| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 701330100 | Calibration | 32 |
| 20120041638 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING DIAGNOSTICS OR SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE FOR A VEHICLE - A method for performing diagnostics or software maintenance on a vehicle comprises storing components of configuration files in a central processing system. An update of the configuration files is requested for the vehicle from a central electronic data processing system based on a user request. The requested update of components of configuration files are received from the central electronic data processing system based on a comparison of a record of the vehicle-installed configuration files and target configuration information on configuration files stored at the central electronic data processing system. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120065835 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A SLOPE SENSOR - A method for automatically determining a current offset value for the zero-point correction of a vehicle inclination sensor including the steps of while driving in a first driving direction, the current driving resistance is determined repeatedly, without regard to the sensor and stored temporarily, and a current raw signal value of the sensor is noted. Upon a change in the driving direction, the last-noted raw signal value is stored temporarily and while driving in the second driving direction. The current driving resistance is determined repeatedly, without regard to the sensor and stored temporarily. Then, if the difference between the two stored driving resistances agree with a tolerance threshold, the noted raw signal value is stored as the offset value for the zero-point correction of the inclination sensor. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120191292 | CUSTOMIZABLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE TURRET - A customizable apparatus for controlling rotational movement of a turret of a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a memory that stores information relating to operation of the turret. A communication port of the apparatus is adapted to exchange communications relating to operation of the turret with an external computing device. A controller processes communications received at the communication port from the external computing device. The controller processes the communications, and the controller selectively provides access to the stored information relating to operation of the turret to the external computing device. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120232745 | OXYGEN SENSOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In an oxygen sensor control apparatus, after start of fuel cut, the weighted average Ipd of corrected values obtained by multiplying the output value of a mounted oxygen sensor by a correction coefficient Kp is obtained as a representative value Ipe, representing the corrected values in the fuel cut period (S | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120310473 | ACCELERATION/DECELERATION DETECTING SYSTEM - An acceleration/deceleration detecting system includes an acceleration/deceleration detector configured to be disposed in a measurement object and detect acceleration/deceleration of the measurement object, an acceleration/deceleration device configured to accelerate or decelerate the measurement object, and a calculation device configured to determine that a detection value of the acceleration/deceleration detector is an offset error or a detection error of the acceleration/deceleration detector, when an actual acceleration/deceleration direction of the measurement object is different from an acceleration/deceleration direction shown by a detection value of the acceleration/deceleration detector in a state that the measurement object is accelerated or decelerated by the acceleration/deceleration device. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120330497 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING INERTIAL SENSOR INSTALLED IN ARBITRARY POSITION ON BOARD VEHICLE AND SENSOR SYSTEM OF DYNAMICS OF VEHICLE ABLE TO BE INSTALLED ON BOARD IN ARBITRARY POSITION - A method calibrates an inertial-sensor device installed in an arbitrary position on board a vehicle and adapted to detect at least one entity indicative of vehicle dynamics along at least one direction of a local reference-coordinate system. The method includes steps of: acquiring by the inertial-sensor device at predetermined measuring times real-measured data indicative of the vehicle dynamics in the local reference-coordinate system; acquiring by a calibrating detector different from the inertial-sensor device, at sampling times coinciding with the measuring times, reference-measured data indicative of the vehicle dynamics in a vehicle-coordinate system; and generating a coordinate-transformation matrix adapted to correlate the entity measured in the local reference-coordinate system with a corresponding entity in the vehicle-coordinate system. Also, a sensor system of dynamics of the vehicle is able to be installed on board in an arbitrary position. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130073142 | Systems and Methods for 3-Axis Accelerometer Calibration - Systems and methods for calibrating the alignment of 3-axis accelerometers in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a telematics system includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver. an accelerometer, and a processor, wherein the GPS receiver is configured to determine velocity information, wherein the accelerometer is configured to determine accelerometer acceleration information along one or more accelerometer axes, and wherein the processor is configured to receive a velocity information sample using the GPS receiver, determine GPS acceleration information along one or more vehicle axes using the velocity information sample, receive accelerometer acceleration information samples using the accelerometer, and calibrate one of the vehicle axes to an accelerometer axis in the one or more accelerometer axes using the GPS acceleration information sample and the accelerometer acceleration information sample. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130317695 | OPERATOR INTERFACE WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK - An operator interface assembly for a machine is disclosed. The operator interface assembly comprises a base, an operator input device operable to move in a first direction in relation to the base to a second position and a third position, a first biasing member including a first spring end, and operatively associated with the base and wherein the first spring end is operable to contact the operator input device at a first position and resist movement of the operator input device in the first direction, a second biasing member including a second spring end, and operatively associated with the base and wherein the second spring end is operable to contact the operator input device at the second position, the second position different than the first position, and resist movement of the operator input device in the first direction, and a position sensor. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317696 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING YIELD AND VEHICLE WEIGHT - Systems, methods and apparatus for monitoring yield while harvesting. In one embodiment a mass flow rate sensor measures the mass flow rate of the harvested grain. A weight sensor measures the weight of the harvested grain. The measured mass flow rate is correlated with the weight of the harvested grain. Processing circuitry calculates any error in the measured mass flow rate using the measured weight. The calculated error is used to correct any inaccuracy in the measured mass flow rate. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130325250 | VIN Based Accelerometer Threshold - A method and apparatus in a vehicular telemetry system for determining accelerometer thresholds based upon decoding a vehicle identification number (VIN). | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325251 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATION OF AN ACCELERATION SENSOR - A method for calibration of an acceleration sensor ( | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325252 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALIBRATING AND ADJUSTING A VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS SENSOR - A method for adjusting and/or calibrating a surroundings sensor in a vehicle using a measuring unit and a calibration panel. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325253 | VEHICLE BRAKE DEVICE - In a vehicle brake device having a hydraulic pressure sensor for detecting an output value corresponding to the pressure of a fluid pressure adjusted by a master cylinder and a master cylinder pressure calculating unit for storing the output value of the hydraulic pressure sensor at which the pressure of the master cylinder becomes 0 as a zero-point correction value and calculating a master cylinder pressure by correcting the output value of the hydraulic pressure sensor based on the zero-point correction value, the vehicle brake device has a zero-point correction value updating unit for setting, when the output value detected by the hydraulic pressure sensor is smaller than the zero-point correction value stored in the master cylinder pressure calculating unit, the output value as a new zero-point correction value and updating the zero-point correction value. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140005882 | SENSOR CHARACTERISTIC CORRECTION DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140039750 | Method And System For Implementing Ultrasonic Sensor signal strength calibrations - Temperature compensation for ultrasonic sensors can have a significant error that is highly undesirable because temperature of ultrasonic sensors and the temperature of the medium through which they sense objects affect signal strength calibrations (e.g., echo thresholds) applied when detecting an object. In order to increase the detection capabilities and reported distance of an object, ultrasonic sensors need to adjust their detection criteria and distance calculations as the temperature of air surrounding a vehicle (i.e., outside air temperature) changes and also as the temperature of the sensor changes. Embodiments of the inventive subject matter provide for a simple, effective and consistent approach for determining a temperature upon which such detection criteria and distance calculation adjustments can be based. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140074348 | BICYCLE POWER SENSING APPARATUS - A bicycle power sensing apparatus is basically provided with a power sensing device, a calibration signal generating device and a controller. The controller is operatively arranged to receive a calibration signal from the calibration signal generating device. The controller calibrates the power sensing device upon receiving the calibration signal. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140136048 | ACCELEROMETER LEVELING - In an aspect, in general, a system and method compensate for a misalignment characteristic of one or more acceleration sensors fixed to a sprung mass of a vehicle, each acceleration sensor having a location on the vehicle and a desired orientation relative to the vehicle. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140188332 | AUTOMATED DIAGNOSTIC INSPECTION OF MECHANICAL CONTROLS - A system and method to diagnosis an actuator of a flight control system. The system and method includes interfacing a diagnostic computer to the flight control system, commanding movement of an actuator with the diagnostic computer via the flight control system, measuring performance of the actuator via the diagnostic computer, and comparing the measured performance of the actuator with allowable performance values. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140309847 | VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC DETECTION THROUGH SENSITIVE VEHICLE SKIN - Methods and systems for vehicle diagnostic detection and identification through vehicle sensitive skin are disclosed. Specifically, a method to monitor the exterior surface skin of a vehicle to enable detection and identification of damage to the vehicle exterior surface is disclosed. In one embodiment, a change in skin condition provides monitoring of vehicle performance and identifies vehicle operating abnormalities. In the event vehicle skin damage is detected, the system may take a number of actions. In one embodiment, the actions comprise notifying authorized users of the vehicle, a maintenance and diagnostics service provider, a security provider, and emitting a visual or audio alarm. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140324280 | DETERMINING ROTORCRAFT COLLECTIVE ADJUSTMENT DURING GROUND TEST - A method for evaluating a collective alignment of rotor blades for an aircraft while the aircraft is on the ground is disclosed. The method includes determining an air density altitude, and determining a torque value for each engine of the aircraft, while the aircraft rotor blades are operated at a normal speed and the rotor blades are set to a full down position for ground operations via a collective controller. The method further includes evaluating the collective condition by comparing the torque value to a predetermined flat pitch torque alignment limit for the air density altitude, and providing an indication of the collective condition. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140330480 | Method and Device for Determining the Installation Position of a Sensor Module in a Vehicle, and Vehicle Having Such a Device - A method and device are provided for determining the installation position of a sensor module in a vehicle—namely, for determining whether the sensor module has its longitudinal axis oriented longitudinally or transversely. The sensor module has a longitudinal acceleration sensor for measuring a longitudinal module acceleration in the direction of the longitudinal axis and/or a transverse acceleration sensor for measuring a transverse module acceleration transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis. To this end, while the vehicle is travelling, a measured longitudinal module acceleration and/or a measured transverse module acceleration is compared with a longitudinal vehicle acceleration and/or a transverse vehicle acceleration ascertained in another way. By the comparison, at least one degree of conformity is ascertained, which represents the conformity of a measured module acceleration with a calculated vehicle acceleration. The installation position of the sensor module is then determined by means of the degree of conformity. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20150012172 | Method for Calibrating a Plurality of Environment Sensors in a Vehicle - The invention relates to a method and a device for calibrating a plurality of environment sensors in a vehicle. To this end, traffic light signals are detected and identified from the data of at least one environment sensor. The plurality of environment sensors are calibrated when it has been determined that a traffic light signal that is relevant for the vehicle has turned red (R). | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150066289 | VEHICLE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT CALIBRATION - Calibration for a vehicle electronic control unit (ECU) includes determining a trigger event configured to initiate a check for updates to calibration data files of the ECU, iterating through calibration part numbers present in the ECU, and accessing, from a memory device in communication with the vehicle, in response to the iterating, a chain of parts table in a linked list that maps calibration part numbers identified in the ECU unit to any subsequently-issued calibration part numbers. The subsequently-issued calibration part numbers reflect an index to the updates to the calibration data files. The calibration also includes searching the chain of parts table using the calibration part numbers identified in the ECU to determine a corresponding subsequently-issued calibration part number, selecting one of the updates to the calibration data files using the subsequently-issued calibration part number from the memory device, and updating the ECU with the selected update. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150100200 | CALIBRATION DATA SELECTION - A system is provided that includes an audio source configured to drive at least one audio output and a module under calibration integrated in a vehicle. The module under calibration is configured to receive a calibration command sequence from the audio source and decode the calibration command sequence into a digitally-encoded calibration command. The module under calibration is further configured to select a set of calibration data from a plurality of sets of calibration data to configure the module under calibration based on the digitally-encoded calibration command. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150149030 | OFFSET CORRECTION METHOD FOR AUTOMOBILE OIL PRESSURE SENSOR - An offset correction method for an automobile oil pressure sensor determines whether or not an engine start signal is applied. An offset value of the oil pressure sensor installed on an oil pressure line connected to an oil pump is detected within a first preset period after the start signal is applied. An output value of the oil pressure sensor is corrected after the offset value is detected. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150330060 | CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND CALIBRATION METHOD FOR EXCAVATOR - A calibration system for an excavator includes the excavator having an upper structure swingably attached to a chassis, a working machine having a boom, an arm, and a working tool, and a current position computation unit configured to compute a current position of a working point of the working tool; a calibration device configured to calibrate parameters based on parameters indicating dimensions and rotation angles of the boom, the arm, and the working tool; an external measurement device that measures a position of the working point; and an inclination information detection device that detects inclination information of the excavator in an anteroposterior direction. The calibration device corrects positions of the working point measured by the external measurement device, based on the inclination information of the excavator in the anteroposterior direction, and computes calibrated values of the parameters based on coordinates of the working point at corrected positions. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20160031389 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTEGRATING AFTER-MARKET COMPONENTS INTO A PRE-EXISTING VEHICLE SYSTEM - The present disclosure to systems for integration and communication of aftermarket vehicle components with existing vehicle components through methods comprising an apparatus receiving an input signal comprising a raw data set, and engaging a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions and communicate with an existing motion control system. The methods also include the apparatus communicating, or alternately generating, a vehicle identification sequence derived from the vehicle identification data set. Finally, the methods include the apparatus communicating a calibration data set comprising computer-executable instructions including a vehicle calibration sequence, executing the vehicle identification sequence, and executing the vehicle calibration sequence. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160032725 | Methods for Optimized Engine Balancing Based on Flight Data - Methods for balancing rotating machinery, such as gas turbine engines, to minimize vibrations. An optimal engine balance solution is obtained using a hybrid optimization technique based on vibration data from one or more vibration sensors and corresponding influence coefficients which quantify the change in vibration level at the vibration sensors due to a unit increase in unbalance level at unbalance source locations. More specifically, balance weight and angular position are determined based on multiple optimization methods which concurrently process the vibration data, the multiple optimization methods comprising local and global optimization algorithms. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160033302 | METHOD OF CALIBRATING A HEADING REFERENCE SYSTEM - A method of calibrating a vehicle's heading system, such as the attitude heading and reference system of an aircraft or the heading system of a ship, positioned along the Earth's surface involves obtaining both actual and theoretical readings for the magnetometer of the heading system, and comparing these values to obtain calibration values for the heading system which are then averaged to obtain a universal average gain and offset for the magnetometer. The vehicle may be repositioned, such as to North, South, East, and west magnetic headings, with the procedure repeated at each of these headings, and the calibration values averaged, further increasing the accuracy. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160091530 | Accelerometer Leveling - In an aspect, in general, a system and method compensate for a misalignment characteristic of one or more acceleration sensors fixed to a sprung mass of a vehicle, each acceleration sensor having a location on the vehicle and a desired orientation relative to the vehicle. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160187155 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING AND ADJUSTING A HEADING REFERENCE SYSTEM - Systems and methods of calibrating and adjusting for deviations in a vehicle's heading system, such as the attitude heading and reference system of an aircraft or the heading system of a ship, positioned along the Earth's surface involve calibrating magnetometers for hard iron and misalignment errors using single heading measurements. This can be accomplished by obtaining both actual and theoretical readings for the magnetometer of the heading system, and comparing these values to obtain calibration values for the heading system. The vehicle may be repositioned, such as to North, South, East, and west magnetic headings, with the procedure repeated at each of these headings, and the calibration values averaged, further increasing the accuracy. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20170234251 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PREDICT CALIBRATION VALUES BASED ON EXISTING CALIBRATIONS | 08-17-2017 |
