| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 340993000 | Position indication transmitted by local station to remote location | 13 |
| 20090096637 | Distributed Mine Management System - A distributed mine management system contains a central computer having a first database controlled by a first controller. At least one mobile computer is in communication with a piece of mobile equipment. Each of the mobile computers has a second database controlled by a second controller. The mobile computers store high, medium and low priority data about the status of the mobile equipment in the second database according to the priority of the information. The mine management system includes a remote worksite computer and an intermittent communication path between the remote worksite computer and the central computer. A wireless communication network enables communication between the first controller and the second controller, wherein said mobile computer is operable independent of the first logic unit. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090153364 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC TIME CALCULATION - A method and apparatus for calculating the travel time of a vehicle as it transits through multiple locations. The method and apparatus includes a device for detecting a radio signal from a vehicle, attaching information to the radio signal, and transmitting a message packet with the signal and attached information to a central server. The central server stores the message packet. The central server compares the information in the message packet against other stored message packets received from multiple locations. When matching information is found, an algorithm is run to compute a vehicle travel time between two locations. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20110050463 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE INFORMATION AND TERMINAL DEVICE APPLYING THE SAME - A vehicle information providing method and a terminal applying the same are provided. The vehicle information providing method includes communicably connecting to a Global Positioning System (GPS) mounted on a vehicle, receiving location information from the GPS and receiving vehicle information from a vehicle information system based on the received location information. Accordingly, the terminal may receive the location information of the vehicle inside the vehicle even though the terminal has no GPS. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110140927 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AVOIDING PARKING VIOLATIONS - The driver of a parked vehicle receives a warning message if the vehicle is parked in violation of parking restrictions. In one aspect, the driver belongs to an organization that monitors vehicles parked in restricted areas. When an informant observes a vehicle parked in violation of parking restrictions, the informant transmits location and vehicle identification information to a central server. The server sends a notification to the member if the vehicle is parked illegally. In another aspect, location information is automatically transmitted to the server when loss of a wireless connection between the vehicle and the driver's communication device indicates the vehicle is in a parked condition. In another aspect, the driver transmits location information to the server before leaving a parked vehicle. The rules and restrictions applicable to the vehicle's location are then sent to the driver's communication device. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20120139762 | VEHICLE RECOVERY SYSTEM - A vehicle recovery system includes a position sensor and a transmitting phone. The position sensor stores a preset location value and is used for generating a notification when the displacement of the position sensor exceeds the preset location value. The transmitting phone is used for communicating with a receiving phone. The transmitting phone includes a camera module and an alarm module. The camera module is used for capturing images and sending the images to the transmitting phone. The alarm module is electrically coupled to the position sensor and used for activating the transmitting phone to communicate with the receiving phone such that the transmitting phone sends the images to the receiving phone when the alarm module receives the notification from the position sensor. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120223844 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE TRACKING - A computer-implemented tracking method includes receiving a tracking request at a vehicle associated computing system (VACS). The method also includes authenticating the tracking request and determining a vehicle location via a GPS in communication with the VACS. The method further includes transmitting the vehicle location from the VACS to a tracking request associated computing system (TRACS). The method also includes monitoring the vehicle for at least one delay-event. The method additionally includes transmitting data corresponding to the delay event to the TRACS, contingent on the occurrence of at least one delay-event. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20130009794 | MOBILE BODY POSITION INFORMATION TRANSMITTING DEVICE FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM, AND MOBILE BODY POSITION INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A vehicle ( | 01-10-2013 |
| 20140062731 | BUS STOP SIGN AND SERVER CAPABLE OF PROVIDING DETAILED BUS SCHEDULES - A bus stop sign capable of providing detailed bus schedules includes a storage unit, a detecting unit, a communicating unit, and a control unit. The storage unit pre-stores a table recording identifications of a plurality of mobile terminals, identifications of a plurality of bus terminals, and stop information of the bus stop sign along bus routes of the bus terminals. If the identifications of the mobile terminals obtained by the detecting unit match one or more identifications recorded in the table, the control unit obtains identifications of bus terminals recorded in the table corresponding to the obtained identifications, and controls the communicating unit to transmit the obtained identifications to the server. The server determines the current location of the nearest bus terminal travelling toward the bus stop sign and feeds back the current location of the nearest bus terminal to the mobile terminal. A related sever is also provided. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140232572 | CIRCULAR ANTENNA ARRAY FOR VEHICULAR DIRECTION FINDING - The circular antenna array for vehicular direction finding applications is a circular disc having a plurality of microstrip antennas radially spaced around the disc at equal angles. In one embodiment, the circular antenna array includes V-shaped antennas, and in another embodiment, the antennas are Yagi antennas. The circular antenna array can operate under two modes, switched and phased, in the 2.45 GHz band with an operating bandwidth of at least 100 MHz. The circular antenna array is configured to be installed in vehicles. Selective transmittal of an RF signal from a key fob generates a response signal from a specific antenna element receiving the RF signal in line with the direction of origin thereof. An LED panel indicates proximity and direction to the vehicle being located. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140266811 | SYSTEM INCLUDING VEHICLE LOCATION ALERT BASED COMMUNICATION WITH A VEHICLE AUDIO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - A system for a vehicle having a data communications bus extending throughout the vehicle, and an audio entertainment system coupled to the data communications bus may include a vehicle wireless transceiver and a vehicle controller to be coupled to the data communications bus. The vehicle controller may be configured to determine and send a vehicle location alert via the vehicle wireless transceiver, and selectively set the audio entertainment system to link with the vehicle wireless transceiver in a hands-free mode. The system may also include a mobile device to be carried by a user remote from the vehicle that may include a remote wireless transceiver configured to link wirelessly with the vehicle wireless transceiver. The mobile device may also include a remote controller cooperating to command, based upon receiving the vehicle location alert, the vehicle controller to set the audio entertainment system into the hands-free mode. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150077275 | Method and Apparatus for Automatic Location Check-In Control in a Vehicle - A system includes a processor configured to receive information relating to a vehicle state, designated to act as a trigger for a location check-in process. The processor is further configured to evaluate the state to determine if a trigger condition has been met and access a designated check-in site, when the trigger condition has been met. Also, the processor is configured to obtain user location information. The processor is additionally configured to provide the user location information to the check-in site for location updating. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150302748 | GRAPHICAL DISPLAY OF A MOVING MINING MACHINE - This disclosure concerns a graphical display ( | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150353008 | AUTOMOTIVE DYNAMIC VIRTUAL NETWORK - An apparatus includes a vehicle position module that determines a position of each proximal vehicle with respect to a user's vehicle. Each proximal vehicle is positioned in relation to the user's vehicle without another vehicle between the proximal vehicle and the user's vehicle. A vehicle network module establishes a communication link between the user's vehicle and the proximal vehicles. A message receiver module receives an alert message from a front proximal vehicle in front of the user's vehicle in response to the front proximal vehicle sending the alert message. A message transmitter module transmits an alert message to a rear proximal vehicle traveling behind the user's vehicle. The transmitted alert message includes an alert message received from a front proximal vehicle and/or an alert message generated within the user's vehicle. An alert action module takes an action with respect to the user's vehicle in response to receiving an alert message. | 12-10-2015 |
