http://www.freshpatents.com/Data-processing--vehicles-navigation-and-relative-location-dtnewntc701.php USPTO Class 701 - Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location en-us Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029728.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A charging device for a vehicle includes a device-side power line communication (PLC) modem, a device-side control pilot (CPLT) signal generating circuit, a device-side CPLT signal detecting circuit and a device-side low-pass filter (LPF). The device-side PLC modem is used for PLC between the vehicle and the charging device. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029727.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A control system for a vehicle includes a period determination module and a motion detection module. The period determination module determines a period for the vehicle to travel a predetermined distance based on a desired transmission output shaft speed (TOSS), a target transmission output shaft position, a final drive ratio... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029730.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A roadside communicator in a roadside around an intersection transmits, to vehicles around the intersection, traffic light information on traffic light at the intersection and mobile object information on vehicles and pedestrians around the intersection. An in-vehicle communicator mounted in a subject vehicle acquires the traffic light information and the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029732.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A sensor for monitoring a plant population in front of a harvester and a transfer process of the crop from the harvester to a transport vehicle is arranged on an unmanned aircraft. The aircraft moves in the vicinity of the harvester in the harvesting mode and communicates in a wireless... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029729.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A remote control system for a hybrid vehicle includes an input device for selection of one or more features of the hybrid vehicle. The one or more features include control of an electric motor within the vehicle. The system also includes a remote device. The system also includes a configurable... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029733.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 In one embodiment there is a remote starter system for a vehicle having an ignition connected to vehicle controllers by a serial data interface. The remote starter system includes a T-Harness connector having at least a first, second, and third serial data connectors and a remote starter module. The remote... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029731.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A vehicle remote control device includes a communications device for transferring vehicle movement control signals to a remote vehicle and a touch-screen interface configured to present a graphical representation of the remote vehicle and to allow a user to manipulate the graphical representation on the touch-screen. A conversion component converts... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029734.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A remote starter system for a vehicle having an electronic ignition module connected to vehicle controller modules by a serial data interface. The electronic ignition module is capable of receiving at least one keycode from a cryptographic controller vehicle key for verification before changing the state of at least one... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029737.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 In a centralized navigation information management system installed on board an aircraft which is in a current position at a current time, the aircraft having a warning management system and a route management system with means for creating a route plan, the route plan having a future route plan corresponding... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029735.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A method and systems for controlling an aircraft during descent are provided. The control system includes an input device configured to receive a speed margin for the vehicle and a processor communicatively coupled to the input device wherein the processor is programmed to automatically determine a flight path of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029736.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A method is provided for dynamically consolidating items of an aeronautical procedure in order to present to the operator the best action to perform according to the context of all the systems, in order to reduce his cognitive workload faced with an action to be carried out. The method consists,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029738.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 An aircraft capable of hovering, and characterized by having at least one sensor, which has a plane sweep region and is designed to acquire, when the aircraft is manoeuvring, values of respective distances between first points on an obstacle within the plane sweep region, and a second point on the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029739.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 Methods and systems for handling aircraft control information are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a display medium coupleable to a flight manager, with the flight manager configured to receive and direct instructions for automatically controlling aircraft functions at a future time during flight... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029740.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A method and a corresponding device enable monitoring the speed of rail vehicles. In order to enable a reduction and simplification of the required system components and a speed monitoring that is not only intermittent, it is provided that the rail vehicle emits a signal, the propagation time of which... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029750.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 An auto-seek operating mode for an electric vehicle adjusts the vehicle in a direction transverse to a vehicle central axis using a vehicle power steering system and using a motor and a battery to advance the vehicle toward a target connector for a utility power grid for charging the battery.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029744.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 An electric vehicle and a method of controlling the electric vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, the electric vehicle includes i) a battery configured to provide electric energy to the motor, ii) a remaining energy-amount detector configured to detect a remaining energy-amount of the battery and iii) a manipulation unit... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029748.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A system and method of controlling a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain is provided. The hybrid-electric powertrain includes an engine, a battery, an electric motor, an electric generator and a transmission with a planetary gear unit. The planetary gear unit mechanically couples the engine, the electric motor and the electric generator... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029742.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A hybrid powertrain and a method of controlling a throttle in an engine of the hybrid powertrain are provided. A throttle system has a throttle at an optimal position for the engine to power a first motor/generator when an electric throttle motor is de-energized to minimize current consumption by the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029745.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 An energy buffer drive apparatus alternates between a state wherein a vehicle is caused to travel while rotational energy of a heat engine is intermittently stored in a flywheel, and a state wherein the vehicle is caused to travel using only the stored energy. In a process where the flywheel... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029751.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A method of operating a hybrid vehicle propulsion system includes selectively operating the engine to consume fuel stored on-board the vehicle based on a residence time of the fuel stored on-board the vehicle and further based on a profile of ambient conditions over the residence time.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029741.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A vehicle includes a motor, an alternating current (AC) power bus, a power inverter module (PIM), and a controller. The PIM includes a semiconductor die assembly with semiconductor power switches arranged in electrical parallel for delivering AC power to the motor via the bus. The controller determines an operating mode... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029743.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A shift control system of a hybrid vehicle with an automatic transmission may include a fuzzy function calculator that receives an accel position sensor (APS) signal that may be an input variable, and outputs a severity value by determining a driver's driving severity value through a plurality of fuzzy rules... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029749.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A method for launching a vehicle is disclosed. The method comprises increasing alternator and boost pressure while maintaining idle speed at idle before pedal tip-in, and decreasing alternator load responsive to pedal tip-in. In this way, increased turbocharger output may be used to quickly accelerate the vehicle.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029746.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A vehicle controlling system includes an engine as a power source of a vehicle, an electric storage device, a generator that generates power by rotating in conjunction with a rotation of the engine, a starting device that starts the engine by consuming power from the electric storage device, and a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029747.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 The vehicle-use electricity management system includes an electricity demand detection means to detect electricity consumed by electrical loads, and an electricity price information generation means to generate electricity price information indicative of a price of electricity supplied to the electrical loads based on the electricity demand. At least one of... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029754.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A robotic mower boundary sensing system includes a boundary driving circuit on a charging station transmitting an encoded signal on a boundary wire, a boundary sensor on a robotic mower and including an inductor receiving the encoded signal, and a vehicle control unit on the robotic mower receiving the encoded... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029753.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A robotic mower home finding system includes a charging station connected to an outer boundary wire loop, and a vehicle control unit on the robotic mower that directs a traction drive system to drive the robotic mower along a path offset a specified distance from an outer boundary wire loop... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029752.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A robotic mower stuck detection system includes a boundary sensor on the robotic mower that can detect when the robotic mower reaches a boundary wire, an accelerometer on the robotic mower that can detect when the robotic mower encounters an obstacle; and a vehicle control unit on the robotic mower... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029755.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A robotic mower area coverage system includes a load sensor on the robotic mower signaling load on a cutting blade motor, a boundary sensor on the robotic mower indicating the distance from the sensor to a boundary wire, a timer on the robotic mower indicating when the robotic mower last... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029756.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A robotic mower boundary coverage system includes a vehicle control unit on the robotic mower commanding a traction drive system to drive the robotic mower at a specified yaw angle with respect to a boundary wire, and a boundary sensor on the robotic mower signaling the distance between the boundary... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029760.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 An output limiting control is carried out for limiting an output of a driving source when an acceleration pedal as well as a brake pedal is operated at the same time. An acceleration opening degree for a malfunction diagnosis is set based on a detected acceleration opening degree. A required... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029759.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A method of providing safety and maintenance vehicular service includes the steps: capturing information indicative of a vehicle status parameter electronically by means of a vehicle monitoring system; transmitting captured information through at least one vehicle connectivity system; transmitting captured information from the vehicle connectivity system to at least one... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029757.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 The system and method automatically controls the position of at least one deck plate of a harvesting unit of a corn header so as to increase the width of a stalk receiving channel or reduce pinching forces between the plates when entering a stand of corn to facilitate alignment with... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029758.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A method and system are provided for initiating control of a vehicle. A telematics unit includes a connector and a relay unit. The connector is configured to be coupled to a vehicle component. The relay unit is coupled to the connector, and is configured to provide information pertaining to the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029761.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 The illustrative embodiments provide a method for processing sensor data and controlling the movement of a vehicle. In one illustrative embodiment, a vehicle having a plurality of sensors attempts to receive sensor data. In response to an inability of the vehicle to obtain needed sensor data, collected sensor data is... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029762.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 Various embodiments include tools and methods for diagnosing connected services in a vehicle. Communication with a vehicle computing system in a vehicle may be established. A diagnostic connection to a diagnostics server may also be established. Vehicle information and diagnostic data from one or more connected services may be received... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029763.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A system for alerting a driver to a condition of a vehicle is disclosed herein. The system includes, but is not limited to, a telematics unit that is mounted to the vehicle and that is configured to receive a fault notification from a subsystem on board the vehicle when a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029764.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A mobile device comprising: a display; a data reader for reading data from an information bearing medium; at least one vehicle data collection device; a global positioning system (GPS); a wireless communications module; a memory device; a processor; and a housing configured for placement in a vehicle and supporting the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029766.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A driving support apparatus and method is provided. The apparatus includes a regenerative electric power specification unit that determines electric power generated by a regenerative brake. Also included is a guidance unit that performs guidance to encourage the deceleration of a vehicle at a timing based on a distance from... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029765.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 An emergency egress lighting system for a vehicle having multiple egress portals, including first sensors and second sensors that sense information as to vehicle orientation in pitch and roll. A plurality of indicators is changeable between a positive indication and a negative indication locatable inside the vehicle near one of... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029768.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 An electronic control module for a machine may include instructions for performing a method. The method may include obtaining a total torque load limit for one or more hydrostatic transmission loops in the machine. The method may also include allocating the total torque load limit between the one or more... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029767.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A TPM system wheel unit measures rotational period over a number of wheel revolutions, calculates a value of a period of the revolutions and wirelessly transmits the calculated value of the period to a tire pressure monitoring system receiver in the vehicle mounting the wheel. Alternatively, each wheel unit transmits... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029769.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A method to control a vehicle includes monitoring desired vehicle force and moment, monitoring real-time corner constraints upon vehicle dynamics which includes monitoring corner states of health for the vehicle, and monitoring corner capacities for the vehicle. The method further includes determining a desired corner force and moment distribution based... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029770.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 The present invention provides a vehicle body attitude control apparatus capable of improvement of cornering operability, steering stability, and a ride comfort while a vehicle is running. A controller includes a gain, a determination unit, a multiplication unit, an FF control unit, a difference calculation unit, an FB control unit,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029773.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 Lane keeping control is ended in accurate timing which does not give an uncomfortable feeling to a driver. In a vehicle 10 which is provided with a steering mechanism 200, an EPS actuator 300, and a VGRS actuator 500 and which can change a rudder angle regardless of a driver's... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029772.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A steering control apparatus (100) controls a steering mechanism to limit a behavior of a vehicle in the vehicle (10) equipped with the steering mechanism (200) which can independently steer front wheels and rear wheels. The steering control apparatus is provided with: a controlling device for controlling the steering mechanism... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029771.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A method for automatically controlling the extension and steering of left side and right side wheels (112, 114) in a work vehicle (102), the vehicle (102) having a digital microcontroller (172) configured to control the steering of left side and right side wheels (112, 114) by electronically scanning data from... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029774.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 The invention relates to a method of detecting external impacts in vehicle steering systems (12) which include a rotatable steering shaft (16) and a servomotor (22) for generating a steering assist torque, the method including the steps of: (a) continuously measuring a first characteristic; (b) continuously measuring a second characteristic;... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029775.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 The present disclosure provides embodiments directed towards a system for the control of hydraulic output by a hydraulic power source. In one embodiment, a system is provided. The system includes a hydraulic supply system having a drive, a hydraulic pump coupled to the drive, a first hydraulic output configured to... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029776.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A transmission control device (6) for an automatic or automated transmission (2). A shifting strategy of the transmission control device (6) controls and/or regulates the operation of the transmission (2) based on driving condition data such as vehicle mass, driving resistance, vehicle inclination, vehicle velocity, vehicle acceleration, engine rotational speed... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029777.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A dual-clutch transmission (DCT) system includes a vehicle speed offset module that generates a vehicle speed offset signal based on a preselect time and a vehicle acceleration signal. A compensated vehicle speed module generates a compensated vehicle speed based on the vehicle speed offset signal and a vehicle speed. A... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029778.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A method of operating a transmission device comprising friction-locking and form-locking shift elements for obtaining different gear ratios. A shift request for engaging a shift element undergoes a time delay dependent upon an operating state prior to a time of engagement of the shift element. A rotational speed differential between... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029779.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A vehicle drivetrain can include various structures, such as a multi-ratio transmission, a two-speed final drive assembly connected in series with the multi-ratio transmission and including a low speed final drive ratio and a high speed final drive ratio, a pair of front driveshafts driven by the two-speed final drive... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029780.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A method for controlling a speed difference between speed of wheels of a front axle and speed of wheels of a rear axle of a four-wheel drive vehicle. The method: determines an initial speed difference set point based on the speed of the vehicle; determines one or more intermediate speed... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029782.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 There is provided a behavior control device for the prevention of a jackknife phenomenon of a combination vehicle including a tractor and a trailer pivotably coupled with the tractor, taking into account that the relative pivoting action of the trailer and tractor varies according to the magnitudes of a vehicle... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029781.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A vehicle anti-rollback system and method can be incorporated into a vehicle that includes a pair of front wheels, a pair of rear wheels, a power unit, and a transmission connecting the power unit to at least one wheel of the front and rear wheels. The transmission can include a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029783.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A road surface friction coefficient estimating device includes a means which finds a first estimated value Mnsp_estm of an external force to be compared (S102 to S116, S118-2), a means which finds a second estimated value Mnsp_sens (S118-1), and a plurality of increasing/decreasing manipulated variable determining means 34_k, each of... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029784.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 In order to cause a computer to execute integral calculation of an integrand, to thereby calculate a value of a second variable used at each calculation time point, the integrand being defined by: a first variable to which a value is given at all calculation time points; and the second... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029785.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A method is described in which the wheel pressure in an electronically controlled motor vehicle brake system is determined. The brake system includes inlet valves and outlet valves in the wheel circuits. At least one of the valves allows adjusting the valve current. The basis for this are previously determined... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029786.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 Methods for controlling an aircraft turbofan engine during icing of a temperature probe and devices for carrying out such methods are described. The methods may comprise: using one or more signals representative of temperature received from a heated temperature probe to generate one or more control signals for use in... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029788.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 The present invention provides a control apparatus used in an internal combustion engine that can switchably use a compressed natural gas and gasoline. The control apparatus carries out a miss fire check on the internal combustion engine over two or more combustion cycles, and, based on the results of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029787.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 An engine control system includes a desired manifold absolute pressure (MAP) module, a MAP to torque module, a threshold determination module, and a fuel economy (FE) mode module. The desired MAP module determines a desired MAP for operation of an engine in one of a cylinder deactivation mode and a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029790.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 An air-fuel ratio diagnostic device for an internal combustion engine. The device includes an air-fuel ratio that detects oxygen concentration in the exhaust. A determination unit determines a variation in air-fuel ratio between engine cylinders based on a detection value of the air-fuel ratio sensor. A change amount in the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029789.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A method of preventing a pre-ignition event within a cylinder (20) of a spark ignition engine (100) involves taking in-cylinder measurements and using the measurements to determine the instantaneous heat being released within the cylinder (20) as a function crank angle. If significant heat is being released before the intended... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029791.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A method to supply fuel to an engine of a vehicle is provided. The method includes adjusting a direct injection of fuel into a cylinder of the engine based on whether the vehicle is in a pre-delivery state. In one example, the method includes reducing an amount of fuel in... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029793.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 Various systems and methods are described for controlling an engine in a vehicle in response to an equilibrium value of an exhaust gas constituent generated from an exhaust gas sensor. One example method comprises during engine fueling below a threshold amount where at least one intake valve and one exhaust... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029792.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A fuel injection amount control system corrects the amount of fuel injected from each fuel injection valve in a feedback manner, based on an output value of an upstream air-fuel ratio sensor, so that the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into a three-way catalyst coincides with a target air-fuel... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029794.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 An engine air estimation method is described. In one example, an amount of air entering an engine is determined in response to a speed of a compressor. The method may be especially useful for increasing engine reliability.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029795.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 Methods and systems are provided for improving fuel usage while addressing knock by adjusting the use of spark retard and direct injection of a fluid based on engine operating conditions and the composition of the injected fluid. One or more engine parameters, such as EGR, VCT, boost, throttle position, are... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029796.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 An engine idle speed control system and a method for a vehicular gear are provided. The system includes an electronic controller, an engine connected to an ignition unit and a fuel supply unit, a battery, a starter switch connected to the battery, and a starter motor connected to the starter... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029797.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 In a system, a predictor predicts a future trajectory of a rotational speed of a crankshaft during drop of the crankshaft's rotational speed in a forward rotational direction due to automatic stop of an engine. An engaging unit , in response to when an engine restart condition is met during... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029800.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A method and device for providing cost information associated with intersections of a road network are provided. Driving data indicative of at least one condition of a vehicle upon passage of the vehicle through a plurality of intersections are retrieved. For each intersection of the plurality of intersections, a set... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029798.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A roadside equipment (RSE) system that can be used for controlling traffic signals and other equipment and corresponding method. A method includes wirelessly receiving vehicle data by an RSE system and from an onboard equipment (OBE) system connected to a vehicle. The vehicle data includes location data, time data, and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029799.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A roadside equipment (RSE) system that can be used for controlling traffic signals and other equipment and corresponding method. A method includes wirelessly receiving vehicle data from an onboard equipment (OBE) system connected to a vehicle, the vehicle data including location data, time data, and vehicle identification data related to... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029801.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A driving characteristics detector includes: a driving information obtaining element for obtaining driving information, which relates to a driving condition of a vehicle; and a driving characteristics determining element for determining driving characteristics of a driver of the vehicle based on the driving information. The driving information includes vehicle speed... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029802.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A system and method for receiving, from a data source, at least one type of information for a plurality of aircraft, calculating efficiency data based on the received information, distributing the efficiency data to users of the system and storing the calculated efficiency data, the efficiency data including an average... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029803.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A fuel-consumption projecting apparatus estimates fuel consumption by a vehicle for a given interval. A projecting unit uses a first equation to project the fuel consumption before the vehicle begins travel along the given interval. An estimating unit uses a second equation that sets acceleration during travel as a variable,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029804.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A system, method and computer program product for efficiently generating on- and off-road travel routes using multi-resolution maps including a map generator (108), map database (106), route generator (100), heuristic generator (102), and search envelope factor generator (104). The map generator (108) converts input raster and vector map data into... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029806.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A packetization method includes preparing data comprising driving instructions for delivery to a vehicle. The illustrative method also includes determining a portion of the data to deliver in a first packet to a vehicle computing system in communication with a server executing the method, based at least in part on... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029807.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A vehicle based computing system processor is operable to receive the coordinates from a GPS and transmit the coordinates to a remote network. The processor is operable to receive map data pertaining to a route to be traveled by the vehicle, including a recommended starting road. The processor is able... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029805.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 An efficient route-defining method includes determining a route to a destination. The exemplary method also includes determining a wireless device to server connection type and assigning a tolerance in accordance with a connection type. The tolerance is usable to determine if a vehicle is off-route, and the tolerance is increased... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029808.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A terminal comprising: a controller configured to determine, in a service zone, whether or not service information corresponding to a service zone is identical to service information previously used in the service zone, and provide control to display previously stored service information or updated service information based on the determination;... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029809.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 An apparatus and method for providing road view data corresponding to an inputted location. The apparatus includes a manipulation unit to received user information containing a road view data request signal; a display unit to output image data containing road view data; a camera to capture an image in a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029810.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 In a system and method for navigating a moving object according to signals from satellite, a moving object receives satellite navigation signals from a number of satellites. The moving object also receives moving base data from a moving base. The received moving base data includes satellite measurement data of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029811.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 An apparatus and method for a personal navigation apparatus comprising a personal navigation device (PND) for providing navigational guidance information. The PND may include a single-dimensional magnetic detector for sensing magnetic flux amplitudes of a magnetic field generated by a magnet. Alternatively, the PND may include a three-dimensional magnetic detector... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029812.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 The present invention provides method and system for automatically planning and scheduling a remote sensing satellite mission. A swath coverage of a remote sensing satellite at a specified time interval is determined from a ground station. Thereafter, a set of points-of-interest lying within the swath coverage of the remote sensing... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029813.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A vehicle traveling position judging method of the present invention is a vehicle traveling position judging method for judging the traveling position of a preceding vehicle, and includes: a relative position information acquisition step of acquiring the relative position information of the preceding vehicle and a host vehicle at a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029814.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 An object is to be able to accurately discriminate an object of a collision. A device has a collision detection to which are connected a pressure sensor that detects pressure within a pressure chamber, and a vehicle speed sensor that detects vehicle speed, and the collision detection determines effective mass... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029815.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 Thus the field factors of crop, soil and harvest conditions that affect feeding quality or a quality analysis of the load can be associated with the forage as it is removed from storage and fed to livestock.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029816.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 In order to notify a user that a facility is present in the neighborhood of a route to a destination, a mobile phone includes a location obtaining portion to obtain a present location (S03, S09), a destination setting portion to set a point of destination (S02), a departure point setting... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029817.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems, methods, apparatuses, devices, articles, and means for map handling for location based services in conjunction with localized environments. For certain example implementations, a method may comprise storing map information corresponding to a particular localized environment that is associated with a particular location... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029818.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 Methods and apparatus are described for a navigation system. A method includes providing a global positioning system fix having a plurality of tracking parameters; providing a theater positioning system fix; monitoring the plurality of tracking parameters for predetermined conditions; and, when the predetermined conditions are met, sending a notifying signal... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029819.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 Embodiments are directed to a ground reaction sensor cluster (GRSC) and to methods for precisely determining zero velocity points and bearing changes using a GRSC and for navigating using a GRSC and an inertial motion unit (IMU) in a global positioning satellite (GPS)-denied environment. The GRSC device itself includes an... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029820.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A relative positioning system enabling a user to return to a starting position or some other point on the user's path. The system may include an array of accelerometers. The output from the accelerometers may be integrated to quantify movement of the array. The various movements of the array may... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029821.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 Techniques are provided for presenting a route using a route presentation that provides both a context map and one or more detail route maps. Narrative instructions for the route also may be presented. The presentation of the context map and the one or more detail route maps may be interactive.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120029822.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:32 -0800 A navigation system for a motor vehicle configured to output information via an output unit has a memory and a computing unit, map data being provided with map elements, and attributes for the map data being provided, the attributes representing properties of map elements. The map data include edges and...