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20080234900 | Look ahead vehicle suspension system - An active suspension system senses roadway defects and adjusts an active and controllable suspension system of the vehicle before tires come in contact with the defect. The active suspension system identifies a type of defect or debris, e.g., pothole, bump, object, etc., along with the size, width, depth, and/or height information of the defect to more accurately control operation of the suspension system to prepare for, or avoid contact with the roadway defects and obstacles. Imaging techniques are employed to identify the defect or debris. Operation of a serviced cruise control system is controlled to enhance passenger safety and comfort. | 09-25-2008 |
20080249688 | VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle travel control apparatus including an object detector, a yaw-rate detector, a vehicle speed detector, a movement path estimator, a preceding vehicle assignment device, a travel controller, a still object determination device, and a stable-movement-state determination device, wherein the preceding vehicle assignment device avoids assigning the object as the preceding vehicle, or assigns the object as the preceding vehicle after waiting for a predetermined time, when: the present vehicle performs the follow-travel control targeting the preceding vehicle; the object detected at a position between the preceding vehicle and the present vehicle is determined to be the still object by the still object determination device; and the present vehicle is determined to be in the stable-movement-state by the stable-movement-state determination device. | 10-09-2008 |
20080249689 | Vehicle control system - A vehicle control system estimates the vibration states of tires by using a vehicle vibration model that is separated into a vehicle body vibration model, a chassis vibration model, and a tire vibration model with high precision. The tire vibration model in the vehicle vibration model is formed of a rear wheel tire vibration model, a front wheel tire vibration model, and a virtual coupling element vibration model that virtually couples the rear wheel tire vibration model and the front wheel tire vibration model. Influence of the vibration state that is conducted between the front wheel tires and the rear wheel tires is considered while the tire vibration model and the chassis vibration model are separated from each other, thereby making it possible to estimate the vibrations that occur in the front wheel tires and the rear wheel tires. | 10-09-2008 |
20080249690 | Vehicle control system - A vehicle control system controls vibrations that are generated at a plurality of portions of a vehicle. An engine/drive system ECU and a brake system ECU store the same vehicle vibration model that is separated into a vehicle body vibration model, a chassis vibration model and a tire vibration model, respectively. The engine/drive system ECU controls the suppression of the vehicle body vibrations that are estimated from the vehicle vibration model and the brake system ECU controls the suppression of the chassis vibrations and the tire vibrations. Accordingly, it is easy to execute control for suppressing the respective vibrations. | 10-09-2008 |
20080255732 | BRAKING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A braking control apparatus for a vehicle includes four wheel braking apparatuses for applying a braking torque to wheels, a first hydraulic pressure generating apparatus generating a hydraulic pressure, a vacuum booster generating an assist force for assisting a breaking operation, a first hydraulic circuit, a second hydraulic circuit, a second hydraulic pressure generating apparatus generating an assist hydraulic pressure that is added to the hydraulic pressure, a detecting portion for detecting a braking operation variable, a target value determining portion for determining a first assist hydraulic pressure target value and a second assist hydraulic pressure target value to be both greater than zero over a range where the braking operation variable is greater than a predetermined value at which the assist force by the vacuum booster is started, and a pressure regulating portion for regulating the assist hydraulic pressure to mach the assist hydraulic pressure target value. | 10-16-2008 |
20080269994 | Selective Anti-Lock Braking System - Automatic mechanical transmission system for a vehicle with antilock braking which is configured to selectively decouple the drive train of the vehicle from the wheels of the vehicle. The system includes a first sensor for sensing at least one operational state of the vehicle, a second sensor for sensing a wheel-lock up condition of the vehicle, and a logic control unit. The logic control unit is configured to receive signals from the first and second sensors. When the first sensor communicates a first predetermined operational state of the vehicle and the second sensor communicates a wheel-lockup condition, the logic unit directs disengagement of the drive train from the wheels. Alternatively, when a second predetermined operational state of the vehicle and wheel lock-up condition is communicated, the logic control unit directs engagement of the drive train and the wheels. | 10-30-2008 |
20080288142 | Remote control kit system for full-sized vehicle - A remote control kit system for installation in a full-sized vehicle, the kit for remotely controlling the vehicle, the kit including an engine starter module servo, a steering module, a brake and throttle module, a gear shift module servo and a hand-held remote controller unit. The present invention also includes a method for installing such a system. A hand-held remote controller unit sends signals which are received by the simple mechanical actuators which in turn directs the vehicle to start, to turn, to shift gears, to brake and or to accelerate as required. No permanent modification to the existing vehicle is required. | 11-20-2008 |
20090024285 | Fifth Wheel Slide Interlock - A speed interlock can prevent a sliding fifth wheel on a vehicle from being unlocked while the vehicle is moving faster than a threshold speed. A processor, such as the vehicle's electronic control unit, advantageously monitors the vehicle speed and a switch that controls the fifth wheel slide, preventing the fifth wheel from being unlocked if the vehicle speed is above a threshold. | 01-22-2009 |
20090062990 | Systems and Methods for Encouraging the Use of Vehicle Seat Belts - Seat belt detection systems and methods for encouraging the use of vehicle seat belts are provided. One system includes a driver seat including a seat belt, a seat belt detector coupled to the seat belt, at least one interior component, and a controller in communication with the seat belt detector and the interior component(s), wherein the controller is configured to disable at least one function of the interior component(s) if the seat belt is not fastened. A method includes determining the presence of an occupant in a seat having an associated seat belt, determining whether the seat belt is fastened, and disabling at least one function of an interior component if the seat belt is not fastened. | 03-05-2009 |
20090062991 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF VEHICLE - A brake-related ECU ( | 03-05-2009 |
20090082927 | INTEGRATED SEAT CONDITIONING AND MULTI-COMPONENT CONTROL MODULE - An integrated control unit for a vehicle comprising a housing adapted to package an air fluid mover, a plurality of microprocessors in electrical communication with and a plurality of connectors and the connectors are adapted send and receive electrical signals to and from the plurality of microprocessors and at least one other component within the vehicle. The housing also including at least one opening, for fluidly communicating air fluid to the air fluid mover from the vehicle, and at least one other opening for fluidly communicating air fluid from the air fluid mover to the vehicle. | 03-26-2009 |
20090125193 | Telematic Method and Apparatus with Integrated Power Source - Telematic method and apparatus adaptively uses fuel cell power source in vehicle with integrated power system, electrical system, telematic system, and body/powertrain system. Telematic communications systems including internet, digital video broadcast entertainment, digital audio broadcast, digital multimedia broadcast, global positioning system navigation, safety services, intelligent transportation systems, and/or universal mobile telecommunications system. Network-accessible software enables integrated modular function for automated control and provision of fuel cell resources for telematic appliance and/or other vehicle electromechanical devices. | 05-14-2009 |
20090125194 | VEHICLE COMPRISING A SPRING-MOUNTED VEHICLE SEAT AND A SPRING-MOUNTED VEHICLE CAB, AND SUSPENSION METHOD - There is described a vehicle comprising a spring-mounted vehicle seat ( | 05-14-2009 |
20090143945 | METHOD OF REGULATING A CHASSIS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, REGULATING SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE - In a regulating system and method of regulating the chassis of a motor vehicle, sensor data which are present for regulating the suspension and the damping of a vehicle body vehicle and describe the suspension state are forwarded to the regulating module of an antilock brake system. A state of the motor vehicle with regard to a brow situation can be determined from the sensor data. The sensor data or the state with regard to the brow situation are/is taken into consideration in the regulating module of the antilock brake system when determining control signals for regulating the brake pressure in brake apparatuses which are assigned to the wheels, in particular in the brake cylinders. This increases the driving safety considerably when driving over a brow and immediately after driving over a brow and increases the efficiency and reliability of the antilock brake system substantially in corresponding driving situations. | 06-04-2009 |
20090150031 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRCRAFT BRAKING SYSTEM USAGE MONITORING - The system and method for monitoring wear of one or more aircraft parts, such as an aircraft brake, an aircraft tire, a standby system, and landing gear. One or more sensors are provided for sensing a parameter of usage, and an estimate of usage of the part can be determined based upon the signal indicating the sensed value of the parameter of usage of the aircraft part. A plurality of sensors can be provided for sensing usage of a plurality of parts of the aircraft, and the estimate of usage of the part can be stored for access of the estimate by ground personnel. As applied to monitoring wear of an aircraft brake, a linear brake wear indicator attached to the brake moves a discrete distance when the brake is actuated, and a linear position encoder measures the distance traveled by the linear brake wear indicator as an indication of brake usage. A wheel speed monitor may also be provided for measuring the aircraft wheel speed, for distinguishing between static brake applications and moving brake applications, based upon the wheel speed signal. | 06-11-2009 |
20090228175 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SUCH - Vehicle control system ( | 09-10-2009 |
20090259370 | Vehicle Integrated-Control Apparatus and Vehicle Integrated-Control Method - The invention relates to a vehicle integrated-control apparatus and method that controls at least a drive control system, a brake control system, and a dynamic behavior control system in an integrated manner. A temporary control target (F | 10-15-2009 |
20090281693 | VEHICLE WITH CONTROL OF ELEMENTS WITH NEGATIVE TORQUE FOR THE REGULATION OF ITS OWN DYNAMICS - The invention relates to a vehicle comprising a device for controlling negative torque comprises: a central control unit ( | 11-12-2009 |
20090287378 | DRAG TORQUE REQUEST SECURITY DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An engine control system for a vehicle comprises a torque module and a drag request evaluation module. The torque module controls torque output of an engine based on a driver torque request and increases the torque output based on a wheel drag torque request generated based on a driven wheel speed. The drag request evaluation module disables the increase of the torque output when the driven wheel speed is greater than an undriven wheel speed by more than a predetermined speed. | 11-19-2009 |
20090306860 | Method for Operating a Brake System of a Motor Vehicle - A brake system of a motor vehicle can activate a brake when an activation condition exists. The braking effect is reduced when a deactivation condition exists. It is suggested that at least one property of the reduction of the braking effect, e.g., the duration or the gradient of the reduction, be at least temporarily a function of a longitudinal inclination of the motor vehicle. | 12-10-2009 |
20090306861 | Method and Control Device for Identifying a Trailer Operation of a Towing Vehicle - In a method for identifying a trailering mode in the context of a towing vehicle, in particular as part of a vehicle dynamics control system having a trailer roll logic function for stabilizing the combination of towing vehicle and trailer, that identification of the trailering mode is accomplished by a comparison of an actual signal characterizing the vehicle state with a corresponding target signal. | 12-10-2009 |
20090312917 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING AND/OR DEACTIVATING FUNCTIONS OF A VEHICLE - At least two functions provided in an off-road operation of a vehicle are activated or deactivated by a single operation of a control device. The feedback regarding the activated overall functionality takes place via the display device, which may be provided as backlit symbol in the control device. The functions to be activated or deactivated are driver assistance on downhill grades in the form of a downhill driving restriction, flat accelerator pedal characteristic map, either power take-off function for a manual transmission or gear step preselection function for an automatic transmission, navigation display function, instrument cluster display function, driving light activation function, and automatic parking brake function. | 12-17-2009 |
20090312918 | Transmission Control Lever With User Interface - It comprises an operating device (gearshift command) for at least browsing and selecting one or more functions, and output device (e.g. a display) for sending information to an user about at least the selected function. Gearshift command is suitable for further setting a corresponding status of said function (on/off status, adjustable status). Functions comprise at least a function related to driving and other functions (comfort, multimedia, etc). The operating device may be provided with locking device for enabling or disabling operation of functions. | 12-17-2009 |
20090319131 | VEHICLE MACRO RECORDING AND PLAYBACK SYSTEM ABLE TO OPERATE ACROSS SUBSYSTEM BOUNDARIES - An in-vehicle macro system can include a bus connecting a volatile memory, a non-volatile storage medium, and a processor. The non-volatile memory can include a set of macros and a set of computer program products including instructions which the processor is configured to execute. The computer program products can include a macro playback component and a macro recorder. The macros can each include a linkage to a set of associated actions. Each of the actions can control an adjustable setting of a vehicle subsystem, wherein actions associated with a single macro are able to control settings of different vehicle subsystems. The macro playback component can execute the macros, where execution of each macro causes the actions associated with the macro to be performed. The macro recorder can be used to create new macros. Each newly established macro can include a set of user specified actions. | 12-24-2009 |
20090319132 | Vehicle Speed Based Driving Control System with Single Operating Device - A device which integrates conventional vehicle driving components (clutch, brake, gear-shifting, steering wheel and accelerator) into a single operating handle which reduces the need for space inside the vehicle and make driving easier. This is done through a controlled process involving load sensor, speed sensor, set speed, driven-by-ware and engine control unit. The set speed is the base input for the process and as a result, no more energy than necessary is consumed. | 12-24-2009 |
20090326767 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME METHOD, AND DATA STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SAME COMPUTER PROGRAM - A vehicle control apparatus for a vehicle that includes a brake mechanism that produces braking force through the actuation of a first actuator and a shift mechanism that changes the shift position of a transmission through the actuation of a second actuator. The vehicle control apparatus includes: a controller that controls the electric power supplied to the first actuator and that controls the electric power supplied to the second actuator; a first electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the controller; a second electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the first actuator; and a third electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the second actuator. An actuator control unit in the controller controls the electric power supplied to the second actuator from the second electric power supply unit or from the third electric power supply unit when the second actuator is not able to operate using the electric power supplied from the first electric power supply unit. | 12-31-2009 |
20100004829 | Torque Control Device for Power System - A torque control device for a power system and facilitates the addition of a new torque control actuator. A target torque signal according to a target torque for the power system is distributed to each actuator in a predetermined distribution priority order. A signal processing filter is mounted on a signal input section of each actuator and allows only a portion of distributed signal that matches the operation characteristics of the actuator to pass through as a command signal for the actuator. | 01-07-2010 |
20100017069 | Motor Vehicle - A motor vehicle ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100017070 | STABILITY CONTROL AND INCLINED SURFACE CONTROL USING A COMMON SIGNAL SOURCE - A method and system are disclosed for controlling a vehicle. The method includes adjusting a first actuator to increase vehicle stability during vehicle traveling conditions, the actuator adjusted in response to a vehicle acceleration sensor. The method also includes adjusting a second actuator to maintain vehicle position during stopped vehicle conditions on an inclined surface, the second actuator adjusted in response to the vehicle acceleration sensor. | 01-21-2010 |
20100023227 | REAR WHEEL DRIVE ASSIST WITH ARTICULATION BASED SPEED MODULATION - A rear wheel drive assist for an articulated machine such as a wheel tractor scraper, the machine including a first frame section having a first longitudinal axis, a second frame section with a second longitudinal axis, the first and second frame sections being pivotally connected to an articulation hitch, and an articulation sensor configured to provide an articulation angle signal indicative of an articulation angle formed between the first and second longitudinal axes. The rear wheel drive assist includes a drive motor operatively connected to the rear wheel of the machine, and a controller configured to control operation of the rear wheel drive assist based upon the articulation angle signal. | 01-28-2010 |
20100030434 | DRIVER CONDITION ESTIMATION APPARATUS, SERVER, DRIVER INFORMATION COLLECTING APPARATUS, AND DRIVER CONDITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM - A driver condition estimation apparatus | 02-04-2010 |
20100036566 | TORQUE CONTROLLER FOR ON-VEHICLE POWER GENERATOR - When it is determined that accelerator operation and brake operation are performed at the same time based on the output values of an accelerator sensor and a stop lamp switch, a torque of an engine is reduced based on a brake pedal force which is computed based on a pressure in a negative pressure chamber of a master bag and a brake oil pressure. | 02-11-2010 |
20100049408 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR IMPROVING THE TRACTION OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a vehicle control device comprising: —means ( | 02-25-2010 |
20100049409 | INTERACTIVE DEVICE FOR CONTROL OF UTILITY SYSTEMS IN AN AIRCRAFT - The object of the invention is in particular a device for control of a plurality of support subsystems in an aircraft. This device comprises filtering means capable of determining at least one command associated with at least one support subsystem of the said plurality of support subsystems according to at least one context parameter, and means for displaying at least one representation ( | 02-25-2010 |
20100057306 | Vehicle-mounted device control system - A vehicle-mounted device control system includes a first vehicle-mounted device, a second vehicle-mounted device, and a control unit connected to the first vehicle-mounted device and the second vehicle-mounted device. The control unit includes signal transmission means that transmits a predetermined signal to the first vehicle-mounted device, cooperative control means that performs cooperative control in which the second vehicle-mounted device is controlled using information used by the first vehicle-mounted device when the first vehicle-mounted device responds to the predetermined signal, and alternative control means that performs alternative control in which the second vehicle-mounted device is controlled without using information, used by the first vehicle-mounted device, when the first vehicle-mounted device does not respond to the predetermined signal. | 03-04-2010 |
20100063688 | DEVICE FOR INCREASING THE DOWNWARD FORCE OF A CAR - The invention concerns a device for increasing the downward force pressing a car to the road, mainly while braking, accelerating, or turning, consisting of a wheel hub, at least one control arm, a brake system, and a damping unit. The brake system consists of a brake drum and brake shoes or a brake disc and brake pads mounted on a caliper. At least one brake shoe and/or caliper and/or brake pad and/or additional mass element is placed in a pushing plane parallel with at least one tangent to the circle or on the segment of a circle with the same center of rotation as the wheel hub and where the trajectory of movement is limited by at least one brake stop. | 03-11-2010 |
20100070142 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED DETECTION OF MINISPARE TIRES - A method of detecting a minispare tire in a vehicle having a vehicle control system. The method includes detecting a rotational velocity of each of a plurality of wheels of the vehicle; determining whether a minispare tire is mounted on the vehicle based on the rotational velocities detected at each of the plurality of wheels; adjusting the vehicle control system if a minispare tire is mounted on the vehicle; sensing a hydraulic pressure of a braking system of the vehicle; and suspending determination of whether a minispare tire is mounted on the vehicle if the hydraulic pressure exceeds a predetermined critical pressure level. | 03-18-2010 |
20100082205 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COOLING OF AN AUXILIARY BRAKE - In a method for controlling cooling of an auxiliary brake on a vehicle, the auxiliary brake is cooled by a cooling member. The method comprises the steps of: determining if the vehicle is travelling down a slope or is to be driven down a slope, and activating the cooling member automatically for cooling the auxiliary brake provided that at least one predefined downhill slope condition is determined. | 04-01-2010 |
20100087991 | CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE FOR SIGNALING WHEN THE OPTIMAL WORKING TEMPERATURE OF TIRES AND BRAKES IS REACHED - An embodiment of a control method for a vehicle which is provided with a number of wheels, each of which comprises a tire and at least a disc brake of a braking system; the control method includes the step of sensing the current temperature of at least one component of a respective wheel by means of at least one sensor; determining, in a step of engineering and setting up, at least one first predetermined threshold value indicating the minimum temperature from which the component of wheel shows its maximum efficiency; comparing the current temperature of the component of wheel with the first predetermined threshold value; and signaling to the driver when the current temperature of the component of wheel is lower than the first predetermined threshold value. | 04-08-2010 |
20100094511 | Optimization of Vehicle Stability and Steering During a Regenerative Braking Event - A method of optimizing steering and stability performance of a vehicle includes measuring a set of inertial data during a regenerative braking event (RBE), calculating a set of vehicle performance data using the inertial data, and comparing the performance data to calibrated threshold data to determine a maximum regenerative braking torque (RBT). The maximum RBT is automatically applied during the active RBE. The vehicle includes a chassis, an electric motor/generator for applying an RBT, a frictional braking system, chassis inertial sensors for measuring a set of chassis inertial data, and a controller having an algorithm for calculating a set of vehicle performance data using the chassis inertial data. The controller determines the maximum RBT by comparing the vehicle performance data to corresponding threshold data. The chassis inertial sensors can include accelerometers, a yaw rate sensor, a steering rate sensor, speed sensors, and/or a braking input sensor. | 04-15-2010 |
20100094512 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE AUTOMATIC START/STOP SYSTEM OF THE THERMAL ENGINE OF A VEHICLE, CORRESPONDING SYSTEM AND USE THEREOF - A method implemented in a vehicle, using information representative of an operational state of the vehicle being provided by sensors and a data communication bus. The information is representative of the engagement and disengagement of an exploitation assistance brake (EAB) and a speed of the vehicle and of a pressure on a brake pedal of the vehicle. A cut-off condition (C | 04-15-2010 |
20100094513 | METHOD FOR STARTING CONTROL UNIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - In order to achieve a comfortable starting process with low wear, a braking torque, set by the driver by way of a brake pedal, an acceleration torque, requested by the driver via the accelerator pedal, and a holding torque, required for holding a motor vehicle on a gradient, are determined, and the engagement of the starting clutch, as well as the release of the service brake, are coordinated such that during the release of the service brake, the sum of the clutch torque and braking torque corresponds to the holding torque, and the clutch torque of the starting clutch is increased by the acceleration torque only when the service brake has been largely released. | 04-15-2010 |
20100100286 | ON-BOARD AERONAUTICAL SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC RECONFIGURATION, ASSOCIATED METHOD AND AIRCRAFT CARRYING SUCH A SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an on-board aeronautic system intended to be dynamically reconfigured, especially an on-board information system, and to an associated method as well as to an aircraft comprising such a system. | 04-22-2010 |
20100100287 | AUTOMOBILE POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE - An automobile power supply control device for performing a control of switching a plurality of power supply circuits of a vehicle based on an operation of a push button type operation switch has a plurality of switching units for connecting the power supply circuits and a vehicle battery, and a control unit for performing a control of driving the switching units in a predetermined order according to number of operations of the operation switch. The control unit has a first detecting portion for detecting the operation of the operation switch, an output portion for outputting a drive command for driving the switching unit of next order when the first detecting portion detects the operation of the operation switch, and a second detecting portion for detecting the number of operations of the operation switch from a time point the drive command is output until a contact of the driven switching unit is switched. The switching units are driven in order by the number of operations detected by the second detecting portion, which driving is terminated when a last switching unit of the predetermined order is driven, or terminated when a first switching unit of the predetermined order is driven. | 04-22-2010 |
20100106378 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A DESIRED YAW RATE FOR A VEHICLE - Methods and systems are provided for determining a desired yaw rate for a vehicle. The vehicle has a plurality of handling states and comprises a yaw rate sensor for determining an actual yaw rate. The method comprises selecting one of the plurality of handling states, determining the desired yaw rate for the vehicle based on the road wheel angle, the velocity, and the selected one of the plurality of handling states, and activating one or more vehicle stability control measures if the difference between the desired yaw rate and the actual yaw rate for the vehicle exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 04-29-2010 |
20100114437 | ADAPTIVE VEHICLE CONFIGURATION - Methods, including service methods, program products and systems are provided for sensing vehicle loads and responsively and automatically configuring a vehicle. Vehicle-mounted load sensors sense vehicle loads, a vehicle processing means calculating a load imparted to the vehicle and comparing imparted loads to load capacity ratings or thresholds and responsively adjusting a vehicle cooling, transmission, braking, suspension or engine system into a revised operating mode. Modifying a component may entail revising a load capacity rating or threshold and repeating sensing, calculating, comparing and adjusting until the revised rating or threshold is met, or progressively adjusting in proportion to a change in a historic sensed load. Adjusting of the vehicle system may be biased to a performance characteristic or a load distribution. A supervisory entity may override automatic adjustment. | 05-06-2010 |
20100114438 | VEHICLE DRIVE ASSIST APPARATUS AND METHOD - A vehicle drive assist apparatus with high convenience in which torque-up is performed only if there is an instruction from the driver. The vehicle drive assist apparatus assists in driving a vehicle by varying a drive torque of wheels, and includes a torque-up mechanism increasing the drive torque and a switch switching, in accordance with an input from a vehicle occupant, a status of control between a first status in which the torque-up mechanism is operational and a second status in which the torque-up mechanism is not operational. | 05-06-2010 |
20100121538 | TRAVEL DEVICE - A two-wheel vehicle having a roll axis rotation flexibility in which a servo motor is mounted to each of two wheels operating independently of each other fails to perform stable straight-forward traveling on a laterally inclined road because a neutral position by a spring force of a handle or a step varies with respect to a vertical axis as a vehicle body tilts in a roll axis direction due to a road slope. Further, in such a device, the handle or the step can tilt against intention due to a left and right unbalanced load of a passenger onto the step when getting on or off the vehicle. There is thus provided a control device that enables stable straight-forward traveling while maintaining a standing posture of a person vertically on a laterally inclined road through a motor control of the position of a handle or a step. There is also provided a control device that enables a rotation while a person maintains a vertical posture when a performing rotation operation on an inclined road. There is also provided a vehicle that prevents the occurrence of an unintended inclination of a handle and a step during loading or unloading of a passenger. | 05-13-2010 |
20100125393 | USER INTERFACE FOR A VEHICLE INSTALLED COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A radio communication device ( | 05-20-2010 |
20100138116 | MODULAR CONTROL SYSTEM - A modular control system ( | 06-03-2010 |
20100138117 | BRAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BRAKING A VEHICLE HAVING A HYBRID DRIVE - In a braking system and a method for braking a vehicle having a hybrid drive, at least one wheel, preferably at least the wheels of one axle, is brakable by a regenerative brake and by a service brake. The braking system includes a vehicle stability control system, which ascertains state variables describing a driving dynamics of the vehicle, for which there exist threshold values and/or threshold value combinations. The vehicle stability control system is arranged such that when reaching, exceeding and/or undershooting one of the threshold values or one of the threshold value combinations a wheel-specific braking force control is effected. A predefined maximum regenerative braking force is determined on the basis of the state variables ascertained by the vehicle stability control system and the regenerative brake is controlled such that the regenerative braking force exerted on the at least one wheel does not exceed the determined predefined maximum regenerative braking force. | 06-03-2010 |
20100152976 | Method and system for controlling a vehicle given to a third party - A method and system for controlling a vehicle given to a third party. The system includes a system controller; a mode-indicating device coupled to the system controller; and an authenticator coupled to the system controller. Here, the system controller is adapted to communicate a driving restriction to the vehicle upon an activation of the mode-indicating device by an authorized driver and until a deactivation of the mode-indicating device by the authorized driver, the system controller is adapted to restrict the activation and the deactivation of the mode-indicating device unless the authorized driver has been authenticated by the authenticator, and the driving restriction includes a limit selected from the group consisting of a limit in number of starts, a limit in speed, a limit in acceleration, a limit in number of minutes, a limit in distance, a limit in gears, a limit in locations, and combinations thereof. | 06-17-2010 |
20100168966 | SADDLE RIDING TYPE VEHICLE - A saddle riding type vehicle includes a balancer beam rotatably mounted on a vehicle body to cause a right wheel and a left wheel to move up and down in opposite directions, and is capable of making turns by leaning the vehicle body. The saddle riding type vehicle also includes a headlight, a drive mechanism arranged to rotate the headlight, a front detector arranged to detect a rotation angle of the balancer beam relative to the vehicle body, and a controller programmed to control the drive mechanism based on a result of detection by the front detector. The rotation angle detected by the front detector corresponds to an angle of the vehicle body leaning sideways relative to a traveling surface (relative lean angle). The controller controls the drive mechanism based on such result of detection by the front detector. The headlight can therefore illuminate directions of movement properly. | 07-01-2010 |
20100204890 | POWER-ASSISTANCE METHOD FOR UPHILL MANEUVERS - A method providing assistance with hill starts to a vehicle including a power plant connected to the driven wheels by a clutch and an automatic parking brake. The method generates an instruction to store in a memory a characteristic of a gradient which corresponds to a state in which it is estimated that the user and the vehicle are ready to pull away, on the basis of conditions that given physical parameters of the vehicle must satisfy. | 08-12-2010 |
20100211271 | MOTION CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICLE - A motion control device of a vehicle comprises: a steering angle controller which controls a steering angle of a steered wheel so that an actual turning controlling variable becomes a target turning controlling variable; and a braking force controller which controls a vehicle braking force so that the actual turning controlling variable becomes the target turning controlling variable. The control of the steering angle controller is stopped by detecting a timing with which the braking force controller detects an oversteering state of the vehicle to start a braking force control. | 08-19-2010 |
20100217488 | Failsafe parking assistance system - A method is described for protecting a parking assistance system from a failure of the service brake system. In order to prevent a collision of the vehicle with a surrounding object, the function of the service brake system is monitored and if an error is present, at least one other vehicle system, such as an automatic transmission or an automatic parking brake, is activated in order to brake the vehicle and/or interrupt the transmission of drive torque to the wheels. | 08-26-2010 |
20100217489 | Method And System For Controlling A Vehicle Engine During Performance Driving Events - A system and method for controlling a vehicle engine during one or more performance driving events, such as a performance takeoff, shifting or cornering event. The engine control system may be used to maintain stability when the vehicle is being driven in a competitive or aggressive fashion by temporarily controlling the vehicle engine through the manipulation of engine torque, engine speed or some other means. If the engine control system receives competing command signals from different vehicle subsystems, then the system may arbitrate or otherwise manage the competing command signals so that different subsystems can function together properly. In one embodiment, the engine control system blends the commands signals from two or more subsystems. | 08-26-2010 |
20100241319 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD TO INHIBIT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTING DURING TRAILER SWAY - A control system for a vehicle that is towing a trailer, the control system including a lateral acceleration sensor coupled to the vehicle for determining a lateral acceleration of the vehicle caused by the trailer swaying and generating a lateral acceleration signal based on the lateral acceleration of the vehicle and a transmission controller for receiving the lateral acceleration signal from the lateral acceleration sensor, comparing the lateral acceleration signal to a threshold, and prohibiting a gear switch signal from being transmitted to a transmission of the vehicle when the lateral acceleration signal exceeds the threshold. | 09-23-2010 |
20100250071 | DUAL FUNCTION TOUCH SWITCH WITH HAPTIC FEEDBACK - A control interface system is disclosed. The system comprises an input device that receives input of a user to control a plurality of systems of the vehicle and a plurality of dual function sensors interposed along a surface of said input device. Each of the dual function sensors includes a first circuit that is sensitive to contact of the user with the surface of said input device and a second circuit sensitive to pressure exerted upon the surface of the input device greater than a predetermined threshold. The dual function sensors generate a first signal when the first circuit senses the contact of the user and generate a second signal when the second circuit senses the pressure exerted upon the surface of the input device. The system further includes a processing unit which receives the first and second signals and controls the plurality of systems within the vehicle based upon the received signals. | 09-30-2010 |
20100268426 | RECONFIGURABLE VEHICLE USER INTERFACE SYSTEM - A reconfigurable vehicle user interface system is presented. A vehicle user interface has a touch sensitive input devices such as touchpads and a touch screen that have specific function commands mapped to them. A user can select which function commands are mapped to which portions of the touch screen. This allows a user to customize the steering wheel function commands. | 10-21-2010 |
20100274451 | SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES MOUNTED IN VEHICLE AND COMMUNICATION MODULE INCORPORATED IN THE SYSTEM - Electronic control unit and each of on-vehicle devices are connected to a power supply line and each includes a communication module. The power supply line has positive and negative electrode side core wire. The communication module is provided with a connection unit and a signal processor. The connection unit has a transformer having two input-output terminals, one of which is connected to the positive and negative electrode side core wires. The signal processor is connected to the other input-output terminal of the transformer. The signal processor converts analog signals branched in the connection unit from voltage signals of the power supply line and outputted from the other input-output terminal, converts externally inputted digital signals into analog signals and transmits the converted analog signals to the other input-output terminal so that the converted analog signals is superimposed on the voltage signals. | 10-28-2010 |
20100292898 | Control and monitoring device of a vehicle having a tire-monitoring control unit and a brake control unit integrated in a subassembly - A control and monitoring device of a vehicle, including at least one controlled brake system (ABS, EBS), which during braking adjusts the brake slip and/or the brake pressure to a setpoint value, including at least one brake control device (ECU-EBS, ECU-TEBS) as well as a device (TPMS) for monitoring the tire pressure and/or the tire air temperature of at least one tire, including at least one tire sensor, which transmits a signal representing the individual tire pressure and/or the individual tire air temperature of the particular tire, to at least one tire-monitoring control unit (ECU-TPMS). The at least one tire-monitoring control unit (ECU-TPMS) and the at least one brake control unit (ECU-EBS, ECU-TEBS) are integrated in one subassembly and are configured for the exchange of data among each other. | 11-18-2010 |
20110022276 | Method And System For Controlling A Driving Direction Of An Electric Drive Machine - The disclosure describes, in one aspect, a method for changing a direction of a machine that is moving in a first direction. The method includes the step of receiving a signal indicative of an intention to change the direction of the machine to a second direction. The method also includes the step of determining whether a signal indicative of a speed of the machine is greater than a threshold based at least in part on an electric motor parameter. Finally, the method includes the step of applying a braking torque to at least one travel mechanism of the machine in response to a signal indicative of an accelerator pedal position until the speed reaches the threshold. | 01-27-2011 |
20110040454 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE COMPONENT OF A VEHICLE - A method is provided for activating at least one vehicle component of a vehicle in a braking situation of the vehicle. The method includes, but is not limited to raking of the vehicle to a halt and monitoring of at least one second vehicle component take place, and the second vehicle component can be actuated by a vehicle occupant. In addition, actuation of the at least one first vehicle component after a predetermined time takes place in the event that the second vehicle component is not actuated by the vehicle occupant within the predetermined time. | 02-17-2011 |
20110040455 | MOTOR VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a motor vehicle having a steering wheel, the motor vehicle including a first display, integrated into the steering wheel, for the variable representation of information; a first touchscreen, situated over the first display, for the input of commands; a second display, integrated into the steering wheel and separated spatially from the first display, for the variable representation of information; and a second touchscreen, situated over the second display, for the input of commands. | 02-17-2011 |
20110046854 | VEHICLE COMPRISING AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A vehicle comprising a motor-driven air conditioning system comprising a power control device for controlling the temperature in a space inside the vehicle, and an internal combustion engine equipped with a motor management system that is arranged for determining the energy expended by the internal combustion engine, which internal combustion engine is at the same time used for driving the air conditioning system, characterised in that the motor management system is connected to said power control device and arranged for adjusting the power supplied to the air conditioning system in dependence on the load on the internal combustion engine. | 02-24-2011 |
20110082627 | Morphing Vehicle User Interface - A method for operating a vehicle user interface is provided, the user interface utilizing a touch-screen display mounted within the vehicle. In one aspect, the visual or visual/interactive properties of the interface change after the user initiates interface interaction. In another aspect, the interface allows a user to utilize any of a variety of different control interaction techniques, all to achieve the same function. | 04-07-2011 |
20110082628 | CRUISE CONTROL MODIFICATION - A cruise control modification device includes a triggering mechanism that activates one or more sensors in the vehicle steering wheel. The sensors are adapted to sense that pressure is being continuously applied to the wheel by the vehicle's operator. A kill switch mechanism is in communication with the sensors and is adapted to shut off the vehicle's cruise control operation when a signal is received form the sensors that the operator has ceased applying pressure to the steering wheel, e.g. while falling asleep. The kill switch may be in further communication with the vehicle's braking system, hazard lights, interior lights and a sound alarm to alert the driver. | 04-07-2011 |
20110118944 | Vehicle and Method of Controlling Thereof - A vehicle controlled by a driver comprises a primary chassis ( | 05-19-2011 |
20110172884 | MANUAL TRANSMISSION NEUTRAL SWITCH DIAGNOSTIC AND MOVEMENT PREVENTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for preventing vehicle movement during start-up arising from a false-neutral indication. Using signals from one or more wheel speed sensors of the vehicle, a vehicle processor determines if the vehicle is moving during start-up, and if so, outputs a termination signal to shut-down the vehicle before any additional movement occurs. | 07-14-2011 |
20110172885 | UNIVERSAL GARAGE DOOR OPENER AND APPLIANCE CONTROL SYSTEM - A control module may be configured to support wireless transmission and/or receipt of signals used to direct universal garage door openers and other appliance control systems. The control module may be operable to prevent certain garage door opener and/or application control requests in the event certain security measures are not met. The control module may be integrated into a smart junction box, body control module, and/or other module in the event the control module is adapted for use within a vehicle. | 07-14-2011 |
20110196578 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE DISPLAY AND A VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A method for operating a vehicle display includes receiving from a user interface a request to modify a display screen of the vehicle display. In response to the received request to modify, the method can further include displaying a query on the display screen prompting an operator to choose a portion of the display screen that is to be modified. The method can further include receiving an input selection corresponding to a chosen portion of the display screen to be modified. The input selection can be received from the user interface into a control unit in communication with the vehicle display, which is in communication with the control unit. In response to the received input selection, the method can further include displaying an image on the chosen portion of the display screen in accordance with the received request to modify the display screen. A vehicle display system is also disclosed. | 08-11-2011 |
20110196579 | Apparatus for controlling motion of vehicle - A vehicle motion controlling apparatus has an allocating unit for selecting steering or braking control mainly performed in cooperative control, receiving a desired value of vehicle turning motion, allocating steering and braking controls for the motion, determining main yaw rate from vehicle conditions, and determining a non-main yaw rate from difference between the desired value and the main yaw rate. Setting units set assist torque corresponding to the main yaw rate and braking torque corresponding to the non-main yaw rate when the steering control is selected and set braking torque corresponding to the main yaw rate and assist torque corresponding to the non-main yaw rate when the braking control is selected. The assist torque is generated for assisting a change of steering angle of vehicle in steering control. The braking torque is generated for applying braking force to wheel of vehicle in braking control. | 08-11-2011 |
20110196580 | WIRELESS TRAFFIC INFORMATION INDICATING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A traffic information indicating method, in which: a first vehicle or a front object synchronously transmits two wireless signals directionally. The first wireless signal is for time synchronism and the second wireless signal is for distance measurement. The first and second wireless signals are received directionally by the second vehicle. The distance between the two vehicles or between the front object and the second vehicle is calculated according to the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal. A traffic information indicating system implements the above method. | 08-11-2011 |
20110218711 | INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM CONTROL - An embodiment an infotainment system for an automobile includes a navigation system, an entertainment system, an audio output device and a control system coupled to the navigation system, the entertainment system and the audio output device. The control system controls access by the navigation system and the entertainment system to the audio output device and includes a conversation recognizer that determines if a conversation is being conducted. The control system of this embodiment varies operation of the audio output device in the event a conversation is being conducted. | 09-08-2011 |
20110238267 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - In a method for adjusting a brake system of a vehicle, braking power is automatically built up in the event of a collision. In the event of a collision, at least one foot pedal to be actuated by the driver is moved from its regular operating position, in which the foot pedal projects into the foot space, to an inoperative position in which the foot pedal is at least partially removed from the foot space. | 09-29-2011 |
20110238268 | VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROLLING APPARATUS - An electronic control unit is provided with a preparatory brake pressure controlling unit that, when steering operation in an opposite direction is detected after the steering operation of a steering wheel in one direction, applies a preparatory brake pressure to a wheel, which becomes an outer wheel in turning next along with the steering operation in the opposite direction, and the preparatory brake pressure controlling means is configured to inhibit application control of the preparatory brake pressure when returning operation of the steering wheel to a steering center is detected while the steering operations in the one direction and in the opposite direction are repeated. | 09-29-2011 |
20110257847 | Vehicle Speed Estimator and Traction Control Device - A vehicle speed estimator includes a unit that selects a minimum rotation speed among rotation speeds of wheels detected by a rotation speed detector and calculates a reference wheel speed of a construction vehicle at every predetermined time. The unit includes: a variable filter processor that performs a low-pass filter processing to the minimum rotation speed, the variable filter processor having a variable time constant; and a time constant changer that changes the time constant of the variable filter processor in accordance with travel conditions of the construction vehicle. | 10-20-2011 |
20110295468 | Control Of A Vehicle Powertrain In Response To Brake Pedal Input - In the event that the brake pedal and accelerator pedal are depressed simultaneously, powertrain output is decreased monotonically with brake pedal input. In a lower range of brake pedal input, the brakes are prevented from actuating or are allowed to actuate minimally. In a higher range of pedal input, the powertrain output continues to be decreased and the brakes are allowed to actuate. In yet another higher range of pedal input, the powertrain output is substantially decreased such that a minimal powertrain output is achieved. The powertrain may include an internal combustion engine and/or an electric motor. The brake pedal input is determined based on a sensor associated with the brake pedal, the brake booster, or the master cylinder. | 12-01-2011 |
20120010785 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE - An HV-ECU performs a program including the steps of: determining whether or not the HV-ECU is in an auto-P execution state; determining whether or not a predetermined time period Tb has elapsed since an auto-P was requested; and permitting determination of the shifting operation if the HV-ECU is in the auto-P execution state and if it is determined that the predetermined time period Tb has elapsed since the auto-P was requested. | 01-12-2012 |
20120022747 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TIRE/ROAD COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION - A vehicle control method includes iteratively modifying a level of braking of the vehicle until it is determined that the vehicle has substantially lost traction with respect to the road surface, then determining the coefficient of friction between the road surface and the tire based on the level of braking at the time the vehicle substantially lost fraction. In one embodiment, previous ABS or other vehicle control events are used as a basis for estimating an initial level of braking to be applied during the friction measurement procedure. Such a deterministic maneuver can also function as a collision warning to the driver of the vehicle. | 01-26-2012 |
20120022748 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS CONTROL OF SIGNS - A system includes a master controller disposed on a transit vehicle, a peripheral device disposed on the transit vehicle, a first wireless subsystem communicably coupled to the master controller, and a second wireless subsystem communicably coupled to the peripheral device. The master controller is operable to send a signal to the peripheral device via the first wireless subsystem, the signal comprising a command related to operation of the peripheral device. The peripheral device is operable to receive the signal via the second wireless subsystem and execute the command. The system utilizes a wireless protocol that specifies a unique identification for the system. The master controller and the peripheral device are each configured via the wireless protocol. The configuration includes storage of the unique identification and operability to restrict wireless communication to wireless communication with other devices so configured. | 01-26-2012 |
20120083975 | DC POWER LINE CONTROL FOR LIGHT BARS AND SIRENS - A light bar and/or a siren controlled by a control head via control signals on power lines connected to the control head, the light bar and/or the siren. Isolated power line communication (PLC) modules between the light bar, the siren and the control head transmit the control signals over the power lines. | 04-05-2012 |
20120101691 | VEHICULAR DAMPING CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicular damping control system that executes damping control that suppresses sprung mass vibration in the vehicle by controlling a power source mounted in a vehicle changes the control mode of the damping control according to the operating range of the power source. Changing the control mode of the damping control according to the operating range of the power source enables the vehicular damping control system to improve coordination between the damping control and other control related to the power source, for example, and thus execute appropriate damping control. | 04-26-2012 |
20120109469 | Method and Apparatus for Improved Climate Control Function in a Vehicle Employing Engine Stop/Start Technology - An internal combustion engine has an engine shut-down system that automatically interrupts engine operation when vehicle operation indicates that no torque is required from the engine. An air conditioner compressor operates to cool a passenger compartment of the vehicle and is actuated in a first phase time, and is not actuated in a second phase time. An override system compares the time the compressor is in the enabled first phase time to the time the compressor is in the disabled second phase time. The override system disables the engine shut-down system unless it is determined that a ratio of the disabled second phase time to the enabled first phase time has a low rate of change, that the ratio is greater than a predetermined value, and that the time the compressor is in the disabled second phase is greater than a predetermined value. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109470 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR THE BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a control device for a brake system of a vehicle ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120123646 | Monitoring System for Controlling Liftable and Steer Axles on Trucks or Tractor Trailers - This invention provides a monitoring system to control liftable or steer axles on a truck or tractor-trailer by monitoring one or more input data types selected from the group consisting of speed and direction data, load data, turn signal data, engine data and emergency signal data. After processing the input data, a control module may control the lift axle electrical valving to lift one or more liftable axles, and may also lock the steerable axle in a straight position at a predetermined forward speed or adjust the pressure on the air suspension of a steer axle to equalize axle bearing weight. | 05-17-2012 |
20120130597 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A control apparatus for a vehicle that is capable of enhancing fuel efficiency of an internal-combustion engine. The vehicle is provided with at least one electronically controllable vehicle-mounted accessory that can be driven by the engine, and energy storage means for storing energy generated by the at least one vehicle-mounted accessory being driven by the engine. The apparatus includes regenerative control means for performing regenerative control during deceleration of the vehicle according to a deceleration instruction from a driver, and drive-control means for performing drive-control of the at least one vehicle-mounted accessory during a vehicle running period other than a regenerative control period so that the energy storage means has a margin in energy storage capacity for storing energy to be generated by the at least one vehicle-mounted accessory being driven by the engine during the regenerative control. | 05-24-2012 |
20120166047 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A driver assistance system is provided for a motor vehicle, which has a first ascertainment device, the first ascertainment device implemented to ascertain at least one parameter that characterizes a possible fatigue of a current driver of the motor vehicle. In addition, the driver assistance system has a second ascertainment device, which is implemented to ascertain a degree of fatigue of the driver based on the at least one ascertained parameter. In addition, the driver assistance system has an opening device, which is implemented to at least partially open at least one window of the motor vehicle if the ascertained degree of fatigue of the driver exceeds a first predetermined threshold value. | 06-28-2012 |
20120173086 | CONTROL DEVICE OF INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE VEHICLE - A control device of an inverted pendulum type vehicle capable of controlling fluctuation of a traveling velocity of a vehicle according to operating state of the vehicle. A traveling motion unit controlling element | 07-05-2012 |
20120173087 | Varying Irrigation Scheduling Based on Height of Vegetation - A method of controlling application of a substance to vegetation using data obtained via a mobile machine is provided. A height of the vegetation is measured during a scheduled task of the mobile machine. The measured height of the vegetation is compared with a calculated height of the vegetation. Then, an amount of the substance applied by an irrigation system to an area containing the vegetation is adjusted based on a difference between the measured height of the vegetation and the calculated height of the vegetation. | 07-05-2012 |
20120185135 | DYNAMICS CONTROL - A vehicle having a dynamics control system, the vehicle comprising: a first set comprising multiple adjustable sub-systems that affect the performance of the vehicle's powertrain; a second set comprising multiple adjustable sub-systems that affect the vehicle's handling; a dynamics user interface including a first input device and a second input device; and a dynamics controller coupled to the user interface and configured to adjust the operation of the sub-systems of the first set in dependence on the first input device and to adjust the operation of the sub-systems of the second set in dependence on the second input device. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185136 | VEHICLE MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle motion control system for a vehicle having a single front wheel, a right wheel and a left wheel. The control system includes (a) a rollover-probability judging portion configured to judge whether or not a vehicle-body acceleration falls in a high rollover-probability region; and (b) a rollover-prevention control executing portion configured, when the acceleration falls in the high rollover-probability region, to execute a rollover prevention control for controlling motion of the vehicle so as to reduce the probability of rollover of the vehicle. The rollover-probability judging portion is configured to obtain a direction and a magnitude of the acceleration by composing a component of the acceleration in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a component of the vehicle-body acceleration in a width direction of the vehicle. The high rollover-probability region is defined by a threshold whose amount varies depending on the direction of the vehicle-body acceleration. | 07-19-2012 |
20120197497 | TRAVEL CONTROLLER - A travel controller which controls the travel of a vehicle includes a road information acquisition unit which acquires road information of a scheduled travel route, a temporary target travel control pattern generation unit which generates a temporary target travel control pattern of the scheduled travel route on the basis of the road information, an engine state transition section estimation unit which estimates an engine state transition section where the state of an engine transits when the vehicle travels using the temporary target travel control pattern, a speed difference calculation unit which calculates a speed difference resulting from variation in engine output in the engine state transition section, a target travel control pattern generation unit which corrects the temporary target travel control pattern on the basis of the speed difference to generate a target travel control pattern, and a travel control unit which performs travel control on the basis of the target travel control pattern. | 08-02-2012 |
20120215407 | Vehicle Management and Control System - One embodiment of a vehicle management and control system having a main computer ( | 08-23-2012 |
20120215408 | Vehicle For Deploying A Mobile Surveillance Module - A surveillance module may be deployed from a vehicle. The vehicle to deploy the surveillance module includes a first portion configured to accommodate a user to operate the vehicle. A second portion includes a module configured to accommodate the user and comprising a roof and an entrance accessible through an interior of the vehicle from the first portion. The second portion also includes a lifting mechanism coupled to the module and operable to move the module vertically from a retracted position to an extended position. A third portion defines an opening to accommodate the module, wherein the roof of the module couples to a periphery of the opening in the retracted position. | 08-23-2012 |
20120253606 | BICYCLE COMPONENT CONTROL APPARATUS - A bicycle component control apparatus is basically provided with a controller that is configured to operate a first electrical bicycle component in response to receiving a first signal from a first input member, and to operate a second electrical bicycle component in response to receiving a second signal from a second input member. The controller is configured to prohibit operation of the second electrical bicycle component upon starting operation of the first electrical bicycle component. | 10-04-2012 |
20120259516 | ACC Extended Mode Operation - When employing an a cruise control system in a commercial or heavy-duty vehicle, an adaptive cruise control (ACC) system ( | 10-11-2012 |
20120265409 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control apparatus for a vehicle causes several control target instruments to operate in cooperation, thereby controlling a behavior of the vehicle so as to approach a target behavior of the vehicle. In this case, target behaviors of several control target instruments are estimated. When a separation arises in a certain control target instrument between an actual behavior and the target behavior, operations of other control target instruments are changed according to the magnitude of the separation in the certain control target instrument. Thereby, even if an anomaly arises in one of the control target instruments, the behavior of the vehicle can be brought close to the target behavior. | 10-18-2012 |
20120271518 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A ROAD VEHICLE AND RESPECTIVE COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Collision avoidance actions in a road vehicle are controlled based on a computed probability density of future positions of the vehicle. A preliminary probability density ( | 10-25-2012 |
20120277958 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR-POWERED HATCH ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - Described herein is a method for controlling a motor-powered hatch arrangement of a motor vehicle, wherein the hatch arrangement has an upwardly deflectable hatch, in particular an upwardly pivotable hatch, a drive arrangement which is assigned to the hatch and a control arrangement which is assigned to the drive arrangement, wherein the motor-powered deflection of the hatch in the opening direction is limited to a maximum hatch deflection by means of a control arrangement. It is proposed that the chassis of the motor vehicle can be adjusted vertically as required in order to set different vehicle body levels, and in that the maximum hatch deflection is adapted to a change in the vehicle body level by means of the control arrangement. | 11-01-2012 |
20120283918 | Load Sensor for a Vehicle Electronic Stability System - A vehicle comprising a seat defining a driver seat portion and a passenger seat portion, an electronic stability system, adapted to receive inputs from a load sensor, a wheel rotation sensor and a lateral acceleration sensor, the electronic stability system adapted to provide outputs to at least one of the brake system for braking the vehicle, and the engine control unit to change the power output transmitted to the wheels by the engine, the electronic stability system using a first calibration to determine the outputs when the load sensor is in a non-loaded state and a second calibration to determine the outputs when the load sensor is in a loaded state. | 11-08-2012 |
20120296528 | Haptic steering wheel, steering-wheel system and driver assistance system for a motor vehicle - A steering wheel and a driver assistance system, which make possible an improved control of safety functions, driving functions and/or convenience functions of a vehicle. The steering wheel, in this context, has a plurality of touch-sensitive and which may be pressure-sensitive sensors on a steering-wheel rim. These sensors are to provide a grasp information signal, which indicates information on a contact surface, a position and/or a holding force of driver's hands on the steering-wheel rim, for instance, on a CAN bus. A driver assistance system uses these grasp information signals to adapt safety functions, driving functions and/or convenience functions, such as an automatic emergency brake assistant, power steering, a pedestrian avoidance assistant or a lane departure warning system in an adapted manner to the currently prevailing grasping type of the driver at the steering-wheel rim. | 11-22-2012 |
20120303222 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A system and method of assisting a driver of a vehicle by providing driver and vehicle feedback control signals is disclosed. The system and method includes receiving location data of the vehicle from a GPS unit, receiving the location data of the vehicle and retrieving navigation characteristics relevant to the location data using a processing circuit, generating a most probable future path for the vehicle and determining a location of at least one navigation characteristic with respect to the most probable future path and the vehicle, generating vehicle data at least one vehicle sensor, and transmitting a control signal to a vehicle control area network to warn the driver of an upcoming navigation characteristic on the most probable path. | 11-29-2012 |
20120316735 | IMPLEMENT ILLUMINATION CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system controls a light source which illuminates an implement coupled to a utility vehicle. The control system includes a vehicle control unit and a data bus which is connected to the vehicle control unit, the light source and an actuator which adjusts the light source. An implement control unit is mounted in the implement and is connected to the data bus. The implement control unit transmits, via the data bus, data regarding the work width and/or work height and/or position of the implement with respect to the utility vehicle. The vehicle control unit, in response to the data transmitted from the implement control unit, controls the actuator to adjust of the orientation and/or of the opening angle of a light cone of the light source. | 12-13-2012 |
20120330513 | AIR DAM ACTUATION SYSTEM - A system for air dam actuation of a vehicle is provided having an object sensor, an air dam, an actuation mechanism, and a control module. The object sensor is for tracking external objects located in front of the vehicle. The air dam has a deployed position and a non-deployed position. The actuation mechanism is connected to the air dam, and actuates the air dam between the deployed and the non-deployed position. The control module is in communication with the object sensor and the actuation mechanism. The control module includes logic for monitoring the object sensor for a set of object data. The set of object data is data indicating if an external object is located in front of the vehicle. | 12-27-2012 |
20130030658 | ADJUSTABLE TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A tire adjustment system and utilization means therefor includes a vehicle having at lone or more electronic vehicle control systems such as an anti-lock brake system; steering wheel control system, electronic stability system; suspension control system; global positioning system. An electronic valve system is mounted to operatively adjust on a tire-by-tire basis the inflation pressure within each tire cavity responsive to an electronic input signal from at least one of the vehicle control systems. The inflation adjustment of each tire alters the tire tread footprint configuration to optimally correlate with one or more identified current road condition(s) traversed by the vehicle. | 01-31-2013 |
20130041560 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERFERENCE REDUCTION DURING KEYLESS IGNITION AUTHENTICATION - Methods and apparatus are provided for interference reduction during keyless authentication. The apparatus includes a control system having a controller configured to detect an authentication event and deactivate at least one device within the vehicle. The control system is also configured to transmit an authentication command and to reactive the at least one device within the vehicle in response to receiving a valid authentication signal. The method includes an authentication method for a user to operate a vehicle wherein an authentication event is detected and at least one device within the vehicle is deactivated. An authentication command is transmitted and the at least one device within the vehicle is reactivated in response to receiving a valid authentication signal. | 02-14-2013 |
20130046443 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SETTING PARAMETERS OF A PLURALITY OF LIGHT SOURCES AND AUDIO SOURCES - A method and device for setting at least one parameter of at least one light source, wherein the light source is disposed in a vehicle, wherein the at least one parameter of the at least one light source and at least one parameter of at least one audio source are set by means of activation of a first functional profile, wherein the at least one audio source is disposed in the vehicle. | 02-21-2013 |
20130054095 | POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM AND POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD - A radio-wave-transmitting-body position detection system in a vehicle system has a plurality of electronic control devices that are included in a vehicle, and a radio wave transmitting body that transmits a radio signal to the plurality of electronic control devices. The electronic control devices conduct communication with each other using the radio signal. Each electronic control device includes a first electronic control device that conducts communication with the other electronic control device and the radio wave transmitting body using the radio signal, and controls a device included in the vehicle based on a content of the radio signal transmitted from the radio wave transmitting body. The electronic control devices except the first electronic control device include a first transmitting/receiving unit that transmits and receives the radio signal. | 02-28-2013 |
20130060429 | DANGER SENSING APPARATUS OF VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The damage sensing apparatus includes: a data collecting unit disposed at each of a side rear-view mirror of the vehicle and an inner portion of the vehicle to collect a side region of the vehicle and a situation of a door region of the inner portion of the vehicle as data; a data analyzing unit analyzing the data collected from the data collecting unit to analyze a danger object approaching an outer side of the vehicle and the situation of the door region of the inner portion of the vehicle; and a controlling unit controlling operations of a drive train of the vehicle and the door based on a signal analyzed from the data analyzing unit. | 03-07-2013 |
20130066526 | CONTROLLING VEHICLE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS RESPONSIVE TO SENSED PASSENGER GESTURES - A vehicle entertainment system is controlled responsive to gestures that are formed by a passenger of the vehicle. The vehicle entertainment system includes a display device, at least one gesture control camera, and a processor. The gesture control camera generates a camera signal responsive to light reflected from at least one object within a field of view of the at least one gesture control camera. The processor analyzes the camera signal to identify a gesture made by a passenger moving the at least one object, and controls at least one operation of the vehicle entertainment system responsive to the identified gesture. | 03-14-2013 |
20130085641 | ACTIVE AERODYNAMIC CHASSIS CONTROL - The automobile described herein employs an aerodynamic chassis control system to limit and/or control the affect of yaw and roll created by environmental and operating conditions on an automobile with minimal penalty to improve ride comfort and performance of the automobile. The aerodynamic chassis control system employs various movable stabilization elements to control yaw and roll. Moreover, aerodynamic chassis control system constantly monitors environmental and operating conditions of the automobile and adjusts the stabilization elements to provide ride comfort and automobile performance. | 04-04-2013 |
20130085642 | ANALYZING ROAD SURFACES - The invention proposes a system that uses a novel method to analyze the surface being about to be traversed by a vehicle. The system can be used to enhance vehicle safety and control. The system makes use of AER cameras such as the Silicon Retina. The Silicon Retina is used monitor the surface to be traversed, and a processing unit analyzes the surface based on the signal provided by the Silicon Retina. The proposed surface analysis method carried out by the system surpasses state-of-art analysis methods. | 04-04-2013 |
20130090815 | GEARBOX ARRANGEMENT - A gearbox arrangement ( | 04-11-2013 |
20130131931 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control system includes a deceleration adjusting unit capable of adjusting deceleration of a vehicle with opening adjustment of an intake passage to an internal combustion engine which is a driving power source to drive the vehicle, power generation load adjustment of a power generation device to generate electric power using power of the internal combustion engine, and transmission ratio adjustment of a transmission to shift gears of power from the internal combustion engine; and a vehicle control device configured to adjust the deceleration by prioritizing the opening adjustment or the power generation load adjustment over the transmission ratio adjustment, when adjusting the deceleration by controlling the deceleration adjusting unit in accordance with an operation amount of braking/driving request operation during fuel-cut toward the internal combustion engine. | 05-23-2013 |
20130138301 | ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An accessory system for a vehicle includes an accessory disposed at and behind a windshield of the vehicle and a control having digital circuitry and a microcontroller. The accessory includes a forward facing camera that views through the windshield. The microcontroller may control at least one of (i) the forward facing camera, (ii) an actuator of the vehicle, (iii) a garage door opener of the vehicle, (iv) an electro-optic rearview mirror assembly of the vehicle, (v) a digital sound processor of the vehicle, (vi) a display of the vehicle and (vii) lighting of the vehicle. The control is operable to at least one of send data to and receive data from at least one other accessory or system of the vehicle via a vehicle network of the vehicle. | 05-30-2013 |
20130144494 | Vehicle Having a Device for Setting an Open Position of an Upwardly Pivotable Tailgate, and a Method of Operating the Vehicle - A vehicle has a device for setting an open position of a tailgate, which can be pivoted upwards and, after an opening command to a first control unit, can be adjusted into a predefined open position via an adjusting device. The vehicle has a device for setting a predefined vehicle height, which device includes a second control unit for actuating an active wheel suspension system. Lowering of the vehicle height is performed at the same time as the opening of the tailgate, by way of a communications link between the first control unit and the second control unit and by way of corresponding programming of at least one of the two control units. The simultaneous opening of the tailgate and lowering of the vehicle height are prevented if a blocking command for this function is present in one of the two control units. | 06-06-2013 |
20130151084 | HANDS-FREE SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A hands-free system control method for a vehicle may include determining whether a variation in physical quantity may be sensed for a kick action of a user, and indicating that the kick action may be an invalid kick action, using a device that may be perceived by the user from the vehicle, when it may be determined that the sensed variation in the physical quantity may be invalid. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151085 | MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE - In a method of operating a motor vehicle, a trigger signal transmitted to at least one protection device for protecting a pedestrian in the event of an impending collision with the motor vehicle causes activation of the protection device to assume a functional position ready for protection. As the trigger signal is transmitted to the protection device, a control device activates a brake device of the motor vehicle to decelerate the motor vehicle. | 06-13-2013 |
20130158810 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle combination is provided. The vehicle combination includes a tractor vehicle and at least one trailer, and the driver assistance system is designed to automatically actuate at least one element of the vehicle combination. The method comprises the following: At least a first parameter characterizing a potentially unstable driving condition of the trailer is detected. A determination is made as to whether an unstable driving condition of the trailer is imminent. If it is determined that an unstable driving condition of the trailer is imminent, a calculation is made of a position of the trailer and the at least one element is automatically actuated at a point in time when the trailer is positioned in the longitudinal direction of the tractor vehicle and directly in line behind the tractor vehicle. | 06-20-2013 |
20130197765 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, A CONTROLLER AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An electrical system of a vehicle includes at least one energy store, the vehicle having an internal combustion engine and electric machine mechanically coupled thereto, an actuatable accelerator pedal for predefining a torque to be output, an engine controller for injection of fuel, and an actuatable brake pedal, using which a controller is activated at least in a first partial range of its actuation, subject to first external operating conditions, so that recuperative power of the electric machine is generated at the same time that energy is fed into the electrical system. To increase the recuperation potential, the electric machine is switched to recuperative power by the controller in an operating phase in which a driver request is inferred due to actuations of the accelerator pedal, resulting in a braking power of the vehicle, the injection of the internal combustion engine being maintained due to second internal operating conditions. | 08-01-2013 |
20130268162 | Turn Signal Controlled Regenerative Braking And Decelerative Loading - A vehicle executing a turn will most likely be slowed down before the turn and when a driver activates a turn signal to indicate the turn, a vehicle internal controller uses this information to engage regenerative braking for energy recapture while slowing down the vehicle for the pending turn. Since the turn signal is usually activated very early in the turn event, and turns are an ongoing, frequent part of driving, a greater overall vehicle efficiency can be realized without special effort from the driver. Implementation is relatively simple for the manufacturer and adds no cost since the controllers and sensors are already installed on nearly all roadworthy vehicles. Fuel mileage and vehicle driving ranges are improved on a large scale and brake system wear is reduced. | 10-10-2013 |
20130275005 | ABSOLUTE ACCELERATION SENSOR FOR USE WITHIN MOVING VEHICLES - A vehicle monitoring system for turning off an idling engine comprises a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a lack of motion, or “stationary status” of a vehicle and emit a parameter correlated to the motion status of the vehicle, a transmission status detector configured to detect a transmission status of the vehicle, an alerting device capable of warning other drivers of a stationary status of the vehicle and a control device. The control device is coupled to the vehicle speed sensor, the transmission status detector and the alerting device, wherein the vehicle speed sensor and the transmission status detector send a signal to the control device and the control device operates in a manner dependent on the motion status of the vehicle and the transmission status of the vehicle. | 10-17-2013 |
20130289829 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system includes a portable terminal and a control mechanism mounted on a vehicle. The portable terminal includes a control unit, a first display screen, a first touch screen, a triggering module, and a first communication module. The control mechanism includes a control module, a second communication module, a second touch screen, a second display screen, and a reaction module. When the reaction module is triggered by the triggering module, the control module starts the vehicle and turns on the second display screen and the second touch screen. When the triggering module is removed from the reaction module, the control unit turns on the first display screen and the first touch screen, and controls the first communication module to establish a wireless connection with the second communication module. The control module turns off the second touch screen and the second display screen, and shuts down the vehicle. | 10-31-2013 |
20130289830 | REGENERATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A regeneration control device for vehicle including a generator for generating power by being driven by an engine and configured to convert kinetic energy of a vehicle into electrical energy by the generator includes a generated voltage control unit configured to variably control a generated voltage of the generator, a road traffic environment detection unit configured to detect a road traffic environment, a recommended deceleration calculation unit configured to calculate a recommended deceleration during coasting depending on the road traffic environment, and a regeneration control unit configured to convert the kinetic energy of the vehicle into the electrical energy by increasing the generated voltage of the generator as the recommended deceleration increases. | 10-31-2013 |
20130304329 | Method for Operating a Compressed Air Brake System - A method for operating a compressed air brake system in a motor vehicle equipped with a brake control device includes regulating the generation of compressed air and/or the supply of compressed air into a storage container and, in particular, the regeneration of an air conditioning system, using a compressor controller, and carrying out calculations for the compressor control in the brake control device. | 11-14-2013 |
20130311048 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING FUEL EFFICIENCY - The vehicle described herein employs an electronic control unit (“ECU”) and/or accessory control module configured to improve actual fuel economy. The ECU and/or the accessory control module monitors vehicle operating conditions and reduces load from an accessory when the vehicle achieves predetermined operating conditions. The ECU and/or the accessory control module is also configured to engage a fuel cut and a torque converter lock up condition. The lock up condition causes the wheels to drive the motor to avoid engine stall. At a predetermined low level, the ECU and/or the accessory control module can re-engage the accessory and fuel supply and disengage the lock up condition. | 11-21-2013 |
20130338882 | ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An accessory system for a vehicle includes an electronics module disposed at an interior surface of a windshield of the vehicle and a mirror head having an electro-optic reflective element. The mirror head is pivotally attached at the electronics module. Control circuitry is disposed in the electronics module. When the mirror head is pivotally attached at the electronics module, the control circuitry is electrically connected to the electro-optic reflective element of the mirror head. The control circuitry is at least operable to control the dimming of the electro-optic reflective element responsive to at least one photosensor. The control circuitry may be associated with at least one other function or system of the vehicle. | 12-19-2013 |
20140025261 | PARENTAL CONTROL OF REAR SEAT HVAC UNIT IN VEHICLE - A vehicle has front and rear seats and an air conditioning system. There is an auxiliary control accessible from the rear seat for adjusting the air conditioning system. A rear entry door has a child locked state and a child unlocked state. There is a lock control element accessible from the front seat for setting the child locked state. The lock control element is coupled to the air conditioning system for selectably defeating the auxiliary control. Thus, the activation by a driver/parent of a rear-door child protection door lock system is also used for locking out child access to a rear air conditioning unit. | 01-23-2014 |
20140046550 | Vehicle Event Playback Apparatus and Methods - Vehicle event data playback systems have been devised and invented to provide authorized users means for advanced visual review. Detailed circumstances relating to vehicle operation are visually presented in these unique playback systems. In particular, a group of cooperating visual display devices operate in conjunction with each other to effect a detailed visual presentation of a vehicle's operational states. An interested party is afforded a high level of access to many data types in highly graphical and intuitive arrangements. Further, data replay access is enhanced by slow motion, fast forward, loop repeat, among others which have never before been associated with these data types nor with the compound visual presentations first taught in the accompanying disclosure. | 02-13-2014 |
20140058632 | VEHICLE SAFETY PORTABLE DEVICE DISABLEMENT TECHNOLOGY - A vehicle safety system that disables features of a portable device as a condition for starting of the vehicle. The system includes vehicle safety communication module, and a detector module that detects presence of a portable device in the vehicle, and in response, causes the portable device to communicate with the vehicle safety communication module. A starter interlock module controls enablement and disablement of a starter system of the vehicle, and keeps the starter system disabled absent instructions to the contrary from the vehicle safety communication module. Upon communication with the portable device, the vehicle safety communication module causes the portable device to disable features of the portable device while causing the starter interlock module to enable the starter system of the vehicle. When the vehicle is stopped, the vehicle communication system again enables the portable device. | 02-27-2014 |
20140081527 | Alternator and Starter Tester with Increased Load and Cable Identification - An alternator and starter tester system capable of generating a warranty claim code. The warranty claim code can contain information regarding a diagnostic test and the tested components. The alternator and starter tester system can also encode and transmit the warranty claim code to a supplier or a manufacturer to verify warranty credit. | 03-20-2014 |
20140081528 | Method of Controlling a Vehicle Drive Train with a Hydrodynamic Retarder - The invention concerns a method for controlling a vehicle drive train with a hydrodynamic retarder which can be engaged and disengaged mechanically via a coupling, whereas the retarder comprises a working chamber formed between two bladed wheels, which is filled with a working fluid for generating a braking torque after detecting a retarder switch-on signal and is emptied of the working medium after detecting a retarder switch-off signal to turn off the braking torque, and the retarder is driven in braking mode by means of a drive shaft via the closed coupling to constitute a hydrodynamic circuit of the working fluid in the working chamber. | 03-20-2014 |
20140095028 | GEAR SHIFT LEVER LOCK SYSTEM AND METHOD - A gear shift lever lock system and an apparatus and method for operating the gear shift lever lock are provided. The gear shift lever lock includes a lock solenoid having a lock pin movable between a first position inhibiting movement of a gear shift lever from a park position and a second position permitting movement of the gear shift lever from the park position. The apparatus is configured to receive a first signal from a brake sensor indicating that a brake pedal is depressed and a second signal from a park position sensor indicating that a gear shift lever is being moved from a resting position to a shifting position. The apparatus is configured to operate the lock solenoid to move the lock pin from the first position to the second position in response to receiving the second signal while it is indicated that the brake pedal is depressed. | 04-03-2014 |
20140121906 | GARAGE SHIFT CONTROL OF A BINARY CLUTCH ASSEMBLY - A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, brake actuators configured to slow the vehicle in response to braking commands, and a transmission. The transmission includes a plurality of gear sets each having a plurality of nodes, an input member that is continuously connected to the engine and to a node of one of the gear sets, a reverse clutch, a binary clutch assembly, and a controller. The binary clutch assembly is connected at least to the same gear set as the input member, and is applied with the reverse clutch when entering a reverse gear state. The controller executes a method to transmit the braking commands to the brake actuators in response to a requested garage shift into a reverse gear state when the vehicle is rolling above a calibrated speed threshold, and thereby slows the vehicle until a calibrated target slip is achieved across the binary clutch assembly. | 05-01-2014 |
20140142813 | DUAL LEARN WINDOWS FOR BRAKE PEDAL RELEASED POSITION - A system includes a pedal position sensor that senses a pedal position of a vehicle pedal when the vehicle pedal is in a known position. The system also includes a learn window determination module that selects between a first pedal position range and a second pedal position range that corresponds to the known position. The system further includes a pedal fault determination module that determines a fault in the vehicle pedal based on the pedal position and the selected one of the first pedal position range and the second pedal position range. | 05-22-2014 |
20140149002 | Electronic Brake Control Device for a Vehicle - An electronic, brake control device for a vehicle includes one or more output connections for activating one or more vehicle components that are not part of the vehicle brake system. The electronic brake control device includes a memory, which has at least one memory location for storing operational data of a vehicle component that is connected to a respective output connection. The electronic brake control device is configured to detect data characterizing the operation of the connected vehicle component, collect the data as an overall operating value of the vehicle component, and store the data in the assigned memory location. | 05-29-2014 |
20140156148 | PARKING ASSIST APPARATUS - A parking assist apparatus includes a mode selector switch, a plurality of direction switches and a parking pattern selecting unit. The mode selector switch selects one of a first mode of assisting parking and a second mode of executing a function other than parking assist. The direction switches includes a pair of right and left direction switches that are disposed on the right and left and a pair of front and rear direction switches that are disposed at the front and rear. In a case in which the first mode is selected, when one of the right and left direction switches is operated, a right or left parking pattern associated with the right or left position is selected, and when one of the front and rear direction switches is operated, an adjacent or parallel parking pattern associated with the front or rear position is selected. | 06-05-2014 |
20140172238 | Motor Vehicle Driver and Passenger Identification System and Method - A system and method for automatically determining the identify of a previously identified driver and then automatically adjusting a vehicle's entertainment settings, the seating settings, the mirror settings, and the climate control settings desired by the driver. The system may also select and transmit customized welcome and personal voice commands to the driver while the vehicle is operated. The system includes a first Bluetooth transceiver located inside a motor vehicle configured to create a piconet with a compatible second Bluetooth receiver in an electronic device associated to the driver and transported to the motor vehicle. The first Bluetooth transceiver is coupled to a motor vehicle based control unit with a control program. The control unit is coupled to a user database, a setting database, and a voice software program. When the electronic device in the vicinity of the motor vehicle and a piconet is created, the identity of the driver is determined and the control unit adjusts and vehicle's the settings and the play back voice accordingly. | 06-19-2014 |
20140188348 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING PROXIMITY OF AN END DEVICE TO A VEHICLE BASED ON SIGNAL STRENGTH INFORMATION RECEIVED OVER A BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY (BLE) ADVERTISING CHANNEL - A passive entry passive start (PEPS) system is provided for performing at least one PEPS function with respect to a vehicle as an end device (e.g., smart phone or key fob, etc.) approaches the vehicle and comes within range for authorization. The vehicle includes a plurality of sensors and a central module. The central module is communicatively coupled to the end device and to the sensors via short-range wireless connections. The central module can determine, based on signal strength information provided from the sensors or the end device, whether the end device is within range for authorization. When the end device is determined to be within range for authorization, the central module can control performance of at least one PEPS function at the vehicle. | 07-03-2014 |
20140195124 | ASSEMBLY FOR COUPLING A TOWING VEHICLE TO A TRAILER - An assembly is described for coupling a towing vehicle to a trailer having a towing vehicle-side coupling unit and a trailer-side coupling unit. A measuring device, which records and analyzes the force acting on the towing vehicle-side coupling unit in at least one direction, is assigned to the towing vehicle-side coupling unit. The measuring device is coupled to a vehicle immobilizer that prevents the towing vehicle from starting and/or being set in motion in response to the force recorded by the measuring device and/or a physical quantity derived therefrom exceeding a predefined threshold value. | 07-10-2014 |
20140222296 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system vehicle control system configured to adjust a control characteristic of a vehicle in accordance with a driving preference of a driver. The vehicle control system detects an intentional operation of the driver based on a pattern of a change in a speed of an operation carried out by the driver to change a driving condition of the vehicle, and judges the driving preference on the basis of: a correlation of operational preference determining a correlation among an operating amount, an operating time and an operating preference; an operating amount of the intentional operation; and an operating time of the intentional operation. Therefore, the driving preference can be judged immediately when the driver carries out an operation to change a driving condition of the vehicle based on the operating time and the operating amount. The judged driving preference is reflected on the control characteristic of the vehicle immediately. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222297 | DEVICE FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN A VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND A NIGHT VISION SYSTEM AS WELL AS SWITCHING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a device for switching between a vehicle navigation system and the night vision system as well as switching method thereof. The said device includes a navigation system switching module connects to the navigation system and a night vision system module connects to the night vision system, while both systems are connecting through video signal cable, and the switching modules are connecting through communication cable. Both switching modules are able to control any system switching into either mode, and transmit any info into either system then displaying the info. Therefore, the navigation system is also able to display night vision info and vice versa, which provides convenience to the users and improves the driving safety. | 08-07-2014 |
20140244116 | System for Controlling Vehicle Overspeeding Via Control of One or More Exhaust Brake Devices - A method and system are provided for controlling overspeeding of a vehicle carrying an internal combustion engine having one or more exhaust brake devices controllable to apply braking torque to the engine. The system may be operable determine a desired speed of the vehicle, to determine a road speed of the vehicle, and if the road speed of the vehicle exceeds the desired speed of the vehicle by more than a threshold speed, to determine a target brake torque required to reduce the road speed of the vehicle speed to the desired speed of the vehicle, and to then control the one or more exhaust brake devices to apply the target brake torque to the engine to thereby control the road speed of the vehicle to the desired speed of the vehicle. | 08-28-2014 |
20140277951 | VEHICLE DEVICE CONTROLLER FOR OPERATING DEVICES INSTALLED IN VEHICLE - A vehicle device controller and a method for operating devices installed in a vehicle can operate devices by disposing electrodes with an elastic material therebetween on a steering wheel and utilizing the amount of change in capacitance due to gripping pressure by a driver. The vehicle device controller for operating devices installed in a vehicle may include electrodes disposed on a steering wheel and changing in capacitance in accordance with grip pressure by a driver. A capacitance detector detects the capacitance of the electrodes in connection with the electrodes, and a signal processor analyzes the pattern of the grip pressure by the driver based on the change in capacitance detected by the capacitance detector and generating an operation signal corresponding to the pattern of the grip pressure. A device operator operates the corresponding function of the operation target device in response to the operation signal from the signal processor. | 09-18-2014 |
20140288785 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGULATING DRIVING STABILITY - A method in which the driving behavior of a vehicle is influenced as a function of data on the surroundings in order to assist an avoidance maneuver, as soon as a risk of a collision is detected on the basis of the data from one or more environment sensors, in particular radar sensors and/or cameras, and the data from one or more vehicle sensors, in particular a steering angle sensor and/or yaw rate sensor and/or wheel speed sensors, and the vehicle has an electronically controlled brake system which permits a driver-independent buildup and modulation of the braking forces at the individual wheels of the vehicle, wherein when a risk of a collision is detected, in a first phase a turning-in operation by the driver is assisted and/or in a second phase a steering operation by the driver is damped. Furthermore, an electronic control unit for a brake system is defined. | 09-25-2014 |
20140288786 | Communication Device for a Motor Vehicle - A communication device for a motor vehicle includes a first control unit (BDC), a second control unit (SAS), a control unit arrangement (SGA), a first data bus (SB), to which the first control unit (BDC) and the control unit arrangement (SGA) are connected for the exchange of data, as well as a second data bus (AB), to which the second control unit (SAS) and the control unit arrangement (SGA) are connected for the exchange of data. The control unit arrangement includes at least a first sensor control unit (SSG | 09-25-2014 |
20140288787 | Clutch Control Device for Work Vehicle - A clutch control device for a work vehicle includes a determination unit that determines as to whether or not a clutch cutoff condition has been established based upon whether or not the accelerator pedal is being operated, as determined by the accelerator pedal operation determination unit, the vehicle speed of the work vehicle detected by the vehicle speed detection unit and the braking force of the work vehicle detected by the braking force detection unit; and a clutch control unit that controls engagement/release of a clutch so as to release the clutch when the determination unit determines that the clutch cutoff condition has been established. | 09-25-2014 |
20140297134 | ON-BOARD APPARATUS - An on-board apparatus includes a measuring unit, a filtering unit, a predicting unit, an executing unit, a detecting unit, and an adjusting unit. The measuring unit periodically measures a state of an own vehicle. The filtering unit performs a low-pass filter process on measurement results from the measuring unit. The predicting unit predicts behavior of the own vehicle based on the measurement results on which the low-pass filter process has been performed. The executing unit performs processes based on the behavior of the own vehicle predicted by the predicting unit. The detecting unit detects a traveling environment of the own vehicle. The adjusting unit adjusts a time constant for the low-pass filter process based on the traveling environment detected by the detecting unit. | 10-02-2014 |
20140309891 | REMOTE CONTROL OF ASSOCIATED VEHICLE DEVICES - Methods and systems for a vehicle control system to control user access to vehicle tasks, functions and/or operations based on rights and privileges set forth in user accounts. | 10-16-2014 |
20140324297 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE - Provided are collision avoidance apparatus and method for a vehicle, which are capable of maintaining a braking force and assisting a steering force by providing a braking control signal and a steering control signal to a wheel of a driver's steering intention direction during braking for collision avoidance, thereby achieving lateral avoidance. The collision avoidance apparatus for the vehicle includes: a measurement unit configured to measure a motion of an opposite vehicle; and an electronic control unit configured to determine whether there is a risk of collision with the opposite vehicle, based on a measurement result from the measurement unit, and, when it is determined that there is the risk of collision, provide a braking control signal and a steering control signal to an actuator for controlling a wheel of a driver's steering intention direction and provide a braking release signal for releasing a braking force from a wheel opposite to the driver's steering intention direction. | 10-30-2014 |
20140343799 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD - A driving support device includes a cross direction control device and a cross direction alarm device which are a first support unit that performs drive support of steering of a vehicle, a traveling direction control device and a traveling direction alarm device which are a second support unit that performs drive support of deceleration of the vehicle, and a running support processing device that controls the first support unit and the second support unit. The running support processing device detects looking-aside of a driver, detects a non-drive manual operation of the driver, and sets a level of an effect of detection of the non-drive manual operation to an effect of detection of the looking-aside in the first support unit to be greater than a level of an effect of detection of the non-drive manual operation to an effect of detection of the looking-aside in the second support unit. | 11-20-2014 |
20150025750 | TECHNIQUES FOR ROBUST PARK LOCK CONTROL - A technique includes receiving, at a controller of a vehicle, the controller including one or more processors, a first request to calibrate a park lock system of the vehicle. The calibration can include commanding, by the controller, a first actuator to move a second actuator to maximum engagement/disengagement positions indicating maximum engagement/disengagement of a park pawl with/from a park gear of a transmission. The calibration can include determining, at the controller, full engagement/disengagement positions for the second actuator based on the maximum engagement/disengagement positions. The controller can then control the engagement/disengagement of the park lock system using the full engagement/disengagement positions for the second actuator, respectively. | 01-22-2015 |
20150066309 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR GROUNDS MAINTENANCE VEHICLE, AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME - A control system for electronically controlling engine speed and PTO clutch mechanism engagement of a grounds maintenance vehicle such as a lawn mower. In one embodiment, an electronic controller (electronic control unit or ECU) may receive operator inputs from a speed setting switch and an on/off PTO clutch engagement switch. The ECU may take these inputs and make intelligent decisions as to when to engage/disengage the clutch mechanism and may change engine speed automatically prior to, during, and/or after clutch mechanism engagement/disengagement. In one or more of these speed setting switch positions, the switch may set a speed of the engine to a first speed when the clutch mechanism is disengaged, and a second speed (different than the first speed) when the clutch mechanism is engaged. | 03-05-2015 |
20150088385 | DEVICE FOR NIGHTTIME MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE - A device for assisting the nighttime driving of a motor vehicle fitted with a lighting device for emitting a beam for illuminating the road scene in front of the vehicle, the illumination emitted by the lighting device being variable periodically between a maximum value and a minimum value, the device including at least one variable-transmission screen placed between the road scene and the driver, the coefficient of transmission of the screen being variable periodically between a maximum value and a minimum value, the switching on of at least one light source of the lighting device and the coefficient of transmission of the variable-transmission screen controlled by the control unit, the illumination reaching its maximum value when the coefficient of transmission of the screen reaches its maximum value. The control unit controls a circuit for regulating the power supply and a transmitter of remote control waves toward a receiver. | 03-26-2015 |
20150120148 | ELECTRIC IMPLEMENT POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An electric implement power management system includes an electronic controller that monitors total electric implement load and commands a transmission to reduce the speed of the traction drive wheels below the desired traction drive speed if the total electric implement load reaches a maximum allowable load. | 04-30-2015 |
20150127226 | BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A brake control device for a vehicle which can prevent occurrence of hunting or stepping during braking control operation and includes a pressure increasing or decreasing characteristic selecting portion which selects a pressure increasing characteristic when a target wheel cylinder pressure increases continuously for a predetermined operation judgment period and selects a pressure decreasing characteristic when the target wheel cylinder pressure decreases continuously for a predetermined operation judgment period. The brake control device further includes an output servo pressure setting portion which sets a target servo pressure based on the pressure increasing or decreasing characteristic selected by the pressure increasing or decreasing characteristic selecting portion and a servo pressure generating device which generates a servo pressure based on the target servo pressure. | 05-07-2015 |
20150134206 | VEHICLE ENERGY MANAGEMENT DEVICE - In a vehicle energy management device, a travel route calculator calculates a travel route of a vehicle, and an energy consumption-related information obtaining unit obtains energy consumption-related information along the travel route. An energy consumption amount computing unit calculates, based on the energy consumption-related information, an estimated value of an energy consumption amount by vehicle devices (required travel energy amount) when the vehicle travels along the travel route. A control plan preparing unit prepares a control plan for the vehicle devices based on the required travel energy amount. A feedback control unit performs feedback control of the vehicle devices to reduce a difference between the estimated value and an actual measured value of the energy consumption amount by the vehicle devices. | 05-14-2015 |
20150142272 | CLUTCH OPERATING SYSTEM - Disclosed are a clutch operating system and a driving method of a clutch operating system. The system may include a clutch master cylinder connected to a clutch pedal and generating hydraulic pressure by operation of the clutch pedal, a piston provided in the clutch master cylinder and reciprocally moving according to the operation of the clutch pedal, and an integrated sensor detecting a stroke of the piston, selectively supplying power to a starting motor according to the stroke of the piston, and providing the stroke of the piston to an ECU (electronic control unit) to control a transmission and an EPB (electronic parking brake). | 05-21-2015 |
20150149042 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING AN INTERIOR OF A VEHICLE BASED ON PREFERENCES PROVIDED WITH MULTIPLE MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES WITHIN THE VEHICLE - In response to detecting the entry condition, a determination is made as to when multiple mobile computing devices are present within the vehicle. An occupancy zone is determined for each multiple mobile computing device that is determined as being present within the vehicle. Profile information is determined for each mobile computing device. At least one of an operational or usage facet of the vehicle can be configured at each occupancy zone in which one of the mobile computing devices is determined to be present. The operational or usage facet of the vehicle at a location of each occupancy zone can be based at least in part on the profile information determined from the mobile computing device that is deemed to be present at that occupancy zone. | 05-28-2015 |
20150298691 | VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a vehicle cruise control device | 10-22-2015 |
20150298695 | VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle cruise control device is provided that sets a traveling road that the vehicle is to travel from then based on acquired information of surroundings, and executes normal cruise control for causing the vehicle to travel along the set traveling road (S | 10-22-2015 |
20150298698 | VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE - A running control device of a vehicle includes an engine with a plurality of cylinders and a clutch separating the engine and wheels, the running control device of a vehicle controls and supplies the clutch a line pressure acquired by adjusting an output oil pressure of an oil pump, the running control device of a vehicle is configured to execute a neutral inertia running mode that is an inertia running mode performed while the engine and the wheels are separated and a cylinder resting inertia running mode performed by stopping operation in at least a part of the cylinders of the engine while the engine and the wheels are coupled, the line pressure is low while the neutral inertia running mode is performed as compared to while the cylinder resting inertia running mode is performed. | 10-22-2015 |
20150298701 | VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE - A running control device has an engine coupling running mode enabling an engine brake running mode performed by coupling an engine and wheels with an engine brake applied by driven rotation of the engine, and an inertia running mode performed with an engine brake force lower than that of the engine brake running mode. The running control device includes a steering wheel steering angle as a condition of terminating the inertia running mode. The running control device performs a first inertia running mode with the rotation of the engine stopped and a second inertia running mode with the engine rotating. The first inertia running mode is terminated when the steering angle becomes equal to or greater than a predefined first determination value. The second inertia running mode is terminated when the steering angle becomes equal to or greater than a predefined second determination value larger than the first determination value. | 10-22-2015 |
20150307102 | VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE - A running control device of a vehicle includes an engine, a connecting/disconnecting device separating the engine and wheels, and a transmission transmitting power of the engine toward the wheels, the running control device being configured to execute a normal running-mode performed by using the power of the engine with the engine and the wheels coupled, a free-run inertia running-mode that is performed by separating the engine and the wheels and stopping the engine during running, and a neutral inertia running-mode that is a performed by separating the engine and the wheels and operating the engine in a self-sustaining manner during running, the running control device setting a gear ratio of the transmission on a low vehicle speed side in the case of return from the free-run inertia running-mode to the normal running-mode as compared to the case of return from the neutral inertia running-mode to the normal running-mode. | 10-29-2015 |
20150314782 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STABILIZING A VEHICLE COMBINATION MADE UP OF A TRACTOR VEHICLE AND A TRAILER - A method and a device are provided for stabilizing a vehicle combination made up of a tractor vehicle and a trailer in case of fishtailing motions, in which—the presence of a fishtailing motion of the tractor vehicle is detected,—after the exceeding of a first threshold value by the amplitude of an oscillating fishtailing variable characterizing the fishtailing motion, a driver-independent steering intervention in the steering actuator system of the tractor vehicle takes place and—after the exceeding of a second threshold value by the amplitude of the fishtailing variable, a driver-independent braking intervention in the brake actuator system of the tractor vehicle takes place,—the second threshold value being selected to be greater than the first threshold value. | 11-05-2015 |
20150315991 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a vehicle control system for executing a fuel saving control effectively by making an assessment of effectiveness of the control based on a learned value obtained from an actual running. The vehicle control system is configured to execute the fuel saving control by stopping fuel supply to an engine upon satisfaction of a predetermined condition. The control system makes an assessment of the fuel saving control by learning fuel consumption within a predetermined learning zone, and inhibits the fuel saving control or executes another control in the learning zone next time the vehicle travels through the learning zone, if the assessment shows a fact that the fuel saving control executed in the learning zone did not effective to save fuel. | 11-05-2015 |
20150321654 | VEHICLE PARKING INTERLOCK SYSTEM AND METHOD - A parking interlock system and method for a vehicle is provided. The system includes: a safety state information detecting unit, configured to detect safety state information of the vehicle; an operating state information detecting unit, configured to detect operating state information of the vehicle; a brake; a motor; a low voltage controller, connected to the safety state information detecting unit and the brake respectively, and configured to generate a safety state judgment result based on the safety state information of the vehicle; and a motor controller, connected to the safety state information detecting unit and the motor respectively, and configured to control the motor according to the safety state judgment result received from the low voltage controller, and to send the operating state information of the vehicle to the low voltage controller such that the low voltage controller controls the brake according to the operating state information. | 11-12-2015 |
20150321671 | Vehicle Speed Control System - This invention relates to a vehicle speed control system, configured with off-road performance features, that will allow the driver to travel at a set speed in a smooth, controlled manner on various unmaintained surfaces without requiring the driver to press the brake or accelerator pedal. The vehicle speed control system uses a brake controller to control the wheel brakes, and an engine controller to control the engine/drivetrain torque, separate or in combination, to maintain a target speed. | 11-12-2015 |
20150353093 | DRIVER TRAINING INTERFACE - A driver training vehicle system includes a driver training vehicle and an interface system with an auxiliary control unit that is removably installable in the vehicle. A vehicle control system can receive a brake input from a vehicle driver via a floor pedal in the vehicle as well as a brake input from a vehicle passenger via the auxiliary unit. The control system adjusts an engine torque and a brake torque based on the received brake inputs to decelerate the vehicle. | 12-10-2015 |
20150353097 | Time and Day Sensitive Learning Interface - A vehicle control system is provided that is able to (i) identify a particular driver from other potential drivers and (ii) monitor various vehicle functions in order to determine if the identified driver repeatedly performs the same behavior at approximately the same time of day on the same day of the week. When the control system determines that the identified driver repeats the same behavior in response to the same temporal conditions, the controller learns that behavior and associates it with the identified driver so that it can be automatically performed, without driver interaction, under the same temporal conditions in the future. | 12-10-2015 |
20150367851 | WORK VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A required traction force determining part is configured to determine a required traction force corresponding to an output rotational speed based on a required traction force characteristic. A command torque determining part is configured to determine a command torque to be transmitted to a motor to obtain the required traction force. An opposite movement determining part is configured to determine that a vehicle is oppositely moving when a vehicle speed becomes a predetermined speed threshold or greater in a direction opposite to a moving direction corresponding to a position of a forward/rearward movement operating member. A traction force assisting part is configured to perform a traction force assisting control when it is determined that the vehicle is oppositely moving. The traction force assisting part is configured to increase the required traction force in the moving direction corresponding to the position of the forward/rearward movement operating member. | 12-24-2015 |
20150375747 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND DRIVE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A control signal output unit (a drive control unit) executes control to retain a gear position corresponding to a motor generator during deceleration of a vehicle and regeneration executed by the motor generator. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375750 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE - A control device for an automatic transmission disposed in a vehicle driving system, the automatic transmission having an engaging clutch as a shift element, has a shift controller that performs a shift control of the automatic transmission. The shift controller is configured such that, during a shift control to release the engaging clutch in response to a first shift request and before determination of a complete release of the engaging clutch, when a second shift request to engage the engaging clutch is generated, the shift control in response to the second shift request is executed. | 12-31-2015 |
20160001780 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING A ROAD SURFACE STATE AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A driver assistance apparatus and a vehicle including the same are disclosed. The driver assistance apparatus includes a stereo camera, a memory to store road surface data regarding a state of a road surface classified into a dry state, a wet state, a snow covered state, and an icy state, and a processor to classify the state of the road surface as any one of the dry state, the wet state, the snow covered state, and the icy state based on stereo images received from the stereo camera and the road surface data. Consequently, it is possible to recognize a current road surface state. | 01-07-2016 |
20160037722 | A Hybrid Drive System for a Harvester - A hybrid drive system for an auxiliary load includes a hydraulic auxiliary power storage. This hydraulic auxiliary power storage has a plurality of hydraulic power storage units. The hybrid drive system further comprises an power exchange control system that selectively connects a predetermined selection of one or more of the hydraulic power storage units to the hydraulic auxiliary power unit; and controls the power exchange of the auxiliary power unit as a function of the operating period by the predetermined selection. | 02-11-2016 |
20160041803 | MONITORING AND CONTROL DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for controlling a display in a machine operating in a work area. A plurality of views are displayed on a screen, each of the plurality of views corresponding to a plurality of functions. A user of the machine is allowed to simultaneously monitor the work area and control one or more of the plurality of functions by way of one or more of the plurality of views. The functions include one or more physical activities performed by an implement, connected to the machine, in the work area. The user is allowed to control, via the display, the one or more physical activities using software executed on the machine while monitoring the work area. | 02-11-2016 |
20160046170 | Systems and Methods for Providing Predictive Vehicle Dynamics - Systems and methods for providing predictive vehicle dynamics are described herein. Accordingly, embodiments of a method may include predicting a route of a vehicle, determining a route feature along the route, and determining a user-desired speed for traversing the route. Some embodiments may include determining an adjustment to a vehicle performance characteristic to be made in anticipation of the route feature at the user-desired speed and implementing the adjustment on a vehicle system of the vehicle. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046299 | REMOTE SECONDARY CONTROL POINT FOR VEHICLE ACCESSORIES - A remote secondary control point for vehicle accessories is disclosed. This invention illuminates the brake (or other) lights for a period of time to verify their operation by means of a switch at the rear of the vehicle. This has the added benefit of using the existing engine compartment door switch so there is almost no operational overhead. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046300 | SHARED VEHICLE SYSTEM - A selection for a shared vehicle is received. Whether the shared vehicle is in view of a user device camera is determined. At least one of directions to the shared vehicle are provided to the user device. Data of the shared vehicle are identified. | 02-18-2016 |
20160075210 | Method for Controlling Interior Vehicle Temperature to Protect Occupants from Extreme Heat - A method for protecting occupants of in passenger compartment of a parked motor vehicle from exposure to dangerously elevated temperatures is based on control of vehicle systems by a central microprocessor in communication with CO | 03-17-2016 |
20160075324 | VEHICLE WITH POWER MANAGEMENT - An electronic control unit may include input channels configured to receive signals indicative of a power to a steering system and signals indicative of an operating mode of the vehicle, and output channels configured to provide a command to redistribute current from an electrical load to the steering system. The electronic control unit may further include control logic configured to, in response to the power falling below a threshold value and the operating mode being of a pre-defined type, generate the command to increase the power to the steering system to meet the threshold value. | 03-17-2016 |
20160082971 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A driver assistance system for motor vehicles, having a velocity regulation function for regulating the velocity of the subject vehicle to a nominal velocity, and having an adjacent-lane monitoring function, characterized by a turning assistance function which, when the velocity regulation function is active and an incoming signal indicates an imminent turning process that requires crossing an adjacent lane, monitors the traffic in the adjacent lane with the aid of the adjacent-lane monitoring function, and, as a function of locations and velocities of traffic participants in the adjacent lane, determines a spatial and temporal window for moving into the adjacent lane and adapts the nominal velocity to this window. | 03-24-2016 |
20160090093 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXITING A SAILING MODE OF A VEHICLE | 03-31-2016 |
20160090098 | CONTROLLING A VEHICLE - Systems and techniques are disclosed to provide a sensor unit configured to sense a living body within a vehicle and to control the vehicle according to the sensed data. A sensor unit is configured to sense infrared light emitted from one or more areas inside the vehicle. A blocking unit is located between the sensor unit and the one or more areas inside the vehicle. A controller is configured to control at least one of the blocking unit or the sensor unit so as to vary an amount of infrared light that the sensor unit is able to receive through the blocking unit from the one or more areas inside the vehicle. The controller determines, based on a variation in the amount of infrared light received by the sensor unit, whether or not a living body is present inside the vehicle. | 03-31-2016 |
20160100088 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICES - An image capturing apparatus includes a light source to emit first light to a light translucent member, an image sensor to capture an adhering detection frame for acquiring an adhering detection image to detect a substance adhering on the light translucent member by using the first light emitted from the light source, and to capture object recognition frames for acquiring object recognition images for recognizing objects other than the substance by receiving second light, and circuitry to set a frame time of the adhering detection frame shorter than a frame time of each of the object recognition frames, and to set an exposure time of an object recognition frame right after the adhering detection frame to a value that prevents overlapping of an exposure period of the adhering detection frame and an exposure period of the object recognition frame right after the adhering detection frame. | 04-07-2016 |
20160123243 | ABSOLUTE ACCELERATION SENSOR FOR USE WITHIN MOVING VEHICLES - A vehicle monitoring system for turning off an idling engine comprises a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a lack of motion, or “stationary status” of a vehicle and emit a parameter correlated to the motion status of the vehicle, a transmission status detector configured to detect a transmission status of the vehicle, an alerting device capable of warning other drivers of a stationary status of the vehicle and a control device. The control device is coupled to the vehicle speed sensor, the transmission status detector and the alerting device, wherein the vehicle speed sensor and the transmission status detector send a signal to the control device and the control device operates in a manner dependent on the motion status of the vehicle and the transmission status of the vehicle. | 05-05-2016 |
20160137198 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE - A method for operating a vehicle includes: ascertaining a danger measure of a possible stop position for a safe parking of the vehicle; comparing the ascertained danger measure to a predetermined danger measure threshold value; and guiding the vehicle to the possible stop position in order to safely park the vehicle in the possible stop position only if the ascertained danger measure is less than or equal to the predetermined danger measure threshold value. | 05-19-2016 |
20160137262 | SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - A saddle-type vehicle can be driven by finer control by judging the driver's demand based on operation of the driver relative to the vehicle when the engine is started from the idle-stop state. A saddle-type vehicle can include bar handle mounted on its opposite tip ends a grasping grip grasped by the driver and a throttle grip for an accelerator operation; an engine controller for automatically stopping an engine and making the engine an idle-stop state: and a clutch. The saddle-type vehicle can include a judgment controller for judging a driver's demand based on operation conditions of the driver relative to the vehicle and a clutch controller for selecting a travel state and a stopped state. | 05-19-2016 |
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20160159356 | Torque Control for Dog Clutch Differential Engagement - A system and method for providing engagement of a dog clutch differential on a vehicle are disclosed. The system may comprise a power source, a dog clutch differential, a CVT and a controller. The dog clutch differential may have first and second members and may distribute torque between first and second output shafts. The second member may be moveable between a disengaged and an engaged position. When the second member is in the engaged position, the first and second output shafts may rotate together. The CVT may be configured to receive power from the power source and to provide output torque to the dog clutch differential. The CVT may receive a torque or speed or ratio command that is independent of engine speed. The controller may, in response to an activation trigger, move the second member to the engaged position when the output torque from the CVT is about zero. | 06-09-2016 |
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20160185358 | VEHICLE USE AND PERFORMANCE RESTRICTIONS BASED ON DETECTED USERS - There are provided systems and methods for vehicle use and performance restrictions based on detected users. A user may check-in to a vehicle so that the vehicle identifies the user, such as through providing identification to the vehicle using biometrics, logins, or other information. Using the identification, the vehicle may determine parameters and restrictions on use of the vehicle by the user. Parameters may include information about the user, such as age, health, or other statistic stored with the identification for the user, and may be utilized to determine restrictions on use of the vehicle by the user, such as a speed of the vehicle and passengers allowed in the vehicle. Restrictions may also be set for the user, including speeds of travel, routes of travel, and usage of media players in the vehicle. The usage of the vehicle may be monitored and enforced using the restrictions. | 06-30-2016 |
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20160375828 | STEREO CAMERA AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SAME - The present invention relates to a stereo camera and a vehicle comprising the same. The stereo camera according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first lens and a second lens, a first light shield unit and a second light shield unit respectively provided at front sides of the first lens and the second lens in order to shield light incident on the first lens and the second lens, a first fan and a second fan respectively provided at the sides of the first lens and the second lens to operate in order to defrost a windshield of a vehicle, and a front case in which the first light shield unit and the second light shield unit are provided at both sides of a main body. The first light shield unit and the second light shield unit are able to be attached to or detached from the front case, a width of the first light shield unit is less than a length of the first light shield unit and the width of the first light shield unit is greater than a height of the first light shield unit, and a distance between the first lens and the second lens is greater than the width of the first light shield unit. Accordingly, it is possible to defrost the windshield of the vehicle. | 12-29-2016 |
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