| 23rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
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| 20120143411 | Systems and Methods for Controlling Engine Torque - A vehicular system including an electrical sub-system, an engine generating a first torque to drive a crankshaft, an electric machine applying a second torque to the crankshaft, and a mechanical accessory sub-system applying a third torque to the crankshaft. The vehicular system also includes a control sub-system having a processor and a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to (i) during idle operation of the vehicle, select a mode operation, of a plurality of system modes including a charge mode and a discharge mode, to stabilize a net torque being a sum of the first, second, and third torques, and (ii) control operation of at least one of the electric machine and the engine according to the selected mode. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143412 | ENGINE STARTING CONTROL FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC POWERTRAINS - A method of starting an internal combustion engine of a vehicle with a hybrid-electric powertrain having an internal combustion engine, a generator, and a high-voltage battery pack, is provided. An internal combustion engine start input signal is received. A load on an electric motor and generator is determined. The internal combustion engine receives torque transmitted from the electric motor and generator when the load on the electric motor and generator is below a predetermined load threshold. The internal combustion engine receives torque from an exogenous starting device when the load on the electric motor and generator is above the predetermined load threshold. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143413 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING DISTANCE TO EMPTY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE - The prevent invention provides a device and a method for calculating a distance to empty of an electric vehicle which can reduce an initial error in estimating a distance to empty of an electric vehicle. The device and the method for calculating a distance to empty of an electric vehicle can provide more accurate DTE information from the start to the end of traveling by reducing the earlier error, in estimating the DTE from the amount of the presently remaining fuel (the amount of remaining capacity of a battery) of the electric vehicle. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143414 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR COOLING DRIVING MOTOR OF HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a cooling system for cooling a driving motor of a hybrid vehicle and a method for controlling the same which supplies suitable cooling flow according to temperature and temperature change rate of the driving motor. An exemplary embodiment may include: an electric oil pump to generate hydraulic pressure for cooling the driving motor; a switching valve to selectively transmit the hydraulic pressure to the driving motor; a solenoid valve to selectively supply control pressure to the switching valve so as to switch hydraulic lines in the switching valve; and a control portion controlling operations of the electric oil pump and the switching valve, wherein the control portion operates the electric oil pump by various operation amounts or stops the electric oil pump according to temperature of the driving motor and temperature change rate of the driving motor, and turns on or off the solenoid valve. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143415 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING TORQUE OF HYBRID VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH TWO MOTORS - The present invention controls torque of a hybrid vehicle that calculates power and torque of each motor when the hybrid vehicle provided with two motors operates at a transient state are used. More specifically, target power of a battery is determined. Then calculations are performed to determine target torque of the first motor, target torque of the second motor, target torque of an engine, and target speed of the engine at a steady state. The torque of the first motor at a transient state is calculated from the target torque of the second motor at the steady state and speeds of the first and second motors. Finally, torque of the second motor at the transient state is calculated from the torque of the first motor at the transient state and the speeds of the first and second motors. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143416 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ACCELERATION TORQUE OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A method and a system for controlling acceleration torque of a hybrid vehicle that can give sufficient acceleration without imposing burden on a battery by changing a maximum torque of a vehicle according to environmental variables are disclosed. The method sets a creep torque as a minimum torque; calculates a maximum torque that can be output from an engine considering of engine environmental variables; calculates a maximum torque that can be output from a motor considering of motor environmental variables; calculating maximum torque of the vehicle by adding up the maximum torque that can be output from the engine and the maximum torque that can be output from the motor; and calculates acceleration torque by using a position of an accelerator pedal, the minimum torque, and the maximum torque of the vehicle. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143417 | SYSTEM FOR ERROR DETECTION OF HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a failure diagnosis device of a hybrid vehicle that detects and diagnoses a failure of a power module of a motor control device of a hybrid vehicle, and a method thereof. More specifically, a failure diagnosis device of a hybrid vehicle, which is provided along with an engine and a motor as a power source, and a motor control device for controlling operating speed and torque of the motor according to driving demand, is provided. The motor control device may include a control portion that controls a phase transformation such that DC voltage of a battery is transformed to voltage/current having a variable frequency, a power module that is provided with power switch elements to perform the phase transformation by the control portion, and a diagnosis module that independently diagnoses the current of each phase that is outputted by the power module. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143418 | ELECTRICITY GENERATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An electricity generation control device calculates a virtual electricity generation efficiency where a transmission gear ratio of a continuously variable transmission is changed with a minute amount when an electricity generation condition by an engine drive is realized, changes the transmission gear ratio with a minute amount in a case where the virtual electricity generation efficiency is superior to a present electricity generation efficiency, calculates a virtual electricity generation efficiency where an engine drive torque and an electricity generation drive torque are changed with a minute amount, and changes the engine drive torque and the electricity generation drive torque in a case where the virtual electricity generation efficiency is superior to a present electricity generation efficiency, in which the minute amount change of the transmission gear ratio and the minute amount change of the engine drive torque and the electricity generation drive torque are alternatively performed. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143419 | PROTECTING A HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY IN A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - The present invention protects a high voltage battery in a hybrid electric vehicle. More particularly, it makes it possible to prevent a battery from being overcharged when a motor or an inverter system breaks, with the hybrid vehicle traveling. The technique for protecting a high voltage battery in a hybrid electric vehicle illustratively comprises: checking whether a motor functions properly; setting a virtual acceleration pedal value and keeping a present desired shifting map, when the motor breaks; determining a desired shifting stage according to the present desired shifting map based on the virtual acceleration pedal value; and, in certain embodiments, switching or keeping the engine control mode by comparing a value of a predetermined maximum engine speed region with the present engine speed in order to prevent high-speed rotation of the motor. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143420 | VEHICLE OPERATION MODE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for controlling a mode of operation of a vehicle having a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS), an engine, and a drive motor coupled to the RESS and the engine, the drive motor selectively powered by at least one of the RESS and the engine includes a controller operable to adjust the vehicle to operate in a plurality of operating modes including a first mode in which the drive motor is powered by the RESS, a second mode in which the drive motor is powered more by the engine than the RESS, and a third mode in which the drive motor is powered by both the RESS and the engine. The third mode includes a plurality of braking modes adjusting the level of automatic brake power and manually requested brake power for providing resistance to the vehicle as the vehicle travels. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143421 | SHIFTING CONTROL FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE - A system and method for shifting a hybrid vehicle is provided which utilizes one or more controllers to release one or more clutches and brakes when a transmission is shifted into neutral or park and then prevents a rotational element from being rotated by controlling an engine and a motor/generator when the transmission is in neutral or park. Accordingly, shift shock or slip is minimized when a transmission is shifted from a park or a neutral to a drive or a reverse, thus improving a shifting feeling and safety of the vehicle. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143422 | HYBRID DRIVE APPARATUS AND CONTROLLER FOR HYBRID DRIVE APPARATUS - A hybrid drive apparatus includes: a drive power source that includes an internal combustion engine, a first electric motor, and a second electric motor; a power transmission mechanism that includes a carrier, a sun gear, and a ring gear, and that is configured to rotate the output shaft of the internal combustion engine by the first electric motor; and plural bearings that each includes an outer ring member and an inner ring member fitted to the outer ring member through a rolling element, and that are provided apart from each other in an axial direction of the output shaft with the carrier being positioned between the bearings. An inner periphery of the outer ring member is positioned more inward in a radial direction of the ring gear relative to a meshing portion between inner teeth of the ring gear and outer teeth of one of the pinion gears. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143423 | DETERMINATION OF AMOUNTS OF ENERGY DRAWN - Method, system and device for determining quantities of power by registering on the vehicle side a quantity of power exchanged with a power point | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143424 | FUEL CELL DRIVE SYSTEM - A motor system includes detecting a duration of idle stop by an idle stop end state detection unit when the idle stop mode of the fuel cell ends; estimating recovery time taken for total voltage of the fuel cell to reach voltage at the idle operation by a fuel cell stack total voltage recovery time estimation unit based on the detected duration; and correcting and reducing a changing rate of the drive motor request torque by the drive motor request torque reduction correction unit based on the estimated recovery time. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143425 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR SETTING TOTAL ALLOWABLE DISCHARGE ELECTRIC ENERGY IN THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE - When an accumulated charge amount of a first slave battery reaches a preset accumulated charge amount or less, the first slave battery is set as a used secondary battery, and when a master battery and a second slave battery are connected to sides of motors, accumulated charge amount differences of the master battery and the second slave battery are respectively set as allowable discharge electric energies E | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143426 | DRIVE CONTROLLER FOR VEHICLE - In a drive controller for a vehicle including: a drive source configured to output a drive force to a first axle serving as one of front and rear wheel axles; an electric motor configured to output a drive force to a second axle serving as the other of the front and rear wheel axles; a one-way power transmission device disposed on a power transmission pathway between the second axle and the electric motor so as to transmit a power drive force from the electric motor to the second axle; a two-way power transmission device that transmits a rotation power from the second axle to the electric motor or transmits the power drive force and a regeneration drive force from the electric motor to the second axle, the drive controller includes: a first detector that detects a speed of the vehicle or a rotation speed of the second axle; a target rotation speed determination section that determines a target rotation speed of the electric motor based on the speed of the vehicle or the rotation speed of the second axle; a second detector that detects a rotation speed of the electric motor; and a controller that controls the electric motor such that the rotation speed of the electric motor is synchronized with the target rotation speed and that controls an output torque of the electric motor or an activation of the two-way power transmission device, when the electric motor starts power drive or regeneration drive while the vehicle is traveling by the drive force from the drive source. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143427 | System and Method for Positioning a Mobile Drive Unit - A method for transporting inventory items includes determining an assignment state of a mobile drive unit. The method also includes selecting a location for the mobile drive unit based on the assignment state of the mobile drive unit, in response to determining that the mobile drive unit is not currently completing a task. The method further includes transmitting information to the mobile drive unit identifying the selected location. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143428 | CHARGING DEVICE OF ROBOT CLEANER - A charging device of a robot cleaner is provided. The charging device of a robot cleaner according to the embodiment includes at least one cover forming an appearance of the charging device, a base which is coupled with the cover and includes a terminal unit for charging the robot cleaner, an induction signal generating unit disposed at a side of the cover or the base to transmit a return induction signal to the robot cleaner, and an induction signal guide member disposed at a side of the induction signal generating unit to enhance a docking performance of the robot cleaner by improving linearity of the induction signal. The charging device according to the embodiment can guide the path for the return of the robot cleaner and recharge the robot cleaner stably. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143429 | Distributed Robotic Guidance - The different illustrative embodiments provide an apparatus that includes a computer system, a number of structured light generators, and a number of mobile robotic devices. The computer system is configured to generate a path plan. The number of structured light generators is configured to project the path plan. The number of mobile robotic devices is configured to detect and follow the path plan. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143430 | VISION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A vision system includes a processor and a plurality of cameras, each of which is configured to be communicatively coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to select input from different combinations of the plurality of cameras based on a parameter that is associated with at least one of the status of a vehicle and a surrounding environment of the vehicle. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143431 | DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS USING A MICROPHONE - The present invention provides a diagnostic apparatus using a microphone. More specifically, the diagnostic apparatus utilizes a first microphone, a second microphone, a first unit, a controller and second unit. The first microphone is positioned within an engine compartment and the second microphone is positioned within an interior of a vehicle to receive the noise. The second unit records the noise inputted through the first microphone or the second microphone or both and the controller analyzes and diagnoses a vehicle utilizing the noise recorded by the first unit to determine if a failure in the vehicle has occurred. When a vehicle failure is detected by the controller, the second unit then notifies a user of the location of a failed part in the vehicle. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143432 | Fault Diagnosis Logic of Fuel Filter Heater and Fault Diagnosis Method Therefor - Fault diagnosis logic of a fuel filter heater may include a microprocessor electrically connected with the fuel filter heater, applying ground voltage to a power supply terminal of the fuel filter heater when an ignition switch turns on and a fuel filter relay turns on, measuring resistance of the fuel filter heater, and determining whether or not the fuel filter heater fails according to whether a measured resistance of the fuel filter heater is within a predetermined range or not. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143433 | LINKAGE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH POSITION ESTIMATOR BACKUP - A linkage control system for a machine having a linkage and a work implement is disclosed. The linkage control system has an operator input device configured to control the movement of the linkage, at least one actuator configured to respond to the operator input device to control the movement of the linkage, and at least one sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of sensor data on at least one actuator. The linkage control system has a controller in communication with at least one actuator, at least one sensor, and the operator input device. The controller is configured to calculate the position of the linkage, to detect anomalous sensor data from at least one sensor, and to predict the position of the linkage and work implement based on a last known accurate position, a last known accurate sensor data, and the operator input device. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143434 | LOADING ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD - A machine includes a frame and a dump body. An electronic controller is operably connected to the machine. At least one accelerometer is disposed to measure an acceleration of the frame and/or the dump body, and to provide an acceleration signal to the electronic controller. The electronic controller is disposed to receive and analyze the acceleration signal and provide a loading signal indicative of a severe loading condition to a remote control station and/or a loading machine performing the loading. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143435 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING REMAINING TRAVEL DISTANCE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE - The present invention provides a method for estimating a distance to empty (DTE) from the present amount of remaining fuel (the amount of remaining electricity) in an electric vehicle. In particular, the present invention provides a method for estimating a remaining travel distance of an electric vehicle, which can efficiently and accurately estimate a remaining travel distance by setting the relationship of a DTE with a state of charge (SOC) of a battery which changes in real time under various load conditions, in consideration of the present travel pattern, in addition to the SOC of a battery and accumulated fuel efficiency for the amount of remaining fuel of the electric vehicle. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143436 | Monitoring Device for Aircraft Equipment - A device for monitoring aircraft equipment is adapted to be arranged on said equipment and to measure and memorize at least one operation parameter of said equipment. The monitoring device is configured to be activated only in the presence of one or more parameters, representative of said equipment. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143437 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING EXHAUST GAS HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEMS IN VEHICLES - A method of operating a vehicle including an engine, a transmission, an exhaust gas heat recovery (EGHR) heat exchanger, and an oil-to-water heat exchanger providing selective heat-exchange communication between the engine and transmission. The method includes controlling a two-way valve, which is configured to be set to one of an engine position and a transmission position. The engine position allows heat-exchange communication between the EGHR heat exchanger and the engine, but does not allow heat-exchange communication between the EGHR heat exchanger and the oil-to-water heat exchanger. The transmission position allows heat-exchange communication between the EGHR heat exchanger, the oil-to-water heat exchanger, and the engine. The method also includes monitoring an ambient air temperature and comparing the monitored ambient air temperature to a predetermined cold ambient temperature. If the monitored ambient air temperature is greater than the predetermined cold ambient temperature, the two-way valve is set to the transmission position. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143438 | FIBER OPTIC VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A vehicle communication system includes a fiber optic assembly and a cable assembly. The fiber optic assembly is configured to couple a controller to a plurality of vehicle components to enable communication of information between the controller and the vehicle components. The cable assembly extends from a vehicle power supply, with each of the vehicle components electrically coupling to a different respective location along the cable assembly to receive power from the vehicle power supply via the cable assembly. A portion of the fiber optic assembly and a portion of the cable assembly are mechanically coupled to each other such that the portion of the fiber optic assembly and the portion of the cable assembly collectively extend along the vehicle. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143439 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCELERATION PEDAL OF VEHICLE - A method controls an acceleration pedal of a vehicle that calls a driver's attention by causing vibration or increasing pedal effort in the acceleration pedal according to diversified driving situations. The method includes selecting a control mode of selecting, by a driver, a control mode given to the acceleration pedal, judging an eco red state of judging whether the vehicle is driven for a predetermined time in the eco red state, and executing the control mode of giving the control mode selected at the selecting of the control mode to the acceleration pedal when it is judged that the vehicle is driven for the predetermined time in the eco red state at the judging of the eco red state. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143440 | ISG DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ISG AUTOMOBILE - An ISG (Idle Stop and Go) display device of an ISG vehicle may include a driving information detecting unit that detects driving information of the vehicle, a memory unit that stores notification about ISG of the vehicle, a control unit that executes the ISG and detects situations of an operation and an abnormality of the ISG by using the driving information of the vehicle which may be input from the driving information detecting unit, and receives the notifications about the ISG which correspond to the situations from the memory unit, and a display unit that may be controlled by the control unit to display the notifications about the ISG in accordance with the situations. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143441 | ACCELERATOR PEDAL APPARATUS - An accelerator pedal apparatus includes a torque motor which generates operational reaction force corresponding to operation of an accelerator pedal, an accelerator pedal position sensor (APS) which detects an accelerator opening rate of an accelerator pedal and outputs the accelerator opening rate to an engine control unit (ECU) being an upper device, and a control unit which applies the operational reaction force as controlling driving of the torque motor. The control unit applies the operational reaction force as controlling driving of the torque motor based on the accelerator opening rate when being commanded to apply the operational reaction force by the ECU. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143442 | AUTOMATIC FULL-TURN CONTROL METHOD FOR MDPS - An automatic full-turn control method for MDPS includes determining if automatic Full-Turn conditions for the MDPS are satisfied, full turning the MDPS when the automatic Full-Turn conditions for the MDPS are satisfied, determining if automatic Full-Turn releasing conditions for the MDPS are satisfied and releasing the Full-Turn of the MDPS when the releasing conditions for the MDPS are satisfied. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143443 | Front Wheel Drive Motorised Vehicle Control Using Acceleration Measurements - A front wheel drive motorised vehicle controller comprises: a control signal interface receiving control signals from a user control device indicating at least a demanded forward speed; an acceleration measurement interface, receiving acceleration measurements from at least one vehicle-mounted acceleration sensor, providing a first and second acceleration measurements with respect to first and second axes, the motorised vehicle being configured to be driven in a plane defined by the first and second axes; an acceleration magnitude calculation unit calculating an acceleration magnitude in dependence on the first and second acceleration measurements; a speed modification unit calculating a forward speed reduction factor in dependence on the acceleration magnitude and applying the forward speed reduction factor to the demanded forward speed to produce an applied forward speed; and a motor control unit controlling the speed of the left and right drive wheels in dependence on the applied forward speed. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143444 | PASSENGER DETECTION SYSTEM - A passenger detection system includes a passenger detecting part including a load detecting section that detects a load caused by a passenger seated on a seat of a vehicle, and a passenger detection controller including a passenger recognizing section, a movement detecting section and an activation determining section. The passenger recognizing section executes a passenger recognition based on a load detection signal outputted from the load detecting section. The movement detecting section detects whether the vehicle is moving based on the load detection signal. The activation determining section determines whether or not to activate an airbag apparatus based on a passenger recognition signal when a movement detection signal outputted from the movement detecting section indicates that the vehicle is stopped, and forgoes executing the determination and holds a determination result from a previous control cycle when the movement detection signal indicates that the vehicle is moving. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143445 | Construction machine having a mobile operating unit and mobile operation unit - A construction machine, in particular a crane or earthmover, comprising at least one mobile operating unit for monitoring and/or controlling the construction machine, wherein one or more transmission units are arranged at the construction machine which cooperate with the reading unit of at least one mobile operating unit, whereby a position-dependent monitoring function and/or control function of the construction machine is activated by means of the mobile operating unit. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143446 | INDUSTRIAL TRUCK CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an industrial truck control system ( | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143447 | POWER TRAIN CONTROLLER AND ASSOCIATED MEMORY DEVICE - A power train subsystem for a motorized vehicle and methods of programming such power train controllers of the power train subsystem are disclosed. The power train subsystem may include a power train component, a controller, and a memory device. The controller may be coupled to the power train component to control operation of the power train component. The memory device may include boot code, application software, standard calibration parameters, and custom calibration parameters. The boot code provides an environment upon which the application software executes per the standard calibration parameters and custom calibration parameters. The standard calibration provides parameters which configure the controller for a range of vehicular applications. The custom calibration parameters provide parameters which configure the controller for a particular vehicular application in the range of vehicular applications. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143448 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - In an automatic transmission with a speed changer having a plurality of engagement elements and configured to shift the speed changer into a selected one of a plurality of shift stages by switching engaged and disengaged states of the engagement elements, a first rotation sensor is provided for detecting input rotation of the speed changer and a second rotation sensor for detecting output rotation of the speed changer. Also provided is a transmission controller configured to determine whether a change in input torque inputted into the speed changer occurs. The transmission controller is further configured to determine that interlock has occurred in the speed changer, when there is no pulse signal output from the second rotation sensor though, during a vehicle stopped state, the input-torque change has occurred and the pulse signal from the first rotation sensor has been outputted. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND REDUCING VEHICLE FUEL WASTE - One way to improve fuel efficiency of a vehicle is to improve the usage of various gears. One way to measure the amount of fuel wasted due to suboptimal gear shifting is to compare the actual gear used for various driving conditions with the optimal gear used. Such comparisons may be combined with determinations of amount of fuel used to determine how much fuel has been lost due to suboptimal shifting. These techniques are applicable to tracking employment of other driving best practices as well. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143450 | Controlling of a Vehicle Responsive to Reductant Conditions - Controlling a vehicle responsive to reductant conditions is provided. The method for controlling a vehicle having an engine with an exhaust, the exhaust having a reductant injection system including a reductant storage vessel, the engine further having a fuel system including a fuel storage vessel, may include under degraded reductant conditions, restricting vehicle motion in response to a fuel refill of the fuel storage vessel. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143451 | VEHICLE SHIFT CONTROL APPARATUS - In a vehicle shift control apparatus, a T/M_ECU has data of cancellation conditions stored therein in advance, which vary depending on modes of driving force characteristics and, in a temporary manual shift mode, selects a cancellation condition for the temporary manual shift mode which corresponds to a current mode and makes a determination as to whether the cancellation condition is satisfied. If it is determined that the cancellation condition for the temporary manual shift mode is satisfied, the T/M_ECU returns the temporary manual shift mode to the automatic shift mode. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143452 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTOMATED CLUTCH SYSTEM - A method for controlling an automated friction clutch that is located between a drive motor and a transmission in a motor vehicle that is equipped with fraction control and driving condition recognition for detecting current driving conditions. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143453 | LOCK-UP DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR LOCK-UP DEVICE - A lock-up device supplies hydraulic pressure to a lock-up clutch when lock-up capacity becomes insufficient with increasing accelerator operation amount during slip control. The lock-up device (1) sets a hydraulic unit pressure command value corresponding to drive source torque so rotational speed difference becomes target slip speed when a variation in accelerator operation amount is in a predefined range, and deriving an estimated drive source output torque corresponding to the accelerator operation amount to set the pressure command value corresponding to the estimated drive source torque so the rotational speed difference becomes target slip speed when accelerator operation amount variation exceeds the range's upper limit, and (2) controls the hydraulic unit to supply hydraulic pressure corresponding to hydraulic pressure command value to the lock-up clutch. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143454 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STABILIZING A MOTOR VEHICLE - A system for stabilizing a motor vehicle including at least one speed sensor for sensing a longitudinal speed and a transversal speed of the motor vehicle; a calculation unit which is designed to calculate an attitude angle of the motor vehicle from the sensed vehicle longitudinal speed and the sensed vehicle transversal speed; an evaluation unit which is coupled to the calculation unit and is designed to compare the attitude angle with a predefined threshold value and to detect an oversteering situation if the attitude angle exceeds the threshold value; an actuation unit which is coupled to the evaluation unit, and an actuator which influences the driving behavior of the motor vehicle, wherein the actuation unit is designed to actuate the actuator in an oversteering situation. In addition, a method which the system is suitable for carrying out is disclosed. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143455 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING DRIVE SHAFT - A method for protecting a drive shaft including determining whether a currently selected shift-speed may be a reverse speed, determining, in a case that the currently selected shift-speed may be the reverse speed, whether current steering angle may be full turn angle, determining, in a case that the current steering angle may be the full turn angle, whether stall condition may be satisfied, and controlling torque applied to the drive shaft to be smaller than limit torque by reducing output torque of an engine in a case that the stall condition may be satisfied may be disclosed. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143456 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A driving assistance apparatus mounted to a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus determines whether an amount of change in tire wheel speed of each tire wheel of the vehicle exceeds a threshold. The apparatus specifies a tire wheel crossing order, which is an order in which the tire wheels of the vehicle cross over a level difference between a road and a parking lot when the vehicle crosses over the level difference. The apparatus determines whether or not the vehicle has crossed over the level difference between the road and the parking lot, based on whether a threshold-exceeding order is identical to the specified tire wheel crossing order. The threshold-exceeding order is an order in which the amounts of change in the tire wheel speed of the respective tire wheels exceed the threshold. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143457 | RUNNING CONTROL APPARATUS AND RUNNING CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A running control apparatus for a vehicle includes a required driving output deciding unit that decides a required driving force of a driving system of the vehicle on the basis of an integrated value of a difference between a target vehicle speed and an actual vehicle speed, a driving control unit that controls the actuation of the driving system on the basis of the required driving force, and a determination unit that determines whether or not the required driving force is unrealizable in the control of the driving system due to the intervention of additional control. The required driving output deciding unit imposes a limit on an increase or a decrease in the required driving force when the determination unit determines that the required driving force is unrealizable in the control of the driving system. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143458 | Method for evaluating the state of a fuel-air mixture - A method for evaluating the state of a fuel-air mixture and/or the combustion in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, with sample signals of flame light signals being stored in a database, and with flame light signals of the combustion in the combustion chamber being detected and compared with the stored sample signals, and with an evaluation of the state being output in the case of coincidence between the measured and stored signal patterns. In order to enable the monitoring of the combustion in the simplest possible way the sample signals in the database are stored with the assigned emission values and an evaluation of the state of the combustion is performed with respect to the obtained emissions in the case of coincidence between the measured and stored signal patterns for the combustion chamber of the respective cylinder. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143459 | LOW PRESSURE EGR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING INTAKE AIR LEAKAGE THERETHROUGH - A method for determining intake air leakage in a low pressure EGR system may include a first step of measuring an intake air leaking amount Leak_Air, a second step of determining whether intake air may be leaked by comparing the intake air leaking amount Leak_Air and an intake air leakage determination value Leak_Air_Det with each other, and a third step of notifying leakage information against an intake air leakage when the intake air leakage may be settled. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143460 | ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR WORKING MACHINE - An engine control apparatus includes a governor and a controller which derives a lever operation-related rotational speed control target value derives an accelerator operation-related rotational speed control target value-corresponding to a detected operation amount of the accelerator member, based on an accelerator operation/rotational speed correlation function defining a relationship between the rotational speed control target value and the operation amount of the accelerator member; performs a lower value selection for selecting a lower one of the derived lever operation-related rotational speed control target value and accelerator operation-related rotational speed control target value; and causes the governor to control the rotational speed of the engine such that the rotational speed of the engine is set to the rotational speed control target value selected by the lower value selection. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143461 | Systems and Methods for Estimating a Temperature Calibration - Systems and methods for estimating a temperature calibration are described. One embodiment of a method includes determining, by a computing device, a current speed of the vehicle and determining a dynamic smoothing number, the dynamic smoothing number being dependent on the current speed, the dynamic smoothing number being utilized to determine an estimated temperature of an air injection system. Some embodiments include calculating the estimated temperature of the air injection system from the dynamic smoothing number, determining whether the estimated temperature is greater than a predetermined temperature of the air injection system, and in response to determining that the estimated temperature is greater than the predetermined temperature of the air injection system, sending a signal for on-board diagnostics to resume at a next start. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143462 | ENGINE HAVING SUPERCHARGED INTAKE SYSTEM WITH CDA VALVE SYSTEM/ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - Featured is a method for controlling operation of an internal combustion engine having a supercharger, a bypass, a cylinder de-activation (CDA) system and a throttle body, where the supercharger is configured and arranged so as to be selectively operable. Such a method includes determining which of three operating modes is appropriate for a given set of operating conditions and controlling each of the supercharger, the bypass, the CDA system and the throttle body based on the determined operating mode. In the first and second operating modes, the supercharger is not operable and the bypass is opened. In the third mode, the supercharger is operable and the bypass is closed. In the first and third modes, the CDA system is configured so all cylinders are operational. In the second mode, the CDA system is configured so certain cylinders are in a deactivated state and so other cylinders remain operable. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143463 | STARTABILITY IMPROVING METHOD FOR GDI ENGINE USING ELECTRIC CVVT CONTROL - A method for improving startability of a of a gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine by controlling an electric continuously variable valve timing (CVVT) may include determining whether the engine is running, calculating the phase angle of the camshaft and the difference between the position of the camshaft and the optimum position of the lobe of the high pressure pump, applying a duty to the drive motor to rotate the camshaft, calculating the difference between the current position of the camshaft after rotation and the target position of the camshaft, and comparing the difference with a predetermined value. When the difference is not smaller than a predetermined value, the duty is raised and applied to the drive motor to rotate the camshaft further until the difference is reduced and smaller than the predetermined value. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143464 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTOR - An apparatus for controlling a motor determines whether or not to control the motor in order to control the variable valve lift device by using a measurement value of a valve lift and a target value of the valve lift, compares a predetermined base voltage range with a battery voltage in order to control the motor, determines a voltage factor corresponding to the battery voltage when the battery voltage is included in the base voltage range; and determines a driving signal value for the motor by applying the voltage factor to a predetermined base signal value. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143465 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTOR - Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling a motor that determines whether or not to control the motor in order to control a variable valve lift device by using a measurement value of a valve lift and a target value of the valve lift; compares a predetermined base temperature with a temperature of an engine room in order to control the motor; determines a temperature factor corresponding to the temperature of the engine room when the temperature of the engine room is larger than the base temperature; and determines a driving signal value for the motor by applying the temperature factor to a predetermined base signal value. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143466 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method is described for monitoring a camshaft adjustment of an internal combustion engine in a first operating mode, in which, depending on a time characteristic of an actual value of the angular position of the camshaft adjustment and a time characteristic of a first setpoint value of the angular position of the camshaft adjustment, a decision is made that there are errors in the camshaft adjustment, the decision also depending on a time characteristic of a second setpoint value of the angular position of the camshaft adjustment, the first setpoint value and the second setpoint value each being ascertained at the same operating point of the internal combustion engine, and the first setpoint value for operating the internal combustion engine being ascertained in the first operating mode and the second setpoint value for operating the internal combustion engine being ascertained in a second operating mode. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143467 | ISG RESTART CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD OF ISG VEHICLE - An ISG restart control device of an ISG vehicle may include a seatbelt state detecting unit that detects fastening/unfastening state of a seatbelt, a door state detecting unit that detects opening/closing state of a door, a brake pedal state detecting unit that detects an operation state of a brake pedal, and a control unit that forcibly idle-stops or restarts an engine by receiving a driving state information of the vehicle and restricts restarting of the engine in accordance with the fastening/unfastening of the seatbelt, the opening/closing of the door, and the operation state of the brake pedal which may be detected by the seatbelt state detecting unit, the door state detecting unit, and the brake pedal state detecting unit, in the restarting. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143468 | ISG SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An ISG system may include a shift stage sensing unit that senses a shift stage of a transmission, a parking sensing unit that senses a driver's intension of parking by recognizing at least one of whether a vehicle enters a parking lot and whether a parking assistant system may be operated, and an ISG controller that stops an idle-stop of an engine when the shift stage of the shift stage sensing unit may be at a reverse stage or the parking sensing unit senses the driver's intension of parking. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143469 | ISG CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE IN CONGESTED AREA - An ISG control method for a vehicle in a congested area, may include an N-stage stop determining step that determines whether a shift lever has moved from a D-stage to an N-stage and a brake has been operated, discriminating from when the shift lever is at the D-stage; an N-stage vehicle speed determining step that determines whether a vehicle speed is equal to or less than a predetermined N-stage stop vehicle speed after the N-stage stop determining step; and a remaining condition determining step for entering an idle-stop state, when the vehicle speed is equal to or less than the N-stage stop vehicle speed, as a result of performing the N-stage vehicle speed determining step, and when idle-stop entering conditions other than a position of the shift lever, the vehicle speed, and the history of a maximum traveling vehicle speed are satisfied. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143470 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT OIL PUMP - A method is provided for operating a variable displacement oil pump of an internal combustion engine, that includes, but is not limited to measuring a value of an engine metal temperature and of preventing the variable displacement oil pump to switch from an high displacement configuration to a low displacement configuration, as long as the measured value is greater than a first threshold value of the engine metal temperature. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143471 | SKIP FIRE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL - A variety of methods and arrangements for controlling the operation of an internal combustion engine in a skip fire variable displacement mode are described. In general, a firing control unit determines working chamber firings during operation of the engine that are suitable for delivering a desired engine output. In one aspect, the firing control unit is arranged to isolate the generation of firing sequences having frequency components in a frequency range of concern and to alter the firing sequence in a manner that reduces the occurrence of frequency components in the frequency range of concern. In another aspect, a filter is arranged to filter a feedback signal to provide a filtered feedback signal that is used in the determination of the working chamber firings. In preferred embodiments, the frequency characteristics of the filter are variable. In various embodiments, the frequency characteristics of the filter vary as a function engine speed and/or a transmission gear ratio. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143472 | SOOT DISCHARGE ESTIMATING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION EINGINES - A Soot discharge amount is calculated by multiplying a “steady discharge amount” by a “transient correction value.” The steady discharge amount is a Soot discharge amount in a steady operation state, and is acquired through table search. For each of a plurality of factors which affect the Soot discharge amount, a steady value (value obtained through table search) of the factor and a transient value (current value) of the factor are substituted for a characteristic equation which represents a change in the Soot discharge amount with the value of the factor, whereby a steady characteristic value and a transient characteristic value are acquired. The “ratio between the steady characteristic value and the transient characteristic value” is then calculated for each factor. The transient correction value is obtained by multiplying together all values of the “ratio between the steady characteristic value and the transient characteristic value” obtained for the factors.” As one of factors, a “mist average equivalence ratio at a timing of starting ignition” that strongly and directly affects a Soot generation speed is contained. The transient correction value is calculated as a “coefficient which represents the degree of deviation of the Soot discharge amount from the steady discharge amount” in consideration of the influence of “deviation of the transient value from the steady value” for each factor in a transient operation state. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143473 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FUEL INJECTION FOR VEHICLES - A method and system for controlling fuel injection for vehicles controls fuel injection amount according to change in kinetic energy of the vehicle or performs fuel cut control so as to improve fuel economy. The method may include setting a first energy line corresponding to energy loss due to running resistance when deceleration, setting a second energy line corresponding to energy loss due to engine friction, determining whether kinetic energy of the vehicle is above the first energy line after a predetermined time has elapsed, and injecting fuel by an amount generating energy corresponding to a sum of engine friction energy and braking energy in a case that the kinetic energy of the vehicle is above the first energy line. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143474 | SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING KNOCKING AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A system and method for preventing knocking prevents knocking by injecting a sub fuel including ethanol having high octane number to a combustion chamber in a case that the knocking occurs. The system for preventing knocking may include a cylinder, a piston moving in the cylinder reciprocally, forming a combustion chamber with the cylinder, and having a central axis, a first injector mounted at an upper surface of the cylinder with a distance from the central axis of the piston, and directly injecting a main fuel including gasoline into the combustion chamber, a second injector mounted at the upper surface of the cylinder on the central axis of the piston, and directly injecting a sub fuel including ethanol into the combustion chamber, and a spark plug disposed at the upper surface of the cylinder near the second injector. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143475 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR GDI ENGINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A fuel supply system for a Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) engine may include an Engine Control Unit (ECU) that sets a desired fuel pressure and controls a fuel pressure of a section from a low-pressure fuel pump to a high-pressure fuel pump in accordance with the desired fuel pressure, and a fuel pressure sensor that measures the fuel pressure of the section from the low-pressure fuel pump to the high-pressure fuel pump and supplies the measured fuel pressure to the ECU for feedback-controls of the low-pressure fuel pump. The fuel supply system may further include a fuel pump controller disposed between the ECU and the low-pressure fuel pump to control the low-pressure fuel pump. A control method of the fuel supply system may include detecting the number of revolution of the engine and the load, setting the desired fuel pressure, and feedback controlling the low-pressure pump. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143476 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPENSATING ENGINE THERMAL CONDITIONS - A method for compensating for thermal transient conditions of an engine that can cause valve growth or contraction is disclosed. In one example, the method provides cylinder air amount compensation during non-blow-through and blow-through conditions. The approach may improve cylinder air amount estimates, thereby improving engine emissions. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143477 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING FUEL INJECTION - Various systems and methods are provided for controlling fuel injection to an engine. In one example, fuel injection timing of a cylinder of the engine is adjusted during a hot engine restart such that a fuel injector is open only when the cylinder pressure is greater than a threshold cylinder pressure. The threshold cylinder pressure may be adjusted responsive to a fuel rail pressure. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143478 | FUEL INJECTION CONTROL METHOD FOR GDI ENGINE - It is possible to ensure good starting performance and operability of an engine, reduce starting time with improved combustion stability, and improve noise vibration harshness (NVH), regardless of whether the engine is started at low temperature even if a high-pressure fuel pump in a gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine breaks, without using an additional dedicated device. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143479 | COMBUSTION CONTROL APPARATUS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - During high-load operation of an engine, fuel for initial slow-burning combustion and premixed combustion is injected into a combustion chamber by continuous fuel injection, then fuel injection is paused, and fuel for diffusion combustion is injected after a predetermined interval has elapsed. Also, the fuel injection amount in the continuous fuel injection is set higher than the fuel injection amount for diffusion combustion. A spray autointerference cooling effect is achieved by the continuous fuel injection, thus promoting ignition delay so as to increase the proportion of premixed combustion, thereby suppressing the production of smoke. This enables high-volume EGR to be performed, thus enabling reducing the amount of NOx produced. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143480 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENGINE CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for fuel systems including a gaseous fuel. Temporary flow restrictions in the fuel line of a first gaseous fuel may be addressed by temporarily shifting to cylinder operation with a second liquid fuel. Upon resumption of first fuel operation, if the flow restriction persists, a diagnostic code may be set and cylinder operation with the second fuel may be restarted. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143481 | ECONOMIC ISG SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An ISG system makes it possible improve fuel efficiency of a vehicle by achieving an ISG system at a low cost in a vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission and considerably improve commercial quality of a vehicle by relatively reducing the parts and cost for manufacturing the vehicle, without using a sub-oil pump and a hill-start assist control device. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143482 | ELECTRONICALLY FILE AND FLY UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - Flight plans for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are automatically generated and filed with an air traffic control (ATC) system to quickly and easily secure approval for flying the UAV in a controlled airspace. In one example, one or more flight locations for a UAV are defined using a computing device. Using the computing device, an electronic flight plan is automatically generated based on the defined flight locations for the UAV. The flight plan can be transmitted to an ATC system. ATC approval, with or without modifications, or denial of the flight plan may also be received electronically and indicated on the operator device. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143483 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF AIRCRAFT HOLDING LOCATIONS AND HOLDING DURATIONS FROM AIRCRAFT SURVEILLANCE DATA - A method using airport surveillance data to output a location of a delay and an amount of time a vehicle is subjected to the delay during a movement of the vehicle between two locations, the delays being observed in the surveillance data as a knot of several data points. A first method is used to identify proposed knots based on distances between individual data points within the data. A second method is used to identify proposed knots based on the speed of the vehicle. Another method can be used to separate proposed knots have been incorrectly joined together. This method performs the separation by arranging the data points into a two-dimensional grid to form clusters of grid cells having data points. The location of the individual cells is then analyzed to determine whether clusters should be separated. Each of the remaining clusters defines a hold where the vehicle is delayed. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143484 | FUEL EFFICIENCY RANKING METHOD FOR VEHICLE DRIVER AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - Disclosed is a technique for ranking a driver's fuel efficiency among other drivers based on various variables associated with the environment in which the vehicle is being driven. More particularly, the present invention, selects, as a category, one or more factors affecting fuel efficiency, and, as one or more, variables another one or more. Vehicle data is then collected by a communications device which is associated with a particular trip. Next an average of the fuel efficiencies and an average of the variables for the trip are calculated accordingly the selected one more categories. The fuel efficiency of the trip corresponding to a same category for every coordinate point of the variable is then statistically processed to calculate the average of the fuel efficiency and the standard deviation of the fuel efficiency and regularized (processed as a GAP calculation) to determine the ranking of a vehicle driver. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143485 | AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF WEIGHT CALCULATING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method of calculating the takeoff weight of an aircraft, characterized by including the steps of: recording a first and second value of a first quantity associated with the weight of the aircraft at least a first and second instant, in which the aircraft is in horizontal flight at constant height; and calculating the takeoff weight of the aircraft on the basis of the first and second value. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143486 | DISTANCE DETECTION DEVICE AND COLLISION DETERMINATION DEVICE - A collision determination ECU ( | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143487 | Method And Device For Aiding The Evaluation Of A Flight Trajectory Intended To Be Followed By An Aircraft In A Constrained Environment - Method and device for aiding the evaluation of a flight trajectory intended to be followed by an aircraft in a constrained environment. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143488 | VEHICLE OR TRAFFIC CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - The invention relates to a vehicle or traffic control method and to a vehicle or traffic control system. The vehicle or traffic control method comprises the steps: a) estimating actual and/or future behavior of a first traffic participant and of a second traffic participant, respectively, the second traffic participant being different from the first traffic participant, b) estimating a trajectory to be taken by the first traffic participant and/or a trajectory to be taken by the second traffic participant, c) determining risk of collision of the first traffic participant relative to the second traffic participant by calculating information adapted for risk assessment of collision of the first traffic participant relative to the second traffic participant, and d) controlling the behavior of the first traffic participant based on the information provided after step a), step b) and/or step c). In this way a probability value is determined which indicates the plausibility that a vehicle or traffic participant might enter into collision within a certain time horizon in the future. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143489 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH ROAD OBJECT DETECTION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a road object detection for monitoring a movement of a device; determining a travel state based on the road object detection; identifying a travel sequence involving the travel state; and determining a condition inducing movement based on matching the travel sequence to a predetermined sequence for displaying on the device. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143490 | VEHICLE RECORDING APPARATUS AND VIDEO RECORDING METHOD - A vehicle recording apparatus includes a video capturing unit, a storage unit and a processing unit. The video capturing unit is for capturing a video. The storage unit includes a file including an index block and a plurality of storage blocks. The processing unit stores the video into the storage block according to a data index in the index block. The aforementioned vehicle recording apparatus may prevent an execution of file opening or closing from causing the video unable to be recorded, or an abnormal file close from leading to the damage of the file. A video recording method is also disclosed. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143491 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A NAVIGATION ROUTE ACCORDING TO A POINT OF INTEREST ON THE NAVIGATION ROUTE AND DEVICE THEREOF - A method for providing a navigation route according to a point of interest on the navigation route includes determining a current position and a destination, utilizing a personal navigation device to generate a plurality of navigation routes from the current position to the destination, calculating the weightings of the plurality of navigation routes and providing a navigation route according to the weightings of the plurality of navigation routes. If a predetermined point of interest is located on a first navigation route of the plurality of navigation routes, the personal navigation device adjusts the weighting of the first navigation route. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143492 | Methods to Improve Route Quality Using Off-Route Data - The described principles provide a method and system for identifying potentially closed roads and potentially open roads based on reroute requests, and of accommodating the potential road closure. If a reroute request is received from a user on a given route, the avoided roads of the route may be deemed potentially closed. If a predetermined number or a statistically significant number of users treat the road as potentially closed in this manner, it may be deemed closed. Similarly, if a supposedly closed road is chosen by a predetermined number of users, as evidenced by reroute requests, then the supposedly closed road may be deemed to be open. Moreover, observation of reroute requests also allows the system to automatically learn a user's route preferences. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143493 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH ABRUPT MANEUVER MONITORING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: detecting a vehicle abrupt maneuver; scanning a vehicle environment for a road hindrance; identifying a cause of the vehicle abrupt maneuver based on the vehicle environment; determining a classification as a provoked maneuver or an unprovoked maneuver based on the cause; and generating a message based on the classification and the cause for displaying on a device. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143494 | VEHICLE TRACKING DETECTION AND ALARM METHOD AND NAVIGATION DEVICE USING THE METHOD - A tracking detection and alarm method which is applied to a navigation device use a number of positioning data points retrieved from a navigation module of the navigation device. A number of deflections and a number of average speeds that correspond to the position data points are calculated and generated. A number of maximum deflections are calculated and generated according to the average speeds. When a deflection of a positioning data point is greater than a maximum safe deflection thereof, one is added to a frequency of unsafe driving instances. When the frequency of unsafe driving instances is greater than a preset threshold value, an unsafe driving alarm is activated. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143495 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INDOOR NAVIGATION - Methods and systems for indoor navigation utilize a smartphone equipped with various sensors. When a person whose initial position is unknown, and in some circumstances whose sight has been impaired, specifies a destination, the navigation system will calculate the coordinates of his/her present location from the sensor readings. It will then calculate the distance to be traveled to the destination and form routes to direct him/her towards the desired location. These steps are carried out using sensor readings and in some cases magnetic maps of the interiors of buildings stored on the smartphone. In some cases dynamic time warping (“DTW”) is used to align a recorded signature of the person's movement through the building with a stored magnetic map in order to identify the person's location within the building. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143496 | ENABLING A FIRST MOBILE DEVICE TO NAVIGATE TO A LOCATION ASSOCIATED WITH A SECOND MOBILE DEVICE - A method is described that allows a first mobile device to persistently lock onto a second mobile device, thereby allowing the first mobile device to not only constantly monitor the dynamic location of the second mobile device but also to adaptively navigate in real-time to the dynamic location associated with the second mobile device. The dynamic location may include a current location of the second mobile device or a final destination for travel of the second mobile device. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143497 | Method of creating customized exercise routes for a user - A method of creating an exercise route for a user is disclosed. The method includes providing a database having geographic data, and receiving a plurality of input route parameters from the user, the input route parameters including a type of exercise to be performed on the exercise route. The method further includes processing the geographic data from the database and the plurality of input route parameters to define the exercise route from a starting point to an ending point, and presenting the exercise route to the user. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143498 | Methods, Devices, and Computer Program Products for Exchanging Interactive Map Information - Map information is exchanged between communication devices. A map of a geographical area is received. The map includes embedded interactive links that graphically represent points of interest within the geographical area. An embedded interactive link that graphically represents at least one point of interest is highlighted within the map. Responsive to selection of another embedded interactive link within the map that graphically represents another point of interest within the geographical area, the other embedded link within the map is highlighted. The map is transmitted, with the other embedded interactive link that graphically represents the other point of interest highlighted. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143499 | GPS NAVIGATION AND CELLULAR ROUTE PLANNING DEVICE - A navigation device for navigating from one location to another includes a GPS receiver for receiving GPS signals, a cellular receiver for receiving cellular signals, a memory, a processor, a display unit and a connection unit for receiving navigation data. The navigation data includes geographic and cellular provider information pertaining to the locations where cellular coverage is available by a particular provider. This information is processed by the processor to display route instructions to a user in which cellular coverage will be maintained. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143500 | SHOWING REALISTIC HORIZONS ON MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES - In general, this disclosure describes techniques for providing a user of a computing device with the ability to view a realistic map of the sky based on information associated with the current location of the user. The information may be geographical information, orientation or directionality of the computing device, time and date, and zoom settings of the computing device. The computing device may use built-in capabilities (e.g., compass) and applications (e.g., maps and GPS) to determine the current location information. The computing device then uses the current location information to obtain celestial and topographical information. Using the celestial information, the computing device displays a map of the sky with the appropriate celestial bodies. Additionally, the computing device uses the topographical information to display a realistic rendering of the horizon, such that objects in the horizon may be displayed to render a realistic representation of the sky from the current location. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143501 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH DESTINATION-CENTRIC EN-ROUTE NOTIFICATION DELIVERY MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving an entry for a destination; identifying a category of interest for the destination; generating a route to the destination; recognizing a traveling context for traveling along the route to the destination; and generating an en-route notification based on matching a delivery profile to the category of interest for traveling within the traveling context for displaying on a device. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143502 | SENDING LOCATION INFORMATION FROM WITHIN A COMMUNICATION APPLICATION - A method in a wireless communications device for transmitting current location information representing a current location of the wireless communications device. The method entails, from within a communication application executing on a processor of the wireless communications device, causing the wireless communications device to obtain the current location information representing the current location of the wireless communications device, including the current location information in a communication generated from within the communication application, and transmitting the communication that includes the current location information. The method optionally entails a further step of performing a reverse look-up of GPS coordinates representing the current location to determine address information for including in the communication. Location information, such as maps or URLs to maps can be sent directly from an e-mail application or instant messenger without having to separately launch a mapping application. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143503 | ON-VEHICLE APPARATUS - A storage part of an on-vehicle apparatus stores simplified map data of which content is simplified as compared to original map data used for route guidance. An image generator of the on-vehicle apparatus retrieves the simplified map data stored on the storage part and generates a map image based on the simplified map data. Then a transmitter of the on-vehicle apparatus transmits the map image generated by the image generator to a portable device, in response to a demand from the portable device. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143504 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ROUTE GUIDANCE - Systems and methods of route guidance on a user device are provided. In one aspect, a system and method transmit partitions of map data to a client device. Each map partition may contain road geometries, road names, road network topology, or any other information needed to provide turn-by-turn navigation or driving directions within the partition. Each map partition may be encoded with enough data to allow them to be stitched together to form a larger map. Map partitions may be fetched along each route to be used in the event of a network outage or other loss of network connectivity. For example, if a user deviates from the original route and a network outage occurs, the map data may be assembled and a routing algorithm may be applied to the map data in order to direct the user back to the original route. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143505 | Method And Device For Determining An Optimal Flight Trajectory Followed By An Aircraft - Method and device for determining an optimal flight trajectory followed by an aircraft. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143506 | Simultaneous Source Inversion for Marine Streamer Data With Cross-Correlation Objective Function - Method for simultaneous full-wavefield inversion of gathers of source (or receiver) encoded ( | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143507 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECLUSTERING WELL LOG SAMPLES - Wellbore data samples related to a subsurface volume of interest are weighted based on wellbore orientation and/or stratal orientation. Declustering weights are determined that account for differences in sampling density caused by wellbore and/or stratal structure orientation. The declustering weights may be implemented to weight samples of parameters taken within wellbores, and/or to update or adjust other weights determined according to other schemes. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143508 | AUTOMATIC ESTIMATION OF SOURCE ROCK PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES - An empirical method of measuring water saturation in hydrocarbon bearing formations is described. The system described herein accurately calculates water saturation, shale volume, volume of total organic carbon, and other formation parameters under a variety of formation conditions. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143509 | Simultaneous Inversion of Induction Data for Dielectric Permittivity and Electric Conductivity - A method of inverting induction logging data for evaluating the properties of underground formations surrounding a borehole, the data including induction voltage measurements obtained from a tool placed close to the formations of interest, the method includes: (a) defining a relationship relating the induction voltage to wave number, dielectric permittivity and conductivity; defining a cubic polynomial expansion of the relationship; and solving the cubic polynomial relationship using the voltage measurements to obtain values for conductivity that includes skin-effect correction, and apparent dielectric permittivity; and (b) using the obtained values for conductivity and apparent dielectric permittivity to derive a simulated value of induction voltage; determining the difference between the simulated value of the induction voltage and the measured induction voltage; and iteratively updating the values of conductivity and dielectric permittivity used for the derivation of the simulated value of induction voltage to minimise its difference with respect to the measured value. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120143510 | HIGH RESOLUTION ATTRIBUTES FOR SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING AND INTERPRETATION - A visualization method for the computation and display of seismic attributes from time-frequency spectral analysis enables high resolution investigation of 3D seismic data for the exploration of oil and gas. First, high frequency resolution time derivative or space derivative of the amplitude and phase spectra of time-windowed signals are computed. Second, the derivatives are transformed into seismic attributes that are suitable for seismic data processing or interpretation. Applications for the method are illustrated with graphical screen 3D volume displays of dip and azimuth, curvature and faults. Aside from providing high resolution these displays may improve the productivity of a seismic interpreter or data processor. | 2012-06-07 |
