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| 20080211651 | Displaying Unit and Method for Displaying a Steering-Wheel Angle, to be Modified, of a Motor Vehicle - A display unit for representing a steering-wheel angle, to be modified, of a vehicle is provided, which has a multitude of adjacently arranged indicator elements. One or more of these indicator element(s) is/are illuminated to indicate a modification in the steering-wheel angle and possibly the steering direction. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080258896 | System for improving back end visibility and machine using same - A machine includes a back end vision improvement system comprising a camera mounted for viewing an area behind a back end of the machine and a monitor mounted in an operator control station. The monitor includes a display having an initial display layout. The machine also includes an electronic control module (ECM) configured to sense a reverse position of a directional controller of the machine and change the display in response to the reverse position. The machine may also include a wiper system including a front wiper and a rear wiper. The ECM may be further configured to sense an activation of the front wiper and activate the rear wiper in response to the reverse position and the activation of the front wiper. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090040037 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED TRANSDUCER - A communication system, including an apparatus, method and program, is provided for communicating a message from a vehicle to a location. The communication system detects a distance to an object that is located at the location and a speed of the vehicle. A target distance is then calculated on the basis of the detected distance to the object and the detected speed of the vehicle. A determination is made as to whether the object is configured for communication with the vehicle. According to the determination, a message is communicated to the object from the vehicle. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090066499 | EXTERNAL SOUND GENERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An external sound generating system and method are provided that can be used to generate an external sound for quiet vehicles such as hybrid vehicle, an electric motor vehicle or a fuel cell vehicle. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090091439 | VEHICLE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE SYSTEM - A vehicle environmental service system includes an in-vehicle information terminal mounted in a vehicle, a center server provided in a center, and a provider terminal managed by an affiliated service provider providing various services to users. The in-vehicle information terminal is capable of communicating with the provider terminal directly or through the center server. The in-vehicle information terminal or the center server has a point calculating unit for determining whether safety driving and/or ecological driving is being performed with respect to each of the users based on prescribed criteria and calculating the number of points to be awarded based on the result of the determination. The center server has a database for managing total number of points obtained by accumulating the number of points to be awarded with respect to each of the users. The provider terminal has a service providing unit for providing a prescribed service in exchange for a prescribed number of points in the database and an advertisement generating unit for generating advertisement information of the affiliated service provider. The in-vehicle information terminal has a unit enabling the in-vehicle information terminal to receive the advertisement information from the provider terminal directly or through the center server. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090096599 | Identification and Monitoring of Vehicle Sensors - Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for monitoring the status of sensors that sense the parameters of one or more vehicle components. A monitor in a first vehicle receives RF signals from sensors that are located remotely from the monitor. The sensors may be associated with vehicles other than the first vehicle, and it is desired to monitor only the sensor(s) that are also associated with the first vehicle. Sensors may be selected for monitoring by reading a plurality of different sensors and selecting one or more sensors from the plurality of sensors that are associated with the first vehicle and thus are to be monitored Sensors that are to be monitored are selected based on predetermined criteria after it is determined that the first vehicle is in motion. The monitor includes a motion sensor that is operable to determine if the vehicle is in motion. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090115592 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY PROGRAM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEMORY CONTAINING THE DISPLAY PROGRAM - A display system includes a display device mounted on a vehicle, and a controller arranged to control the display of a plurality of pieces of information regarding the vehicle as an image in the display device. If a display fault occurs in a portion of the display device, the controller performs control to display the information displayed in the display fault area having had the display fault, in a normal display area performing a normal display. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090128317 | MOVABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a movable display device which has a high awareness of a display content while a sight line moving angle between a sight line connecting a driver's eye to display means and a sight line connecting the driver's eye to a target is small, thereby alleviating the driver's fatigue. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090295559 | INTEGRATED HIERARCHICAL PROCESS FOR FAULT DETECTION AND ISOLATION - A system and method for determining the root cause of a fault in a vehicle system, sub-system or component using models and observations. In one embodiment, a hierarchical tree is employed to combine trouble or diagnostic codes from multiple sub-systems and components to get a confidence estimate of whether a certain diagnostic code is accurately giving an indication of problem with a particular sub-system or component. In another embodiment, a hierarchical diagnosis network is employed that relies on the theory of hierarchical information whereby at any level of the network only the required abstracted information is being used for decision making. In another embodiment, a graph-based diagnosis and prognosis system is employed that includes a plurality of nodes interconnected by information pathways. The nodes are fault diagnosis and fault prognosis nodes for components or sub-systems, and contain fault and state-of-health diagnosis and reasoning modules. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100066526 | Method for Ensuring or Maintaining the Function of a Complex Complete Safety-Critical System - A method, the use thereof and a computer program product for maintaining the operation of a safety-critical overall vehicle regulatory and/or control system in the event of the occurrence of errors, in which the overall system is divided into system components on the basis of the findings of an error source analysis, in which modes of operation are also defined for the individual system components, and also, in the event of the occurrence of errors in the overall system, the error sources including the signals are analyzed and those methods of operation which are affected by the errors or signals which have occurred are ascertained, wherein on the basis of the error source analysis, those modes of operation of the individual system components which are not affected by the errors are taken and those which ensure an optimum or prescribed response from the overall system are selected. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100164706 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT - A system and method applicable to a vehicle for detecting a surrounding environment are provided. The system and method include installing primary and secondary display units in a vehicle; installing a plurality of detectors of various types around the vehicle; detecting obstacles around the vehicle using the plurality of different detectors; generating and outputting first detector data to be received by a primary control module; generating second detector data by integrating data to generate and transmit a primary warning message including vehicle positional information relative to the obstacle and a secondary warning message comprising obstacle positional information to the primary and secondary display units respectively for display. The system and method enable accurate detection of an obstacle via the warning messages and improved driving safety, using detectors with functions different from and complementary to one another. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100214089 | Vehicle Statistical Measurement Game - A vehicle communication system is operable to calculate and compare vehicle statistics based on information received from a vehicle sensor. This statistic information can be used by the vehicle communication system to execute a plurality of statistic based games. Additionally, relevant statistic information may be transmitted to a remote network for the purpose of playing games against other drivers. The vehicle communication system can report statistical changes to a driver, thus appraising the driver of the driver's success in achieving statistical game goals. Network rankings may also be provided to the driver in a real-time basis by the vehicle communication system. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100225464 | TIRE STATE VARIABLES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The present invention provides a tire state variables management system where an external module can reliably receive data from a specific sensor module from which data is to be acquired when an external module transmits to the sensor module a command signal for requesting data transmission. Each sensor module | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100231372 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING A DEVIATION OF A VEHICLE PARAMETER - A method, a device and a system for communicating in a vehicle at least one deviation of a measured actual vehicle parameter value from its predetermined value to a driver involve determining an amount of the deviation, color-coding the amount of deviation, and communicating the amount of deviation to the driver by using the color-code. Determining the amount of deviation includes weighting a calculated difference between the measured actual vehicle parameter value and the predetermined vehicle parameter value with a weighting factor. A vehicle or more particularly a truck may include such a device and such a system and a computer programmed for performing such a method and computer readable medium comprising a program for performing such a method can be provided. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100302022 | PROTECTING CHILDREN AND PASSENGERS WITH RESPECT TO A VEHICLE - There is provided a system and methods for mitigation of the potential dangers to which at least a child, and passengers, are exposed to prior to, during travel and after travel, when outside and adjacent a vehicle. Potential dangers to which a child is exposed are risks associated with driving and non-driving behavior of the driver, when the child is inside and outside the vehicle, when the vehicle is driven on public roads and on private property grounds, and as a result of deficient of mistaken operation of child and passenger related devices. The system and methods require input commands into an indicator to operate equipment elements aboard the vehicle, including sensors, operable devices and alert systems, and are operative for communication with remote stations, with adjacent-driven vehicles, and with the vehicle owner. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110025489 | Vehicle-Surrounding Image Display Apparatus And Vehicle-Surrounding Image Display Method - A vehicle-surrounding image display apparatus and a vehicle-surrounding image display method permits a user to intuitively recognize in which direction a vehicle side image is displayed along with a vehicle top image. When a vehicle side image, such as a forward side view image, and a rearward mirror view image is displayed along with a top view image, distinction images indicative of a correspondence relation between the vehicle side image and the direction in which the vehicle side image is shot in the top view image, are superimposed on both the vehicle side image and the top view image, which enables a user to intuitively recognize in which direction the vehicle side image displayed along with the top view image is shot by looking at both the vehicle side image and the top view image showing the distinction images. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110032094 | IMAGE INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME, INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MOBILE OBJECT, MODULE FOR DRIVER SEAT, AND MOBILE OBJECT - A DPF controller ( | 02-10-2011 |
| 20120176235 | MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE EMERGENCY WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A warning system and method include a memory device configured to store one or more condition criteria. A monitoring device is configured to monitor a status of the one or more condition criteria. The monitoring device is triggered by a triggering event related to the status to generate a warning signal responsive to the triggering event. A mobile computing device is configured to communicate with the monitoring device and an external network to receive the warning signal and output a warning message on the external network to one or more designated entities. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20130015964 | MOTOR VEHICLEAANM MULLER; UlrichAACI IngolstadtAACO DEAAGP MULLER; Ulrich Ingolstadt DEAANM RUDOLPH; AaronAACI San FranciscoAAST CAAACO USAAGP RUDOLPH; Aaron San Francisco CA USAANM KUHNE; MarcusAACI IngolstadtAACO DEAAGP KUHNE; Marcus Ingolstadt DE - The invention relates to a motor vehicle which includes a display for presenting a list of entries, wherein an entry has an associated function of the motor vehicle, and wherein the motor vehicle comprises a rotary knob which is associated with the display, which can be rotated about an axis of rotation and which can be rotated through a prescribed angle of rotation in order to move a marker from one entry to an entry which is adjacent thereto. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130135093 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An in-vehicle display apparatus includes: multiple switchable display elements for displaying one of display items in a display group that is assigned each switchable display element; an operation device for outputting an operation signal according to an operation of a user; a determination device for determining an operation mode of the operation of the user with respect to the operation device, according to the operation signal; and a display control device for independently controlling each switchable display element to execute a switching and displaying operation according to the operation mode. In the switching and displaying operation, the display control device controls one of switchable display elements to switch a current display item to another display item according to a predetermined switching order of display items every time the operation device outputs the operation signal. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20140210608 | DRIVE MODE SELECTOR - A drive mode selection system for a vehicle is provided that includes a drive mode selector that can facilitate selection of a current drive mode from among a plurality of drive modes of the vehicle based at least in part on input from a driver of the vehicle. Each of the plurality of drive modes can be associated with a distinct visual indicator. Additionally, the system can include a mode indication component that can display the current drive mode of the plurality of drive modes by providing the distinct visual indicator associated with the current drive mode. The system can further include a mode recommendation component that can recommend a drive mode of the plurality of drive modes based at least in part on the current drive mode and data received from one or more sensors. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140266664 | INDICATOR SYSTEM FOR OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT - An indicator system for outdoor power equipment, such as a riding lawn mower, may include an illuminating element around the perimeter of a display screen. The illuminating element may be configured to illuminate in a predetermined manner based on a predefined condition occurring in order to alert the operator to the display screen. The display screen may be configured to display more detail about the predefined condition while the illuminating element is illuminated. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150022335 | STATUS DISPLAY FOR THE STATE OF AN OPERATIONALLY-RELEVANT COMPONENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A status display for the state of an operationally-relevant component ( | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150321557 | VEHICLE, TERMINAL COMMUNICATING WITH THE VEHICLE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a display unit, and a controller configured to control the display unit to display user identification information such as an emblem and a signature, as an intro image. A user thereby can feel a sense of pride and ownership in his/her own vehicle, and develop a sense of attachment and brand loyalty for his/her own vehicle. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150325121 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DECISION SUPPORT - Methods and systems are provided for providing decision support. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a recommendation associated with a vehicle; receiving contextual data associated with the vehicle; determining a risk factor based on the recommendation and the contextual data; and generating notification data based on the risk factor to notify a user of the vehicle of the risk factor associated with the recommendation. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20160005285 | BABY- AND PET-SAFE VEHICLE PARKING ARRANGEMENT - An emergency broadcast arrangement for a vehicle includes a sensor detecting a presence of a human or pet in the vehicle. A radio frequency transmitter is disposed in the vehicle and transmits an RF signal in response to the detection of the presence of a human or pet in the vehicle. A remote key fob is associated with the vehicle and receives the RF signal. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160098912 | NOTIFICATION DEVICE - A notification device includes an identification information acquisition section that acquires identification information output from an in-vehicle device in response to a change of a vehicle condition, a sound source data acquisition section capable of performing an acquisition operation of acquiring sound source data from an outside, a storage section capable of storing the sound source data for notification acquired by the sound source acquisition section and association data in which the identification information and the sound source data for notification are associated with each other, and a control section that outputs the sound source data for notification on the basis of the association data when the identification information acquisition section acquires the identification information. The sound source data acquisition section and the storage section are provided in a mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal is provided with an association data edit section capable of editing the association data. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160101727 | WARNING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF STATE OF VEHICLE - A warning method and apparatus of a state of a vehicle are provided. The method and apparatus promote safety of the vehicle and a driver by detecting a situation (state) in which the safety of the vehicle and the driver is at risk based on various sensors disposed within the vehicle to which a button start-up smart key and an automatic transmission are applied and warning the driver of the situation. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160133067 | MOBILE-PHONE ENABLED DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system monitors and controls pressure of vehicle parts. The system consists of: a fleet of vehicles, each vehicle of the fleet having a cab and a trailer; a controller maintaining a wireless server and database for the fleet of vehicles; a first cellular device transmitting data to and from an electronic control unit of the cab of each vehicle and the controller; and a second cellular device transmitting data to and from an electronic control unit of the trailer of each vehicle and the controller. The first cellular device and the second cellular device each utilize a publicly accessible cellular network for communication with the controller. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160200249 | VEHICULAR MULTI-PURPOSE WARNING HEAD-UP DISPLAY | 07-14-2016 |
