49th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 64 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140358332 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING AN AIRCRAFT - Methods, aircraft, and instrumentation systems are provided. An aircraft instrumentation system includes a first sensor and a controller. The first sensor is configured to detect a first gesture within a first task envelope located in an aircraft. The controller is coupled with the first sensor and is configured to compare the first gesture with a plurality of stored gestures and generate an aircraft related task in response to a match between the first gesture and a stored gesture of the plurality of the stored gestures. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358333 | AIRSPEED ESTIMATION USING ROTOR VIBRATIONS - Embodiments are directed to determining, by a computing device comprising a processor, at least one parameter associated with a rotorcraft, obtaining, by the computing device, a profile of a vibration associated with the operation of the rotorcraft based on the at least one parameter, determining, by the computing device, an amplitude of the vibration using the profile, and determining, by the computing device, an airspeed of the rotorcraft based on amplitude. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358334 | AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENT CURSOR CONTROL USING MULTI-TOUCH DEEP SENSORS - Aircraft and instrumentation systems are provided. An aircraft includes a display surface, at least one projector, at least one deep sensor, and a controller. The display surface is configured to display images with aircraft information. The at least one projector is oriented to project the images onto the display surface. The at least one deep sensor is configured to generate a signal indicative of a location of an object relative to the display surface. The controller is configured to generate tasks when the signal generated by the at least one deep sensor indicates that the object is touching the display surface. The controller is further configured to generate tasks based on a movement pattern of the object that is indicated by the signal generated by the at least one deep sensor. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358335 | AERIAL REFUELING INDICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An indication system and method for detecting and displaying the relative position during fuel transfer. The system comprises a first input device configured to be capable of detecting the extended length from the tanker aircraft of elongated hose and to be capable of sending the detected length of elongated hose to the control module. The control module is operably connected to a display and configured to be capable of receiving an input signal from the input device of hose extension, transforming it into a corresponding output signal of the position of the receiver aircraft inside a refueling range of limit positions and sending the corresponding output signal to the display, which is configured to be capable of displaying information indicating the position of the receiver aircraft inside the refueling range of limit positions. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358336 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR USE WITH TRAIN CONSIST - The disclosure is directed to a communication method for use with a train consist having a locomotive and a tender car. The communication method may include transmitting between the locomotive and the tender car operational data captured by network components located onboard at least one of the locomotive and the tender car. The method may further include selectively adjusting an operation of at least one of the locomotive and the tender car based on the data. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358337 | TRAIN GUIDANCE-DISPLAY SYSTEM AND TRAIN GUIDANCE-DISPLAY METHOD - After latest door opening-side information is received from an operational management server on a ground after a train starts an operation, train-information managing apparatuses output the door opening-side information to display control apparatuses as guidance data, the display control apparatuses create video data indicating an opening side of doors for all stops at least between a next stop and a terminal station of the train using the door opening-side information, and displays perform display using the video data. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358338 | TRAVELING VEHICLE SYSTEM - A traveling vehicle system includes a track network including tracks, a plurality of traveling vehicles, and a traveling vehicle controller. The controller is programmed and configured to include an abnormality detecting unit configured to detect an abnormality in a track on the downstream side of a diverging section including at least the track; and an entry determining unit configured to, in a case that a traveling vehicle that has just passed through the diverging section enters the track and a traveling vehicle that has immediately thereafter passed through the diverging section is about to consecutively enter the track, when the abnormality detecting unit has detected no abnormality, skip determination of whether the traveling vehicle is allowed to enter the track and, when the abnormality detecting unit has detected an abnormality, determine whether the traveling vehicle is allowed to enter the track. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358339 | System And Method For Controlling De-Rating Of Propulsion-Generating Vehicles In A Vehicle System - A method for de-rating propulsion-generating vehicles in a vehicle system includes identifying a feature of interest in a route and identifying one or more propulsion-generating vehicles as de-rating vehicles that are subject to a handling rule associated with the feature of interest. The handling rule dictates that throttle settings be limited to a reduced range when traveling over the feature of interest. The method further includes, when the de-rating vehicles are traveling along the route and outside of the feature of interest, operating the de-rating vehicles using a larger range of throttle settings and, responsive to approaching and/or traveling over the feature of interest, automatically de-rating at least a subset of the propulsion-generating vehicles in the vehicle system by operating the at least a subset of the propulsion-generating vehicles using the smaller range of throttle settings during travel over the feature of interest. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358340 | Hybrid electric vehicle - In a first forward drive mode, at speeds of the vehicle lower than a predetermined speed, an electric traction motor ( | 2014-12-04 |
20140358341 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COOLING OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS OF FUEL CELL VEHICLE - An apparatus and method for controlling cooling of electronic components of a fuel cell vehicle are provided. The apparatus for controlling cooling of electronic components connected in series and parallel with a coolant loop in a fuel cell vehicle using a pump includes a monitor configured to collect measured temperature of the electronic components and a measured temperature of a coolant through a plurality of temperature sensors, and a controller configured to control the RPM of the pump based on the measured temperatures and at least one of electronic component temperature maps, a coolant temperature map and a temperature difference map representing temperature differences between the electronic components and coolant, the controller controlling the RPM of the pump using over-temperature set information and over-temperature reset information of each temperature map. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358342 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC VEHICLE OPERATION - The invention provides an electrical vehicle power system that compares power use to anticipated need and regulates power use so that the anticipated need is satisfied by available power, thus ensuring ample power for a user to complete an activity such as playing a round of golf. The system uses a controller coupled to a photovoltaic cell on a golf car in a lightweight and durable solar roof apparatus that can retrofit to existing cars. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358343 | VEHICLE TIRE FRICTIONAL DRIVE ROTATIONAL POWER AND ENERGY SOURCE - The tire friction drive rotational power and energy source provides a means of harvesting energy from a rotating tire of a vehicle in motion with minimal energy impact on vehicle power source. Rotational inertia or energy is transferred from one or more tires through friction to turn an energy producing device, such as an alternator. The alternator tire (cylindrical roller) makes contact with one or more vehicle tires for energy transfer, rotating via a shaft equipped with roller bearings with the shaft connected to the alternator pulley, thereby harvesting energy while the vehicle is in motion. In the primary embodiment, the harvested energy is used to power an accessory in any powered vehicle regardless of the energy source. An alternative embodiment deploys the harvested energy to potentially extend the range of an electric vehicle. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358344 | POWER ASSIST DEVICE AND AMBULATORY ASSIST VEHICLE - A power assist device for assisting a user to operate an object. The power assist device includes a pressure sensor that detects an operating force applied to the object by the user; a motor that outputs and applies a motive force to the object; and a controller. The controller records a history of the operating force detected by the pressure sensor; detects a periodically fluctuating component of the operating force based on the history of the operating force; calculates a component of a current operating force caused by motion of the user operating the object; calculates a correction value that excludes the component caused by motion of the user from the current operating force; calculates a power assist force based on the correction value; and outputs the power assist force as the motive force of the motor. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358345 | VEHICLE CONTROL UNIT - A control unit for a vehicle, which comprises an engine, a driving motor, an engaging/disengaging device, and a voltage raising device, includes a switching control unit and a voltage raising control unit controlling the voltage raising device. The switching control unit switches between a first driving mode in which the vehicle is driven by a driving force of the driving motor with the engaging/disengaging device released and a second driving mode in which the vehicle is driven by the driving force of the engine with the engaging/disengaging device engaged. In a case where a driving mode is switched from the first driving mode to the second driving mode, the switching control unit starts an engagement of the engaging/disengaging device and switches the driving mode to the second driving mode, after the voltage raising control unit starts the voltage raising control in the first driving mode. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358346 | Optimized Power Supply Architecture - A power supply architecture provides for the efficient distribution and failsafe monitoring of power in a microcontroller system. The power supply architecture incorporates various components with high integrity and diverse monitoring schemes that allow the associated control processors to operate with high safety standards. The various embodiments provide an integrated method or apparatus for an electronic module safety architecture which includes diversity, time and space independence for power supplies for the various microprocessors and control communication buses. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358347 | HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle for reducing a variation in accelerator position when an EV mode is switched to a HV mode is provided. A controller executes the following process during running in the EV mode. The controller sets an increase of the accelerator position from a first accelerator position to a switching accelerator position at which a switch to the HV mode is to be made as a first increase when an output of a motor has reached an output upper limit at the first accelerator position. The controller sets an increase of the accelerator position from a second accelerator position to the switching accelerator position as a second increase which is smaller than the first increase when the output of the motor has reached the output upper limit at the second accelerator position which is larger than the first accelerator position. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358348 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - The present invention relates to an electric vehicle and to a method for controlling same. The electric vehicle according to the present invention comprises: a sensor unit including a first sensor and a second sensor; and a vehicle control unit including a main processing unit and a sub-processing unit for taking, as an input, signals from the sensor unit and performing an operation. The main processing unit takes, as an input, a first sensor value measured by the first sensor and a second sensor value measured by the second sensor, and compares the first sensor value and the second sensor value so as to obtain a first difference value. The sub-processing unit takes, as an input, a second difference value obtained from the difference between the first sensor value and the second sensor value. The main processing unit or the sub-processing unit compares the first difference value and the second difference value in order to determine the state of the vehicle and control the travel of the vehicle. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358349 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A control device of a vehicle includes a first electric motor; a differential mechanism having a rotating element coupled to the first electric motor, a rotating element that is an output rotating member coupled to drive wheels in a power transmittable manner, and a rotating element coupled to a non-rotating member by actuation of a lock mechanism; and a second electric motor coupled to the drive wheels in a power transmittable manner. During motor running for running with output torques from the first electric motor and the second electric motor used together in an actuated state of the lock mechanism, a drive torque shared by the first electric motor is made smaller in a requested drive torque when a rotation speed of a pinion making up the differential mechanism is higher. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358350 | Motor Vehicle, Battery, and Method for Controlling a Battery - A battery comprises a number n of battery module strings, wherein n is a natural number greater than or equal to two. The battery module strings have several battery modules, and one battery module has a coupling unit. The coupling unit is configured as a voltage transformer and couples the battery modules to each other. A method of controlling the battery includes supplying a load connected to the battery with a predefined and substantially constant total power. The total power corresponds to a sum of n individual powers of the n battery module strings. The method further includes setting n−1 string voltages, which are each present at the n−1 battery module strings, according to the total power, the load, and by defining a string voltage present at an nth battery module string with amplitude and phase position. At least two of the n individual powers are asymmetrical to each other. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358351 | ENGINE OPERATION START CONTROL DEVICE OF HYBRID VEHICLE - The invention relates to an engine operation start control device of a hybrid vehicle comprising a power output device having an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. In this hybrid vehicle, an intermittent control for intermittently operating the engine can be performed and when the operation of the engine is started during the intermittent control being performed, a cranking of the engine is performed until the engine speed reaches a target engine speed. According to the invention, in case that the operation of the engine is started when the speed of the hybrid vehicle is higher than or equal to a predetermined speed and a power required for the power output device is larger than or equal to a predetermined power, the engine speed, which increases as the speed of the hybrid vehicle increases, is set as the target engine speed. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358352 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME - A vehicle speed control device includes: a traction battery; an electric motor that drives wheels of a vehicle to rotate; an inverter, connected to the traction battery via electrical paths and, converts electric power supplied by the traction battery to electric power for supply to the electric motor; and relays and provided on the electrical paths, wherein the vehicle speed control device, which performs a first judgment as to whether or not the traction battery is in a died state and, if it is in the died state, turns off the relays and, performs a second judgment as to whether or not the traction battery is in a battery just before died state, and if it is determined in the second judgment that the traction battery is in the battery just before died state, controls the electric motor to restrict vehicle speed to or below an SMR-openable vehicle speed. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358353 | CONTROL OF THE AUTONOMOUS MODE OF BIMODAL VEHICLES - A control of autonomous vehicles, and a method for controlling at least one autonomous ground vehicle configured to adopt two operating modes, including a manual mode in which the driving depends on driving instructions from the driver of the vehicle, and an autonomous mode, in which the driving depends on data received from sensors configured to provide information on surroundings of the vehicle, and on data received by a navigation system, the method including: authorizing the autonomous mode only when the vehicle is within an area determined by defined boundaries; receiving reservation data from a user interface; generating a set message to be transmitted to the vehicle in accordance with the received reservation data; and transmitting the set message to the vehicle such that the vehicle autonomously performs a movement corresponding to the transmitted set message. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358354 | WINDROWER AUTOGUIDANCE HYDRAULIC STEERING INTERFACE - An autoguidance interface for a hydraulic steering system for a differential steered self-propelled agricultural windrower, windrower speed and direction controlled by adjustment to a control input shaft to control the output of a pair of tandem-mounted hydraulic drive pumps and provide motive power for the windrower. The control input shaft is rotatable and axially moveable. A hydraulic steering motor is operably connected to the input shaft to effect control input shaft rotation. Rotation of the hydraulic steering motor is selectively managed by a steering control valve attached to a cab-mounted windrower steering wheel or a proportional steering valve managed by the autoguidance system. A selector valve controls the active steering input. An emergency disengagement positions the selector valve to restore manual control by the steering wheel. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358355 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DYNAMIC MONITORING OF GAS SENSORS - In a method for monitoring the dynamics of gas sensors of an internal combustion engine, which gas sensors exhibit a low-pass behavior as a function of geometry, measurement principle, aging, or contamination, a dynamics diagnosis is carried out, upon a change in the gas state variable to be measured, on the basis of a comparison between a modeled and a measured signal. The parameters of the low-pass behavior are determined in direction-dependent fashion by minimizing direction-dependent error signals created by high-pass filtering and logical combination with direction-dependent saturation characteristic curves, the direction-dependent error signals being calculated by comparing the modeled and the measured signal for a rising and a falling signal component. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358356 | EVENT DRIVEN SNAPSHOTS - Embodiments of techniques or systems for customization of, diagnostic assistance, and driving analytics related to snapshot data of a vehicle are provided herein. For example, a snapshot can be taken. The snapshot can be based on a snapshot package customized according to symptoms experienced by a driver of a vehicle, and analyzed individually or in conjunction with other snapshots to determine a trend. Additionally, the snapshot can be based on a configuration of a vehicle. In this scenario, the snapshot and the configuration of the vehicle can be used to provide an enhanced troubleshooting guide by removing non-suspect areas from consideration, thereby mitigating troubleshooting time. The snapshot can be setup to record parameters related to wear and tear on components of the vehicle. Suggestions can be made to a driver of the vehicle to reduce or mitigate actions that negatively impact wear and tear. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358357 | DIAGNOSTIC ASSISTANCE - Embodiments of techniques or systems for customization of, diagnostic assistance, and driving analytics related to snapshot data of a vehicle are provided herein. For example, a snapshot can be taken. The snapshot can be based on a snapshot package customized according to symptoms experienced by a driver of a vehicle, and analyzed individually or in conjunction with other snapshots to determine a trend. Additionally, the snapshot can be based on a configuration of a vehicle. In this scenario, the snapshot and the configuration of the vehicle can be used to provide an enhanced troubleshooting guide by removing non-suspect areas from consideration, thereby mitigating troubleshooting time. The snapshot can be setup to record parameters related to wear and tear on components of the vehicle. Suggestions can be made to a driver of the vehicle to reduce or mitigate actions that negatively impact wear and tear. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358358 | DRIVING ANALYTICS - Embodiments of techniques or systems for customization of, diagnostic assistance, and driving analytics related to snapshot data of a vehicle are provided herein. For example, a snapshot can be taken. The snapshot can be based on a snapshot package customized according to symptoms experienced by a driver of a vehicle, and analyzed individually or in conjunction with other snapshots to determine a trend. Additionally, the snapshot can be based on a configuration of a vehicle. In this scenario, the snapshot and the configuration of the vehicle can be used to provide an enhanced troubleshooting guide by removing non-suspect areas from consideration, thereby mitigating troubleshooting time. The snapshot can be setup to record parameters related to wear and tear on components of the vehicle. Suggestions can be made to a driver of the vehicle to reduce or mitigate actions that negatively impact wear and tear. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358359 | VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND EXTERNAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - Provided are a vehicle diagnostic system, a vehicle diagnostic method, and an external diagnostic device that are capable of readily or promptly confirming or diagnosing whether or not a malfunction related to non-execution of idle stop in a vehicle having an idle stop control system has occurred. The external diagnostic device has recorded therein a plurality of idle stop conditions for executing idle stop of an engine in a vehicle. Idle stop conditions that are not fulfilled when idle stop has not executed are displayed in a prescribed display unit, when stopping the vehicle when the external diagnostic device has been connected to the vehicle and the vehicle has been driven. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358360 | IN-VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND IN-VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - An in-vehicle control system includes an in-vehicle control apparatus and a different in-vehicle apparatus communicably connected with each other. The different in-vehicle apparatus outputs detection data including a vehicle signal, result information indicating a diagnostic result of a self-diagnostic process, and time information indicating elapsed time measured from an appearance of an abnormal symptom in the vehicle signal. The in-vehicle control apparatus stores at least the vehicle signal as preliminary analysis data in a first storage in time series, and reads out, from the first storage, one preliminary analysis data upon a confirmation of an abnormality detection data including the result information indicating abnormality occurrence. The readout data is stored prior to a confirmation time of the abnormality detection data by the measured elapsed time. Then, the in-vehicle control apparatus stores the readout data in a second storage as an analysis data. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358361 | VEHICLE SOFTWARE UPGRADE TECHNIQUES - System and method for maintaining functionality of software includes initially providing the vehicle with software resident on computer-readable medium to enable it to operate and interact with components thereof and updating the vehicle software by receiving a wireless transmission from one or more remote locations, e.g., a location maintained by a dealer or manufacturer of the vehicle. The software may be diagnostic software for a diagnostic module which diagnoses operability of components of the vehicle. Different remote locations may be responsible for different portions of the vehicle-resident software and may therefore provide different software upgrades, based on need. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358362 | VEHICLE SOFTWARE UPGRADE TECHNIQUES - System and method for maintaining functionality of software includes initially providing the vehicle with software resident on computer-readable medium to enable it to operate and interact with components thereof and updating the vehicle software by receiving a wireless transmission from one or more remote locations, e.g., a location maintained by a dealer or manufacturer of the vehicle. The software may be diagnostic software for a diagnostic module which diagnoses operability of components of the vehicle. Different remote locations may be responsible for different portions of the vehicle-resident software and may therefore provide different software upgrades, based on need. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358363 | BALL BEARING ASSEMBLY NOTIFICATION MECHANISM - A ball bearing assembly can include an outer race that includes an inner surface; an inner race that comprises an outer surface that includes an imperfection and a shoulder disposed at a shoulder angle where the imperfection is disposed at an angle in a range from about 50% of the shoulder angle to about 100% of the shoulder angle; and balls disposed between the inner surface of the outer race and the outer surface of the inner race. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358364 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR READING THE STATE OF CONTACT VARIABLES OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for reading the state of a plurality of contact variables (Var- | 2014-12-04 |
20140358365 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT - An electronic control unit includes a controller configured to interrupt a failsafe relay for a predetermined time period while an external load, such as an electric servo motor, is in a non-operating state and to perform a diagnosis of a short-circuit fault, which may occur at a load power supply line, based on a difference between a first voltage applied to a positive power supply line and a second voltage applied to the load power supply line. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358366 | ADAPTIVE OPEN LOOP CONTROL TO REDUCE ENGINE INDUCED VIBRATION AND NOISE - Methods and systems are provided for controlling an active vibration system. In one embodiment, a method of controlling an active vibration system associated with an engine is provided. The method includes: receiving engine parameters indicating one or more engine operating conditions; determining an operating mode of the active vibration system to be at least one of a sensing mode and a force generation mode based on the engine parameters; and selectively controlling the active vibration system based on the operating mode. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358367 | INTELLIGENT VEHICLE POWER CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure provides a system and method for managing a vehicle electrical system providing power to auxiliary systems. The system comprises a power control device with the ability to control the power to multiple auxiliary systems. The device has one or more sensor inputs for reading the system voltage and other data. The device can be configured with preset voltage thresholds for turning individual accessories on or off at predetermined voltage levels, or otherwise entering shutdown procedures. The system may also comprise a computer that is running dedicated software for managing the system and reconfiguring the device behavior. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358368 | Method and Device for Operating Functions Displayed on a Display Unit of a Vehicle Using Gestures Which are Carried Out in a Three-Dimensional Space, and Corresponding Computer Program Product - A method to control functions displayed on a display unit of a vehicle uses gestures carried out in three-dimensional space. When a first gesture carried out in three-dimensional space is detected it is determined whether the detected first gesture is allocated to an activation of an operation of a function. If it is determined that the detected first gesture is the gesture allocated to the activation of the operation of the function, then the function is activated. Next a second gesture carried out in three-dimensional space is detected and it is determined whether the detected second gesture is a gesture allocated to the operation of the function. If it is determined that the detected second gesture is the gesture allocated to the operation of the function then the operation of the function is performed. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358369 | Geometry for Improved Driveline-Suspension Coupling of Narrow Leaning Commuter Vehicles - A method and apparatus relating to a driveline and suspension system for a vehicle and, more particularly, methods and systems for driveline-suspension coupling in a narrow multi-track leaning vehicle with three or more wheels and with at least two driving wheels. There are provided graphical and computational methods for determining driveline and suspension geometries for narrow multi-track vehicles, as well as apparatuses including the geometric configurations, and exhibiting improved driveline-suspension coupling behaviors. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358370 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A driving state estimator unit configured to detect a state quantity indicating vehicle body orientation, and a control unit configured to control vehicle body orientation using drive force from an engine when the absolute value of the amplitude of the detected state quantity is less than a second predetermined value, and using force generated by a second orientation control device instead of the drive force from the engine when the absolute value of the amplitude is equal to or greater than the second predetermined value. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358371 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device includes a variable-damping-force shock absorber, a front wheel speed sensor, a rear wheel speed estimation device, a damping force control amount calculation device configured to calculate a damping force control amount for the variable-damping-force shock absorber according to frequency scalar quantities, when the front wheel speed detected by the front wheel speed sensors and the size of an amplitude of a frequency of the rear wheel speed estimated by the rear wheel speed estimation device are frequency scalar quantities, and a damping force control device configured to control the damping force of the variable-damping-force shock absorber on the basis of the damping force control amount calculated by the damping force control amount calculation device, the rear wheel speed estimation device prohibiting the estimation of the real wheel speed when a vehicle speed is equal to or greater than a high vehicle speed threshold value. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358372 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device includes a detection portion detecting a master cylinder pressure which is an oil pressure applied by a master cylinder changing a depression force applied to a brake pedal into the oil pressure and a control portion controlling a suspension to restrain a vehicle from tilting forward caused by a depression of the brake pedal based on a variation of the master cylinder pressure, the control portion controlling the suspension to restrain the vehicle from swinging back from a tilting forward attitude caused by a release of the brake pedal based on the variation of the master cylinder pressure. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358373 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A control apparatus for a vehicle is configured to detect an abnormality of shock absorbers. When an abnormality detection means has detected an abnormality, braking/driving force posture control amount computation means computes an amount of braking/driving force posture control controlled by means of braking/driving force of the vehicle on the basis of target posture control amount. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358374 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING STEERING WHEN FAILURE OCCURS IN MOTOR POSITION SENSOR - The present invention relates to a steering control method and a steering control apparatus for controlling steering when a failure occurs in a motor position sensor. In particular, the present invention relates to a steering control method and a steering apparatus, in which, when a failure occurs in a motor position sensor of a vehicle which is traveling according to an automatic traveling control, the traveling state of the vehicle is determined so as to determine whether it is a situation where a steering angle should be fixed, then a steering angle fixing control is performed according to the determination result, and, when it is determined that the driver has a will to steer, the steering angle fixing control is stopped such that the travel of the vehicle may be controlled according to the driver's steering. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358375 | ACTUATOR CONTROL APPARATUS - There is provided an actuator control apparatus configured such that even when an electronic device that generates an electric signal to be used to control an actuator is provided in the form of a duplexed system, an increase in the number of communication paths between the electronic device and a controller is suppressed. A torque sensor and a rotation angle sensor are each provided in the form of a duplexed system. Two sets of a torque sensor and a rotation angle sensor are connected to a microcomputer via a SPI communication line. The torque sensors and the rotation angle sensors are connected to the microcomputer via CS communication lines, respectively. By selecting a communication target via a corresponding one of the CS communication lines, the microcomputer is able to receive multiple kinds of electric signals via each one of the SPI communication lines. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358376 | DRIVER AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING VEHICLE USAGE - A driver authentication and safety system and method for monitoring and controlling vehicle usage by high-risk drivers. A centralized database comprising a software application can be accessed by an authorized user via a data communications network utilizing a remote computer in order to configure a desired operating profile that matches requirements of the high-risk driver. The operating profile can be loaded to a driver identification and data logging module in conjunction with the remote computer. A master control unit receives a unique identification code from the data logging device to authenticate the high-risk driver and to operate the vehicle within the desired operating profile. A slave control unit receives commands from the master control unit and generates a real time alarm signal if the driver violates the preprogrammed operating profile unique to the driver. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358377 | SENSOR INTERFACES - Some embodiments of the present disclosure relates to an automotive control unit (ACU) able to communicate with sensors using a plurality of different communication protocols. The ACU comprises a control unit that operates a sensor interface module to selectively generate a plurality of control signals corresponding to a plurality of different communication protocols, wherein respective control signals have characteristics corresponding to one of the plurality of different communication protocols. A modulation unit receives one of the control signals and generates a modulated communication signal having characteristics that correspond to a communication protocol of the one of the control signals. A communication bus provides the communication signal to a sensor network comprising one or more sensors. By operating the modulation unit to operate according to different communication protocols the ACU can be operated to communicate with multiple sensors using different communication protocols (e.g., PSI5 and DSI3 communication protocols). | 2014-12-04 |
20140358378 | Active Suspension of a Motor Vehicle Passenger Seat - A method for controlling the operation of an active suspension system for a motor vehicle passenger seat, where the active suspension system comprises an actuator that is constructed and arranged to place force on the seat in a first degree of freedom and a control system that is responsive to a sensor system that detects motor vehicle accelerations in at least the first degree of freedom, where the sensor system comprises an accident detection system that detects motor vehicle accident conditions, where the control system provides control signals that cause the actuator to exert a force on the seat in the first degree of freedom, wherein in normal active suspension operation mode the actuator is controlled to output forces that reduce acceleration of the seat so as to counteract motions of the seat in the first degree of freedom. In response to the detection of an accident condition, the control system is used to operate the actuator in a crash performance mode where the actuator is controlled to output a force that is proportional to the velocity of the seat in the first degree of freedom. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358379 | PASSENGER PROTECTION SYSTEM - A passenger protection system includes: first and second sensors that detect an impact applied to a vehicle in a width direction; a determination device that determines a collision by comparing a first detection signal from the first sensor with a first determination condition, and by comparing a second detection signal from the second sensor with a second determination condition; and a boarding position detector that detects a boarding position of a passenger. The determination device sets the first determination condition and the second determination condition according to the boarding position in such a manner that the first determination condition is different from the second determination condition. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358380 | SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD FOR LEVEL REGULATION OF A DRIVER'S CAB OF A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE RELATIVE TO THE CHASSIS OF THE VEHICLE - A system for level regulation of a driver's cab of a commercial vehicle relative to a chassis of the vehicle includes a spring-loaded bearing in order to support the driver's cab in a sprung manner on the chassis of the vehicle; a distance sensor device arranged to record relative movements and/or a distance between the driver's cab and the chassis of the vehicle; and a control device that is arranged for variable control of the spring-loaded bearing, wherein signals of the distance sensor device are used to control the spring-loaded bearing. The spring-loaded bearing can be adjusted to a first height position (h | 2014-12-04 |
20140358381 | OPTICAL REAL-TIME SOIL SENSOR AND AUTO-CALIBRATION METHODS - A method for application of an agricultural product to a field, the method includes acquiring real-time sampled data using real-time agricultural sensors, wherein the real-time agricultural sensors include a soil sensor, auto-calibrating the real-time agricultural sensors using statistical characteristics of the real-time sampled data to determine an application rate, and applying the agricultural product to the field based on the application rate. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358382 | OPERATION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MINING MACHINE AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD FOR MINING MACHINE - An operation control system for a mining machine includes, based on travel path information including at least information on moisture content of a travel path on which a mining machine operating at a mine runs, and position information being information on a position of a travel path corresponding to the travel path information, generating speed limit information for changing a speed limit for the mining machine to run on the travel path corresponding to the travel path information. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358383 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING A SYNCHRONOUS POSITION OF A SYNCHRONIZER ACTUATOR FORK OF A DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - A method of identifying a synchronous position of a synchronizer actuator fork includes sensing a deceleration rate of a first shaft, when a synchronizer is positioned in a neutral position, to define a first rate of deceleration. The synchronizer is moved along the first shaft from the neutral position toward a gear with a synchronizer actuator fork. A deceleration rate of the first shaft is sensed, while the synchronizer actuator fork moves the synchronizer along the first shaft, to identify a change from the first rate of deceleration to a second rate of deceleration. The location, of the synchronizer actuator fork relative to the first shaft, at which the rate of acceleration of the first shaft changes from the first rate of deceleration to the second rate of deceleration, is identified as the synchronous position of the synchronizer actuator fork. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358384 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SHIFT FOR VEHICLE - A system may include: a data detector detecting data for a shift control; and a controller determining a short term driving tendency index and a long term driving tendency index of a driver based on the data, and controlling an engine or a transmission according to the short term driving tendency index or the long term driving tendency index of the driver, wherein the controller determines a difference between the short term driving tendency index and the long term driving tendency index, and controls the shift according a corrected driving tendency index that is corrected from the long term driving tendency index when an absolute value of the difference between the short term driving tendency index and the long term driving tendency index is greater than or equal to an absolute value of a reference index difference. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358385 | BICYCLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a bicycle electronic system, comprising:
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20140358386 | BICYCLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - A bicycle electronic system is described, comprising:
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20140358387 | BICYCLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - A bicycle electronic system is described comprising a first manual command management unit having a casing configured for being fixed at a handgrip of a bicycle handlebar, comprising at least one first manually actuatable switch, a first processor and a first wireless communication device, wherein the first manual command management unit further comprises a circuit for supplying power to the first processor and the first wireless communication device, the power supply circuit comprising a battery power supply source and/or being configured for absorbing energy from a radiofrequency electromagnetic field generated within the system. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358388 | INTERACTIVE TRANSMISSION SHIFT TECHNIQUES - A method for interactive transmission garage shifts includes receiving a request for a transmission garage shift; controlling the transmission to bring the vehicle to a stop state based on determining that the vehicle is rolling backwards on a grade above a predetermined grade threshold and at a speed below a predetermined speed threshold; controlling an electric park brake (EPB) to hold the vehicle at the stop state; controlling the transmission to engage a dog clutch so as to place the transmission in a forward drive gear; and controlling the EPB to i) deactivate if the dog clutch is determined to be engaged, or ii) maintain activation to maintain the vehicle at the stop state if the dog clutch is determined to be disengaged. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358389 | METHODOLOGY FOR CONTROLLING A HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM OF A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - A hydraulic control system for a CVT may include a pressure regulator subsystem, a ratio control subsystem, a torque converter control (TCC) subsystem, a clutch control subsystem, and is enabled for automatic engine start/stop (ESS) functionality. A system and method are provided for performing an engine auto-stop in a vehicle having a CVT transmission and using an accumulator to fill the pulleys and clutches of the CVT, at least in part, during engine restart. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358390 | DIRECT CLUTCH SLIP CONTROL - An automatic transmission for a vehicle drivetrain includes a transmission housing, an input shaft, an output shaft, and a plurality of gears within the transmission housing. The plurality of gears defines multiple mechanical gear ratios between the input shaft and the output shaft. The transmission further includes a plurality of clutches operable to selectively engage the multiple mechanical gear ratios, and a plurality of rotational speed sensors. Each rotational speed sensor is operable to measure rotational speeds relative to the transmission housing for of one of the input shaft, the output shaft, or one of the plurality of gears. The transmission further includes a transmission control system configured to receive signals representing the measured rotational speeds from the plurality of rotational speed sensors and control the plurality of clutches to change between gear ratios based at least in part on the signals representing the measured rotational speeds. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358391 | APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING ELEMENT TEMPERATURE SENSOR - An apparatus for diagnosing a temperature detection unit, mounted in a vehicle having a power conversion circuit including a switching element, a control unit configured to operate the switching element to control a torque of a main rotating machine electrically connected to the power conversion circuit to a demanded torque. The temperature detection unit is configured to detect a temperature of the switching element. In the apparatus, a current supply increasing unit is configured to operate the switching element to increase a current supply to the switching element. A permission unit permits the current supply increasing unit to increase the current supply only when a braking torque is being applied to the vehicle. A diagnostic unit determines that an abnormality is present in the temperature detection unit when it is determined that the detection temperature of the temperature detection unit is out of an acceptable range. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358392 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD - A driving support apparatus includes a collision time prediction unit that predicts a TTC and a TTV, a driving support determination unit that applies the TTC and TTV to a map and determines whether the driving support in the host vehicle is to be implemented or not, a driving support control unit that controls the driving support in the host vehicle, an extension mode determination unit that determines whether a speed of the moving object in a direction crossing the traveling direction is equal to or less than a first threshold value and whether the TTC is equal to or less than a second threshold value or not, and determines that the driving support is to be implemented in the host vehicle in a case where the above conditions are satisfied. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358393 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF MOTOR VEHICLE POWERTRAIN - A method and system is disclosed for blending between torque maps of a source of propulsion of a vehicle. Embodiments of the present invention are particularly applicable to automatic selection of an alternative torque map in response to a change of vehicle operating condition, for example a change of terrain. Blending according to embodiments of the present invention may substantially avoid a step change in response of the source of propulsion as accelerator position is changed. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358394 | Jolt and Jar Recorder System and Methods of Use Thereof - A system for monitoring and recording vehicle and passenger data constantly during operation, which combines, stores and analyzes data. A recording device connects to systems that may include vehicle status, video, audio or other data sensor and collection interfaces. Data may be selectively retrieved wirelessly and stored encrypted to preserve authenticity. Data collected could also include: temperature (inside/outside); weather conditions; tire slip; roll, yaw, pitch; altitude; speed and changes to speed; GPS data; any available radio signals and the strength and source of those signals; vibration; sound level and changes; air pressure; light and changes; intrusion; moisture; humidity; inertia/gravitational forces; vehicle (OBD) error codes; vehicle weight; tire pressure; location of the device within the vehicle; engine RPM (and other OBD available data); time/date, and passenger embark, riding, and disembark data. These data can be later decrypted to analyze driver performance or verify the existence of a claimed accident. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358395 | METHOD OF VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL - A method of vehicle stability control including the steps of: a) applying a test braking pulse to a wheel on a first side of the vehicle and to a wheel on a second, opposite, side of the vehicle, the application of the test braking pulse comprising operating a brake actuator to apply a low level braking pressure to the wheel, b) measuring the rotational speed of both wheels during the test braking pulse, c) calculating a change in wheel speed during the test braking pulse for each wheel, d) calculating the difference between the change in speed of the wheel at the first side of the vehicle and the change in speed of the wheel at the second side of the vehicle, e) carrying out a stability control intervention if the said difference exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358396 | Computer network for calculating aircraft cornering friction based on data received from an aircraft's on board flight data management system - This invention relates to a computer network for calculating the true aircraft cornering friction coefficient of an aircraft runway or taxiway using the data collected by and available in the aircraft Flight Data Recorder (FDR) or other flight data management system, for example, the Quick Access Recorder (QAR). The invention may optionally distribute to personnel in the ground operations of an airport and airline operations, including but not limited to aircraft pilots, airline operation officers and airline managers as well as airport operators, managers and maintenance crews, the most accurate and most recent information concerning the true aircraft cornering friction coefficient to aid in making better and more accurate safety and economical decisions. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358397 | System and Method for Determining a Vehicle Velocity Parameter - A method is described for estimating longitudinal velocity of a vehicle on a road surface. The method includes obtaining a measured value of vehicle acceleration, which is dependent on longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle and vertical acceleration of the vehicle when a slope of the road surface is non-zero. The method includes determining an initial estimate of the slope. The method includes determining a difference between the initial estimate of the slope and a prior estimate of the slope and, based on the difference, setting a current estimate of the slope to be equal to the initial estimate or the prior estimate. The method includes estimating the longitudinal velocity of the vehicle based on the current estimate of the slope and the measured value of vehicle acceleration. The method includes controlling at least one wheel of the plurality of wheels based on the estimated longitudinal velocity of the vehicle. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358398 | Use of SS Data Trends in Fault Resolution Process - An automated method for resolving fault in an engine is disclosed. The method may include providing a reasoner module for recommending a set of maintenance actions to resolve fault in the engine, inputting steady state performance data from the engine into the reasoner module, and using the reasoner module to recommend a set of maintenance actions based at least in part on the steady state performance data. A fault resolution system for a gas turbine engine is also disclosed. The fault resolution system may include at least one computer processor operatively configured to receive steady state performance data from the gas turbine engine, and recommend a set of maintenance actions to resolve fault in the gas turbine engine based at least in part on the steady state performance data. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358399 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CORONA IGNITION DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for controlling a corona ignition device that has a high-frequency generator and a resonant circuit that contains an ignition electrode, wherein a primary voltage is fed into the high-frequency generator, the resonant circuit is excited by a secondary voltage generated by the high-frequency generator, and a corona discharge is thus produced at the ignition electrode, a series of values of an electric variable are measured during the excitation of the resonant circuit, it is checked, by evaluating the measured values, whether the corona discharge has transitioned into an arc discharge, and a determination of an arc discharge is responded to by reducing the secondary voltage and thus extinguishing the arc discharge. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWERTRAIN SYSTEM TO PERFORM EXHAUST BRAKING - A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes an exhaust braking enabling module, a driver torque module, and an engine actuator control module. The exhaust braking enabling module selectively enables exhaust braking based on driver input and independent of an accelerator pedal position. The driver torque module selectively determines a driver torque request based on a powertrain braking torque capacity when exhaust braking is enabled. The engine actuator control module controls fuel delivery to cylinders of an engine and a vane position of a turbocharger based on the driver torque request. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358401 | ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE MACHINE - A control system is provided for use with an engine. The control system may have a coolant pressure sensor configured to generate a first signal indicative of a pressure of coolant circulating through the engine, and an oil pressure sensor configured to generate a second signal indicative of a pressure of oil circulating through the engine. The control system may also have a controller in communication with the coolant and oil pressure sensors. The controller may be configured to determine functionality of the coolant and oil pressure sensors during operation of the engine, and to selectively allow operation of the engine in a semi-protected mode when the coolant pressure sensor or the oil pressure sensor is determined to be non-functional. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358402 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CREEP TORQUE OF MOTOR-DRIVEN VEHICLE - A method for controlling a creep torque of a motor-driven vehicle includes a gradient calculating step of calculating a gradient of a traveling road, and a time constant calculating step of calculating a time constant of a filter using the gradient, a preset basic creep torque, and a sliding speed limiting value. A variable controlling step substitutes the calculated time constant for the time constant of the filter, inputs the basic creep torque to the filter, and controls the motor using a torque value output from the filter as a demanded torque. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358403 | METHOD FOR CYLINDER EQUALIZATION OF A LAMBDA-CONTROLLED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, IN PARTICULAR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - In a method for cylinder equalization of a lambda-controlled internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, cylinders to be tested are trimmed with respect to the mixture composition of metered fuel, and the cylinder equalization is carried out on the basis of an uneven running or uneven running change of the internal combustion engine caused by the trimming. In addition, the uneven running or uneven running change is detected in a reference state of the internal combustion engine. The uneven runnings or uneven running changes detected during successive trimmings of the cylinders to be tested are and compared to the uneven running values detected in the reference state. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358404 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method of operating an internal combustion engine is provided. The method includes combusting a mixture of fresh air and fuel within multiple cylinders. The method also includes directing a first portion of exhaust gases into a first-stage turbine and a second-stage turbine of a turbocharger for expanding the exhaust gases, directing a second portion of exhaust gases from the exhaust manifold via an exhaust channel bypassing the first-stage turbine and recirculating a third portion of exhaust gases into an intake manifold after mixing with fresh air. The method includes controlling at least one of: reducing a normal engine speed at each engine power setting while maintaining constant engine power level by increasing a fuel injection per cycle; concurrently increasing a flow rate of the third portion of exhaust gas during recirculation; and advancing a fuel injection timing for reducing emission levels that meets Tier 4 requirements. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358405 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OPERATING ON DIFFERENT REACTIVITY FUELS - A premixed charge of air and a low reactivity fuel is created in a combustion chamber space by the time at which a piston comes substantially to top dead center at which time a high reactivity fuel is directly injected into a central zone of the combustion chamber space which is bounded partially by a central bowl cavity in the piston head which is itself surrounded by an upright intermediate wall. The high reactivity fuel combusts by conventional diesel combustion and creates a flame front which propagates into an outer zone of the combustion chamber space which is bounded partially by the upright intermediate wall and an outer bowl cavity in the piston head to initiate combustion of the premixed air-fuel charge in the outer zone of the combustion chamber space. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358406 | VEHICLE ENGINE AUTOMATIC CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle engine automatic control device has a brake operation amount detecting unit that detects an amount of brake operation by a driver, an engine stopping/re-starting unit that, during coast drive, stops an engine based on the amount of brake operation that is detected, and, after the engine stops, re-starts the engine when the amount of brake operation that is detected falls below a first threshold, and a first threshold setting unit that sets the first threshold smaller as vehicle speed becomes lower. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358407 | GASEOUS FUEL INJECTOR ACTIVATION - A method for starting an engine is provided. The method comprises in response to an engine start request, cycling a gaseous fuel injector prior to activating a starter motor. In this way, delayed engine starts using gaseous fuel may be mitigated. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358408 | GASEOUS FUEL INJECTOR ACTIVATION - A method for starting an engine is provided. The method comprises opening a throttle valve controlling air flow into an intake manifold in response to a gaseous pressure differential across a gaseous fuel injector exceeding a threshold pressure. In this way, delayed engine starts using gaseous fuel may be mitigated. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358409 | Location-Based Features for Commute Assistant - Some embodiments provide a commute application that provides a first presentation of several stops along a route. The commute application also receives a selection of a stop from the several stops along the route. The commute application further provides a second presentation for displaying several different routes that traverse through the selected stop. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358410 | User Interface Tools for Commute Assistant - Some embodiments provide a commute application that receives a selection of a route from several different routes. Each route in the several different routes includes several stops. In response, the commute application also provides a dynamic focus table that includes a first portion for displaying a schedule of stops along the selected route and a second portion for displaying metadata regarding the selected route. The metadata presented in the second portion is automatically updated whenever a different schedule of stops is displayed in the first portion of the dynamic focus table. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358411 | Architecture for Distributing Transit Data - Some embodiments provide a program that receives from several data providers route data and graphical representation of route data (e.g., transit systems, schedules, stops, etc.) for different localities. The program also stores this data on a set of servers for later retrieval and transmission to commute applications operating in different localities. The program further retrieves from external vendors location data of transit vehicles that traverse routes based on the route data and schedule data. The location data is for transmitting to commute applications. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358412 | Method for operating a driver assistance system and method for processing vehicle surroundings data - A method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle including the following: detecting a vehicle surroundings, transmitting vehicle surroundings data corresponding to the detected vehicle surroundings to a server, evaluating the transmitted vehicle surroundings data with the aid of the server, characterized by a transmission of a result corresponding to the evaluated vehicle surroundings data to the vehicle to operate the driver assistance system as a function of the result. Also described is a method for processing vehicle surroundings data, and a corresponding systems and computer program. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358413 | ON-BOARD TRAFFIC DENSITY ESTIMATOR - Traffic density is estimated around a host vehicle moving on a roadway. An object detection system remotely senses and identifies the positions of nearby vehicles. A controller a) predicts a path of a host lane being driven by the host vehicle, b) bins the nearby vehicles into a plurality of lanes including the host lane and one or more adjacent lanes flanking the predicted path, c) determines a host lane distance in response to a position of a farthest vehicle that is binned to the host lane, d) determines an adjacent lane distance in response to a difference between a closest position in an adjacent lane that is within the field of view and a position of a farthest vehicle binned to the adjacent lane, and e) indicates a traffic density in response to a ratio between a count of the binned vehicles and a sum of the distances. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358414 | System and method for creating, storing, and updating local dynamic MAP database with safety attribute - DSRC (Dedicated short range communication) is expected to play a significant role in Transportation applications for Public Safety and Traffic Management. Some of the key applications especially safety and mobility application requires an accurate representation of the road segments. Accordingly, here, in one example, we describe a method and infrastructure for DSRC V2X (vehicle to infrastructure plus vehicle) system. This presentation, e.g., adds the following improvements on the existing technologies, as some of the examples: (a) Using Speed-Profiles for identifying Intersections/mandatory-stops/Speed-limits, etc. Also, the extension of the map coverage using speed profile data. (b) Vehicular density identification for determining confidence of generated MAP. (c) Mechanisms for identifying Lane Attributes, like Lane-Width, Lane-Connections, Possible Movement states, average travel-time on the lane, etc. In this presentation, we provide various methods and systems to manage and update such maps and its corresponding information, plus many variations on those. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358415 | FLIGHT PREDICTION SYSTEM - A method of predicting the trajectory of an aircraft is disclosed in this specification. The method involves predicting corrective adjustments that an aircraft flight management system is expected to make to follow a reference trajectory. A ground based system receives a reference trajectory that the aircraft flight management system intends to fly and predicts an actual trajectory using the predicted corrective adjustments. The actual trajectory predicted by the system differs from the reference trajectory in a free dimension that is not restrained in the reference trajectory. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358416 | System and method for node adaptive filtering and congestion control for safety and mobility applications toward automated vehicles system - In one example, we describe a method and infrastructure for DSRC V2X (vehicle to infrastructure plus vehicle) system. This can cover a communication circle up to 800 m, and in some cases 1000 m, and as a result, in congested traffic areas, the onboard unit is communicating with high number of units and may end up saturating its processing capability very quickly. In one example, the task is to provide different levels of node filtering algorithms to intelligently select the node data to be processed. This results in optimally using the available processing power by only processing the data of the desired nodes. This method is based on combination of range, velocity, heading, direction, transmitted power, received power threshold, and map database, if available. This also reduces the V2X communication congestion problem resulted in high number of one-to-many nodes communication. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358417 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING HITCH ANGLE - A system for determining a hitch angle between a vehicle and trailer is provided. The system includes an imaging device disposed on the trailer. A first navigation system is disposed on-board the vehicle. A second navigation system is integrated with the imaging device. A controller determines the hitch angle based on data received from the first navigation system and the second navigation system. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358418 | DRIVE ASSIST DEVICE, AND VEHICLE USING DRIVE ASSIST DEVICE - A drive assist device includes a light source that irradiates a detection target with light, a first lens having a first area through which the irradiated light from the light source passes, a second lens having a second area through which reflected light reflected from the detection target passes, and a light receiving element that receives the reflected light that passes the second lens. The first area and the second area are arranged to be in align with each other, in width direction of the drive assist device. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358419 | CONDITION MONITORING APPARATUS, SECURITY SYSTEM, PROGRAM AND CONDITION MONITORING METHOD - A condition monitoring apparatus includes: a route-control means which sets a set-route and controls equipment so that the equipment moves according to the set-route; an information-collection means which repeatedly acquires information indicating a condition of a first target; an abnormality-confirming means which determines whether the first target is abnormal; a route-acquisition means which acquires position information indicating a position of each monitoring terminal that monitors a condition of a second target, and confirms presence/absence of a monitoring-required area of which a condition is required to be monitored in a monitoring-target area larger than a monitoring area in which the second target is present, and in which the equipment does not move according to the set-route, the route-acquisition means acquiring a changed-route which leads the equipment to a destination through the monitoring-required area; and a mute-change means which sets the changed-route as the set-route when the route-acquisition means acquires the changed-route. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358420 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TRAFFIC LANE USING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - An apparatus and a method for detecting a traffic lane using wireless communication is provided and includes a sensor unit including an image recognition sensor and a radar sensor. In addition, a controller is configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one of a plurality of other vehicles and generate road driving information regarding a traveling vehicle after confirming a reliability of the at least one other vehicle using traffic lane recognition information received from the at least other vehicle. The controller is configured to confirm a traffic lane of the traveling vehicle based on the reliability and output the road driving information. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358421 | APPARATUS, SERVER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ROUTE GUIDANCE - A method for providing route guidance includes the route guiding apparatus transmitting to the server a user's location sensing signal; the server receiving the user's location sensing signal from the route guiding apparatus; the route guiding apparatus transmitting to the server a user's operation recognition signal; the server receiving the user's operation recognition signal from the route guiding apparatus; the controller determining a user's status based on at least one of the location sensing signal and the operation recognition signal; the server transmitting map data corresponding to a user's location determined using the user's status to the route guiding apparatus; the route guiding apparatus receiving the map data from the server; and the route guiding apparatus guiding a route to a destination based on the map data. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358422 | PRESCRIPTION-BASED TRAVEL ROUTE RECOMMENDATION - In general, embodiments of the present invention relate to prescription-based travel route recommendation. In a typical embodiment, a prescription related to a medical condition of a patient is received (e.g., electronically in a computer memory medium or the like). Among other things, the prescription typically comprises a set of criteria (e.g., route specifics such as topography/incline, mode of travel such as walking, running, cycling, etc.) for a desired travel route for the patient. Then, using global positioning satellite (GPS) technology or the like, the system will access/receive information corresponding to a geographical area associated with the patient. Using this information, a set of possible travel routes between a starting point and a destination within the geographical area will be determined. Then, by comparing the set of criteria to the information, at least one travel route will be identified from the possible travel routes for treating the medical condition. Once identified, one or more specific travel routes can be recommended (e.g., to the patient). | 2014-12-04 |
20140358423 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY WARNING DRIVER TO TAKE A BREAK - A driver caution threshold that varies by time of day and/or by driver activity load factor is compared a vehicle driver's activity. Responsive to a determination that vehicle driver's activity violates the driver caution threshold, a prompt to take a break and/or directions to a nearby restaurant are presented. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INPUTTING AN INTENDED BACKING PATH - A path input system is provided. The path input system includes at least one imaging device for generating image data. A GPS device is included for generating satellite image data. A controller generates an aerial view of a vehicle and a trailer based on the image data and the satellite data. A display is included for displaying the aerial view and registering a touch event thereon that inputs an intended path for the vehicle and the trailer. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358425 | DELIVERING ROUTE INFORMATION - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for delivering route information. One example method includes receiving a request from a user for a route from a starting point to a destination point, determining the route including route information defining the route, and classifying the route. Prior to the user embarking on the route, one or more content items are determined for presentation to the user based at least in part on the route information and the route classification, and the route information and the content items are delivered to the user responsive to the request. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358426 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a receiving unit configured to receive GPS information from a GPS satellite, an acquisition unit configured to acquire sensing information from at least one of a speed sensor and a steering sensor of a vehicle connected through an external interface, a determination unit configured to determine whether the vehicle is positioned within at least one of a shadow area and a multi-path area using at least one of the GPS information and the sensing information, and a calculation unit configured to correct a current position coordinate value of the vehicle calculated from the GPS information using the sense information when the vehicle is determined to be positioned within the at least one area. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358427 | ENHANCING DRIVING NAVIGATION VIA PASSIVE DRIVERS FEEDBACK - The invention relates generally to an enhanced navigation system for generating turn-by-turn directions. More specifically, according to an aspect of the invention, the navigation system receives and interprets feedback in order to assist the user in following the turn-by-turn directions. For example, a navigation device may identify the next action to be taken, determine whether the driver is taking appropriate steps to perform the action, and provide feedback to the driver when necessary to remind the driver to take the next action. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358428 | IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION DEVICE AND NAVIGATION DEVICE - According to an in-vehicle information device or a navigation device of the invention, each of a plurality of terminals in a vehicle is configured to cause the terminal itself to operate in one of modes including: “an independent operation mode” in which the terminal itself is operated independently; “a participatory cooperative operation mode” in which the terminal directly participates in an operation of the other terminal; and “a transitional cooperative operation mode” in which the terminal takes over information of the other terminal and performs an operation on the information followed by reflecting or not reflecting the information after that operation to the other terminal as information source. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently transmit or reflect an intention of each of plural occupants in the vehicle to the other occupant by combining independent operations and cooperative operations by the plurality of terminals. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358429 | METHOD OF INPUTTING A PATH FOR A VEHICLE AND TRAILER - A method of inputting a path is provided. The method includes the steps of generating an aerial view of a vehicle and a trailer based on at least one of image data and satellite image data, displaying the aerial view on a display having a touch screen, and registering a touch event on the touch screen that inputs an intended path for the vehicle and the trailer. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358430 | Driving evaluation system and method - A system and method for evaluating driver performance is provided. The system includes a GPS navigation module for locating a running vehicle; a running vehicle data collection module for collecting data of the vehicle; a vehicle specifications memory for storing specifications of the vehicle; a road maps memory for storing maps of an area so as to identify the location of the vehicle by cooperating with the GPS navigation module; a road evaluation parameters memory for storing road evaluation parameters of the vehicle, and outputting evaluation parameters of the vehicle by cooperating with the road maps memory; and an evaluation module for combining the data of the vehicle from the running vehicle data collection module, the road evaluation parameters of the vehicle from the road evaluation parameters memory, and the specifications of the vehicle from the vehicle specifications memory, evaluating the combination, and outputting an evaluation report. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358431 | User Device and System - A first user device comprises a first communication interface and a second communication interface. The first user device has digital first map information and is configured for outputting a request message for making navigation information available with regard to at least one desired route section, at the first communication interface. The second communication interface is configured for receiving navigation information that is made available in response to the request message, at the second communication interface, and comprises digital second map information for at least a part of the at least one desired route section. The digital second map information comprises data for display of the at least one part of the at least one desired route section. The first user device is configured for determining digitally updated map information as a function of the digital second map information of the navigation information and of the digital first map information, and for selecting an optical output device for display of the digital updated map information. | 2014-12-04 |