
20140094996 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - An energy management system (EMS) controls the energy flows in a vehicle by adapting pricing rules. In the EMS the price (Pm, P | 04-03-2014 |
20140100710 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A PRIMARY DIRECTION OF FORCE RESULTING FROM A VEHICLE COLLISION - A vehicle comprises an acceleration sensing module and a crash direction-computing module. The acceleration-sensing module is configured for generating acceleration information resulting from a vehicle collision event. The acceleration information includes a first direction acceleration value and a second direction acceleration value. The crash direction-computing module is coupled to the acceleration-sensing module for receiving the acceleration information therefrom and is configured for determining impact direction information resulting from the vehicle collision event. Generating the impact direction information includes deriving a first direction delta velocity value from the first direction acceleration value, deriving a second direction delta velocity value from the second direction acceleration value, determining a first delta velocity threshold value based on a delta velocity threshold angle and the first direction delta velocity value, and determining an impact zone based on the first delta velocity threshold value and the second direction delta velocity value. | 04-10-2014 |
20140100711 | VEHICLE BATTERY PACK CELL VOLTAGE DETERMINATION - Methods and systems are provided that determine a voltage of a cell of a battery pack of a vehicle. A sensor is configured to measure a preliminary value of the voltage of the cell while the battery pack is being balanced. A processor is coupled to the sensor, and is configured to determine an offset from balancing of the battery pack, and calculate an adjusted value of the voltage of the cell using the preliminary value and the offset. | 04-10-2014 |
20140100712 | DISPLAY SYSTEM OF EXCAVATING MACHINE AND EXCAVATING MACHINE - An display system of an excavating machine includes: a vehicle condition detector detecting information related to a current position and a posture of the excavating machine having a work equipment including a bucket; a memory unit storing position information of a target surface indicating a target shape of an object to be worked; a display unit displaying the bucket and position information of a design surface and the target surface; and a processing unit calculating a position of a blade edge of the bucket based on the information related to the current position and the posture of the excavating machine, and, when at least part of the bucket enters a predetermined range in a periphery of the target surface in a direction orthogonal to the target surface, displaying a trajectory of the blade edge which is calculated based on the position of the blade edge and which exists in the predetermined range. | 04-10-2014 |
20140100713 | GNSS/IMU POSITIONING, COMMUNICATION, AND COMPUTATION PLATFORMS FOR AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY APPLICATIONS - A GNSS/IMU safety sensor platform is disclosed consisting of data fusion Processors, GNSS Acquisition and Tracking Processors, MEMS IMU sensors, one or multiple accelerometers able to provide orientation information, optional V2V communication modules, and optional V2I communication modules. The data fusion processors provide interface ports to GNSS/IMU processors, odometers, video (Visual/Infrared) cameras installed in the vehicle, V2V relative positioning sensors (laser, radar or any other distance measuring), and V2V and V2I communication modules. The data fusion processors are interfaced to a driver warning system and optionally to the vehicle controls for providing safety warning messages to drivers, or for automatic control of the vehicle for preventing and reducing accidents. | 04-10-2014 |
20140107859 | Method for Simulating the Movement Behaviour of a Fluid in a Closed, Moving Container - A method for simulating the movement behavior of a fluid in a closed moving container is provided. The simulation is based on the determination of the potential movement path of the center of gravity of the volume of the fluid as an elliptical trajectory situated in a disturbance plane having certain semi-axes. | 04-17-2014 |
20140107860 | MAGNETIC FIELD COMPENSATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A compass system configured to compensate for electromagnetic interference in a vehicle is provided that includes an electronic device that is sensitive to electromagnetic interference (EMI), wherein the electronic device is positioned in a vehicle such that the electronic device receives EMI from another accessory in the vehicle, and wherein the electronic device is configured to compensate for the EMI, such that the EMI field caused by the accessory can be detected and added to existing calibration point while the accessory is powered on. | 04-17-2014 |
20140107861 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING PARKING BEHAVIOR OF A VEHICLE - A system, method and apparatus for tracking the parking behavior of a vehicle. In one aspect, the method comprises: a) recording an address associated with a person to whom possession of a vehicle has been provided, b) detecting when the vehicle transitions between a parked state and a non-parked state, and measuring a time duration each time the vehicle is in a parked state; c) for each time duration that exceeds a predetermined minimum time threshold, storing parking information data including a geographic location of the vehicle as a parking instance; d) for a predetermined initial time period subsequent to the person taking possession of the vehicle, comparing, the geographic locations of the parking instances to the associated address; and e) upon determining that none of the geographic locations of the parking instances determined during the predetermined initial time period correspond with the associated address, generating an alert. | 04-17-2014 |
20140107862 | Device And Method For Operating An Unmanned Underwater Vehicle And Underwater Vehicle Having The Device - The invention relates to a device and a method for operating an unmanned underwater vehicle, wherein the underwater vehicle has determining means which determine a usability indicator. A use recommendation for the use of the underwater vehicle in a future mission can be derived or is derived from this usability indicator. The determination of the usability indicator takes place as a function of at least one operating parameter of the underwater vehicle. A decision aid relating to the suitability of the underwater vehicle for a respective purpose of use can be made available for an underwater vehicle, which can be used for different purposes by means of the invention. In addition, the invention relates to an underwater vehicle which has at least the determining means and/or storage means for storing a usability indicator which is determined by means of the device according to the invention. | 04-17-2014 |
20140107863 | Vehicle Control Device, Vehicle Control System - Provided is a technology for performing communications between ECUs with different required safety levels while satisfying the required safety levels of the ECUs. An automotive control unit according to the present invention modifies the error detection method used for data transmission in accordance with the required degree of accuracy of operation of the receiving-end unit (as per FIG. | 04-17-2014 |
20140114497 | In-Vehicle Network System - Provided is an in-vehicle network equipped with a function whereby configuration verification is performed while preventing an increase in the processing load (and cost) for each in-vehicle control device, thus improving vehicle security. This in-vehicle network system is equipped with a configuration management device that authenticates an in-vehicle control device. The configuration management device delivers to the in-vehicle control device, via a registration device connected to the in-vehicle network, configuration verification data that is used to perform configuration verification (see FIG. | 04-24-2014 |
20140114498 | Control Unit for Operating a Motor Vehicle - A control unit for operating a motor vehicle includes a basic module and a function module, which is constructed in a secured run-time environment. The control unit includes predefined first and second interfaces, which each couple the basic module and the function module. The basic module is designed for determining one or more function input quantities, depending on at least one operating quantity, and for providing the function input quantities at the first interface. The basic module is further designed for determining control variables of the actuators, depending on one or more output quantities, which are provided at the second interface. The function module is designed for determining the one or more output quantities, depending on the function input quantities provided t the first interface and a predefined quantity of rules, which output quantities characterize an operating strategy from a quantity of predefined operating strategies, and for providing the output quantities at the second interface. | 04-24-2014 |
20140121856 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING TILT ANGLE OF VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is a method and system for measuring a tilt angle including detecting acceleration of a vehicle through an acceleration sensor; detecting a vehicle speed through a vehicle speed sensor; detecting a position of a shift lever through a shift lever position detector; detecting, by a controller, a rotation direction of a wheel; detecting, by the controller, a rotation direction of a motor; receiving, by the controller, a plurality of input signals; inverting, by the controller, a value of the vehicle speed to a negative number based on the detected position of the shift lever, the rotation direction of the wheel, and the rotation direction of the motor; calculating, by the controller, traveling acceleration based on the vehicle speed or the inverted vehicle speed; and calculating, by the controller tilt angle of the road based on the traveling acceleration and the sensor acceleration. | 05-01-2014 |
20140121857 | SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING THE DRIVING STYLE OF VEHICLE DRIVERS - A system and method of characterizing the driving style of a vehicle driver, comprising determining, by a processor, a vehicle path of a driver, determining one or more average speed values of the vehicle driver from at least the vehicle path, determining a number of times an average vehicle speed in one or more road sections is exceeded by one or more average speed values of the driver and characterizing the driving style of the vehicle driver from at least the one or more average speed values of the driver. Determining a vehicle path of a driver comprises loading one or more GPS points or generic paths, performing a range search for each GPS point, determining one or more unique GPS snap points for each GPS point, determining one or more estimated vehicle paths for each unique GPS snap point and determining a vehicle path from the estimated vehicle paths. | 05-01-2014 |
20140129046 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING, TRANSMITTING AND/OR PROVIDING FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION - An apparatus, a system and a method obtain, transmit and/or provide transportation information. A microprocessor is configured to receive and/or transmit real time information concerning the operation of a vehicle. Real time information, such as, for example, a weight of a vehicle, an air pressure of tires, a location of the truck and the trailer, brake wear of brakes of the truck and/or the trailer, and/or engine measurements may be obtained. The real time information may be encrypted and may be transmitted to a central location using Wi-Fi communication, a cellular telephone network, radio transmission, a transponder, and/or the like. The real time information may be accessed by a terminal communicatively linked to the microprocessor and/or the central location. The signal may indicate vehicle compliance and/or non-compliance with a private commercial requirement and/or state and federal regulations. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129047 | CLOUD-BASED VEHICLE INFORMATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM - Systems and methods for providing a cloud-based vehicle information and control ecosystem are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: providing a first layer of a cloud-based vehicle information and control ecosystem, the first layer being in data communication with at least one network resource via a network cloud; providing a second layer of the cloud-based vehicle information and control ecosystem in data communication with the first layer, the second layer being in data communication with at least one mobile device: providing a third layer of the cloud-based vehicle information and control ecosystem in data communication with the second layer, the third layer including a subsystem for linking the third layer to at least one electronic control unit (ECU) of a vehicle; and causing, by use of a data processor, data indicative of a state change occurring in the at least one ECU to be communicated to a component in the first layer. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129048 | Assistance system for optimizing vehicle operation - An assistance system that optimizes the operation of a self-propelled agricultural working machine includes a device for determining working and efficiency parameters of the machine includes an arithmetic logic unit and a display unit. The arithmetic logic unit processes information generated by machine-internal sensor systems, external information and information stored in the arithmetic logic unit. One or more mathematical models describing the working process are stored in the arithmetic logic unit and derive efficiency parameters of the working machine from the available working parameters and, with consideration for monetary interrelationships, determine the opportunity costs of the working process and visualize the opportunity costs in the display unit. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129049 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A brake override system detects a brake operation based on master cylinder pressure when the brake operation followed by an accelerator operation results in simultaneous performance of the accelerator operation and the brake operation. The brake override system detects the brake operation by a brake switch when the accelerator operation followed by the brake operation results in the simultaneous performance of the accelerator operation and the brake operation. Thus, the system may accurately detect the brake operation regardless of the order of the accelerator operation and the brake operation. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129050 | Method For Granting Permission to Access a Transport Network - A method for granting permission for a vehicle to access a transport network includes an applicant electing in an electronic datafile one or more desired conditions of vehicle use for accessing the network and transmitting the electronic datafile via electronic transmission means to a third party for approval. If the electronic datafile is approved, the third party appends approval data to the datafile, such that the applicant is granted temporary permission to access the network in accordance with the elected desired conditions conditional upon, in a prescribed time frame monitoring hardware being installed in the vehicle, and a monitoring service being engaged to monitor use of the vehicle when accessing the network. When the third party is notified that the hardware has been installed and the service has been engaged the datafile is finalised, granting continued permission to access the transport network. | 05-08-2014 |
20140136012 | VEHICLE ASSOCIATION WITH DRIVER USING MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES - An improved method for asset management is described. The method includes receiving information from a remote reporting device in close proximity to an asset, the information including a first unique identifier associated with the asset and a second unique identifier associated with a user of the asset. The method further includes associating the asset with the user based on the information. Additionally, the method includes monitoring use of the asset and maintaining a record of the use by the user based on the information. | 05-15-2014 |
20140136013 | VEHICLE PERSONAL ASSISTANT - A vehicle personal assistant to engage a user in a conversational dialog about vehicle-related topics, such as those commonly found in a vehicle owner's manual, includes modules to interpret spoken natural language input, search a vehicle knowledge base and/or other data sources for pertinent information, and respond to the user's input in a conversational fashion. The dialog may be initiated by the user or more proactively by the vehicle personal assistant based on events that may be currently happening in relation to the vehicle. The vehicle personal assistant may use real-time inputs obtained from the vehicle and/or non-verbal inputs from the user to enhance its understanding of the dialog and assist the user in a variety of ways. | 05-15-2014 |
20140136014 | VEHICLE BEHAVIOR STABILITY CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle behavior stability control apparatus includes a yaw rate sensor, a lateral acceleration sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, an urgency determining section, a target yaw rate setting section, and an actuator control section. If the urgency determining section determines that an urgency with which a vehicle behavior is to be stabilized is equal to or lower than a determination criterion that indicates a necessity to stabilize the vehicle behavior urgently, the target yaw rate setting section sets, as a target yaw rate, a right-left cooperative target yaw rate that is commonly applied to both right cornering and left cornering. Otherwise, if the urgency determining section determines that the urgency exceeds the determination criterion, the target yaw rate setting section sets, as a target yaw rate, right-left independent target yaw rates that are independently applied to the right cornering and left cornering, respectively. | 05-15-2014 |
20140136015 | VEHICLE DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS - A braking/driving force control unit determines whether or not the driver has a intention of lane change on the basis of the detected road shape and the steering amount. The braking/driving force control unit detects an obstacle which is an obstacle present rearward and sideward of the vehicle. The braking/driving force control unit determines whether approach prevention control for preventing an the vehicle from approaching to the obstacle should start, when it is determined that the driver has the intention of lane change and the obstacle is detected, and performs the approach prevention control for supporting prevention of the vehicle from approaching to the obstacle when it is determined that the control should start. At this time, the braking/driving force control unit determines detection accuracy of the road shape ahead of the vehicle and suppresses the determination of the start of the control when the detection accuracy is low. | 05-15-2014 |
20140136016 | Control Unit for a Motor Vehicle, Programming Unit, and Programming System - A control unit for a motor vehicle includes a central processing unit, which is configured to execute one or more control programs. The control unit has a communication interface, and a memory for storing the program data of respective control programs. The control unit evaluates a program data update request, provided at the communication interface, for a control program that is to be updated. The program data update request includes an address of an external data source, which is independent of the control unit and from which the respective current program data of the control program to be updated can be requested. The control unit outputs a program data request to the external data source, reads in the program data of the respective control programs, which are present at the communication interface in response to the program data request, and stores the program data in the program memory. | 05-15-2014 |
20140136017 | Control Unit for a Motor Vehicle, Programming Unit and Programming System - A control unit for a motor vehicle includes a central processing unit, a communication interface and a memory for storing program data of respective control programs. For programming the control unit with program data, which are stored in a specified manner in the memory, the control unit is operatively configured for supporting a specified set of protocols and for reading-in and analyzing a program data updating prompt for a control program to be updated, which prompt is provided at the communication interface. The updating prompt includes a first indicator representing conceivable protocols usable for programming with updated program data. The control unit, as a function of the first indicator, determines a second indicator, which represents that protocol from the set usable for programming of the control unit with the updated program data. The control unit sends, in response to the program data updating prompt, a program data request, which includes the second indicator. | 05-15-2014 |
20140136018 | IN-VEHICLE DRIVE PATTERN OPTIMIZATION FOR REDUCED ROAD WEAR - The present principles are directed to in-vehicle drive pattern optimization for reduced road wear. A method includes monitoring statuses of various vehicle functions. The method further includes controlling the various vehicle functions to optimize the vehicle drive pattern for reduced road wear, responsive to an output of the monitoring step and known information at least about a road segment currently being or about to be traversed. | 05-15-2014 |
20140142780 | LANE CURVATURE DETECTION SYSTEM BY UTILIZING VEHICULAR AND INERTIAL SENSING SIGNALS - A lane curvature detection system by utilizing vehicular and inertial sensing signals, which utilizes a speed detector, a steering wheel angle sensor, and a driving direction detector, to measure vehicle signals, such as the speed information, steering wheel angle, and driving direction of a vehicle, to estimate a lane curvature for the vehicle, and transmits said lane curvature to following vehicles for reference through a wireless transmission module. The lane curvature can be used to correct a lane curvature model, to increase accuracy of estimation. | 05-22-2014 |
20140142781 | Vehicle Unit And Method For Operating The Vehicle Unit - A vehicle unit and a method are provided for controlling vehicle functions with a microprocessor and connected memory, on which a main operating system, which forms the hardware interface for application programs, and user interactions are implemented. The microprocessor is configured in a microkernel architecture with separate partitions for a main operating system unit, a cryptographic unit and a supervision unit. The main operating system is set up in the main operating system unit, and software certificates are stored in the cryptographic unit and a verification program for verifying certificates and software packages is set up therein. A monitoring program that monitors the operation of the other partitions of the microkernel architecture is provided in the supervision unit. | 05-22-2014 |
20140142782 | EVALUATION OF RESOLVER SENSOR SIGNALS | 05-22-2014 |
20140148970 | Navigation Systems and Vehicles For Predicting Routes - Navigation systems and vehicles for predicting routes are provided. A navigation system includes one or more processors, a satellite antenna, one or more memory modules, which stores one or more previous location, a segment list, and machine readable instructions. The satellite antenna receives a first signal from one or more global positioning system satellites. When executed by the one or more processors, the machine readable instructions cause the navigation system to transform the first signal into a first location of the navigation system, access the one or more previous locations stored in the one or more memory modules, automatically determine that a turn has occurred based on the first location and the one or more previous locations, store a segment in the segment list after it is determined that the turn has occurred, and predict a route based on the segment list. | 05-29-2014 |
20140148971 | PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - When a host vehicle moves forward, a drawing arithmetic unit and a display of an ECU which display the image of the surroundings of the host vehicle display a trajectory when the host vehicle moves forward from the current position at the current steering angle and trajectories when the host vehicle is reversed from the current position at a steering angle different from the current steering angle so as to be superimposed on a bird's-eye image. | 05-29-2014 |
20140148972 | DRIVING EVENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM - This vehicle monitoring system provides a plurality of sensors in the vehicle recording performance of the vehicle. A processor (remote or on-board) receives data from the sensors. The processor classifies the data from the at least one sensor as an event in one of a plurality of classifications. The processor associates at least one parameter with the classification. | 05-29-2014 |
20140148973 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE CODE FOR OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE OF A POWERED SYSTEM - A system to optimize performance of a powered system, the system including a data device configured to provide current information about current operating conditions of the powered system and/or prior information about the powered system, a controller configured to control operation of the powered system, and a processor configured to provide at least one control command to the controller for use in operating the powered system and/or user information with at least one recommended command to a user to control the powered system, wherein the at least one control command and/or user information are based at least in part on the current information and/or the prior information. A system and computer software code, stored on a computer readable media and executable with a processor, are also disclosed. | 05-29-2014 |
20140156104 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING VEHICLE EVIDENCE - Systems and methods to request and collect evidence elements from one or more evidence systems responsive to a triggering event are disclosed. An evidence request beacon may be generated based at least in part on information associated with the triggering event. The evidence request beacon may be received by one or more evidence systems and may be evaluated to determine if potentially relevant evidence is available from the evidence system. If potentially relevant evidence elements are available from the one or more evidence systems, then the potentially relevant evidence elements may be provided to the requesting system. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156105 | Conditioning a Performance Metric for an Operator Display - Real time determination of current vs. optimum performance in a track-type tractor is complex and requires information about both a state of the tractor and the operating environment, such as soil conditions. Presenting such data to an operator creates a problem of conveying sufficient information without undue complexity. A three part display for an operator shows a full range of performance, a subset range of performance associated with peak performance that is overlaid on the full range of performance, and a current performance indicator also overlaid on the full range of performance, such that peak performance is achieved when the current performance indicator is centered on the subset range of performance. The subset range of performance may move over the full range of performance to indicate operating conditions favoring a particular condition, e.g., low slip. An operator may then effect a change by adjusting, for example, speed or load. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156106 | METHOD FOR RECORDING VEHICLE-RELEVANT DATA, IN PARTICULAR FOR DETECTING AND FOR EVALUATING MINOR DAMAGE, SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR INSTALLATION IN A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - A method for recording vehicle-relevant data, in particular for detecting and evaluating damage to a vehicle in which structure-borne noise caused by an event, such as damage or contact, is detected and evaluated. The noise is recorded with its entire frequency spectrum, the frequency spectrum is divided into a lower frequency range and an upper frequency range, and an event is characterized by at least one amplitude in the upper frequency range. The event having an amplitude in the upper frequency range is included in an envelope curve analysis, in which a lower power density and upper power density are determined for a lower and upper frequency range, respectively. A relative measured value is determined from the ratio of the upper power density to the lower power density, an evaluation of the event is made by means of the relative measured value, and the event is stored. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156107 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION TARGET DEVICE IN VEHICLE, AND STEERING WHEEL - A first detector is configured to detect a state where a first area in a touch sensor mounted on a grip portion that a driver grips on a steering wheel is touched. A second detector is configured to detect a state where a particular input operation is performed on a second area located on the upper side of the first area in the touch sensor. A controller is configured to control an operation target device to be operated with the touch sensor according to the particular input operation when the first detector detects the state where the first area is touched and the second detector detects the state where the particular input operation is performed. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156108 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING A PERSON IN PLANNING A JOURNEY WITH AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A NAVIGATION DEVICE - A person is to be assisted in planning a journey with an electric vehicle. Information relating to an overall region with destinations within reach of the electric vehicle are outputted. For this purpose, a starting region is determined, from which a boundary can be reached with the electric vehicle from a current vehicle location and based on a current state of charge of the energy storage device without recharging. Locations of charging stations are then determined in the starting region. For each charging station, the boundary of a region is determined that can be reached indirectly from the respective charging station without further recharging, based on a state of charge that changed when the electric vehicle was recharged. The overall region is composed of the starting region and regions that can be reached indirectly. | 06-05-2014 |
20140163768 | EVENT AND CONDITION DETERMINATION BASED ON SENSOR DATA - Sensors on vehicles may be used to automatically obtain data about events and conditions pertaining to vehicles. The data may be automatically provided to a server, third party, agency, subscriber, a vehicle, a driver, or the like. In example embodiments, data may be obtained regarding vehicles pertaining to, for example, location, braking, acceleration, turning, stopping, speed, direction, video data (e.g., via a camera on the vehicle), tire pressure, depth, or the like, or any appropriate combination thereof. The obtained data may aggregated. The aggregated data may be utilized to determine if events related to the vehicle are occurring and to determine a condition associated with the event. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163769 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING DATA IN A CONSIST - A system for communicating a dataset may include at least a first and a second communication line. The system may also include a first transceiver configured to communicate a first data signal indicative of the dataset over the first communication line and a second transceiver configured to communicate a second data signal indicative of the dataset over the second communication line. The system may also include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive the first data signal and the second data signal and compare the first data signal and the second data signal to determine whether the first data signal or the second data signal comprises a more accurate signal. The processor may also be configured to determine the dataset based upon the more accurate signal. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163770 | ROAD SURFACE CONDITION ESTIMATING METHOD, AND ROAD SURFACE CONDITION ESTIMATING APPARATUS - The invention provides a method and apparatus capable of accurately estimating a road surface condition under a traveling vehicle using unsprung acceleration and wheel speed data. The unsprung fore-aft acceleration (Gx) is detected by an acceleration sensor ( | 06-12-2014 |
20140172186 | CAPACITIVE STEERING WHEEL SWITCHES WITH AUDIBLE FEEDBACK - A vehicle system including a switch assembly for actuating a device having predetermined function, and a notification assembly in communication with the switch assembly. The switch assembly includes a first switch and a second switch. The first switch is in communication with the notification assembly, and the second switch is in communication with the device. Upon actuation of the first switch, the notification assembly provides a signal that identifies the predetermined function of the device, and upon actuation of the second switch, the device performs the predetermined function. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172187 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SNOW MODE OF VEHICLE - An apparatus and a method that control a snow mode of a vehicle. The apparatus and method that control the snow mode of the vehicle temporarily remove a snow mode from a plurality of driving modes by disabling the snow mode on warmer temperatures days when a snow mode operation of a vehicle is not necessary to prevent the snow mode from being set due to a driver mistake while reducing a pressing frequency of a button required to switch to another driving mode without passing through the snow mode when switching to the another driving mode. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172188 | Security for a Wireless ECU Vehicle System - A secure wireless vehicle control system includes a power source installed in a vehicle and a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) operative to control the operation of components of the vehicle, where each of the ECUs is connected to the power source via electrical wiring, configured with at least a communications unit for receiving security information via the electrical wiring, and also configured with a wireless transceiver operative to use the security information to secure wireless transmission. An ECU includes a wired connection to a vehicle's power source, a communications unit operative to at least receive security information via the wired connection, and a wireless transceiver operative to communicate with at least one other ECU, where the wireless transceiver is configured to use the security information to secure communications with the at least one other ECU. A method for securing wireless communications for an ECU includes receiving security information on a communications unit via a wired connection to a vehicle's power source, and using the security information to secure the wireless communications. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172189 | METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A COURSE OF A ROAD AHEAD - In a method for providing to a driver assistance system of a vehicle a course of a road ahead in relation to a geographical position and a direction of travel of the vehicle using the road, the geographical position is determined and the direction of travel is detected. Environmental data in the form of aerial image data are retrieved in relation to an aerial image of a predetermined area around the vehicle. The environmental data is evaluated for identifying road data of the used road from the aerial image data, and the vehicle is associated with the road. The position of the vehicle is determined relative to the road, and the course of the road is determined from the road data. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172190 | Method and system for determining that a user has operated a vehicle ignition switch - In telematics device mounted to a vehicle, an auxiliary processor detects an interrupt from an accelerometer and forwards the interrupt to a main processor—the interrupt wakes up the processor from a sleep mode. The main processor may then compare vehicle voltage and/or a value for a speed parameter to predetermined criteria to determine whether the interrupt was a false positive or if the accelerometer missed a detection of a user cranking up the vehicle. The main processor may also enter a conditional state if monitored information meets a minimum threshold. During the conditional state, the processor may operate according to rules for a current operational state and also according to rules for a changed state. The threshold for deeming a changed operational state is higher than for entering a conditional state to evaluate whether a change of operational state (i.e., on to off, or off to on) occurred. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172191 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTICAL MEASURING OF TYRE ADHESION AND TYRE SUITABLE SAID MEASUREMENT - A system for measuring the grip between a vehicle wheel tyre and a road surface comprising a fibre optic ( | 06-19-2014 |
20140180495 | DETERMINING REAL-TIME DELAY OF TRANSPORT - A delay of a scheduled transport which runs along a route according to a timetable is determined The route comprises at least one leg. Determining the delay is based on a detailed reference schedule indicating arbitrary time-stamped reference positions of a transport that is on time. A request is received for the transport's delay by a user device located on the transport. The request indicates at least the current position of the transport. The transport's delay is calculated on the basis of the current position indicated in the request, a time-stamp and the corresponding time-stamped reference position of the detailed reference schedule. The calculated delay is returned to the user device. The calculated delay is stored into a logbook. In response to a request not indicating the current position of the transport, the delay is returned on the basis of the logbook. | 06-26-2014 |
20140180496 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING DROWSY DRIVING - A system and method of detecting drowsy driving that include a controller configured to calculate basic characteristics based on steering torque information and lateral displacement information for every first time and basic thresholds based on the basic characteristics for a second time. In addition, the controller calculates a current characteristic based on the steering torque information and the lateral displacement information for every third time and calculates current thresholds based on the current characteristic for a fourth time. The controller then compares the current thresholds and the current characteristics to determine whether drowsy driving is generated. | 06-26-2014 |
20140180497 | ROAD SURFACE SHAPE ESTIMATING DEVICE - A road surface shape estimating device includes a target detecting unit, a coordinate calculating unit and an estimating unit. The target detecting unit detects a known target from a captured image capturing an area ahead of a vehicle. The known target is a target of which a size and positional relationship to a road surface is known. The coordinate calculating unit determines three-dimensional coordinates for each known target from a size and position in the captured image of the known target detected by the target detecting unit. The estimating unit estimates a road surface shape using the three-dimensional coordinates calculated by the coordinate calculating unit. | 06-26-2014 |
20140188304 | OPTIMAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM - An optimal vehicle battery recommendation system includes at least one sensor to detect a manipulation of the vehicle. A driver behavior module determines a driving behavior of a driver of the vehicle. A vehicle consumption module determines battery information of an on-board battery currently connected to the vehicle, and determines energy consumption of the vehicle. A battery capacity advisor module is in electrical communication with the driver behavior module and the vehicle consumption module. The battery capacity module determines a replacement battery option that changes at least one battery characteristic of the on-board battery based on the driver behavior model and the vehicle consumption model. | 07-03-2014 |
20140195068 | INTELLIGENT ROAD SIGNS - An approach is provided for providing customized information to a driver of a vehicle. The approach is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to: obtain one or more parameters of a vehicle; obtain environmental conditions outside of the vehicle; and calculate a speed at which the vehicle should traverse a portion of a road. The calculating is based on the one or more parameters of the vehicle and the environmental conditions outside of the vehicle. The approach is further operable to provide the calculated speed to the vehicle. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195069 | DRIVE ASSISTING SYSTEM - A drive assisting device in an in-vehicle device calculates drive assisting information associated with an intersection required for drive assisting control to an assisting vehicle based on intersection information of the relevant intersection received from a road side instrument, and calculates the drive assisting information according to type of drive assisting information when performing the drive assisting control associated with the intersection based on the drive assisting information. The drive assisting device divides the drive assisting information for every type (static information and dynamic information at the intersection), and sequentially performs the calculation. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195070 | VEHICLE INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS - A vehicle information recording apparatus for a vehicle includes a collision determination section and an information management section. The collision determination section determines the presence or absence of a collision between the vehicle and an object based on (i) detection values of impact sensors which detect impacts applied to the vehicle and (ii) detection values by proximity sensors which detect an approach of the object to the vehicle. The information management section records collision data concerning the collision based on a determination result by the collision determination section. This enables a detection of a collision with an object as a recording target while reducing influence of vibration or noise. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195071 | EMERGENCY EVENT BASED VEHICLE DATA LOGGING - System and method for enabling predefined events to be used to trigger the collection of vehicle position data. A combination GSM device and GPS device is used to collect vehicle position data and to convey that position data to a remote computing device for review and/or analysis. There is a tradeoff between collecting too much data (cell phone bill is too high) and collecting too little data (value added analytics cannot be achieved without sufficient data). The concepts disclosed herein relate to method and apparatus to enable the data collection/transmission paradigm of such a GSM/GPS to be varied (or triggered) based on the detection of one or more predefined events. This enables data which can contribute to value added analytics to be acquired, without wasting airtime on unimportant data. | 07-10-2014 |
20140200735 | Parity on Data Link Switches - A system for monitoring switch activity using a data network includes a double pole double throw switch biased and connected to provide redundant signals from both outputs of the same switch and to convey both signals over a data network, such as a controller area network (CAN). The switch outputs may be biased to opposite polarities to improve distance between the signals. | 07-17-2014 |
20140200736 | PC-BASED AUTOMOBILE OWNER'S MANUAL, DIAGNOSTICS, AND AUTO CARE - A computer built into an automobile displays the owner's manual for the car. The user requests more information about the automobile through the computer, and the additional information is displayed to the user. Information may include a description of a specific function or device of the car, service history, and/or real time status of a component of the car. | 07-17-2014 |
20140200737 | USER IDENTIFICATION AND PERSONALIZED VEHICLE SETTINGS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system and method for identifying an occupant of a vehicle as an authorized user and managing settings and configurations of vehicle components based on personal preferences of the authorized user includes detecting occupant characteristics from multiple sensors, determining whether the occupant is an authorized user of the vehicle based on a comparison of the occupant characteristics with a user database including registered user profiles, and automatically adjusting vehicle cabin and/or control components based on personal preferences of the occupant identified as a registered user. | 07-17-2014 |
20140200738 | VEHICLE ACCIDENT HISTORY RECORDER - A vehicle accident history recorder is provided. The vehicle accident history recorder comprises: a collision detection sensor for detecting a collision of a vehicle; a collision determination section for determining an occurrence of the collision based on a detection result of the collision detection sensor; a yaw rate sensor for detecting a yaw rate of the vehicle; a damaged portion determination section for determining a damaged portion of the vehicle in the collision based on the detection result of the collision detection sensor and a detection result of the yaw rate sensor when the collision determination section determines the occurrence of the collision; and a storage device for storing a determination result of the damaged portion determination section in a readable form. | 07-17-2014 |
20140200739 | ENHANCING VEHICLE CONNECTIVITY - One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for enhancing vehicle connectivity are provided herein. In one or more embodiments, rule based actions may be implemented in connection with a vehicle. A system may include input devices or input components associated with a vehicle that may receive vehicle data. Output devices or output components associated with the vehicle may generate actions for the vehicle. A control component may monitor data in connection with a rule or a conditional rule. This data may include input data, remote data, etc. The rule may include conditions and corresponding actions. When the input component receives data which satisfies one or more conditions, an action may be generated. In one or more embodiments, the action may be an action remote to the vehicle or an action local to the vehicle. | 07-17-2014 |
20140207307 | VEHICLE DRIVER ASSIST ARRANGEMENT - A vehicle driver assist arrangement includes a processor configured to receive road profile data representative of a road profile in front of the vehicle and to receive current vehicle velocity data representative of a current velocity of the vehicle. The processor processes the road profile data to detect if the road in front of the vehicle contains a hidden or at least partially hidden curve, and to communicate with a user interface to issue a warning if a hidden or at least partially hidden curve is detected and the current vehicle velocity exceeds a threshold velocity. | 07-24-2014 |
20140207308 | ABSOLUTE ACCELERATION SENSOR FOR USE WITHIN MOVING VEHICLES - A communication system for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed sensor configured to emit a periodic function with a parameter correlated to the speed of the vehicle, an acceleration monitoring system, a braking system engagement detector to detect a braking status of the vehicle, an alerting device capable of signaling other drivers of a deceleration condition of the vehicle, and a control device. The acceleration monitoring system is configured to compute the acceleration of the vehicle from variations in the parameter of the periodic function of the vehicle speed sensor and to output a deceleration status of the vehicle. The control device is coupled to the acceleration monitoring system, the braking system engagement detector, and the alerting device, wherein the acceleration monitoring system sends signals to the control device and the control device operates the alerting device in a manner dependent on the deceleration status of the vehicle. | 07-24-2014 |
20140207309 | VEHICLE DRIVER DETERMINATION AND BEHAVIOR MONITORING - What is disclosed are various methods, systems, and software for operating vehicle monitoring systems. Information is processed to determine the driver of a vehicle, if the driver is using a wireless device, and driving events. | 07-24-2014 |
20140214233 | IN-VEHICLE ECU - An in-vehicle ECU is provided that minimizes electric power consumption while an internal microcomputer does not need to operate. Furthermore, a power supply IC stops supplying an operation power from a power supply output unit in a pre-OFF mode, and restarts the supply of the operation power to the microcomputer when an OR gate output signal is “H”. A CPU of the microcomputer, if, at the time of the restart of the operation power after the pre-OFF mode was set, a predetermined time has elapsed since the pre-OFF mode was set, without any change in an activation factor, which is to serve as a factor for activating the microcomputer, based on whether or not there is a temporal change in external input information, outputs a power supply control signal of “H” in order to execute a power supply stop operation for stopping supplying electric power to ECUs subjected to power supply control. | 07-31-2014 |
20140222244 | DRIVE SUPPORT DEVICE AND DRIVE SUPPORT METHOD - A drive support device that supports driving operation of a vehicle, includes: a vehicle speed sensor that detects a current vehicle speed of the vehicle; a target vehicle speed control unit that calculates a reference target vehicle speed range of the vehicle, that sets an indication upper limit speed on the basis of the current vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed sensor, and determines a target vehicle speed range that is a speed range lower than or equal to the indication upper limit speed on the basis of the reference target vehicle speed range; and a target vehicle speed indicating unit that indicates the target vehicle speed range determined by the target vehicle speed control unit. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222245 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING DRIVING SKILL ATROPHY - A system for preventing driving skill atrophy comprises a trainer module that determines the driver's current skill level, disables certain automated features based on the determined skill level, and forces the driver to use and hone her driving skills. The system collects data to determine through on-board vehicle sensors how a driver is driving the vehicle. The system then compares the driver's current driving skills with the driver's historical driving skills or the general population's driving skills. Based on the comparison, the system determines whether the driver's skill level is stagnant, improving or deteriorating. If the skill level is improving, for example, the system disables certain automated driving features to give driver more control of the vehicle. | 08-07-2014 |
20140236381 | CROP SENSING DISPLAY - Signals representing a sensed crop attribute are received for a least one forage plant in at least one row being harvested by one of a plurality of portions of a harvesting width engaged in harvesting. Control signals are generated causing the display to present information for plants harvested by the portion of the harvest width based on the sensed crop attribute. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236382 | SERVER REQUEST FOR DOWNLOADED INFORMATION FROM A VEHICLE-BASED MONITOR - A system for triggered request for downloaded information from a vehicle-based monitor comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The processor is coupled to the transmitter and the receiver. The processor is configured to determine whether it is desired to receive one or more data from a vehicle-based monitor. In the event that it is desired to receive one or more data from the vehicle-based monitor, the processor is configured to provide an indication that it is desired to receive the one or more data from the vehicle-based monitor. The processor is configured to receive the one or more data. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236383 | IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS - An in-vehicle apparatus in a vehicle executes a vehicular application software-program and communicates with an information center that manages a general attribute of the application software-program. The in-vehicle apparatus includes an information acquisition section and an information transmission section. The information acquisition section acquires a general-attribute information data while the application software-program is executed, the general-attribute information data being an information data on the general attribute of the application software-program. The information transmission section transmits the general-attribute information data acquired by the information acquisition section to the information center (i) when a period of time for which the application software-program is executed reaches a predetermined threshold period of time or (ii) when an execution count that is a count of executions of the application software-program reaches a predetermined threshold execution count. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236384 | Vehicle Control Software and Vehicle Control Apparatus - A vehicle control software includes control data serving as information for controlling a vehicle; a public side software component serving as a software component for laying open the control data; a plurality of reference side software components each serving as a software component for referring to the control data; and data conversion software for converting a data format when transferring the control data between the public side software component and each of the reference side software components. In this vehicle control software, the data conversion software is subjected to an activate request at a predetermined timing, makes a reference request of the public side software component, and converts the acquired control data into a data format to which the public side software component refers. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236385 | VEHICLE AND METHOD OF TUNING PERFORMANCE OF SAME - A method for tuning a vehicle's performance may include measuring a plurality of parameters representing the vehicle's current handling condition and the vehicle's limit handling condition, determining a margin between the vehicle's current handling condition and limit handling condition, characterizing the driver's dynamic control of the vehicle based on the margin, and altering at least one tunable vehicle performance parameter based on the characterization. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236386 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - A driving assistance apparatus includes a plurality of model candidates that define a correspondence relationship between a driving operation performed by a driver and information indicating relative positions of a moving body detected on a periphery of a host vehicle and the host vehicle. The driving assistance apparatus determines a model to be used from among the plurality of model candidates on the basis of information relating to the detected moving body, and executes driving assistance on the basis of the determined model and a driving operation performed by the driver following detection of the moving body. Preferably, the determined model can be updated on the basis of the determined model and the driving operation performed by the driver following detection of the moving body. | 08-21-2014 |
20140244066 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DATA COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A VEHICLE AND HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method of controlling data communication between a vehicle and a plurality of wireless networks includes tracking a location of the vehicle over time to identify a known route, and tracking a signal duration for each of the plurality of wireless networks. One of the plurality of wireless networks that provides the longest signal duration for the vehicle, and which is available for data communication with the vehicle along the identified known route, is identified. When a current route of the vehicle is the same as the known route, data communication from the vehicle is connected to the available wireless network identified as providing the longest signal duration for the vehicle when moving along the identified known route. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244067 | ROAD GRADE AUTO-MAPPING - Road grade is modeled over a region in which a vehicle is driven on roadways having a grade that varies over a plurality of predetermined grade ranges. A succession of grade values are generated while operating the vehicle at a predetermined rate, wherein each grade value identifies a respective grade range then being encountered. A Markov chain road-grade model is updated in response to the succession of grade values, wherein the model represents respective elements of probability in a matrix of transition events from each predetermined grade range to a respective next-in-succession grade range. Each element of the matrix has a value π | 08-28-2014 |
20140244068 | Vehicle State Prediction in Real Time Risk Assessments - A driver assistance system takes as input a number of different types of vehicle environment inputs including positions of objects in the vehicle's environment. The system identifies possible outcomes that may occur as a result of the positions of the objects in the environment. The possible outcomes include predicted positions for the objects involved in each outcome. The system uses the inputs to determine a likelihood of occurrence of each of the possible outcomes. The system also uses the inputs to determine a current risk value for objects as well as predicted risk values for objects for the possible outcomes. A total risk value can be determined by aggregating the current and predicted risk values of an object weighted by the likelihood of occurrence. Total risk values for objects can be used to determine how the driver assistance system responds to the inputs. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244069 | VEHICLE COMPONENT CONTROL - Described embodiments provide a device controlling at least one of components of a vehicle in response to a control command from user equipment. The device may be configured to assign a first control level and a control state to each component of the vehicle, to assign a second control level to user equipment, and to allow the user equipment to control a target component of the vehicle when a first control level of the target component is equivalent to a second control level of the user equipment and a control state of the target component is equivalent to a state of the vehicle. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244070 | PARKING ASSIST APPARATUS, PARKING ASSIST METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A parking assist apparatus includes a detection portion detecting a parking target position from a captured image captured by an imager or from distance information measured by a distance measuring portion, a setting portion setting the detected parking target position as a target of the parking assist, a moving amount calculation portion calculating a moving amount of the vehicle, the moving amount being calculated before the parking target position is set as the target of the parking assist, a correction portion correcting the parking target position on the basis of the calculated moving amount, and a display portion displaying a surrounding image which represents an external environment around the vehicle and a parking region image which indicates the parking-possible region at the parking target position corrected by the correction portion in a manner that the surrounding image and the parking region image are superimposed on each other. | 08-28-2014 |
20140249691 | TRAJECTORY PLANNER FOR A TRAILER BACKUP ASSIST SYSTEM - In one embodiment of the disclosed subject matter, a trailer backup assist system includes a state estimator that determines a current position of a trailer relative to a waypoint position. In addition, the trailer backup assist system includes a trajectory planner that generates first and second circular trajectories tangent to one another spanning between the current and waypoint positions. The trailer backup assist system also includes a controller that reverses the trailer to the waypoint position along the first and second circular trajectories, which are dynamically regenerated as the trailer reverses along the first circular trajectory. | 09-04-2014 |
20140257592 | System and Method to Provide Event Data on a Map Display - A system and method are disclosed herein to determine an insurance premium discount based on telematics data. The system includes a computer memory and a processor in communication with the computer memory. The computer memory stores data indicative telematics data received from a sensor within a vehicle, including at least one of geo-position information of the vehicle and vehicle kinematics data. The processor is configured to identify safety events and associated safety event locations based on the telematics data. The processor is further configured to display to the driver indications of the safety events on a map display along with indications of safety events associated with other drivers. | 09-11-2014 |
20140257593 | VEHICULAR DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM - It is a task of the invention to provide an art that makes it possible to provide driving support suited for the feeling of a driver in a system that supports the avoidance of a collision of a vehicle. In order to achieve this task, according to the invention, in a system that supports the avoidance of a collision of a vehicle, a traveling range as a range of a route on which a host vehicle is to travel in a range of a driving operation to be normally performed by a driver is obtained, driving support is not provided if there is a route that allows a solid body to be avoided within the traveling range, and driving support is provided if there is no route that allows the solid body to be avoided within the traveling range. | 09-11-2014 |
20140257594 | DATA RECORDING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - In order to carry out data recording efficiently, a data recording apparatus for a vehicle in the present invention determines whether a predetermined event occurs in a vehicle. When it is determined that a predetermined event occurs, generally at least data indicating a vehicle state is recorded in a recording part from an occurrence of the predetermined event until a predetermined period of time elapses. Also, it is determined whether, at a time when it is determined that the predetermined event occurs, the recording in the recording part is actually being carried out. When it is determined that the recording is actually being carried out, the data indicating the vehicle state at that time is recorded in the recording part instead of recording the data based on the occurrence of the predetermined event at least from the occurrence of the predetermined event until the predetermined period of time elapses. | 09-11-2014 |
20140277823 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Traffic Conditions - A system includes a vehicle processor configured to detect one or more brake presses. The processor is also configured to detect one or more accelerator presses. Further, the processor is configured to add values related to the brake presses and accelerator presses to aggregate an index value based on detected brake and acceleration presses. The processor is additionally configured to enact a safety and convenience related measure based on the index value passing at least a first predetermined threshold. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277824 | System, Method, and Apparatus to Detect and Report Track Structure Defects - A system, method, and apparatus for detecting and reporting track defects while a train is in motion on railway tracks includes at least one defect sensor configured to sense an acceleration of at least a portion of the train; and at least one computer-readable medium. The at least one computer-readable medium comprises program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: detect, while the train is in motion on the railway tracks, at least one track defect in the railway tracks based at least partially on the acceleration of the at least a portion of the train; and generate track defect data based at least partially on a location of the train when the at least one track defect is detected. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277825 | VEHICLE SIGNAL LEVER PROXIMITY SENSING FOR LANE CHANGE INTENTION DETECTION WITH FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION TO DRIVER - A system includes a turn signal lever, at least one exterior sensor configured to detect a condition of an area surrounding a vehicle, and a display configured to display information about the condition of the area surrounding vehicle. The turn signal lever includes at least one sensor configured to detect a touch or a proximity of a user's finger or hand. The turn signal lever includes a top sensor and a bottom sensor, which are configured to distinguish between intended actuation of the lever by the user for a left turn or a right turn. The display is configured to display information indicating a degree of safety for performing the intended turn. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277826 | SEAT OCCUPANT DETERMINING APPARATUS - A seat passenger determination apparatus includes: a door closing timing detector configured to detect door closing timing after having gotten out of the vehicle directly or indirectly; a counter unit configured to start counting when the load detected by the load detector falls within a threshold value and reset the count when the load is deviated from the threshold value; a determination processing unit configured to determine that no passenger is seated on the vehicle seat because the passenger has gotten out, and transfer the mode to the not-seated recognition mode when the state in which the load within the predetermined threshold value continues for a predetermined time is detected by the counter unit; and a count restricting unit configured to stop the counting process performed by the counter unit temporarily when the door-closed state is detected by the door closing timing detector during the determination by the determination processing unit. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277827 | VEHICLE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS HAVING A SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP DEVICE AND A SENSOR - A vehicle measurement apparatus and a method for measuring vehicle data are provided. For example, the vehicle measurement apparatus includes a system-on-a-chip (SoC) device configured to integrate a programmable module with a microcontroller unit to receive vehicle data, process the vehicle data, and communicate the processed vehicle data to a remote computer. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277828 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS VEHICLE CONTENT DETERMINATION - A fleet management system providing a manager with a tailored user interface based on the enabled features recognized in a vehicle. The fleet management system may monitor two or more vehicles, wherein each vehicle may have one or more processors. The one or more processors may receive an initialization signal from the fleet management system. The one or more processors may perform a query of one or more vehicle modules for enabled features in response to the initialization signal received from the fleet management system. The query of enabled vehicle features may be based on one or more criteria. The system may transmit to a server a signal indicating the enabled vehicle features installed in the vehicle. The system may output the enabled vehicle features to a user while tailoring the user screen data based on the enabled features. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277829 | Drive System Power Measurement and Diagnostic System - An apparatus comprising a housing, a gearing system disposed within the housing and comprising a plurality of targets, a plurality of sensors incorporated within the housing, a processor in electrical signal communication with the sensors, and a user interface in signal communication with the processor. A method comprising providing a drive system comprising a drive system power measuring and diagnostic system, wherein the drive system is configured to rotate one or more components comprising a plurality of targets, sense the targets with a sensor pair, thereby producing a data signal, process the data signal from the one or more sensor pairs, thereby producing a processed data signal, and output the processed data signal to a user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277830 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE DRIVING INFORMATION - A system and method for providing vehicle driving information are provided. The method includes receiving, by a controller, one or more status variables that indicate a driving pattern of a driver and determining whether the one or more input status variables are within a predetermined error range of a stored potential dangerous section status variable. In addition the method includes determining, by the controller, whether a warning message is output based on a present velocity of the vehicle when the one or more input status variables are within the predetermined error range of the stored potential dangerous section status variable. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277831 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING DATA TRANSFER RATES FROM A VEHICLE DATA LOGGER WHEN A QUALITY OF THE CELLULAR OR SATELLITE LINK IS POOR - System and method for reducing data transfer rates when a quality of the cellular or satellite link (i.e., a long range wireless data link) is poor. Such a concept is particularly well suited to embodiments where the vehicle data being logged or collected includes position data, because consumers of vehicle data that includes position data often desire to have such data exported from the vehicle on frequent basis, so that the physical location of fleet vehicles can be tracked in real-time. In one embodiment, before transmitting data a current location of the vehicle is checked against known bad locations, and no data is sent when the current location is known to be bad. In another embodiment, if successful data transmission is not confirmed during a first time period, additional transmission attempts are delayed for a second time period. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277832 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL DRIVING BEHAVIOR - In an abnormal driving behavior detection system for a vehicle, an obtainer repeatedly obtains an observed value indicative of at least one of a running condition of the vehicle and a driver's driving operation of the vehicle. A mode-probability calculator calculates, each time an observed value is obtained at a given obtaining timing as a target obtained value, a mode probability for each of driving modes as a function of one or more previous observed values. A deviation calculator obtains a predicted observed value for each driving mode using a driver's normal behavior model defined therefor, and calculates a deviation of the target observed value from the predicted observed value for each driving mode. An abnormality determiner determines whether there is at least one driver's abnormal behavior based on the mode probability for each driving mode and the deviation calculated for each driving mode. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277833 | EVENT TRIGGERED TRIP DATA RECORDER - Technology is disclosed for performing a combination of detecting events and recording data associated with the events (“the technology”). The technology monitors for various predefined events, where the events can include any unsafe vehicle operation, any unusual objects on the road, a scenic view, a traffic incident, etc. The technology gathers and stores data associated with the predefined events when any one or more of such events are detected during the monitoring. The technology uses cameras and other sensors to gather data associated with a detected event. | 09-18-2014 |
20140288727 | COLLISION SENSOR, COLLISION SENSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A collision sensor, a collision sensing system, and a method of mounting a collision sensor to a vehicle are disclosed herein. An embodiment of the collision sensor includes, but is not limited to, a processor and a three-axis accelerometer that is communicatively coupled with the processor. The three-axis accelerometer is configured to detect an acceleration experienced by a vehicle and to generate a signal indicative of the acceleration. The processor is configured to obtain the signal from the three-axis accelerometer and to determine when the vehicle has experienced a collision based, at least in part, on the signal. | 09-25-2014 |
20140288728 | VEHICLE-ONBOARD APPARATUS SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND VEHICLE-ONBOARD MACHINE - A vehicle-onboard apparatus system, comprises a portable terminal and a vehicle-onboard machine that are configured to be coupled to each other for communication. The portable terminal and the vehicle-onboard machine each store operation logs including operation contents thereof. When an operation of the vehicle-onboard machine and an operation of the portable terminal relate to each other, an operation log resulting from the operation of the vehicle-onboard machine and an operation log resulting from the operation of the portable terminal are associated with each other by first identification information. The vehicle-onboard machine makes a user to recognize the first identification information corresponding to an operation causing detected predetermined state. When the portable terminal receives an input of the first identification information presented by the vehicle-onboard machine, the portable terminal acquires the operation log associated with the input first identification information. The portable terminal analyzes the acquired operation log. | 09-25-2014 |
20140297058 | System and Method for Capturing and Preserving Vehicle Event Data - The invention relates to a system and method for capturing and preserving vehicle event data. A vehicle-mount computer is adapted to capture video and other data relating to the operation of the vehicle. Event sensors inform the system of the occurrence of a vehicle event, which may include a sudden deceleration or change in yaw indicative of a vehicle accident. Upon the occurrence of a vehicle event, the system preserves the data for later use in the investigation of the vehicle event. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297059 | VISUAL CONFIRMATION EVALUATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A visual confirmation evaluating apparatus generates unobstructed state information indicating that a driver in a vehicle at an intersection is in a position capable of visually confirming roads on the right and left. This unobstructed state information is used to evaluate a safety check made by the driver, in order to improve the accuracy of the evaluation. In addition, the visual confirmation evaluating apparatus generates viewing direction information indicating a direction in which the driver of the vehicle should look at the intersection, and an appropriateness of a line of sight of the driver is evaluated using the viewing direction information. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297060 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FUNCTIONS OF A VEHICLE BY SPEECH - A system for controlling functions of a vehicle by speech is disclosed. The system includes a mobile terminal of a network, speech processor for converting recorded speech into digital characters, and a vehicle-based interface. The mobile network terminal includes a microphone for recording a user's speech, and a terminal interface for communication with the vehicle-based interface. The vehicle-based interface is connected to a subsystem of the vehicle for controlling it based on messages received from the mobile network terminal. The mobile network terminal is adapted to process a string of digital characters derived from the user's speech into a message and to transmit said message to the vehicle-based interface. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297061 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system includes an alcohol detector which detects an alcohol intake level of a driver of a vehicle; and a controller which determines whether the driver is a drunk person based on a detection result obtained from the alcohol detector, and which stops the vehicle when a determination result that the driver is the drunk person is obtained. After a door of the vehicle is switched from a closed state to an open state, and before an operation of a start-up of the vehicle is performed, the controller controls the alcohol detector so that a detection of the alcohol intake level is started, and allows a travelling of the vehicle before the detection result is output from the alcohol detector. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297062 | TORQUE LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A machine may include a torque producing system, and a torque consuming device including load controls operable to generate a request for torque. The machine may also include a control system coupled to the torque producing system and the load controls. The control system may be operable to receive the request for torque, determine a torque limit based on the requested torque, and communicate the torque limit to the load controls, the load controls being operable to adjust operation of the torque consuming device based on the torque limit. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297063 | VEHICLE SPECIFYING APPARATUS - A vehicle specifying apparatus ( | 10-02-2014 |
20140303806 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TAILORED INFORMATION TO VEHICLE USERS BASED ON VEHICLE COMMUNITY INPUT - The present disclosure relates to a method, for providing a relevant information set, based on vehicle crowd data, to vehicles. The method includes receiving, from a plurality of participating vehicles, vehicle crowd data relating to a condition sensed by the participating vehicles in a geographic area, yielding received vehicle crowd data. In one embodiment, the condition includes at least one pre-identified condition selected from a group consisting of cruise-control engagement, road hazard, icy road, other slick-road condition, and vehicle-security violation. The method also includes filtering the received vehicle crowd data, yielding relevant vehicle crowd data, and constructing, by the device, using the relevant vehicle crowd data, the relevant information set. The method further includes sending the relevant information set for delivery to one or more user vehicles associated with the geographic area. | 10-09-2014 |
20140303807 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME SYNTHESIS AND PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF AUDIO/VIDEO DATA, NOISE CANCELLATION, AND GESTURE BASED USER INTERFACES IN A VEHICULAR ENVIRONMENT - A method includes establishing communication channels between an on-board unit (OBU) of a vehicle and a plurality of nodes, tagging each of a plurality of data from the plurality of nodes with a priority level, storing the plurality of data in a priority queue according to respective priority levels, selecting a medium to present a first data of the plurality of data to a user, and presenting the first data to the user via the medium. In the method, the plurality of nodes includes a remote node and an in-vehicle device. Another method includes receiving a data from a remote node, generating a plurality of data streams from the data and transmitting the plurality of data streams across a plurality of wireless interfaces. Another method includes enhancing audio signals from a plurality of microphones and speakers. Yet another method includes various gesture based user interfaces coupled to the OBU. | 10-09-2014 |
20140303808 | SYSTEM FOR DEVICE CONTROL, MONITORING, DATA GATHERING AND DATA ANALYTICS OVER A NETWORK - A system is described for use with an asset such as a vehicle or structure. In one example, the system includes IO modules, a scan module, a vector server, and a historian module. Each IO module includes a local server and is coupled to a component of the asset. Each IO module stores values for variables of the coupled component in the local server and generates a map file containing information about the variables. The scan module accesses each local server and stores the values in an aggregation server. The vector server receives the map file from each IO module and generates a vector file using the map files. The vector file describes the IO modules' variables and identifies each value's memory location in the aggregation server. The historian module generates a storage structure using the vector file and populates the storage structure with the values from the aggregation server. | 10-09-2014 |
20140309803 | SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING ROAD SLOPE - A system for estimating a road slope, includes a signal processor receiving a raw signal including information on acceleration and rotation velocity transmitted from a 6 degrees of freedom (6DOF) inertial sensor, a vehicle motion estimator calculating overall angles of a vehicle based on the signals from the 6DOF inertial sensor filtered by the signal processor and on vehicle measurement information transmitted from a vehicle sensor. The system further includes a vehicle suspension angle estimator calculating a vehicle suspension angle based on the signal from the 6DOF inertial sensor and the vehicle measurement information and a road slope estimator determining a difference between the overall angles of the vehicle and the vehicle suspension angle so as to calculate a road slope. | 10-16-2014 |
20140309804 | GLOBAL STANDARD TEMPLATE CREATION, STORAGE, AND MODIFICATION - Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system to create, modify, and maintain profiles associated with users. The user profiles are generated based on selectively collecting data associated with the users. Although each user profile may include settings, preferences, habits, and content associated with an individual user and/or vehicle, some user profiles may represent multiple users. These user profiles can change a configuration of a vehicle to match settings for a user, such as a driver and/or passenger. The configurations may also include the recognition of a unique set of gestures for a user. Further, the user profiles can be transferred from vehicle-to-vehicle and/or user-to-user. | 10-16-2014 |
20140309805 | VEHICLE DAMAGE DETECTION AND INDICATION - Methods and systems for vehicle damage detection, identification and communication are disclosed. Specifically, a method to detect damage to a vehicle, identify the extent and location of the damage, and communicate the damage event is provided. In the event of damage to a vehicle, the system may take a number of actions. In one embodiment, the actions comprise notifying authorized users of the vehicle, a maintenance provider, an insurance provider and/or an emergency agency, disabling the vehicle, and emitting a visual or audio alarm. | 10-16-2014 |
20140309806 | INTELLIGENT VEHICLE FOR ASSISTING VEHICLE OCCUPANTS - Methods, systems, and a computer readable medium are provided for maintaining a persona of a vehicle occupant and, based on the persona of the vehicle occupant and vehicle-related information, performing an action assisting the vehicle occupant. | 10-16-2014 |
20140309807 | ESTIMATION OF RECOVERED ENERGY - A method of estimating energy recovered by a vehicle including a regenerative braking mechanism, with at least two energy recovery systems generating at least two respective setpoint values and configured for the regenerative braking mechanism, the method including receiving one of the setpoint values and calculating an energy value on the basis of the setpoint value received. | 10-16-2014 |
20140316607 | OCCUPANT PRESENCE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION - A system includes a presence sensor that generates a presence signal representing a presence of an occupant in a vehicle, an occupant identification device that generates an occupant identification signal, and a customization controller that applies a default setting to a vehicle feature before receiving the occupant identification signal and applies a customized setting associated with an identified occupant after receiving the occupant identification signal. A method includes receiving a presence signal representing a presence of an occupant in a vehicle, applying a default setting to a vehicle feature in response to receiving the presence signal, receiving an occupant identification signal after customizing the vehicle feature according to the default setting, and applying a customized setting to the vehicle feature. The customized setting is associated with the identified occupant. | 10-23-2014 |
20140324247 | VEHICULAR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SHARING DATA USING THE SAME - Provided are a vehicular image processing apparatus and a method of sharing data using the same that may verify a driving route of a vehicle or detect and share a location of a vehicle by analyzing recorded images of the image processing apparatus, for example, a black box, thereby increasing data usage and utilization. | 10-30-2014 |
20140336841 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ASSISTING WITH UNPARKING OF VEHICLE AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME - The apparatus of assisting with unparking of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a receiving unit configured to receive information obtained by sensing obstacles located at the front, rear, left, and right of a vehicle parked perpendicularly which is a vehicle to be unparked; a condition determining unit configured to determine an unparking condition of the vehicle as any one of the preset conditions by using the obstacles sensing information received by the receiving unit; and a control unit configured to determine an unparking mode of the vehicle as any one of the preset unparking modes based on the condition determined by the condition determining unit and to assist with unparking of the targeted vehicle depending on the determined unparking mode. | 11-13-2014 |
20140336842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ROAD SURFACE CONDITIONS - A system for identifying road surface conditions includes a road surface measurement sensor attached to a vehicle and configured to generate a measurement signal for a road surface condition, and a controller. The controller is configured to digitalize the measurement signal received from the road surface measurement sensor, calculate a curvature pattern for the road surface condition based on the digitalized measurement signal, and compare the calculated curvature pattern with a pre-stored curvature pattern to identify the road surface condition. | 11-13-2014 |
20140336843 | NAVIGATION ENVIRONMENT ESTABLISHING METHOD FOR AN INTELLIGENT MOVING-ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - A navigation environment establishing method for an intelligent moving-assistance apparatus moving in a movement area having a plurality of regions includes steps of: a navigation map is set, and the content of the navigation map including the relative locality of the regions. A current data indicating a current region is set. At least one target data indicating an available target region is set. Then, a navigation data is generated. The content of the navigation data includes the current region and a first target region, wherein the region where the intelligent moving-assistance apparatus first arrive when moving from the current region to the first target region according to a predetermined path is in a first direction with respect to the current region. Subsequently, the navigation data is recorded into an image identification tag. Finally, the image identification tag is placed in the current region. | 11-13-2014 |
20140336844 | THIRD-ORDER POLYNOMIAL-BASED COURSE PREDICTION FOR DRIVER ASSISTANCE FUNCTIONS - Methods and systems for performing vehicle driver assistance. One method includes determining, at a controller, whether the vehicle is steering toward a drive-straight state and when the vehicle is steering toward the drive-straight state, calculating, at the controller, a predicted course trajectory using a third order polynomial. The method also includes calculating, at the controller, the predicted course trajectory using a non-third-order function when the vehicle is not steering toward the drive-straight state. In addition, the method includes performing the driver assistance based on the predicted course trajectory. | 11-13-2014 |
20140336845 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING VEHICLE GENERATED CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS - A system is disclosed having a primary vehicle and a secondary vehicle that is carried by the primary vehicle when not in use. The system further includes at least one of an immobilizing device to immobilize the primary vehicle if the secondary vehicle is removed from the primary vehicle, a data storage device for storing information regarding usage of the primary and secondary vehicles, a user interface device for displaying information regarding usage of the primary and secondary vehicles, and a user prompt for providing information regarding potential opportunities for use of the secondary vehicle to encourage usage of the secondary vehicle and lower CO2 emissions. | 11-13-2014 |
20140343749 | COLLISION MITIGATION APPARATUS - A collision mitigation apparatus includes an object detecting section for detecting a collision object present in front of an own vehicle on which the collision mitigation apparatus is mounted, a drive assisting section that performs drive assist for avoiding a collision between the collision object detected by the object detecting section and the own vehicle or mitigates damage to the own vehicle due to the collision, an operation state detecting section for detecting an operation state of the own vehicle, and a timing setting section for setting start timing to start the drive assist by the drive assisting section in accordance with the operation state detected by the operation state detecting section. | 11-20-2014 |
20140343750 | COLLISION MITIGATION APPARATUS - A collision mitigation apparatus includes an object detecting section for detecting a collision object present in front of an own vehicle on which the collision mitigation apparatus is mounted, a drive assisting section that performs drive assist for avoiding a collision between the collision object detected by the object detecting section and the own vehicle, or mitigate damage to the own vehicle due to the collision, a reliability determining section for determining reliability of detection result of the object detecting section, and a timing setting section for setting start timing to start the drive assist by the drive assisting section in accordance with the reliability determined by the reliability determining section. | 11-20-2014 |
20140343751 | Method and system for generating a vehicle identifier - Upon initial boot-up, a telematics device receives a PID map in response to a PID map request. The TCU may send multiple PID map requests for different mode and PID combinations over a vehicles communication bus, and then may append each received PID map to the already-received PID maps. The multiple PID maps appended to one another form a composite bit value, or composite PID map. The composite PID map is processed according to a hash algorithm, resulting in a pseudo-VIN. Upon subsequent boot-ups of the TCU, the TCU sends the multiple PID map requests over the vehicle's bus and generates a pseudo VIN following the same steps as it did at initial boot-up. The TCU compares the currently generated pseudo-VIN to the initial pseudo VIN; if it determines a mismatch, it sends a notification to an interested third party that indicates improper usage of the TCU. | 11-20-2014 |
20140350747 | Methods for Improved Equipment and Vehicle Performance and Energy Efficiency Through Interfaces and Enhanced Extrapolations Using Factors such as the Value of Potential and Kinetic Energy Changes - Methods and systems are provided for improving vehicle performance and efficiency. The performance is improved by allowing the user to customize parameters and other features through the use of an interface accessible to the vehicle operator or owner, which enables and encourages development and rewards many stakeholders including vehicle producers and third party vendors (e.g. aftermarket), customers, maintenance service providers, and insurance companies. One form of performance improvement, a novel method of accomplishing an enhanced form of energy efficiency calculation for near real-time display to the operator, is provided in detail. | 11-27-2014 |
20140358320 | Wheel Speed Sensor and Interface Systems and Methods - A measurement system includes a speed plus sensor and a control unit. The speed plus sensor is configured to detect a magnetic field in response to speed and resonance characteristics. The speed plus sensor is also configured to generate a sensor output signal having speed data and enhanced resonance data. The control unit is configured to receive the sensor output signal. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358321 | System and method for lane boundary estimation and host vehicle position and orientation - Lane Boundary Estimation and Host Vehicle Position and Orientation, within the host lane estimation, using V2V (vehicle to vehicle) system, are discussed here. Lane boundary detection and tracking is essential for many active safety/ADAS application. The lane boundary position enables the tracking of the host vehicle position and orientation inside the lane. It also enables classifying in-lane, adjacent lanes, and other lanes vehicles. These two functionalities (lane boundary estimation and vehicle lane classifications) enable active safety applications (such as LDW, FCW, ACC, or BSD). It also enables the lateral control of the vehicle for lane keeping assist system, or for full lateral control for automated vehicle (automated for one or multiple lane changes). | 12-04-2014 |
20140358322 | System and Method for Map Matching - In one example, we describe a method, system, and infrastructure for dealing with lane-level matching problem, and provide different methods of estimating position corrections, position and map matched confidence, self-correcting map matching (i.e., Map Matching Algorithm (at lane-level)), and turning and lane change events. On the top of the described algorithms, the V2V data, when available, can be used to help the entire discussed algorithm steps. If the relative GPS accuracy between the host vehicle and the remote vehicles in the proximity of the host vehicle is enough to separate vehicle in lane, and there are enough vehicles to exist in all lanes of interest, then it becomes an easier job to determine which lane the host vehicle is in, and this can reflect very positively on all the above algorithm steps. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358323 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SHORT-TERM DRIVING TENDENCY OF DRIVER - An apparatus for determining a short-term driving tendency of a driver according to the present invention includes a data detector configured to detect a vehicle speed and an inter-vehicle distance, and a controller configured to determine the short-term driving tendency of the driver on the basis of the vehicle speed and the inter-vehicle distance. The controller extracts fuzzy result values with respect to the vehicle speed and the inter-vehicle distance by setting a membership function that corresponds to each of the vehicle speed and the inter-vehicle distance, and determines the short-term driving tendency using the fuzzy result values. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358324 | System and method for road side equipment of interest selection for active safety applications - In one example, we describe a method and infrastructure for DSRC V2X (vehicle to infrastructure plus vehicle) system. In one example, some of connected vehicle applications require data from infrastructure road side equipment (RSE). Examples of such applications are road intersection safety application which mostly requires map and traffic signal phase data to perform the appropriate threat assessment. The examples given cover different dimensions of the above issue: (1) It provides methods of RSE of interest selection based solely on the derived relative geometric data between the host vehicle and the RSE's, in addition to some of the host vehicle data, such as heading. (2) It provides methods of RSE of interest selection when detailed map data is communicated or when some generic map data is available. (3) It provides methods of RSE of interest selection when other vehicles data is available. Other variations and cases are also given. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358325 | VEHICULAR SYSTEM - A use specifying unit specifies a “purpose of use” of a vehicle based on a running-data table. An application selection unit selects one or more information-related applications which are suitable for the “purpose of use”, from a plurality of information-related applications. Then, an execution inhibition unit inhibits execution of information-related applications which are not selected to be suitable for the specified purpose of the vehicle. As a result, it is possible to prevent information-related applications which are unnecessary for the “purpose of use” of the vehicle from being executed wastefully. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358326 | MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATING DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS - A method and apparatus for collecting and evaluating powered vehicle operation utilizing on-board diagnostic components and location determining components or systems. The invention creates one or more databases whereby identifiable behavior or evaluative characteristics can be analyzed or categorized. The evaluation can include predicting likely future events. The database can be correlated or evaluated with other databases for a wide variety of uses. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358327 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - In a method for activating a driver assistance system in a vehicle, a check is performed after an activating request for a driver assistance system from a driver as to whether the driver of the vehicle is suitable for utilizing the requested driver assistance system, and the activation of the requested driver assistance system is carried out depending on the suitability of the driver. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358328 | method and control unit for operating a dynamics control system of a vehicle as well as a control system for dynamics control of a vehicle using surroundings sensor data - A method for operating a control system for dynamics control of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, which includes: detecting an object with the aid of at least one surroundings detection device which detects a detection area in the vehicle surroundings, determining the probability of an interaction, between the vehicle and the object, to cause damage to the vehicle or its occupants, and changing the intensity of a control intervention by the vehicle dynamics control system as a function of the previously determined probability of an interaction between the vehicle and the object in at least one operating mode of the control system, the vehicle dynamics control system being a vehicle dynamics control system for preventing a lateral breakaway of the vehicle. Also described is a corresponding control unit and control system. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358329 | RIDER CHARACTERISTIC ASSESSMENT DEVICE AND STRADDLE-RIDDEN VEHICLE PROVIDED THEREWITH - A rider characteristic determining apparatus capable of determining characteristics of a rider controlling a saddle riding type vehicle, and a saddle riding type vehicle including the same, are configured such that the rider's characteristics are determined from a turning movement of the saddle riding type vehicle which reflects results of the rider controlling the saddle riding type vehicle. This enables a stable characteristic determination regardless of individual operation or control by the rider. Further, a turning performance score of the vehicle is calculated based on at least one of vehicle state amounts of a roll direction, a pitch direction and a caster angle which influence the steering angle of the saddle riding type vehicle. This enables a proper evaluation of the turning characteristic of the saddle riding type vehicle. | 12-04-2014 |
20140365028 | VEHICLE DATA COLLECTING SYSTEM - A vehicle data collecting apparatus includes a file receiver for receiving an extensible markup language (XML) script file, an XML parser for extracting data format information for each vehicle model and network by parsing the XML script file received. A controller is configured to control a data collector so as to collect vehicle data base on the data format information extracted and the data collector collects the vehicle data through the controller. The vehicle data collecting system may flexibly collect vehicle data regardless of a data format which depends on a vehicle model and vehicle network by collecting the vehicle data based on the extensible markup language (XML) script file generated by a managing server. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365029 | VEHICLE DATA ANALYSIS METHOD AND VEHICLE DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM - The invention provides a vehicle data analysis method that enables quantitative analysis of characteristics of vehicle data indicating transition in a driver's driving operation, and a vehicle data analysis system using this analysis method. A plurality of vehicle data are collected based a plurality of types of driving operations. Based on an evaluation criterion as an index for evaluating levels of the driving operations, the collected vehicle data are grouped into at least two groups. Characteristic values of the vehicle data differing between these groups are extracted. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365030 | DRIVING BEHAVIOUR MONITORING SYSTEMS - A device comprising a data processor configured to receive one or more indicators of movement, and determine if the one or more indicators of movement correspond to a frame of reference of a moving vehicle, and the device comprising a driving behaviour functionality configured to monitor driving behaviour, and an activator in communication with the data processor and the driving behaviour monitoring functionality, the activator comprising an auto-start functionality responsive to a determination by the data processor, of the frame of reference of the vehicle. | 12-11-2014 |
20140371947 | System and Method for Mapping a Raised Contour - A system includes a position sensing system for determining a position of a machine and a work implement configured to engage material to form a raised contour. A controller determines a plurality of positions of the machine as the machine moves about the work site and the work implement forms the raised contour, determines a plurality of reference positions along an edge of the raised contour as the work implement forms the raised contour, and generates a map of the edge of the raised contour based upon the plurality of reference positions. | 12-18-2014 |
20140371948 | ENHANCED CROSSWIND ESTIMATION - A device may identify a first forgetting factor accounting for a rate of change of vehicle uncertainty and a second forgetting factor accounting for a rate of change of crosswind estimation. The device may utilize a recursive-least-squares heuristic executed by a crosswind and vehicle uncertainty estimator and specialized with the first and second forgetting factors to determine vehicle uncertainty and crosswind estimation from driver steering inputs and crosswind disturbance inputs, the first and second forgetting factors accounting for relatively slower-changing vehicle uncertainty and relatively faster-changing crosswinds. | 12-18-2014 |
20140371949 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SHORT-TERM DRIVING TENDENCY OF DRIVER - An apparatus and a method for determining a short-term driving tendency of a driver may include a data detector configured to detect an acceleration of a vehicle, a vehicle speed, and an inter-vehicle distance, and a controller configured to calculate a relative speed with respect to a forward vehicle from the vehicle speed and the inter-vehicle distance, extract fuzzy result values for the vehicle speed and the inter-vehicle distance, respectively, by setting a membership function that corresponds to each of the acceleration of the vehicle and the relative speed with respect to the forward vehicle, and determine the short-term driving tendency of the driver using the fuzzy result values. | 12-18-2014 |
20140371950 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOCATIONS OF VEHICLES THEREIN - A method for monitoring and managing transportation infrastructure and locations of vehicles therein includes: receiving signals transmitted from a vehicle equipped with a transmitter that generates the signals, the signals including information relating to one or more of the vehicle, an owner, a driver, a custodian, or a passenger of the vehicle, a person, an animal, or an object within, secured to, or transported by the vehicle, and a person, an entity, an object, a status, a condition, an event, an indication, or an interrupt associated with the vehicle; and processing the signals and/or the information to identify in association with the vehicle a circumstance that satisfies criteria for facilitating, controlling, or initiating an action or a process involving one or more of providing information, providing a notification, transferring funds, and issuing a ticket, a citation, a warning, or other communication. | 12-18-2014 |
20140379164 | LANE MONITORING WITH ELECTRONIC HORIZON - Apparatus for a vehicle operated on a roadway having lane markers includes an optical sensor providing optical data of the roadway. A first lane model is stored in an electronic memory in response to detected lane markers in the optical data. An electronic horizon system tracks a position of the vehicle and provides roadway data in response to the position. A second lane model is stored in the electronic memory in response to the roadway data. A confidence checker compares a discrepancy between the first and second lane models to a threshold in order to determine a confidence level. An output selector selects the first lane model when lane markers are detected in the optical data, and selects the second lane model if the lane markers are not detected in the optical data and the confidence level is greater than a predetermined level. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379165 | SENSOR SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND OPERATING METHOD FOR A SENSOR SYSTEM IN A VEHICLE - A sensor system for a vehicle includes: at least one sensor unit; and one evaluation and control unit transmitting a synchronization signal via a communication connection to the sensor unit. The sensor unit transmits a sensor signal representing the measured variable via the communication connection to the evaluation and control unit. The evaluation and control unit ascertains an instantaneous signal quality of the received sensor signal and transmits a piece of information about the ascertained instantaneous signal quality to the sensor unit. The sensor unit predefines a modulation amplitude for the transmission of the sensor signal as a function of the ascertained instantaneous signal quality. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379166 | VEHICLE DRIVE ASSIST SYSTEM - A vehicle drive assist system includes: a lane line recognizing unit that recognizes left and right lane lines defining a lane along which a vehicle equipped with the drive assist system travels; and a drive assist unit that sets lane departure determination thresholds along the left and right lane lines, and performs a drive assist operation based on a relative position of the vehicle to the lane departure determination threshold. The drive assist unit sets a left lane departure determination threshold on the basis of an inner edge of unmelted snow when a left lane line of a traveling lane is recognized based on a front-view image of the vehicle, captured by the lane line recognizing unit, but a right lane line which is covered with the unmelted snow cannot be recognized. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379167 | Collision avoidance for a motor vehicle - A method for determining a driving maneuver for a motor vehicle includes the steps of ascertaining an imminent accident with an external object, ascertaining characteristic variables for accident damages in different driving maneuvers and determining the driving maneuver whose characteristic variable is indicative of the least accident damage. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379168 | Device for the check of the validity of the insurance coverage of a means of transport and for the command of its ignition - A device for commanding ignition of a motorized transport vehicle based on validity of the insurance coverage includes an electronic assembly; an external device where data on the validity of insurance coverage are memorized, the external device being connectable with the electronic assembly to transfer the insurance data. The electronic assembly (includes a processor contained in the external device, and a time device in communication with the processor and capable of reading current date and/or geographical position to block of the ignition of the vehicle if insurance coverage has expired. The processor is also programmed to compare the insurance data and the current date and/or geographical position and send a block signal of the engine if the insurance coverage is not valid. The device further includes a transceiver CAN in communication with the processor to operate the block of the engine based on reception of the block signal. | 12-25-2014 |
20150019042 | Device and Method for Operating a Vehicle - A device for operating a vehicle includes: a vehicle movement module for forming control signals for a control unit of an actuating system of the vehicle; an energy management module for managing energy which is available for a vehicle operation, the energy management module being configured to form further control signals for the control unit as a function of the available energy, and a prioritizer for prioritizing the control signals over the further control signals as a function of a vehicle position and/or a vehicle movement state for stabilizing the vehicle. | 01-15-2015 |
20150025705 | DRIVER PROFILE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A driver profile control system includes a driver identification module configured to receive a driver specific identifier, and a driver profile manager module operatively connected to the driver identification module. The driver profile manager module includes one or more driver profiles. One of the one or more driver profiles is associated with the driver specific identifier. A driver profile control module is operatively connected to the driver profile manager module. The driver profile control module is configured and disposed to establish the one of the one or more driver profiles associated with the driver specific identifier. | 01-22-2015 |
20150025706 | SEPARATION CONTROLLER FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A separation controller for motor vehicles, having a localization device for measuring separations from preceding vehicles, an actuator system for intervention in the longitudinal guidance of the own vehicle, and an electronic control device for applying control to the actuator system and for regulating to a target separation the separation from a preceding vehicle in the own lane, wherein the control device has an adjacent-lane mode in which the target separation is modified as a function of a measured separation from a vehicle driving in an adjacent lane. | 01-22-2015 |
20150025707 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING INERTIA SENSOR - A control system adapted to be mounted on a motor vehicle for control of a motor vehicle system in accordance with the inertial state of the motor vehicle. The control system includes an inertial sensor providing an inertial measurement output in accordance with the inertial state of the motor vehicle, where the inertial measurement output is referenced to a reference voltage. A controller is provided for controlling the motor vehicle system at least partially in accordance with the inertial measurement output. The controller includes a circuit for comparing the reference voltage used by the inertial sensor to a nominal voltage. The circuit causes the controller to discontinue use of the inertial measurement output when the reference voltage deviates from the nominal voltage. | 01-22-2015 |
20150032287 | Tire Load Sensing System - A vehicle tire load sensing system includes distance sensors mounted on the vehicle near each tire. The distance sensors generate distance signals representing a distance from the sensor to a track that is left in the soil during forward vehicle travel. Pressure sensors generate tire pressure signals. A temperature sensor senses the ambient temperature. A control unit receives the distance signals, the pressure signals and the temperature signals. The control unit compensates the distance signals as a function of the sensed temperature. The control unit generates filtered distance signals, and determines a tire deflection value from the filtered distance signal. The control unit determines the tire load as a function of the tire deflection value, the pressure signal and stored information relating tire load to tire deflection and tire pressure. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032288 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WARNING OF A POSSIBLE COLLISION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH AN OBJECT - A system and method for warning of a possible collision of a motor vehicle with an object is disclosed. The system includes sensors configured to monitor a driving path of the motor vehicle, and a warning unit configured to initiate a safety-related action when an object has been detected within the monitored driving path. A control unit dynamically adapts the monitored driving path or driving envelope as a function of vehicle parameters and/or environmental parameters. A method for warning of a possible collision of a motor vehicle with an object in accordance with this system is also disclosed. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032289 | Method for detecting traffic jams using a wireless vehicle to vehicle communication system - A method for queue recognition by wireless vehicle to vehicle communication includes: checking a relevance for surrounding vehicles from which an ego vehicle receives messages by a comparison with relevance criteria and establishing a relevance if the relevance criteria are satisfied; selecting the speed and position values that are associated with relevant surrounding vehicles and have the speed values indicating a same direction of travel as the ego vehicle; defining a first virtual vehicle to which mean values of selected speed and position values are allocated as values for the at least one first virtual vehicle; recording a time profile of the speed and position values of the at least one first virtual vehicle; recording, as a change value, the time profile of changes in the speed and position values of the first virtual vehicle; and comparing the change value with a queue criterion. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032290 | MOVEMENT TRAJECTORY GENERATOR - A movement trajectory generator that generates a movement trajectory of a vehicle is provided, which includes traveling environment recognition means for recognizing a traveling environment, movement strategy generation means for generating movement strategies for positioning in a road area according to the traveling environment that is recognized by the traveling environment recognition means, presenting means for presenting a passenger setting information of the movement strategies, setting means for receiving an operation for the passenger to set the movement strategies based on the setting information of the movement strategies presented by the presenting means, and movement trajectory generation means for generating the movement trajectory based on the movement strategies set by the setting means. | 01-29-2015 |
20150039154 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE EFFECT OF INERTIAL SENSOR'S ERROR IN A VEHICULAR NAVIGATION - In the present disclosure, an error in the velocity and position computed from a three dimensional IMU measurement is reduced confined by computing an auxiliary speed in a drive direction of a vehicle from an angular velocity measurement and a lateral acceleration measurement. The auxiliary speed is then compared with the speed computed from the acceleration measurement. The auxiliary speed is provided as the speed of the vehicle mounted with the IMU when the absolute difference between the auxiliary speed and the speed computed from the acceleration measurement in the drive direction is above a threshold. The auxiliary speed is computed when the vehicle is detected to be in a curved motion. According to another aspect of the present disclosure, the bias errors are determined when the vehicle is in a steady state, at rest or in a straight line motion. The bias errors are used to obtain the accurate auxiliary measurement. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039155 | METHODS FOR GENERATING AN ITEM OF INFORMATION FOR INDICATING AN AIRBORNE STATE FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN AIRBORNE STATE OF A VEHICLE - A method is described for generating an item of information for indicating an airborne state for a vehicle. The method has a step of receiving a rotational speed signal which represents a rotational speed of at least one drive wheel of the vehicle. The method also has a step of generating the information for indicating an airborne state based on a comparison of a profile of the rotational speed signal with at least one reference profile for the rotational speed signal. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039156 | Vehicle Travel Control Apparatus - A vehicle travel control apparatus that can stop a subject vehicle at an optimum position, and at a subsequent restart time, suitably avoid an obstacle without imposing a burden on a driver is provided. | 02-05-2015 |
20150045983 | Methods, Systems and Devices for Obtaining and Utilizing Vehicle Telematics Data - Certain embodiments of this disclosure include methods, systems and devices for obtaining and utilizing vehicle telematics data. According to one embodiment, a method is provided. The method may include: (i) obtaining, from at least one sensor located in a telematics device, telematics device sensor data, wherein the telematics device sensor data comprises data describing one or more characteristics of a vehicle associated with the telematics device; (ii) transmitting, by the telematics device, the telematics device sensor data to a mobile device; (iii) obtaining, from at least one sensor located in the mobile device, mobile device sensor data, wherein the mobile device sensor data comprises data describing one or more different characteristics of the vehicle; and (iv) transmitting, by the mobile device, the telematics device sensor data and the mobile device sensor data to a remote computing device for processing. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045984 | VEHICLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING A DRIVER - A vehicle system for a vehicle with an occupant is provided. The system includes a seat assembly; a sensor group associated with the seat assembly and configured to collect data about physical characteristics of the occupant of the seat assembly; and a control module coupled to the sensor group and configured to identify the occupant based on the collected data about the physical characteristics of the occupant. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045985 | EV ROUTE OPTIMIZATION THROUGH CROWDSOURCING - The present disclosure involves determining charging equipment availability through crowdsourcing. Information is gathered from a plurality of electrically powered vehicle in a geographical region. The charging stations in the geographical region are displayed. A request is received, from a user, to determine occupancy of the electrical charging equipment at one or more of the charging stations during a specified future time window. A calculation is performed based on the information gathered from the electrically powered vehicles. The calculation calculates a probability of the electrical charging equipment at the one or more charging stations being unoccupied during the specified future time window. As a part of the calculation, a weighted probability is assigned to each charging station of being visited by at least one of the electrically powered vehicles. The probability is communicated to the driver. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045986 | Systems and Methods for Determining Driver Fatigue Level from Lane Variability and Geographic Location - Systems and methods are disclosed for determining a fatigue level of a human operator of a motor vehicle based upon lane variability data and geographic position data of the vehicle, used either alone or in combination with other data such as (without limitation) vehicle operational data, vehicle environment data, road segments, and/or the like. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045987 | CONFIGURABLE TRAFFIC ZONE CONTROL SYSTEM - A configurable traffic zone control system (14) includes transmitter structure (16) associated with a traffic zone (10). The transmitter structure includes a transmitter (18) for transmitting a wireless signal (20) indicative of a speed requirement of the traffic zone. Receiver structure (24) is provided in a vehicle (26) for receiving the wireless signal such that based on the wireless signal, speed of the vehicle is automatically controlled to be at or below the speed requirement while the vehicle is in the traffic zone. | 02-12-2015 |
20150051751 | DAMAGE LIMITATION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION - A system for limiting damage in a hazard situation of a motor vehicle encompasses a first sensing device for sensing the hazard situation, a second sensing device for sensing a state of the motor vehicle, a processing device for identifying an action instruction on the basis of the hazard situation and of the state of the motor vehicle, and a conveying device for conveying the action instruction to a person in the vicinity of the motor vehicle. A method for limiting damage in a hazard situation of a motor vehicle encompasses steps of sensing the hazard situation, sensing a state of the motor vehicle, identifying an action instruction on the basis of the hazard situation and of the state of the motor vehicle, and conveying the action instruction to a person in the vicinity of the motor vehicle. | 02-19-2015 |
20150051752 | Control System and Method - The present invention relates to a method and system of controlling the output of information to a driver. It provides to monitor at least one operating parameter of a vehicle and to estimate driver workload is estimated based on said at least one operating parameter, using a plurality of thresholds (HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW) defining driver workload ratings. Output of information to the driver is controlled based on the estimated driver workload rating. To ensure that also low priority information is outputted, the invention provides to periodically cycling through some or all of those defined driver workload ratings having a lower rating than the current estimated workload rating. | 02-19-2015 |
20150051753 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - In order to provide a driving assistance device capable of inhibiting execution of driving assistance in a scene other than an intersection at which the driving assistance is required, a driving assistance device is provided with a microphone mounted on an own vehicle and configured to detect sound information around the own vehicle, an assistance executing unit configured to execute the driving assistance, and an assistance determining unit configured to determine whether the driving assistance is executed and determine an assistance level at the time of executing the driving assistance, based on a reverberating sound of a sound emitted from the own vehicle and included in the sound information detected by the microphone. | 02-19-2015 |
20150057831 | Navigation Using Dynamic Speed Limits - Method, computer program product, and apparatus for providing navigation guidance to vehicles are disclosed. In some implementations, a navigation device can be configured to determine a dynamic speed limit for a vehicle based on the location of the vehicle in a road segment, and displays the dynamic speed limit in a display of the navigation device. | 02-26-2015 |
20150057832 | SENSOR FUSION VEHICLE VELOCITY ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, arbitrating velocity signals derived from information from a first sensor and a second sensor, estimating a ratio between an actual tire radius and an expected tire radius, and generating a fused velocity estimate based on an arbitrated signal calculated during the arbitrating step and an estimated ratio calculated during the estimating step. | 02-26-2015 |
20150057833 | ANTENNA, RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an antenna. A third transmission antenna is provided at a position shifted in a short direction of a first transmission antenna. A second transmission antenna is provided at a position between the first and third transmission antennas so that a portion of the second transmission antenna in a longitudinal direction is overlapped with a portion of the first and third transmission antennas in the longitudinal direction. A fourth transmission antenna is provided at a position point-symmetrical with respect to the position of the second transmission antenna, about the position of the third transmission antenna. A plurality of reception antennas are provided so that a portion of each of the reception antennas in the longitudinal direction is overlapped with a portion of the second transmission antenna in the longitudinal direction. | 02-26-2015 |
20150057834 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - The present invention is a driving assistance device which provides driving assistance based on detection information of an obstacle in which an information processing amount of the driving assistance for the obstacle is changed according to a level of the driving assistance. The present invention also is the driving assistance device which provides the driving assistance to output information which can be recognized to a driver based on the detection information of the obstacle in which an information amount of the driving assistance to be presented to the driver is increased according to an increase in the level of the driving assistance. | 02-26-2015 |
20150057835 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A driver assistance system and method for a motor vehicle includes a detector that is designed to detect at least one object in the area surrounding the vehicle. A vector field generator is configured to create an environmental potential field for the at least one object detected in the area surrounding the vehicle and to calculate a vector field from the created environmental potential field. A control device is configured to define control commands for the vehicle on the basis of the calculated vector field. | 02-26-2015 |
20150057836 | VEHICLE OPERATOR PERFORMANCE HISTORY RECORDING, SCORING AND REPORTING SYSTEMS - A driver history report may include many factors to express performance or quality of driver service. Vehicle event recorders are coupled to systems which form an association between collected data and the vehicle operator in command of the vehicle at the event moment. Systems provide means for long-term storage of data particularly data in a structure which preserves the association between a driver and event records attributed to him. Special recall operations executed against stored data yields operator performance reporting—including a single value performance score indicative of a vehicle operator's performance and safety history. An analyzer system operates to recall data, particularly data from a plurality of events all associated with a single operator but recorded over an extended period of time. Data is arranged such that mathematical analysis may be applied independently to various data elements or data “fields” to produce performance metrics and ratios which reflect performance. | 02-26-2015 |
20150066235 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING NOISE OF VEHICLE BODY - An apparatus for controlling noise of a vehicle body may include a reinforcement member movably installed in a vehicle body frame, an accelerator pedal detection unit for detecting whether an accelerator pedal is operated, a controller for determining whether a vehicle accelerates or decelerates based on a signal from the accelerator pedal detection unit and outputting a control signal to move the reinforcement member to be in contact with or to be spaced apart from a cross member of the vehicle body frame in accord with acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle, and a driving apparatus for moving the reinforcement member according to the control signal of the controller. By selective movement of the reinforcement member, the apparatus modifies a noise generated by the cross member differently according to the acceleration or the deceleration of the vehicle and thus improves sound quality. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066236 | Method For Optimizing a Power Requirement of a Motor Vehicle - A method for optimizing a power requirement of a motor vehicle that includes a speed control system for a drive unit and a temperature control system for a cooling circuit of the drive unit. A first power requirement of the drive unit to be expected and a second power requirement of the cooling circuit to be expected are determined based on at least one route parameter. A driving strategy corresponding to the route parameter is initially selected, and the first power requirement corresponding to the driving strategy and the second power requirement corresponding to the driving strategy are determined. Based on the determined first and second power requirements, the driving strategy is then adjusted in such a way that an overall power requirement of the motor vehicle is minimized. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066237 | CONTROL METHOD FOR AROUND VIEW STOP MODE - Disclosed is a control method for an around view stop mode. A control method for an around view stop mode in an around view stop guide system, including a plurality of cameras provided on an exterior of a vehicle to photograph a situation outside the vehicle, a monitor provided inside the vehicle to output images photographed by the cameras, a door opening sensor provided on one side of a vehicle door to check whether the door is opened or closed, and an around view mode operating switch operating an around view mode while stopping, includes stopping the vehicle; changing a gear to a P state or a parking brake to a brake-on state; and outputting the images from the monitor. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066238 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE IGNITION USING BIOMETRIC DATA - A push-to-start ignition device measures biometric information of a driver to control activation of vehicle ignition. The push-to-start switch includes a touchpad that senses, using capacitive sensors, a vehicle driver's finger and provides signals using one or a combination of lights, audio, and haptic feedback to guide the vehicle driver into a suitable position for measuring the biometric characteristic. If the biometric measurement meets a predefined threshold, the vehicle ignition is activated. If the biometric measurement fails to meet a predefined threshold, the vehicle ignition is locked. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066239 | VEHICLE NETWORK MONITORING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A vehicle network is provided with a monitoring-purpose onboard control apparatus that detects illicit data through monitoring the data communication format predetermined in order to operate a communication protocol that is used in the vehicle network. Upon detecting illicit data whose communication format is different from the prescribed communication format, the monitoring-purpose onboard control apparatus performs a process of transmitting alarm information to onboard control apparatuses, and also performs a process of prohibiting gateways from routing the illicit data. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066240 | AUTONOMOUS PRECISION NAVIGATION - The new invention is a method for a self-contained multifunctional navigation device. It computes 3D-Spatial velocity of the vehicle and of fluid medium surrounding the vehicle, using a movement sensor system comprising low power Transmitter and plurality of Receivers placed close to the Transmitter. The said computation measures propagation time delay of low frequency pulse envelope modulating carrier EM (radio) waves using Time to Digital Converter (TDC). Orientation, direction, position and movement data are derived using well known mathematical formulae. Derived movement data are displayed graphically on a Visual Display Screen. A commercial computer comprising real time operating system, stored digitalized Navigation data and digitalized map facilitates data computation and control and guidance. The method and movement sensor device can be used in any type of vehicle (airborne, surface, sub-surface, marine, sub-marine or space) as a means for navigation and control guidance aid. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066241 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING FRICTIONAL STATE OF ROAD SURFACE - In a driving assistance system for a vehicle according to the present invention, when a solid object existing in the traveling direction of the driver's own vehicle is recognized, a target control value setting part sets a target control value pertaining to control for avoiding a collision including turning control of the driver's own vehicle in order to bring a running state of the driver's own vehicle to a target running state that causes the driver′ own vehicle to avoid a collision with the solid object. A control part performs collision avoidance control in accordance with the target control value. Moreover, a control value correction part corrects the target control value pertaining to the turning control of the driver's own vehicle based on the value of a state variable relating to the running state of the driver's own vehicle during the time in which the control by said control part is performed and said target control value associated with said state variable. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066242 | WALKING ASSISTANCE MOVING VEHICLE - A walking assistance moving vehicle includes a walking assistance moving vehicle main body with wheels, a distance sensor, an inclination sensor, and a controller. The distance sensor senses distance between the walking assistance moving vehicle main body and an object ahead of the walking assistance moving vehicle main body. The inclination sensor senses inclination of the walking assistance moving vehicle main body. The controller distinguishes between a first state in which the walking assistance moving vehicle moves on a sloped ground and a second state in which at least one of the wheels is off a ground based on the distance sensed by the distance sensor and the inclination sensed by the inclination sensor. The controller further controls the walking assistance moving vehicle main body according to a result of distinguishing between the first state and the second state. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066243 | VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A tire load calculation section of a controller calculates tire load factors of the respective wheels. A target tire load-factor calculation section calculates a tire load factor average value (η | 03-05-2015 |
20150066244 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A vehicle control apparatus includes: a straight-ahead cruising determining unit that determines whether or not a vehicle is in a straight-ahead cruising state; a detecting unit that detects a target object that meets a predetermined condition related to at least either of a current positional relationship or a future predicted positional relationship with the vehicle, among objects ahead of the vehicle, when the vehicle is determined to be in the straight-ahead cruising state; an operation control unit that makes the vehicle perform a predetermined operation related to the detected target object; and a condition setting unit that sets the condition to be applied to the left side in relation to a center line of the vehicle to differ from the condition to be applied to the right side, based on a cruising trajectory of the vehicle. | 03-05-2015 |
20150073618 | AUTOMATIC IMPLEMENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - An identification system is provided for a vehicle-implement system wherein a selected one of a plurality of different implements is coupled to the vehicle. Each of the plurality of implements has a unique corresponding component or actuator. A component sensor senses a condition of the component, such as the position of the piston of a hydraulic cylinder. The sensor generates a sensor signal which has a signal characteristic (such as a frequency) which has a plurality of values. each frequency value is unique to a corresponding one of the components. A signal processing unit receives the sensor signal and identifies the selected implement as a function of the value of the characteristic of the sensor signal. | 03-12-2015 |
20150073619 | HANDS ON STEERING WHEEL VEHICLE SAFETY CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a safety control system for a vehicle with controls located on the vehicle steering wheel. The controls maybe arranged in a cluster on one or both sides of the upper half of the steering wheel. The controls can be located in areas of the steering wheel including the spokes, the rim or a special flange extended from the rim or the spoke of the steering wheel and are easily recognizable and accessible by the driver while the driver is looking ahead from a normal driving position with the driver's eyes focused on the road and maintaining the driver's hands on the steering wheel. The controls can be further enhanced by varied coloring, shape, size, and texture to make them easily identifiable. The controls can be used to access and control vehicle systems or portable telematics devices in multi modal process in conjunction with thumb gesture interpretation or speech recognition. A further enhancement to the system is the introduction of a universal portable devices docking station to eliminate falling devices and the consequences of accident | 03-12-2015 |
20150073620 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A driving assistance device including: a storage portion, configured to store a vehicle speed, an acceleration and deceleration tendency at the same place on a travel route respectively for a plurality of times during a time in which a driver performs acceleration and deceleration operations; a learning portion, configured to distinguish a plurality of object vehicle speeds from a plurality of vehicle speeds at the same place stored in the storage portion, and learn the vehicle speeds at the same place based on the plurality of vehicle speeds with small dispersion when the dispersion of the plurality of vehicle speeds identified as object is small; and a driving assistance portion, configured to perform driving assistance based on the vehicle speed learned by the learning portion, when the vehicle travels at a place where the vehicle speed is learned after learning of the learning portion. | 03-12-2015 |
20150073621 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE - A driving support device includes a sensor for acquiring object information on an object outside a vehicle; and a processing device for suppressing driving support, which is based on the object information, if an operation frequency of a wiper is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference and for providing the driving support if the operation frequency of the wiper is lower than the predetermined reference and if a vehicle speed is higher than a predetermined vehicle speed. | 03-12-2015 |
20150073622 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING DATA IN A VEHICLE SYSTEM - A system includes a router transceiver unit that is configured to be disposed on-board a vehicle system. The vehicle system may have at least a source vehicle and a separate linked vehicle that are communicatively linked with each other through a system network of the vehicle system. The router transceiver unit is configured to be communicatively coupled to a requesting operational component of the source vehicle and the system network. The router transceiver unit is also configured to receive a local data packet from the requesting operational component that is directed toward a target operational component of the linked vehicle. The router transceiver unit includes an encapsulation module that is configured to transform the local data packet into an in-tunnel data packet, wherein the local and in-tunnel data packets have different packet formats. | 03-12-2015 |
20150081133 | GESTURE-BASED SYSTEM ENABLING CHILDREN TO CONTROL SOME VEHICLE FUNCTIONS IN A VEHICLE - A system for a vehicle is configured to enable young children to control certain vehicle functions such as audiovisual, entertainment or temperature control functions. In different variations, the system can detect the presence of a child in a rear vehicle seat, determine whether the child a specific child known to the system and then accordingly grant vehicle function control permissions. The system can detect, interpret, and execute gesture commands issued by a child. In many instances, useable gesture commands can be sufficiently simple that they are understandable to and reproducible by children even as young as toddlers. In general, the operation of the system can decrease driver distraction by freeing a driver of the need to operate vehicle functions on behalf of children. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081134 | APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING OR MITIGATING INSURANCE RISK - The apparatus, which is used with a vehicle, comprises a breath alcohol sensor and a computing device. The computing device is operatively coupled in use to the sensor and the vehicle and configured to record data: which provides information indicative of the likelihood that the vehicle has been operated in circumstances wherein a breath sample has not been delivered to the sensor within a predetermined period preceding the commencement of said operation; and associated with the delivery of breath samples to the sensor that contain alcohol in excess of a predetermined threshold. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081135 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO CAPTURE, USER FEEDBACK, REPORTING, ADAPTIVE PARAMETERS, AND REMOTE DATA ACCESS IN VEHICLE SAFETY MONITORING - A method for vehicle data management according to embodiments of the present invention includes receiving an accelerometer signal from an accelerometer mounted in a vehicle, determining an accelerometer specific force based on the accelerometer signal, receiving a speed signal from a speed sensor or GPS or other source on the vehicle, wherein the speed signal indicates a speed of the vehicle, determining an instantaneous acceleration of the vehicle by calculating a rate of change of the speed based on the speed signal, selecting a current observed acceleration as a lower value of the accelerometer specific force and the instantaneous acceleration, capturing video footage with a camera mounted on the vehicle, and flagging the video footage corresponding to a time when the current observed acceleration exceeds a preset safe force value. | 03-19-2015 |
20150088334 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSURANCE BASED UPON STATUS OF VEHICLE SOFTWARE - A vehicle may be configured to determine a characteristic of a software program operating on the vehicle. The characteristic may be provided to an insurer, and the insurer may determine a property of an insurance policy based on the characteristic. The characteristic may be, for example, a feature, a setting, and/or a version of the software program. The insurer may indicate to a vehicle operator and/or owner how changing the characteristic may affect the property of the insurance policy. The insurance policy may be formalized and agreed to by the insurer and/or the insured. The vehicle may also or instead save pre-collision status data, such adjustable parameters, internal variables, dynamic decisions, and/or identification of a software program, when a collision is detected. The pre-collision status data may be used to diagnose problems with the software program, determine fault, and/or determine future properties of insurance policies. | 03-26-2015 |
20150088335 | DYNAMIC UPLOADING PROTOCOL - A dynamic uploading protocol comprises an input interface configured to receive a manifest comprising a plurality of events which may be uploaded; wherein the manifest additionally comprises sensor information relating to each of the plurality of events. The system for a dynamic uploading protocol additionally comprises a processor configured to determine whether to upload additional information about each event, wherein determining whether to upload additional information about each event is based at least in part on the sensor information and contextual information. The system for a dynamic uploading protocol additionally comprises an output interface configured to request the additional information. The system for a dynamic uploading protocol additionally comprises a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions. | 03-26-2015 |
20150088336 | VEHICLE OPERATION DEVICE - A vehicle operation device is provided, including: a gesture sensor configured to sense a user's hand to generate image information, and a gesture recognizer configured to recognize a gesture by using the image information and generate feature information of the recognized gesture. A controller is configured to generate vehicle state information by sensing a vehicle state and perform a control operation corresponding to the feature information, in which the gesture recognizer determines whether the gesture or the vehicle state correspond to a gesture cancellation condition by using the image information and the vehicle state information and initializes a recognition operation of the gesture when the gesture or the vehicle state corresponds to the gesture cancellation condition. | 03-26-2015 |
20150088337 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE PERSONALIZATION - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and method for vehicle personalization. According to one embodiment, at least one customizable setting of a plurality of configuration settings associated with the vehicle is determined. Upon receiving a request for personalization of at least one configuration setting, user profile and preference setting information is retrieved. Furthermore, at least one customizable setting of the vehicle is adjusted based on the preference settings of the user profile information. | 03-26-2015 |
20150088338 | method and device for determining a lane-adaptation parameter for a lane-keeping system of a vehicle, as well as method and device for lane guidance of a vehicle - A method for determining a lane-adaptation parameter for a lane-keeping system of a vehicle having at least one surround sensor. The method includes reading in, from a sensor signal from the at least one surround sensor, an obstacle-extension area of a visibility obstacle, caused by at least one vehicle driving in front, transversely to a course of a traffic lane on which the vehicle is to travel. The method also includes ascertaining the lane-adaptation parameter as a function of the read-in obstacle-extension area and a vehicle-extension area transversely to the course of the traffic lane in which the vehicle is to travel. The lane-adaptation parameter is determined so that when using the lane-adaptation parameter, the lane-keeping system is set up to reduce an overlap of the obstacle-extension area and the vehicle-extension area. | 03-26-2015 |
20150094876 | DETERMINING AVAILABLE STORAGE CAPACITY OF A VEHICLE - Tracking remaining storage capacity of a vehicle using sensors via a wireless system of the vehicle is presented herein. A method can include receiving, by a system comprising a processor, first data representing an object; receiving, by the system, second data representing a storage space of a vehicle; and determining, by the system using the first data and the second data, whether the object is capable of placement within the storage space of the vehicle. In an example, the method can further include displaying, by the system, information representing an order of placements of a set of objects comprising the object, a proposed location for the object, and/or a proposed orientation for the object within the storage space of the vehicle in response to the object being determined to be capable of placement within the storage space of the vehicle. | 04-02-2015 |
20150094877 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE STATUS NOTIFICATION - Methods and apparatus are provided for notifying a user of a condition of a vehicle. The method includes receiving sensor data from one or more sensors associated with one or more systems of the vehicle. The one or more sensors observe conditions associated with the one or more systems of the vehicle. The method includes receiving a preference for notifications from a user of the vehicle. The method further includes generating at least one notification based on the preference and the sensor data, and communicating the at least one notification to a device of the user. | 04-02-2015 |
20150094878 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - An apparatus for controlling operation of a vehicle that is communicable with a moving object through a portable terminal carried by the moving object, comprising: a receiving unit adapted to receive a moving plan of the moving object to be sent from the portable terminal, a driving plan preparing unit adapted to prepare a driving plan of the vehicle based on the received moving plan of the moving object, and an informing unit adapted to inform a driver of the vehicle of the prepared driving plan. | 04-02-2015 |
20150100177 | PARKING SUPPORT APPARATUS - A parking support apparatus includes: a host vehicle positional information acquisition unit acquiring host vehicle positional information indicating a current position of a vehicle; an obliqueness calculation unit calculating obliqueness between a vehicle length direction and a longitudinal direction of the parking lot, based on the host vehicle positional information; an obliqueness correction path calculation unit calculating an obliqueness correction path along which a position of the vehicle reaches a front end of the parking lot, based on the obliqueness when the vehicle travels forward from a stop position at a steering angle; and a centering path calculation unit calculating a centering path which has a width at a central portion of the parking lot in a width direction and along which the vehicle travels forward toward a central region set in the longitudinal direction, after a position of the vehicle reaches the front end of the parking lot. | 04-09-2015 |
20150100178 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - There is provided a driving support device includes a communication unit configured to perform communication with another vehicle; a storage unit configured to store reference information including information regarding positional relationship of the another vehicle with respect to an own-vehicle, information regarding a direction of relative displacement of the another vehicle with respect to the own-vehicle, and a control threshold value, each associated with one another; and a control unit configured to perform predetermined safety control based on whether or not information derived from running information on the another vehicle received by the communication unit and running information on the own-vehicle correspond to the reference information stored by the storage unit. | 04-09-2015 |
20150100179 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC IN-VEHICLE VIRTUAL REALITY - A computer-implemented method and system for in-vehicle dynamic virtual reality includes determining a spatial environment around a vehicle and one or more maneuver paths for the vehicle in the spatial environment. The method includes updating a virtual view based on the spatial environment and the maneuver paths. Updating the virtual view includes augmenting one or more components of a virtual world model to indicate the spatial environment and the maneuver paths. The virtual view is rendered to an output device. The method includes generating a vehicle maneuver request for the vehicle. The vehicle maneuver request includes at least a desired vehicle maneuver and the vehicle maneuver request is based at least in part on the spatial environment. The method includes controlling one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle based on the vehicle maneuver request. | 04-09-2015 |
20150105933 | REMOTE VEHICLE MONITORING - A monitoring device receives an aerial image, data relating to a vehicle and a request for an image of the vehicle. The vehicle is located in the image. A portion of the aerial image that includes the vehicle and/or information based thereon is provided. | 04-16-2015 |
20150105934 | VEHICLE EVENT PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHODS - Vehicle event data playback systems described herein may provide users means for reviewing events recorded by a vehicle event recorder. Circumstances relating to vehicle operation may be visually presented in these playback systems. Video playback from multiple recording devices may be synchronized with each other and/or with information related to the operation of the vehicle during the recorded events to affect a presentation of information related to operation of the vehicle. A user may be presented with many data types in graphical and/or intuitive arrangements. | 04-16-2015 |
20150105935 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING OPERATION OF MULTI-LINE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - A method for managing operation of multi-line transportation includes setting an operation line of a transportation system, generating an operation pattern of the operation line including the day type of the operation day, generating a vehicle operation plan using the operation line and the operation pattern, generating a driver operation plan based on the vehicle operation plan, and assigning real vehicles and real drivers based on the vehicle operation plan and the driver operation plan, respectively. The operation pattern includes at least one time band characteristic of the operation day that is associated with demand for transportation and assigned to a section of a route in the operation line. | 04-16-2015 |
20150105936 | Method for guiding a vehicle and a driver assistance system - A method for guiding a vehicle, at least one parameter of the surroundings of the vehicle being detected by at least one sensor; a travel corridor being ascertained based on the parameter; a trajectory being ascertained as a function of at least one other parameter within the travel corridor; and the guidance of the vehicle being adapted as a function of the ascertained trajectory. | 04-16-2015 |
20150105937 | Method for Representing Vehicle Surroundings - The invention relates to a method for representing vehicle surroundings for a vehicle ( | 04-16-2015 |
20150105938 | VEHICLE SPEED DETERMINATION SYSTEM, STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND SADDLED VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - A vehicle speed while curving through steering maneuver is determined. A vehicle speed determination system is applicable to a vehicle having a front wheel and a rear wheel. The system includes: a wheel speed sensor configured to detect a wheel speed V | 04-16-2015 |
20150105939 | Operating System for a Motor Vehicle - An operating system for a motor vehicle, having a first operating unit for detecting user gestures, at least one second operating unit for detecting user inputs, and an evaluation unit which assigns the user gestures and user inputs detected by the operating units to operating functions. The evaluation unit checks whether a user gesture and a user input have been detected at the same time within the same time window and within the same spatial area. The evaluation unit modifies or suppresses the operating function assigned to the user gesture in the event of a positive result of the check. | 04-16-2015 |
20150105940 | MOBILE BODY AND MOBILE BODY SYSTEM - A mobile robot (mobile body) according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a moving unit, an upper body, and a step-climbing control unit (control unit). The moving unit has a plurality of front and rear driving wheels disposed along a traveling direction. The upper body is supported at the moving unit, and is provided to be able to change a gravity center position in the traveling direction. The step-climbing control unit instructs the upper body to change the gravity center position depending on a road condition. | 04-16-2015 |
20150112504 | VEHICLE SENSOR COLLECTION OF OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION - A method, implemented in an electronic processing system that includes a memory and one or more processors, includes receiving, at the electronic processing system, sensor data representing information collected by a sensor (i) located on or in a first vehicle and (ii) configured to sense an environment external to the first vehicle, storing the received sensor data in the memory, and determining, via the one or more processors and based on the stored sensor data, an identifying characteristic of a second vehicle different than the first vehicle. | 04-23-2015 |
20150112505 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING FUELING IN A WORKSITE - A computer-implemented method for determining that a worksite machine requires refuelling is described. The method involves accessing incident message information and known worksite information; processing the incident message and known worksite information to generate state information; processing the state and known worksite information to generate situation information; and processing the situation and known worksite information to determine that the worksite machine has insufficient fuel to complete the tasks currently assigned to the worksite machine. | 04-23-2015 |
20150112506 | CNG FUEL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A fuel management module for use with a CNG fuel system for a vehicle includes a housing configured to be connected to the vehicle and a number of connections, receptacles, and controls associated with the module. A defueling receptacle may be positioned on the front panel of the housing, for defueling a fuel tank of the vehicle. A defueling control valve may be positioned on the front panel of the housing for controlling operation of the defueling receptacle, allowing for selective defueling. One or more high pressure connections may be accessible on the housing and configured for connection to one or more separate fuel tanks in a plug and play configuration. A plurality of filling connections may be accessible on the housing for filling the fuel tank(s). A low pressure fuel output connection may be positioned on the back panel of the housing to provide fuel output from the high pressure connections to the engine. | 04-23-2015 |
20150112507 | METHOD, A VEHICLE MOUNTABLE CONTROLLER AND A DEVICE FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE MOUNTABLE CONTROLLER IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - An exemplary technique is provided for operating a vehicle mountable controller that is mounted to a vehicle and used to control at least a part of the vehicle's operation. The vehicle mountable controller may be used as a network element in a computer network. An idle controller resource of the vehicle mountable controller is provided for remote processing to the computer network. The technique includes determining an operating mode of the vehicle in which the vehicle mountable controller is mounted, and performing a test to determine whether to use the vehicle mountable controller as a network element in the computer network based on the operating mode of the vehicle at a time that the test is performed. | 04-23-2015 |
20150112508 | TRACTION CONTROL DEVICE AND TRACTION CONTROL METHOD - A parameter calculation part calculates an adaptive gain coefficient ‘k’ for the road surface conditions, based on frictional coefficient μ and a slip ratio λ from an acquisition part and a coefficient ‘b’ in a storage part. Subsequently, the parameter calculation part calculates an adaptive time constant τ by which the stability of traction control can be ensured, based on the gain coefficient ‘k’ and a coefficient ‘a’ within the storage part. Along with the calculated gain coefficient ‘k’ being set in a gain multiplication part, the calculated time constant τ is set in a filter part. According to these settings, model following control is executed by taking, as a reference model, an adhesion model in which the driving wheel does not slip. This enhances slip prevention performance while ensuring control stability, making stable travel possible while ensuring the required drive force in accordance with road surface state. | 04-23-2015 |
20150112509 | TRACKING CONTROL APPARATUS - A tracking control apparatus is configured to include a detection unit that detects an object in front of a host vehicle, and a control unit that, when parallel traveling vehicles which travel in parallel with each other in front of the host vehicle are detected by the detection unit and in a case where a distance between the host vehicle and the parallel traveling vehicles is longer than a separate recognition distance by which a plurality of vehicles in the vehicle-width direction can be separately recognized, presumes that there exists a preceding vehicle between the parallel traveling vehicles and controls traveling of the host vehicle. | 04-23-2015 |
20150112510 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED NETWORK SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - A vehicle-mounted network system includes a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) communicatively connected to a communication path of a vehicle-mounted network, each of which is configured to selectively perform a normal mode of operation and a sleep mode, and a management apparatus. The plurality of ECUs are configured to be individually powered on and off by a power supply relay of the management apparatus. The management apparatus is configured to acquire information indicative of a vehicle situation and determine a scene from the acquired information, determine control contents for powering on or off at least one specific ECU, of the plurality of ECUs, corresponding to the determined scene, if any, and power on or off the at least one specific ECU based on the determined control contents. | 04-23-2015 |
20150112511 | MOBILE TERMINAL - If identification information is updated periodically, there is such a problem that when another vehicle is receiving driving support based on transmitted identification information of an own vehicle, if the identification information of the own vehicle is updated, the operation of driving support using the identification information becomes unstable because another vehicle can no longer identify the own vehicle. | 04-23-2015 |
20150120081 | COGNITIVE STATE SUPPORTED AUTOMOTIVE TRAVEL - A method, system, and computer program product for cognitive state supported automotive travel are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A detection is made that an event in a vehicle is outside of acceptable bounds for that event. A determination is made whether the event being outside of acceptable bounds is a result of a cognitive state of a person operating the vehicle. Responsive to the event being a result of the cognitive state of the person, an indication of the cognitive state of the person being below a threshold level of cognitive abilities is generated. An action corresponding to the cognitive state is performed. The action causes the vehicle to operate with improved safety. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120082 | Method and Apparatus for Visual Accident Detail Reporting - A system includes a processor configured to request vehicle sensor data upon crash detection. Further, the processor is configured to assemble the data into a graphic representation of a vehicle, including graphic representations of conditions represented by sensor data. The processor is also configured to send the graphic representation to an emergency operator in communication with a vehicle computing system. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120083 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER ANY VEHICLE EVENTS SPECIFIED IN NOTIFICATION PREFERENCES HAVE OCCURRED - Computer-implemented methods, systems and apparatus are disclosed for monitoring and reporting notification preferences. A processor of a vehicle determines whether any vehicle events specified in notification preferences have occurred. The notification preferences can be defined by an owner of the vehicle and specify vehicle events that the owner wants to be monitored and reported. When the processor determines that any vehicle event specified in the notification preferences has occurred, the processor can store a record of the vehicle event (and any other vehicle events that occur) in a vehicle event detection log, and then regularly or periodically generate a notification report that includes records for each of the vehicle events that are stored in the vehicle event detection log. The notification report can then be communicated to a remote computer located outside the vehicle. In addition, some vehicle events can trigger generation and communication of an alert message to the remote computer. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120084 | Method and device for monitoring an energy reserve and safety device for a vehicle - A method for monitoring an energy reserve for a safety device for a vehicle includes the task of evaluating a change of a voltage present in the energy reserve between a starting value suitable for operating the safety device and a test voltage value suitable for operating the safety device to monitor the energy reserve. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120085 | SMART SYSTEM - In a smart system, an onboard system transmits a request signal. A portable device receives the request signal. An LF demodulation portion demodulates the request signal to acquire request data and returns an answer signal based on acquisition of the request data. The onboard system receives the answer signal and performs smart drive based on reception of the answer signal. The onboard system also transmits a specified counter-RA signal. A switching circuit of the portable device outputs the received counter-RA signal to a modulation portion while bypassing the LF demodulation portion. The modulation portion performs RF modulation using the counter-RA signal to acquire a counter-RA modulation signal and transmits the counter-RA modulation signal. When receiving the counter-RA modulation signal, the onboard system determines whether to allow or disallow the smart drive based on delay time of timing to receive the counter-RA modulation signal with reference to timing to transmit the counter-RA signal. This enables to suppress variations in the transmission/reception delay time inherent in the smart system. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120086 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - An equipment operation controller implements control to disable an operation of equipment that is operated inside a vehicle cabin and not perform functions of the equipment according to such the operation, when a vehicle is traveling at or above a prescribed speed. However, even when the vehicle is traveling at or above the prescribed speed, if a travel assistance unit implements a control for travel assistance and a determination unit determines to permit the operation of the equipment then the operation of the equipment is enabled. The determination unit determines whether or not to permit the operation of the equipment, based on a risk evaluated based on information on the outside of the vehicle acquired by an outside information acquisition unit, and a state of the vehicle, and determines to permit the operation of the equipment when the risk is equal to or lower than a prescribed level. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120087 | DATA TRANSMISSION FOR AN INTERNET OF VEHICLES SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a data transmission method and apparatus. The method comprises: obtaining information of a vehicle, the information comprising a current location of the vehicle; predicting a possible location of the vehicle in a future period of time and corresponding communication connection quality; predicting changes of the communication connection quality in the vehicle running course according to the communication connection quality at the current location of the vehicle and the communication connection quality at the predicted location; and according to the changes, determining an adjustment policy of computing resources for processing data uploaded by the vehicle. By means of the method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present invention, computing resources for processing real-time data uploaded by vehicles can be determined dynamically. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120088 | METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY CHANGING CONTENT DISPLAYED IN A VEHICULAR HEAD UNIT AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR THE SAME - A method of dynamically changing content in a head unit mirroring a mobile terminal by dynamically changing content displayed in the mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal for the same, the method including receiving state information indicating a current state of a vehicle equipped with the head unit from the head unit, determining the content to be displayed in the head unit based on the state information and transmitting the determined content to the head unit. | 04-30-2015 |
20150127189 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS TRACKING OF A FOLLOWING VEHICLE IN THE LANE OF A LEADING VEHICLE - A method and system for autonomous tracking of a following vehicle on the track of a leading vehicle. A lead message is received by the following vehicle and rejected by the following vehicle or confirmed with a follow message. After receipt of the follow message, a first element of coordination information for coordination of the autonomous tracking is sent to the following vehicle by the leading vehicle. A second element of coordination information is detected for coordination of the autonomous tracking by environment sensors of the following vehicle on the basis of movements of the leading vehicle. The first and second elements of coordination information are compared by the following vehicle. In the case of a matching comparison result, the autonomous tracking is performed corresponding to the first and second elements of coordination information and, in the case of a deviating comparison result, the autonomous tracking is ended. | 05-07-2015 |
20150127190 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING A COLLISION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A VEHICLE DRIVING THE WRONG WAY AND A CONTROL AND DETECTION DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE TO PREVENT A COLLISION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A VEHICLE DRIVING THE WRONG WAY - A method for preventing a motor vehicle from colliding with a vehicle driving the wrong way includes a wrong-way driver warning received by the motor vehicle, the traffic situation ahead of and beside the motor vehicle is detected with a sensor system, and it is checked, based on the detected traffic situation, to ascertain whether an evasive maneuver of the motor vehicle is initiate-able and an automatic evasive maneuver is initiated as a function of the check. A control and detection device for preventing collision with a vehicle driving the wrong way includes an arrangement for receiving a wrong-way driver warning, an arrangement for detecting the traffic situation ahead of and beside the motor vehicle, an arrangement for checking, configured for checking, based on the detected traffic situation, whether an evasive maneuver of is initiate-able, and an arrangement for initiating an automatic evasive maneuver based on the check. | 05-07-2015 |
20150127191 | VEHICULAR NETWORK - Disclosed herein are techniques for determining a vehicle-based reputation. A driver of a remote vehicle is identified at a navigation system. Driving of the driver is characterized based on the occurrence of one or more events. Transmission of the characterization is caused to a remote server. Also disclosed herein are techniques for determining a vehicle condition. A remote vehicle is identified at a navigation system. A condition of the remote vehicle is characterized based on the occurrence of one or more events. A transmission of the characterization is caused to a remote server. | 05-07-2015 |
20150134141 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A vehicle includes a vehicle interface unit, an output of which is controlled according to user manipulation. A vehicle information acquisition unit is configured to acquire information about a vehicle state and an output of the vehicle interface unit in the vehicle state. A storage is configured to store the acquired information about the vehicle state and the output of the vehicle interface unit in the vehicle state. A model generation unit is configured to generate a user preference model using the stored information about the vehicle state and the output of the vehicle interface unit in the vehicle state. A controller is configured to control the output of the vehicle interface unit based on the user preference model. | 05-14-2015 |
20150134142 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND ARTICLE FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE EVENT DATA - Detected events such as impacts, accidents, breakdowns, and types of driving behaviors based on feedback from tilt, gravity, accelerometers and/or shock sensors within a portable electrical power storage device such as a battery and/or within a vehicle (e.g., an electric scooter) are communicated to the user's mobile device, dashboard display and/or backend systems over wired and/or wireless communication channels. The communication of the events and types of events are logged and automatically aggregated from multiple vehicles for further analysis to determine various potential system-wide safety issues and to track event history on an individual per-user or individual per-scooter basis or individual per-battery basis. Such event data may also be transferred accordingly via the battery exchange process at the online exchange machine through a memory device attached to the battery that stores the event data. | 05-14-2015 |
20150142205 | Actions Prediction for Hypothetical Driving Conditions - An information system includes a prediction engine for predicting an action based on a set of driving state parameters, and a driving history, and a simulation engine for generating a hypothetical scenario by simulating one or a combination of at least one driving state parameter and at least part of the driving history, such that the prediction engine predicts the action for the hypothetical scenario. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142206 | IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING DYNAMIC COMPENSATION FOR COLOR ATTENUATION FOR VEHICLE WINDSCREENS - An imaging system for a vehicle is disclosed having an image sensor positioned in the vehicle for capturing images through a windscreen of the vehicle and for generating image data corresponding to the captured images, and a processor coupled to the image sensor for receiving and analyzing the image data and detecting vehicle light sources in the captured images. The processor: detects a predetermined number of vehicle light sources; averages color values of each detected vehicle light source; determines differences between the averaged color values and target color values; and stores the differences as color compensation values. A vehicle equipment control system is further disclosed having the imaging system above, wherein the processor compensates color values of subsequently detected vehicle light sources and generates a control signal that is used to control the vehicle equipment in response to the detection of color compensated vehicle light sources in the captured images. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142207 | METHOD AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING LANE CHANGES OR PASSING MANEUVERS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - In a method for operating a driver assistance device for supporting lane changes and/or passing maneuvers of a motor vehicle, route information of motor vehicles participating in a traffic situation is acquired; a target trajectory for a possible lane change or a possible passing maneuver, as well as at least one variable of the motor vehicle for reaching the target trajectory, are determined; a cost function is determined for the target trajectory and for the at least one variable; and the cost function is minimized in order to obtain a trajectory that is optimized with respect to costs. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142208 | TARGET RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A target recognition apparatus includes a detecting unit and an estimating unit. The detecting unit detects an object that is present in a traveling direction of a vehicle, and acquires information for estimation that is used to perform an object type estimation to presume whether or not the detected object is an object to be used in control for enabling the vehicle to perform a predetermined operation. The estimating unit performs the object type estimation based on the information for estimation. When a predetermined first condition is met, the control for enabling the vehicle to perform a predetermined operation is prohibited or suppressed. The predetermined first condition indicates that erroneous estimation may occur in the object type estimation. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142209 | Monitoring Using Vehicles - A monitoring arrangement including vehicles, a locating system in each vehicle that provides location data about the vehicle, a sensor system in each vehicle that detects presence of at least one chemical in the air at a location at which the vehicle is situated when the sensor system is analyzing air, and a monitoring facility. Each vehicle also includes a communication system that generates a signal based on data provided by the sensor system about the detected presence of at least one chemical in the air and a signal based on the location data and directs the signals to the monitoring facility. Data provided by the sensor systems and sent via the communication systems is analyzed at the monitoring facility in association with location data about the vehicles determined by the locating systems. | 05-21-2015 |
20150148984 | APPARATUS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF ENTITIES MOVED TOGETHER - Apparatus for the automatic identification of entities moved together by a transport vehicle comprising a first element, constrained to the transport vehicle which moves the entities together, and configured to acquire in digital form a trend within a first time interval of the acceleration, or first acceleration profile, to which the transport vehicle is subjected. A second element is constrained to each of the entities in motion, and configured to acquire in digital form a trend within a second time interval of the acceleration, or second acceleration profile, to which the entity is subjected. A wireless radio network may be used for the communication between the first element, and each second element. | 05-28-2015 |
20150148985 | VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC ACTIVATING METHOD OF VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE FUNCTION BY THE SAME - The present invention provides a vehicle driving assistance device, including: a collecting unit which collects vehicle safety information including positional information of a vehicle; a determining unit which determines a kind of driving road on which the vehicle is driven using the positional information; and a control unit which activates at least one driving assistance function related with the kind of driving road, among a plurality of driving assistance functions which is implemented in the vehicle and an automatic activating method of a vehicle driving assistance function by the vehicle driving assistance device. | 05-28-2015 |
20150148986 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING NARROW ROAD - A method for detecting a narrow road includes calculating relative heights of points from a distance measuring sensor to a ground based on distance information. A left boundary point and a right boundary point, at which a difference in relative heights from adjacent points becomes maximal, are acquired. A road boundary line of a driving road is acquired based on the left boundary point and the right boundary point depending on a movement trajectory of the vehicle when a difference in relative heights at the left boundary point and the right boundary point is more than or equal to a reference value. A road width of the driving road is calculated based on the road boundary line. It is detected whether the driving road of the vehicle is a narrow road based on the road width. | 05-28-2015 |
20150148987 | Method and control device and detection device for checking for plausibility of wrong-way driving of a motor vehicle - A method and a control device and detection device are provided for checking for plausibility of wrong-way driving of a motor vehicle having a wireless receiving unit on a directional roadway, at least one signal of a wireless transmitting unit of one other motor vehicle being received, a driving direction of the other motor vehicle being ascertained based on the at least one signal, and the plausibility for wrong-way driving of the motor vehicle or of the other motor vehicle being checked based on the driving direction of the motor vehicle and on the driving direction of the other motor vehicle. | 05-28-2015 |
20150291158 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD - A driving support device which more appropriately manages the necessity of a driving support related to collision avoidance and which effectively restrains unnecessary activation of the driving support is disclosed. The driving support device performs a collision avoidance support on a vehicle ( | 10-15-2015 |
20150291159 | COLLISION POSSIBILITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS, DRIVE ASSIST APPARATUS, COLLISION POSSIBILITY DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COLLISION POSSIBILITY DETERMINATION PROGRAM - A collision possibility determination apparatus includes: an identifying part configured to detect an object and identify a location of the object; a first analysis part configured to predict a future location of the object based on information relating to the object output from the identifying part and generate first information indicating a possibility of colliding with the object based on the predicted future location of the object; a second analysis part configured to generate second information indicating a possibility of colliding with the object based on the location of the object identified by the identifying part; and a determination part configured to determine a possibility of colliding with the object based on both of the first information and the second information. | 10-15-2015 |
20150291168 | METHOD FOR FREEING A VEHICLE BY ROCKING WHEN THE VEHICLE GOT STUCK - A method of releasing a stuck vehicle, in which a stuck situation is recognized and a rocking-free process is initiated and continued until the rocking-free process is suppressed. The rocking-free process is suppressed either after the activation of a parking brake of the vehicle, which was inactive at the beginning of and during the rocking-free process, for a predetermined time interval, or after the registration of a limit value of a deflection of a drive pedal of the vehicle and after the limit value of the deflection of the drive pedal is maintained or exceeded for a predetermined time interval, or after a vehicle speed falls to almost zero km/h, a minimum actuation of a drive pedal of the vehicle is registered, the vehicle speed is maintained for a predetermined time interval and the minimum actuation is maintained for the predetermined time interval. | 10-15-2015 |
20150291169 | METHOD FOR FREEING A VEHICLE BY ROCKING WHEN THE VEHICLE GOT STUCK - A method of releasing a stuck vehicle with a rocking-free process which continues until the process is suppressed. The process is suppressed after a differential lock, closed at the beginning of the process, remains open for a predetermined time, or after reaching and maintaining a clutch load limit for a predetermined time, or after reaching a limit transmission gear, and maintaining the limit value for a predetermined time, or after registering the wheel rotational directions while a transmission gear engages, and after a predetermined time, in which the registered wheel rotational direction corresponds to a required direction for the gear engaged, or after a transmission gear is engaged, a transmission condition is maintained for a predetermined time, engaging a clutch for the predetermined time, a wheel speed difference limit value is reached, and the wheel speed difference remains at or falls below the speed difference limit value for the predetermined time. | 10-15-2015 |
20150291170 | METHOD FOR FREEING A VEHICLE BY ROCKING WHEN THE VEHICLE GOT STUCK - A method for releasing a vehicle from a recognized stuck condition including initiating a rocking-free process which is continued until the rocking-free process is automatically discontinued. The rocking-free process is discontinued after the registration and persistence of a vehicle movement for a predetermined time span while, at the same time, vehicle acceleration is registered for the predetermined time span, the extremes of the acceleration during the time span lie within a band-width-limited vehicle acceleration function range whose limits correspond almost to the global extremes of the vehicle's acceleration, or after reaching and maintaining or exceeding a vehicle speed limit value for a predetermined time span and reaching or exceeding a steering path limit value during the predetermined time span, or after the activation of a door switch which was inactive before the beginning of the rocking-free process and maintaining the switch active for a predetermined time span. | 10-15-2015 |
20150298626 | CONTROL DEVICE SWITCHING SYSTEM - Before a communication control device ECU falls into a sleep state or a power-off state, a substitution request is transmitted to an ECU, among substitute candidate devices ECU to ECU, that is determined by a substitute transmission acceptability determining unit as being capable of taking over the communication control device. A substitution-capable processing load quantity, a substitution-capable process importance level, or a failure determination result of each of the ECUs is used as determination criteria when the substitute transmission acceptability determining unit of the ECU determines a substitute device, and the determination is carried out in an order that takes into consideration the process importance level of each of the ECUs during travelling or at a standstill, to prevent failures in a network or abnormal behaviors of a vehicle. | 10-22-2015 |
20150307023 | FALSE WARNING REDUCTION USING LOCATION DATA - A collision warning system for a host vehicle includes a false warning reduction arrangement. A collision sensor senses a presence of a target object within a forward path of a vehicle and a navigation system senses the global position of the vehicle. The collision warning system receives the location information and the target object to provide a collision warning to a vehicle operator. To avoid false alerts, the collision warning system compares target object and location to target objects and locations stored in a false alert database. When the target object is provided in the database, a warning is delayed or suppressed. The collision warning system also senses driver reactions to a warning. When a warning results in no reaction by a vehicle operator, the warning is considered a false alert, and the target object and location are stored in the false alert database. | 10-29-2015 |
20150307088 | IN-VEHICLE DRIVE PATTERN OPTIMIZATION FOR REDUCED ROAD WEAR - The present principles are directed to in-vehicle drive pattern optimization for reduced road wear. A method includes monitoring statuses of various vehicle functions. The method further includes controlling the various vehicle functions to optimize the vehicle drive pattern for reduced road wear, responsive to an output of the monitoring step and known information at least about a road segment currently being or about to be traversed. | 10-29-2015 |
20150307093 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE ASSIST APPARATUS, COLLISION AVOIDANCE ASSIST METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A collision avoidance assist apparatus includes: an object detection part configured to detect a second moving object that crosses ahead in a travel direction of a first moving object; an estimation part configured to estimate a relationship between a future location of the first moving object and a future location of the second moving object based on a location of the detected second moving object; and a determination part configured to determine that there is a possibility that the first moving object and the second moving object will collide with each other in a case where the second moving object is capable of passing the first moving object without colliding with the first moving object based on the estimated relationship and a relationship between the first moving object and the second moving object when the second moving object passes the first moving object satisfies a predetermined condition. | 10-29-2015 |
20150307094 | LANE OUTWARD DEVIATION AVOIDANCE ASSIST APPARATUS AND LANE OUTWARD DEVIATION AVOIDANCE ASSIST METHOD - A lane outward deviation avoidance assist apparatus includes: a recognition device configured to recognize a travel lane of a vehicle; a deviation recognition part configured to recognize a deviation from the travel lane recognized by the recognition device or a deviation prediction from the travel lane; a control part configured to perform a deviation avoidance control for avoiding the deviation from the travel lane at least by a steering; and a deviation number count part configured to count the number of deviations from the travel lane recognized by the deviation recognition part within a predetermined duration or the number of deviation predictions from the travel lane, wherein the control part performs at least any one of the deviation avoidance control and an alarm output control when the number counted by the deviation number count part reaches n, n being a natural number more than 1. | 10-29-2015 |
20150307095 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - An apparatus for assisting in the driving of a vehicle determines, for a first vehicle, a first traveling track based on road infrastructure and a second traveling track based on the traveling track of a second vehicle that precedes the first vehicle. The apparatus stores information about the first traveling track and the second traveling track such that the deviation corresponds to the respective traveling positions of the vehicles. If a base for formation of a target track that the first vehicle is caused follow is switched between the first traveling track and the second traveling track when the apparatus forms this target track, the apparatus forms the target track based on the deviation information to decrease deviation between the first traveling track and the second traveling track. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309169 | RADAR APPARATUS - A radar apparatus is configured to set a first target to be a non-output object with respect to a control apparatus of a host vehicle in a case where the first target (1) has a fore-and-aft distance from the host vehicle that is larger than a fore-and-aft distance from the host vehicle of a second target and (2) has a predetermined dependency to be an accessory portion which belongs to a same vehicle as the second target. The radar apparatus includes a signal processor configured to: determine whether or not the second target is present in an own lane of the host vehicle; determine whether or not the second target is changing a lane; and set the first target to be an output object with respect to the control apparatus of the host vehicle in a case where the second target is changing the lane from the own lane. | 10-29-2015 |
20150314792 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTOMOBILE USING EYE GAZE DATA - A system or method capable of using automobile camera system data to generate biometric information for the use in identifying authorized drivers and customizing and controlling automobile components. The system is versatile enough to distinguish between a new or unauthorized person in the automobile and respond accordingly. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317847 | Method and Apparatus for Predictive Driving Demand Modeling - A system includes a processor configured to record vehicle inputs during travel over a predefined distance. The processor is also configured to record environmental variables during travel over the predefined distance. Further, the processor is configured to record vehicle state changes during travel over the predefined distance. The processor is additionally configured to compare the inputs, variables and state changes to predetermined values to determine if a correlation, indicating a predefined condition, exists. Also, the processor is configured to record the predefined condition as occurring over the predefined distance if the correlation indicates the predefined condition. | 11-05-2015 |
20150329110 | PARKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A parking assistance system for supporting a parking maneuver of a motor vehicle, during which the motor vehicle is automatically moved into a parked position. The parking assistance system has an unloading mode that can be activated by a user to enable the unloading of an object and/or to enable the disembarkation of a passenger before completion of the parking maneuver, wherein a temporary stop of the motor vehicle in an unloading position is automatically caused before reaching the parked position in response to the activation of said unloading mode. | 11-19-2015 |
20150329122 | MOBILE OBJECT, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a mobile object including an input detection unit configured to detect an input from an outside, an acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental information detected by a sensor in a remote location, in accordance with a content of detection performed by the input detection unit, and a control unit configured to control an actuator other than a driving actuator in accordance with the environmental information acquired by the acquisition unit, the driving actuator relating to movement of the mobile object. | 11-19-2015 |
20150336457 | TORQUE INDICATING DEVICE AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME - Disclosed is a torque indicating device including: a first indicating section that indicates a torque transmitted to primary drive wheels of a vehicle; and a second indicating section that indicates a torque transmitted to secondary drive wheels of the vehicle. The second indicating section indicates a quantity that is less than or equal to the quantity indicated by the first indicating section. | 11-26-2015 |
20150336577 | TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS - A travel control apparatus includes: a detection device configured to detect an object ahead in a travel direction of a vehicle; and a vehicle control device configured to perform a vehicle control in which the object is regarded as a control reference when a lateral movement speed of the object is directed to a travel lane of the vehicle, wherein even when the lateral movement speed of the object is directed to the travel lane of the vehicle, when the object is detected in right and left ends of a detection range of the detection device, the vehicle control device prevents the vehicle control. | 11-26-2015 |
20150336585 | Method for Determining a Target Curve Incline of a Motor Vehicle During Traveling of a Curved Roadway Section - A method and device for determining a target curve incline of a motor vehicle during traveling of a curved roadway section is disclosed. A momentary transverse acceleration of the motor vehicle is determined depending on a momentary speed of the motor vehicle and a momentary roadway curvature of the curved roadway section determined by an optical detection system. A momentary target curve incline for the motor vehicle is calculated from the determined momentary transverse acceleration. A modified momentary target curve incline is calculated by weighting of the calculated target curve incline with a speed-dependent target curve incline weighting factor. The momentary roadway curvature is determined by additionally using a vehicle navigation system of the motor vehicle. | 11-26-2015 |
20150338516 | OBJECT RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE - In an object recognition apparatus or a vehicle equipped with the same, a first target area, for judging whether or not a target object is to be treated as a target of a behavior supporting action, is set as one portion of a first detection region, and a second target area, for judging whether or not the target object is to be treated as the target of the behavior supporting action, is set as one portion of a second detection region. If the position of a first peripheral object such as a radar target exists within the first target area and the position of a second peripheral object such as a camera target exists within the second target area, the target object is treated as the target of the behavior supporting action. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339114 | MODULE INTERFACE FOR VEHICLE UPDATES - A vehicle may include a processor of a vehicle configured to communicate with an update server hosting software updates; and a software update management module connected to the processor and vehicle modules over a vehicle bus and configured to send an update command over the vehicle bus to invoke a software update mode for one of the vehicle modules identified by a software update, and apply the software update to the one of the vehicle modules. A computing system of a vehicle may be configured to request consent from a user to install a software update, when consent is received, install the software updates using a software update management module configured to invoke software update mode for a vehicle module identified by the software update, and apply the software update to the vehicle module, and when consent is not received, display an indication that software updates are available. | 11-26-2015 |
20150344028 | PARKING ASSIST SYSTEM WITH ANNOTATED MAP GENERATION - A driver assistance system of a vehicle includes at least one vehicle environmental sensor having a field of sensing exterior of the vehicle. A sensor data processor is operable to process sensor data captured by the sensor. When the vehicle is operated, the sensor data processor receives captured sensor data that is representative of the vehicle surrounding scene. The sensor data processor fuses the sensor data with map data to generate an annotated master map of the scene captured by the sensor. A display device is operable to display information for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. The displayed information is derived at least in part from the annotated master map and is displayed for viewing by the driver of the vehicle who is executing a maneuver of the vehicle. | 12-03-2015 |
20150344030 | METHOD AND VEHICLE WITH AN ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR RISK-BASED TRAFFIC SCENE ANALYSIS - A method supports driving an ego-vehicle including a driver assistance system. A traffic participant or infrastructure element involved in the traffic situation is selected and taken into consideration for traffic scene analysis. A hypothetical future trajectory for the ego-vehicle is predicted by predicting the current state of the ego-vehicle and varied to generate a plurality of ego-trajectory alternatives including the calculated hypothetical future ego-trajectory. A hypothetical future trajectory from another traffic participant gained by predicting the current state of the traffic participant or calculating a hypothetical future state sequence of the infrastructure element is determined. Based upon at least one pair of ego-trajectory plus one other trajectory risk functions over time or along the calculated hypothetical future ego-trajectory alternatives are calculated. One risk function corresponds to one ego-trajectory alternative. The risk functions are combined into a risk map. From an analysis result a control signal is generated. | 12-03-2015 |
20150344031 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER IN DRIVING A VEHICLE, A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, A COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAM PRODUCT AND VEHICLE - The invention regards to a method for assisting a driver in driving a vehicle, comprising the steps of producing sensor data by at least one sensor physically sensing the environment of a host vehicle and/or obtaining data conveying information about the environment of a host vehicle, generating a plurality of representation segments each segment being a portion of an entire area of representation of the environment of the host vehicle at a particular point in time wherein a relative position of the portion of such representation segment with respect to a current position of the host vehicle corresponds to a possible position of the host vehicle at that particular point in time, combining the representation segments to a spatio-temporal representation of the environment of the host vehicle; evaluating the spatio-temporal representation and outputting an assistance signal on the basis of an evaluation result. | 12-03-2015 |
20150344039 | VEHICUAR CONTROL DEVICE AND FAIL-SAFE METHOD - The present invention relates to a vehicular control device and to a fail-safe method. The control device includes: a circuit that monitors an operation of a processor | 12-03-2015 |
20150344040 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for controlling a driver assistance system comprising the steps of providing information on an environment of a host vehicle, receiving a spoken instruction from a host vehicle driver, generating an attention delegation task for evaluation of the provided information from the spoken instruction, performing evaluation of provided information in accordance with said attention delegation task and outputting a result of the evaluation. | 12-03-2015 |
20150352954 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided herein is a control method of an electronic apparatus. The control method comprises generating an information for performing a driving-related guide which assists a driving of a vehicle; generating an indicator for the driving-related guide using the generated information; and displaying the generated indicator on a specific region of a road guide screen. | 12-10-2015 |
20150352955 | MOVING BODY STATE INFORMING APPARATUS, SERVER SYSTEM AND MOVING BODY STATE INFORMING METHOD - A moving body state informing apparatus includes a vehicle information acquiring unit | 12-10-2015 |
20150353078 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - A driving assistance apparatus includes: a moving-body detecting unit configured to detect a position of a moving body around a subject vehicle; a wall-position acquiring unit configured to acquire a position of a wall around the subject vehicle; an assistance-target determining unit configured to determine whether the detected moving body is an assistance target that exists ahead of the subject vehicle and approaches the subject vehicle from a lateral direction; a first specifying unit configured to determine whether the wall is positioned on a straight line connecting between a position of the moving body and the position of the subject vehicle to specify the moving body with the wall positioned on the straight line; and an assistance performing unit configured to perform driving assistance on an assistance target excluding the specified moving body. | 12-10-2015 |
20150353081 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - A driving assistance apparatus includes: a moving-body-information acquiring unit configured to acquire moving-body information including a position and a speed vector of a moving body existing laterally ahead of own vehicle; an assistance-target determining unit configured to determine an assistance target approaching from a lateral direction with respect to a travelling direction of the own vehicle; a movement-point predicting unit configured to use the speed vector of the moving body to predict a future movement point; a detection-range changing unit configured to change the detection range by adding a change region to include the movement point along a moving direction indicated by the speed vector at a time the movement point is out of the detection range; and an assistance performing unit configured to perform driving assistance on an assistance target including the moving body determined as the assistance target within a changed detection range. | 12-10-2015 |
20150353083 | CREATION OF AN OBSTACLE MAP - A method for creating an obstacle map of an area surrounding a motor vehicle on a road includes preparing a rasterized obstacle map, scanning an area surrounding the motor vehicle, dividing the surrounding into cells, recording those of the cells that are occupied by an obstacle, and identifying grid points of the obstacle map that correspond to occupied cells in the surrounding area. The dimensions of the cells are determined as a function of the position thereof relative to the course of the road. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356792 | MANAGING A VEHICLE INCIDENT - A system and computer implemented method for managing a vehicle incident is disclosed. The method may include monitoring, in response to a triggering event, a first vehicle having a first vehicle state including a set of physical condition characteristics. The method may also include detecting, for the first vehicle, a vehicle incident including a change of one or more physical condition characteristics of the set of physical condition characteristics. The method may also include collecting, in response to detecting the vehicle incident for the first vehicle, incident circumstance information including a set of potential causes of the vehicle incident. In certain embodiments, the method may include providing incident data based on at least a portion of the incident circumstance information and at least a portion of the change of one or more physical condition characteristics. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356793 | MANAGING A VEHICLE INCIDENT - A system and computer implemented method for managing a vehicle incident is disclosed. The method may include monitoring, in response to a triggering event, a first vehicle having a first vehicle state including a set of physical condition characteristics. The method may also include detecting, for the first vehicle, a vehicle incident including a change of one or more physical condition characteristics of the set of physical condition characteristics. The method may also include collecting, in response to detecting the vehicle incident for the first vehicle, incident circumstance information including a set of potential causes of the vehicle incident. In certain embodiments, the method may include providing incident data based on at least a portion of the incident circumstance information and at least a portion of the change of one or more physical condition characteristics. | 12-10-2015 |
20150367789 | VEHICLE APPARATUS CONTROL FROM REAR SEAT - Methods and systems are provided for implementing door engagement detection for a vehicle. A sensor is configured to detect information indicative of a dependent individual occupying a rear seat of the vehicle. The processor is coupled to the sensor, and is configured to prevent control of the apparatus from the rear seat when the information is detected. | 12-24-2015 |
20150367854 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - When an oncoming vehicle in an oncoming lane is detected in the case where a vehicle equipped with a driving support apparatus moves to a position across a portion of a boundary between an original traveling lane of the vehicle and the oncoming lane in order to pass a preceding vehicle, passing control is interrupted. When the departure of the oncoming vehicle from the oncoming lane is confirmed, the interruption of the passing control is canceled and the passing is performed. When the oncoming vehicle does not depart, or when it the oncoming vehicle is determined to depart but a vehicle following the oncoming vehicle is detected, the interruption of the passing control is maintained and the vehicle is returned to behind the preceding vehicle in the original traveling lane. | 12-24-2015 |
20150367858 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE INFORMATION TRANSFER RATE BETWEEN A DRIVER AND VEHICLE - A method and a system for determining an information transfer rate between a driver and a vehicle, where the information transfer rate is calculated using driver information measured directly from the driver and vehicle information measured directly from the vehicle. The method also includes retrieving a baseline information transfer rate for maintaining control of the vehicle from a baseline information transfer rate database. A driver safety factor is calculated using the information transfer rate and the baseline information transfer rate. | 12-24-2015 |
20150367860 | method and device for assisting the driver of a two-wheeled vehicle in approaching curves - A method and a device for assisting the driver of a two-wheeled vehicle in approaching curves, in which the topology of a curve lying ahead of the two-wheeled vehicle in the driving direction is ascertained with the aid of a navigation system, a suitable travel trajectory for safe cornering is ascertained, the position of the two-wheeled vehicle inside the own traffic lane is determined, and an information arrangement informs the driver about the direction in which to steer the two-wheeled vehicle in order to reach the ascertained driving trajectory. | 12-24-2015 |
20150367861 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE AND TRAVEL STATE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle-mounted device of the present invention has a vehicle information acquisition unit | 12-24-2015 |
20150371456 | System and Method for Detecting and Remotely Assessing Vehicle Incidents and Dispatching Assistance - A system and method for detecting and remotely assessing a vehicle incident and dispatching assistance to a motorist. The system includes an in-car device for detecting vehicular incidents such as mechanical failures and collisions. The system transmits an incident notification to a remote monitoring station. A camera associated with the device transmits images to the station, where an operator can view and assess the nature of the incident, communicate by voice and/or video with the occupant of the vehicle via a cellular telephone connection, and dispatch assistance. Assistance may include sending a replacement vehicle. | 12-24-2015 |
20150371460 | METHOD AND MEANS FOR OPERATING A FIRST MOTOR VEHICLE ON THE BASIS OF AT LEAST ONE CHARACTERISTIC OF AT LEAST ONE SECOND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method is provided for operating a first motor vehicle, at least one characteristic relevant to the operation of the first motor vehicle being ascertained and at least one component of the first motor vehicle being actuated on the basis of the at least one characteristic. The at least one characteristic is ascertained in at least one second motor vehicle. An arrangement for implementing such a method is also provided. | 12-24-2015 |
20150375695 | APPARATUS FOR SMART ANTENNA SHARING IN A VEHICLE AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE APPARATUS - A plug-in communication system, for implementation with a vehicle. The system in one aspect includes an onboard diagnostics port-expansion device, configured for mounting in the vehicle to, or adjacent, an onboard diagnostics port, and an onboard diagnostics port expansion connection line extending from the onboard diagnostics port-expansion device, the connection line being configured to connect the port-expansion device to one or more vehicle components. In another aspect, the system includes an inline remote-services terminal configured for wired connection inline, via a plurality of connection lines, to a remote-services module of the vehicle, a first connection line, of the plurality of connection lines, configured to connect to the inline remote-services terminal and to the remote-services module, and a second connection line, of the plurality of connection lines, configured to connect to the inline remote-services terminal and to the remote-services module. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375755 | Vehicle Attitude Angle Calculating Device, and Lane Departure Warning System Using Same - A vehicle attitude angle calculating device finds a yaw angle of a vehicle with reference to a lane stably without using information on a road vanishing point even in the state where a vehicle pitch angle varies. The vehicle attitude angle calculating device includes: a dividing line detection unit that detects a dividing line from image information received from a vehicle-mounted imaging device, the image information being a captured image of an outside of a vehicle; a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance between the dividing line and the optical axis of the vehicle-mounted imaging device every predetermined processing period; and a vehicle angle calculation unit that calculates a dividing line angle based on the calculated distance between the dividing line and the optical axis of the vehicle-mounted imaging device and a vehicle proceeding distance where the vehicle proceeds during a predetermined processing period. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375756 | DETERMINING VEHICLE COLLISION RISK - An approach is provided for determining vehicle accident risk. The approach determines a current vehicle state of the vehicle during operation of the vehicle. The current vehicle state is based on one or more intra-vehicle factors and one or more extra-vehicle factors that pertaining to the vehicle. The current vehicle state is compared to a number of historic accident-related vehicle states that correspond to a vehicle accidents previously recorded for a number of vehicles. Based on the comparison, the process detects an accident risk that pertains to the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle is then notified of the detected accident risk. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378360 | PASSIVE TIMING OF ASYNCHRONOUS IMU ATTITUDE DATA - Embodiments described herein provide for passive timing of asynchronous Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) attitude data using information derived from a pattern of skipped and duplicate samples of attitude data generated by the IMU. One embodiment is an attitude controller for a vehicle that generates samples of attitude data at a first frequency (f | 12-31-2015 |
20150379787 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT - An electronic control unit comprises a central processing unit for calculating plural types of control data used for controlling a control object and a non-volatile memory rewritable of data. The processing unit writes sequentially type-affixed control data, in each of which type information indicating a type of control data is affixed to the control data, into a data write-in area in the non-volatile memory. When a hold condition corresponding to one of the plural types of control data is satisfied, the processing unit reads out the type-affixed control data, which includes the control data corresponding to a satisfied hold condition, from the data write-in area based on the type information, and writes the type-affixed control data read out from the data write-in area in a data holding area of the non-volatile memory. | 12-31-2015 |
20160001783 | Method for Combined Determining of a Momentary Roll Angle of a Motor Vehicle and a Momentary Roadway Cross Slope of a Curved Roadway Section Traveled by the Motor Vehicle - A method and device for the combined determining of a momentary vehicle roll angle of a motor vehicle and a momentary roadway cross slope of a curved roadway section traveled by the motor vehicle is disclosed. The momentary vehicle roll angle and momentary roadway cross slope are determined from chassis data and transverse dynamics data of the motor vehicle. | 01-07-2016 |
20160009251 | MOTOR VEHICLE IGNITION KEY, MOTOR VEHICLE NAVIGATION DEVICE, MOTOR VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND METHODS | 01-14-2016 |
20160025499 | INTELLIGENT MOBILITY AID DEVICE AND METHOD OF NAVIGATING AND PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO A USER THEREOF - An intelligent navigation device is provided for actively collecting data about a user and the surrounding environment, drawing helpful inferences, and actively aiding the user in navigation, environmental awareness, and social interaction. The intelligent navigation device may include cameras for detecting image data regarding the surrounding environment. The intelligent navigation device may include a GPS unit, an IMU, and a memory for storing previously determined user data. The intelligent navigation device may include a processor for determining a desirable action or event based on the image data, data detected by the GPS unit or the IMU, or a recognized object in the surrounding environment. The processor may further determine a destination and provide navigation assistance to the user for reaching the destination. The intelligent navigation device may convey output data using a display, a speaker, a vibration unit, a mechanical feedback unit, or an electrical stimulation unit. | 01-28-2016 |
20160035151 | Method and Apparatus for Vehicle Data Gathering and Analysis - A system includes a processor configured to receive identification of a vehicle system-usage parameter. The processor is also configured to receive identification of a vehicle model in which to track the parameter. Further, the processor is configured to transmit the parameter to wirelessly connected vehicles of the identified model. The processor is additionally configured to receive usage-related tracking data corresponding to the parameter from the wirelessly connected vehicles. The processor is also configured to determine if usage-related tracking data indicates usage below a predefined threshold and report determined usage-related tracking data when the usage is below the threshold. | 02-04-2016 |
20160039426 | DRIVER FACTS BEHAVIOR INFORMATION STORAGE SYSTEM - Methods and systems for tracking user behavior, the user behavior including one or more of: one or more user actions and one or more user interactions with a vehicle. A storage system stores the user behavior, where the tracked user behavior is associated with a driver and the storage system is capable of storing the tracked behavior for the driver from a plurality of vehicles. | 02-11-2016 |
20160052515 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PREDICTING COLLISION FOR OMNIDIRECTIONAL APPLICATION WITHIN EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for predicting a collision are provided. The method includes calculating, by a controller, a driving trajectory of the subject vehicle based on a yaw rate using driving information of the subject vehicle. In addition, the controller is configured to calculate a driving trajectory of a target vehicle for a predetermined period of time that uses driving information of the target vehicle that includes information from an imaging device, configured to obtain a front image, and radar sensors installed on a plurality of locations. Further, the method also includes predicting classified collision types by analyzing a collision possibility between the subject vehicle and the target vehicle based on the driving trajectory of the subject vehicle and the driving trajectory of the target vehicle. | 02-25-2016 |
20160055685 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING VEHICLE SYSTEMS USING MOBILE DEVICES - Methods and systems are provided for presenting information pertaining to the health of one or more mechanical components of a vehicle. One exemplary method involves a client device initiating an ad hoc wireless connection with a monitoring system onboard the vehicle, requesting status information for the vehicle from the monitoring system via the ad hoc wireless connection, and receiving the status information for the vehicle from the monitoring system via the ad hoc wireless connection. The monitoring system generates the status information based at least in part on measurement data obtained from one or more sensor systems during operation of the vehicle and provides the status information in response the request. The client device processes the status information present the one or more graphical representations of the current condition of the one or more mechanical components of the vehicle on the client device. | 02-25-2016 |
20160056443 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF PREVENTING DISCHARGE OF BATTERY FOR AUTOMOBILE - An apparatus for preventing discharge of a battery for an automobile includes a cleaner driven using the battery for an automobile, a rotation sensing unit sensing a rotation speed of the cleaner, and a controlling unit receiving information on the rotation speed of the cleaner from the rotation sensing unit and transmitting a signal externally. Whether or not the cleaner is driven is controlled in response to a driving signal of the controlling unit. | 02-25-2016 |
20160059850 | TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND SADDLED VEHICLE - A traction control system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a yaw rate detector configured to detect the yaw rate of a saddled vehicle, and a controller configured to perform a traction control based on the detected yaw rate. | 03-03-2016 |
20160061611 | ROUTE BASED ENERGY CONSUMPTION ESTIMATION USING PHYSICAL MODELS - This disclosure generally relates to a system, apparatus, method, and process for generating a route based energy consumption estimation based on physical models. More particularly, the disclosure describes the generation of the route based energy consumption estimation based on physical models for a vehicle traveling on a specific road segment. The energy consumption estimation may be based on information related to historical energy consumption information for the vehicle, external information that may affect energy consumption by the vehicle, vehicle systems information that may affect energy consumption by the vehicle, and/or selected road segment information that may be used to predict energy consumption by the vehicle. | 03-03-2016 |
20160068157 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITION OF A POSITION DEVICE RELATIVE TO A MOVING VEHICLE - There is disclosed a vehicle backing system configurable by a driver or spotter as a function of the type of the vehicle being backed up and a spotter's position and/or a position of another vehicle located at a rear of a first vehicle. | 03-10-2016 |
20160075232 | INTERNAL VEHICLE TELEMATICS DATA ACCESS - A nomadic device may connect to a vehicle computing system (VCS) and be configured to identify data element parameter information associated with a gauge to be displayed, capture, using a data bridge adapter connected to a vehicle network, an element of vehicle data according to the data element parameter information, and display, via the VCS, the gauge including the element of vehicle data formatted according to the data element parameter information. A VCS may be configured to receive filtered vehicle data from a telematics gateway configured to provide a subset of vehicle data provided over a vehicle network, receive vehicle data from a nomadic device in communication with a data bridge adapter configured to capture vehicle data provided over the vehicle network, and utilize the vehicle data to provide information via the VCS unavailable via the filtered vehicle data. | 03-17-2016 |
20160082957 | VEHICLE LANE DEPARTURE SYSTEM BASED ON MAGNETIC FIELD FLUX DETECTION - Described herein is a system and method that recognizes vehicle lane departure in road conditions affected by environmental conditions. The system uses magnetic field flux detection to determine if a vehicle is departing from a projected vehicle trajectory or a determined vehicle position between lanes. A magnetic material is applied to the stripes painted on road surfaces or on other applicable lane boundary indicators. The system uses magnetic field flux sensors or Hall Effect sensors mounted in the vehicle to recognize changes in magnetic field flux from the magnetized road stripe. These changes in magnetic field flux are interpreted by the system to determine whether alarms should be initiated for vehicle lane departure. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086043 | USING PASSIVE DRIVER IDENTIFICATION AND OTHER INPUT FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME ALERTS OR ACTIONS - A system for providing real-time alerts or actions comprises an image capturing device and a processor and a memory. The image capturing device is for capturing an image during vehicle operation and of an expected driver location. The processor is configured to: 1) detect a face of a driver in the image; 2) determine a set of face data from the image; and 3) determine authentication based at least in part on the set of face data. The memory is coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086390 | SMART DONGLE FOR USE WITH TELEMATICS DEVICES - A smart dongle device may comprise a connector configured to plug into and be removable from an ECU/diagnostic connector of a vehicle, a transceiver configured to communicatively connect with a remote device, and a processor and a memory having a program communicatively connected to the processor. The processor may be configured to read vehicle information including at least one ECU output from the ECU connector, store the vehicle information, process the vehicle information, and send the vehicle information to the remote device. The processer may further be configured to determine energy levels stored by a vehicle before and after a trip and generate a remaining range and a total energy capacity based in part on the energy levels, wherein the total energy capacity of the vehicle is not directly available through the ECU/diagnostic connector. | 03-24-2016 |
20160090084 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ASSISTING A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE - A method of assisting a driver of a vehicle in driving a road, the method includes determining a location of a road boundary relative to the vehicle using a sensor, selecting, via a controller, a parameter to assist a driver of the vehicle at the location of the road boundary, updating the parameter based on a previous operation of the vehicle, determining, via the controller, whether the vehicle is approaching the road boundary based on a vehicle trajectory and the location of a road boundary, and providing a feedback operation to assist the driver in avoiding the road boundary, the feedback operation based on the selected parameter. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090086 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ASSISTING A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE - A method of assisting a driver of a vehicle includes identifying a road to be driven by the driver using a position determination unit. A parameter is selected to assist a driver of the vehicle in driving a segment of the road. The parameter includes information on the location of a boundary along the road and a preferred trajectory to be driven along the road. A controller determines whether a driven trajectory of the vehicle while travelling the road is deviating from the preferred trajectory of the vehicle along the road. A feedback operation is provided while travelling the road to assist the driver in guiding the vehicle from the driven trajectory nearer to the preferred trajectory based on the selected parameter. The preferred trajectory is updated based on the driven trajectory of the vehicle along the road. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091320 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PLANNED SPEED VALUES - A method and system are provided to obtain, with one or more processors, a speed profile of a vehicle system for a designated route traveled by the vehicle system. The designated route includes a plurality of segments, and the speed profile includes a planned segment speed for each segment. One or more planned segment speeds are identified that correspond to a point of interest, and respective priorities are assigned to the identified segment speeds based on the point of interest forming prioritized segment speeds. First discrete numeral values are displayed on a display, representing the planned segment speeds of the prioritized segments that are within a predetermined distance forward of a motion of the vehicle system. Second discrete numeral values are displayed on the display, corresponding to remaining segment speeds that are within the predetermined distance, until a predetermined threshold of discrete numeral values is reached. | 03-31-2016 |
20160104378 | METHOD OF DETERMINING AN ATTRIBUTE OF A PARKING STRUCTURE - A method of determining an attribute of a parking structure includes monitoring vehicle status data (VSD) obtained by a first on-board processor operatively associated with a vehicle telematics unit. The first processor executes computer readable code encoded on a first non-transitory computer readable medium. The method includes recording, in a vehicle memory operatively associated with the first processor, the VSD based on an output of a vehicle on-board sensor. The method further includes communicating the recorded VSD to a data aggregator of a remote parking information system (RPIS) for storage as aggregated data in a computer memory associated with the RPIS. The method determines, via the data aggregator, whether the vehicle is in the parking structure based on the communicated recorded VSD. The method further includes determining the attribute via the RPIS based on the VSD stored in the computer memory, and storing the attribute in the computer memory. | 04-14-2016 |
20160107590 | ESTIMATION OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERY CAPACITY AS FUNCTION OF STATE-OF-LITHIATION SWING - A method includes controlling operation of a vehicle in response to an estimation of a capacity loss and capacity of a lithium-ion battery module of the vehicle. The estimation is a function that includes a state-of-lithiation swing and fracture of a solid-electrolyte interphase of an electrode of the lithium-ion battery module. The methodology can be implemented in a vehicle that includes a lithium-ion battery module and a controller that controls operation of the vehicle in response to such an estimation. | 04-21-2016 |
20160107642 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM USING DRIVER EYE MONITORING DURING GEAR CHANGE - A collision avoidance system is provided which includes a sensory system to determine a driver's intended forward or reverse travel direction by determination of a driver's head and eye position. A controller is provided that is cognizant of a driver's recent transmission gear shift to a forward or rearward direction. The controller prevents movement of the vehicle upon a conflict with the driver's intended travel direction and recent driver's gear shift. | 04-21-2016 |
20160110931 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING CRASH ANALYSIS OF ONE OR MORE VEHICLES - A method and system for crash analysis of one or more vehicles involved in a crash is disclosed. The method may comprise capturing data samples such as a plurality of GPS samples and a plurality of acceleration samples. The method may further comprise generating a trajectory. Moreover, the method may comprise segmenting the trajectory into a macro level segment and further into a micro level segment. The method may further comprise computing at least one macro level score based on the plurality of acceleration samples and the GPS samples. Based on the at least one macro level score, the method may be configured to compute a crash responsibility score for ascertaining crash responsibility. | 04-21-2016 |
20160114804 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TARGET OBJECT - In an apparatus, a storage stores therein first identification data prepared for each of target objects including a specified target object and second identification data prepared for each of the target objects. The first identification data for each of the target objects is determined based on a first feature pattern of a corresponding one of the target objects. The second identification data for each of the target objects is determined based on a second feature pattern indicative of a surrounding environment around a corresponding one of the target objects. An identifier obtains a degree of similarity of the feature of the candidate data with respect to the specified target object according to the first identification data and the second identification data prepared for the specified target object. The identifier identifies, according to the obtained degree of similarity, whether the specified target object is in the environmental data. | 04-28-2016 |
20160114805 | DRIVER-CENTRIC LEARNING - A vehicle system includes a remote device having a processor programmed to receive driver data in real-time during operation of a first vehicle. The processor processes the driver data to determine a driver behavior. A command signal is generated to command a second vehicle to update at least one parameter in accordance with the driver behavior. | 04-28-2016 |
20160114810 | DEVICE FOR STORING DATA IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - In a method for storing data in a motor vehicle: an application software executed on a control device of the motor vehicle connects, via a communication network of the motor vehicle, to a data storage device of the motor vehicle; the application software logically connects the connected data storage device to the control device; the application software accesses the connected data storage device via the communication network, and the application software optionally releases the connected data storage device. | 04-28-2016 |
20160121888 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A driver assistance method includes: sensing whether a vehicle enters a slope road; detecting information of the slope road using sensors which are equipped in the vehicle; confirming whether the slope road is a curved road based on the information of the slope road; measuring a curvature of the slope road when the slope road is confirmed to be a curved road; and assisting a driving operation of the vehicle based on the curvature of the slope road. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121904 | Method and Apparatus for Predictive Driving-Mode Learning and Enablement - A system includes a processor configured to receive a vehicle location and to access driver-specific driving-mode-change data for the vehicle location. The processor is also configured to determine, based on the accessed data, if a vehicle driving-mode-change has previously occurred at the vehicle location and context a sufficient number of times to cross a predefined threshold and, if so, to automatically change a vehicle driving-mode to the driving-mode associated with the previous driving-mode-change. | 05-05-2016 |
20160129912 | VEHICLE CORNERING MODES - A curve length, a curve size, and a curve heading angle change of a roadway being traveled by a vehicle are determined. Each of the curve length, the curve size, and the curve heading angle are compared with one or more threshold values to obtain a driving mode request. | 05-12-2016 |
20160129920 | LANE DEPARTURE FEEDBACK SYSTEM - A lane departure warning system for a vehicle includes a positional input device and a seat having an inflatable bladder therein and a vibrational unit coupled with the bladder. A controller is communicatively coupled with the positional input device and with the vibrational unit and includes electronic circuitry programmed to detect a lane departure based on a signal from the positional input device and to cause the vibrational unit to vibrate in response thereto. | 05-12-2016 |
20160137200 | HIGH ASSURANCE LANE FUSION SYSTEM - A lane centering fusion system including a primary controller determining whether a vehicle is centered within a lane of travel. The primary controller includes a primary lane fusion unit for fusing lane sensed data for identifying a lane center position. A secondary controller determines whether a vehicle is centered within a lane of travel. The secondary controller includes a secondary lane fusion unit for fusing lane sensed data for identifying the lane center position. The primary controller and secondary controller are asynchronous controllers. A lane centering control unit maintains the vehicle centered within the lane of travel. The lane centering control unit utilizes fusion data output from the primary controller for maintaining lane centering control. The lane centering control unit utilizes fusion data output from the secondary controller in response to a detection of a fault with respect to the primary controller. | 05-19-2016 |
20160144853 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATIONS BASED ON RANKING OF ROAD LINKS - An approach is provided for prioritizing notification to one or more vehicles based on the ranking of one or more road links. The approach involves determining one or more road links that are associated with at least one curvature value greater than at least one curvature threshold value. The approach also involves determining humanized speed information and speed limit information for the one or more road links. The approach further involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of the at least one curvature value, the humanized speed information, and the speed limit information to determine danger level information for the one or more road links. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a ranking of the one or more road links based, at least in part, on the danger level information. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a prioritization of one or more notifications to one or more vehicles approaching or traveling the one or more road links based, at least in part, on the ranking of the one or more road links. | 05-26-2016 |
20160144866 | VEHICLE SPEED SIGNAL SELECTION METHOD AND VEHICLE SPEED SIGNAL ADJUSTMENT VERIFICATION METHOD - A vehicle speed signal adjustment verification method may include an accelerator and vehicle speed change measuring step to obtain a change of an accelerator pedal sensor and a vehicle speed change calculated by an engine control unit, a change comparing step to determine whether the change of the vehicle speed calculated by the engine control unit is within a predetermined range as compared with the change of the accelerator pedal sensor, and a vehicle speed signal changing step to change a vehicle speed signal inputted into the engine control unit, if it is determined that the change of the vehicle speed calculated by the engine control unit is not within the predetermined range as compared with the change of the accelerator pedal sensor. | 05-26-2016 |
20160152239 | DRIVING STATE ESTIMATION DEVICE | 06-02-2016 |
20160153797 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GUIDING DRIVING ROUTE USING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE | 06-02-2016 |
20160159370 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A driving assistance device includes: a switch information acquisition section that acquires switch information indicating a switch from a first travelling operation state to a second travelling operation state, in which the occupant drives manually; a degree of tension information acquisition section that acquires information indicating a degree of tension of an occupant; a perception state presentation section that presents a perception state indicating a state of stimulus perceived by the occupant using touch; and a controller that, when the switch information has been acquired, causes a first perception state corresponding to the degree of tension to be presented by the perception state presentation section as the perception state, and causes presentation by the perception state presentation section so as to transition from the first perception state to a second perception state determined for when the occupant manually drives. | 06-09-2016 |
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20160171801 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A PLURALITY OF LOGGING POLICIES | 06-16-2016 |
20160180395 | WIRELESS INCENTIVE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE USERS | 06-23-2016 |
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20160375797 | VEHICULAR OCCUPANT DETERMINATION APPARATUS - A vehicular occupant determination apparatus includes a load detection portion, an occupant determination portion, an acceleration detection portion, a transition prohibition portion, a drive state detection portion, and a prohibition release portion. The load detection portion detects a load of a left part or a right part. The occupant determination portion determines occupant types, and maintains or transits a determination result. The transition prohibition portion sets a transition prohibition state when the acceleration is equal to or greater than a predetermined acceleration threshold. The prohibition release portion sets a prohibition release state when (i) the acceleration is equal to or greater than the acceleration threshold, and (ii) the prohibition release portion detects that the vehicle is in stop based on a detection value detected by the drive state detection portion, the transition prohibition state being released during the prohibition release state. | 12-29-2016 |
20160375908 | Automatically Identifying Drivers - One or more devices in a data analysis computing system may be configured to receive and analyze movement data and driving data, and determine driving trips and associated drivers based on the received data. Movement data may be collected by one or more mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers, and on-board vehicle systems. Drivers associated with driving trips may be identified based on the movement data collected by the mobile devices, such as speed data, acceleration data, or distance data | 12-29-2016 |
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20220135045 | ROAD SURFACE TYPE ESTIMATION METHOD, ROAD SURFACE TYPE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - Processing to estimate a type of a road surface is executed repeatedly. In the m-th processing, a holding time of an estimation result obtained by the m-th processing is set based on gradient data just before the m-th processing. The holding time is set to a longer duration as an uplink gradient of the road surface indicated by the latest gradient data increases. In the (m+n)-th processing, it is determined whether or not a feature portion is recognized from an imaging data. If this determination result is negative, the holding time is compared with a UNDEF period during which it has been determined that no feature portion has been recognized backward from the (m+n)-th processing. If the holding time is longer than the UNDEF period, then the estimation result obtained in the (m+n)-th processing is assumed to be the same as that obtained in the m-th processing. | 05-05-2022 |
20220135046 | SPEED BASED HANDS-ON ALARM SYSTEM FOR A STEERING WHEEL - A speed based alarm system to be used in automobiles includes a first touch sensor, a second touch sensor, a processing unit, and a notification alarm. The first touch sensor and the second touch sensor are integrated into a steering wheel body of an automobile to detect the hands of the driver on the steering wheel. The feedback from the first touch sensor and/or the second touch sensor are received at the processing unit along with a vehicle speed, wherein the vehicle speed is retrieved from a vehicle logic board. The processing unit determines if the automobile is at a speed which requires both hands of the driver for better control of the automobile. If the automobile is at a speed that requires both hands of the driver, and only one hand is detected on the steering wheel, the processing unit activates the notification alarm to notify the driver. | 05-05-2022 |
20220135047 | MANAGING DATA DELIVERY IN A TRANSPORT - An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, data to be forwarded to one or more devices associated with each of one or more occupants based on a type of the data and characteristics of the one or more occupants, and forwarding, by the transport, one or more portions of the data based on the determining. | 05-05-2022 |
20220135050 | EYE-GAZE INPUT APPARATUS - An eye-gaze input apparatus includes a hardware processor functioning as an eye-gaze determination unit, an input/output processing unit, and a careless-state determination unit. The eye-gaze determination unit determines a first input by an eye gaze of a user with respect to first images of input elements displayed in a display region set in front of a windshield and a driver seat of a vehicle. The careless-state determination unit determines whether the user is in a careless state. The input/output processing unit confirms the first input in a case where the eye-gaze determination unit determines that there is the first input on any of the one or more first images and the careless-state determination unit determines that the user is not in the careless state, and does not confirm the first input in a case where the careless-state determination unit determines that the user is in the careless state. | 05-05-2022 |
20220135053 | VEHICLE AND METHOD OF MANAGING CONTENTS FOR THE SAME - Provided are a vehicle for efficiently managing contents and a method of managing contents for the vehicle. The method of managing contents of a head unit including a memory includes: entering a menu for setting contents to be output; requesting thumbnail information to a server and receiving the thumbnail information from the server, where the thumbnail information comprises at least one thumbnail and the at least one thumbnail corresponds to at least one first content whose original is stored in the server; upon receiving a selection command corresponding to at least some of at least one thumbnail included in the received thumbnail information, and determining another content corresponding to the original to be requested to the server based on the at least some thumbnail corresponding to the selection command and at least one second content having the original previously stored in the memory. | 05-05-2022 |
20220135054 | MOTION SICKNESS ESTIMATION DEVICE, MOTION SICKNESS REDUCING DEVICE AND MOTION SICKNESS ESTIMATION METHOD - A motion sickness estimation device including processing circuitry configured to calculate a sensory conflict amount on a basis of a motion of an occupant's head caused by vibration of a vehicle; extract a feature of a traveling situation on a basis of at least one of the motion of the occupant's head or a motion of the vehicle; determine a habituation progress state, which is a state in which the occupant's habituation to the traveling situation has progressed, on a basis of biometric information of the occupant; set sensitivity to the feature of the traveling situation on a basis of the habituation progress state; correct the sensory conflict amount on a basis of the sensitivity; and estimate a motion sickness state of the occupant on a basis of the sensory conflict amount that has been corrected. | 05-05-2022 |
20220135060 | OUT-OF-DOMAIN MONITORING IN PARKED VEHICLES - In a parked vehicle, a head unit operating in low-power mode draws attention to a living being in a cabin of a parked vehicle. It does so by using a microphone to monitor said cabin for out-of-domain sounds, detecting a signal originating within said cabin, said signal being an acoustic signal that is representative of an out-of-domain sound, classifying said acoustic signal as being indicative of the existence of the living being within said cabin of said vehicle, and sending an alert to a first person. | 05-05-2022 |
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20220139128 | TRAVEL STORAGE SYSTEM, TRAVEL STORAGE METHOD, AND VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEM - A travel storage system includes: a target vehicle behavior determination unit that is configured to: acquire a sensor value indicative of a behavior of each of surrounding vehicles around the host vehicle; and sequentially determine a relative behavior of a target vehicle with respect to the host vehicle based on the sensor value; a rule acquisition unit that acquires an accident liability rule in a current position of the host vehicle; a potential accident liability information determination unit that sequentially determines, using liability determination information, potential accident liability information indicative of whether the host vehicle is liable for a potentially assumed accident between the target vehicle and the host vehicle; and a storage unit that stores the potential accident liability information and the liability determination information in association with each other or in associable with each other. | 05-05-2022 |
20220141049 | COMMUNICATION REDUNDANCY SYSTEM FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - A communication redundancy system for an autonomous vehicle includes: a vehicle network domain including a bus configured to transmit a signal, terminal end resistors disposed at both ends of the bus, and a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) connected to the bus; a plurality of gateways connected to the vehicle network domain; and a high-level ECU connected to the plurality of gateways and configured to control the plurality of ECUs to implement autonomous driving of a vehicle. Each of the plurality of gateways detects disconnection of the bus in the vehicle network domain and, when the disconnection of the bus is detected, the plurality of gateways transmit pieces of data of the plurality of ECUs to the high-level ECU. | 05-05-2022 |