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7262710 Collision time estimation apparatus for vehicles, collision time estimation method for vehicles, collision alarm apparatus for vehicles, and collision alarm method for vehicles  
Imaging device picks up an image of the area around a vehicle, edge extraction function extracts an edge image from the image picked up by the imaging device, edge width standardization function...
7259660 Device for determining the passability of a vehicle  
A device for determining the ability of a vehicle to pass obstacles is used to estimate whether a vehicle is able to pass between obstacles on the basis of the vehicle height and/or vehicle width.
7259661 Collision warning system and method for a motor vehicle  
A collision warning system and method for a motor vehicle. A measuring device in the vehicle is provided for measuring the distance dx to a second vehicle traveling ahead, the distance signal being...
7260461 Method for operating a pre-crash sensing system with protruding contact sensor  
A method of operating a restraint system includes classifying a collision into a collision classification, generating a protruding contact sensor output and deploying the restraint system in...
7256688 Drive support display apparatus  
A driving assistance display apparatus enables the driver to check safety of both the rear of and a limited area around the vehicle in the final stage of parking without switching screens. A screen...
7253722 Sensor alignment detection method for an infrared blind-zone sensing system  
A diagnostic method for a blind-zone sensing system including leading and trailing passive IR sensors periodically determines a separation distance between coverage areas of the leading and...
7253746 Vehicle-presence notifying apparatus and vehicle-presence notifying method  
An apparatus for notifying presence of a vehicle to a periphery of the vehicle includes a control unit that controls an operating unit that operates to cause the vehicle to drive, generating an...
7254482 Vehicle information recording system  
A vehicle information recording system 100 includes a picture acquiring unit 101 a placed in a vehicle that takes a picture of surroundings and generates picture data showing the picture, a...
7248153 Method for parking a vehicle  
A method for parking a vehicle in which distances of the vehicle from obstacles as well as the length and/or width of a parking space are determined. Sensors are used for parking space...
7248952 Mixed integer linear programming trajectory generation for autonomous nap-of-the-earth flight in a threat environment  
A method of planning a path of a vehicle by defining a first plurality of constraints representing dynamics of the vehicle; defining a second plurality of constraints representing collisions with...
7243026 Vehicle traveling control device  
A control device sets avoidance traveling reaching points, avoidance traveling target points, and a final avoidance target point of an obstacle to be avoided based on the position of the obstacle...
7242287 Vehicle warning system and method  
A vehicle warning system and a method of modifying a vehicle is provided. The system is installable on a vehicle having a brake pedal operatively connected to a brake light mounted on a rear...
7243013 Vehicle radar-based side impact assessment method  
A side impact object sensing system for a vehicle includes a single radar sensor mounted on each side of the vehicle, each sensor generating a range and range-rate value for a detected target...
7239230 Radar sensor for reversing a vehicle and having fine-tuning function  
A radar sensor for a vehicle and having a fine-tuning function includes a base forming a chamber to pivotably receive a sensor module. The sensor module can be adjusted in its pantoscopic angle and...
7236866 Vehicular collision object determining system  
From a collision load, a one-time integration value and a two-time integration value are computed. The one-time integration value and two-time integration value are then used for obtaining a mass...
7236865 Active adaptation of vehicle restraints for enhanced performance robustness  
A vehicle crash safety system includes a pre-crash sensing system generating an object threat assessment and vehicle dynamics data, an occupant sensing system generating occupant characteristic...
7236884 Automotive lane deviation prevention apparatus  
An automotive lane deviation prevention apparatus includes an electronic control unit configured to be electronically connected to a yawing-motion control actuator such as braking force actuators...
7233234 Airbag electrical control unit  
An airbag electrical control unit mounted in a vehicle includes a position detecting circuit that detects a current position of the vehicle; a computing circuit that computes impact that the...
7230523 Vehicular rear view mirror/video display  
A rear view mirror/video display includes a one-way mirror and a selectively activated video display that is mounted immediately behind the one-way mirror so that the driver is presented with a...
7226265 Tire-detecting wheel chock apparatus  
A wheel chock apparatus includes a chock body for chocking a tire of a vehicle such as a semi-trailer prior to loading or unloading the trailer by a towmotor at a docking bay. When properly...
7227454 Display device for an assistance or support system for transport means  
To provide a device associated with at least one means of transport, in particular at least one motor vehicle, for the detection, in particular intuitive detection, of the operating and/or system...
7228233 Driving assistance method and system  
A driving assistance system for regulating an operation of a vehicle in a discrete manner according to different ranges of risk potentials associated with the vehicle, such that different risk...
7225070 Parking guidance system for large vehicles  
A parking guidance system for large vehicles has a horizontal bar, a data collection assembly and a console unit. The horizontal bar is hollow and is mounted on the rear bumper, and houses the data...
7224265 Automatic Remote Retractable Mirrors  
An integrated ( 2 ) and remote transmitter ( 1 ) type device for catalyzing of a motor vehicle ( 9 ) accessory exterior rear view power fold mirrors ( 3 ) inward ( 4 ) toward the vehicle, and...
7224309 Preceding-vehicle detecting apparatus, own-vehicle controlling apparatus, and preceding-vehicle detecting method  
To provide a preceding-vehicle detecting apparatus, own-vehicle controlling apparatus and preceding-vehicle detecting method capable of detecting a preceding vehicle in a more reliable manner, a...
7218207 Method for detecting position of lane marker, apparatus for detection position of lane marker and alarm apparatus for lane deviation  
A method for a detecting position of a lane marker relating to the present invention obtains an integral brightness by taking an image of a road surface ( 4 ) by a camera ( 2 ) loaded on a vehicle...
7219031 Rumble strip responsive systems: discrimination of types of rumble strips  
There are basically two types of rumble strips: shoulder/center rumble strips and in-lane rumble strips. In an embodiment of the invention, there is a device that automatically identifies the type...
7218213 Alarm system, alarm control apparatus and alarm control program  
An alarm system includes a miniature camera ( 10 ), a loudspeaker ( 20 ), a vehicle speed sensor ( 30 ), a longitudinal G sensor ( 40 ), a lateral G sensor ( 50 ) and an on-vehicle unit ( 60 ). A...
7216027 Running control system  
A running control system of the present invention includes a follow-up intention detection device for detecting an operation of requesting a follow-running control by the driver, and a running...
7215254 Driving assistance system  
When a driving assistance system of a navigation device in a subject vehicle is able to communicate with a cooperative remote driving assistance system in an oncoming vehicle, images are obtained...
7209050 Automatic vehicle collision avoidance and warning system  
An integrated system for automatic vehicle collision avoidance and warning for vehicles operating on any highway or road system globally. The system may be used to not only illuminate the brake...
7209833 Collision possibility determination device  
A computer of a collision possibility determination device has a pixel position setting section, a travel vector calculating section, a vector direction determining section, and a collision...
7209831 GPS collision avoidance apparatus  
A GPS collision avoidance apparatus which uses Global Positioning System (GPS) information and computer processing to determine the location of man made and natural occurring obstacles to allow a...
7209031 Obstacle detecting apparatus and method  
An obstacle detecting apparatus includes an image input unit for receiving images inputted respectively from a plurality of image pick-up devices and accumulating the input images, a feature...
7206686 System and method for detecting an object ahead of a vehicle and controlling the vehicle in response to the detected object  
When a deceleration intention detector detects that an occupant has apprehension about a condition ahead of his own vehicle and attempts to decelerate the own vehicle, a detection area setter...
7202792 Drowsiness detection system and method  
A low-cost system for detecting a drowsy condition of a driver of a vehicle includes a video imaging camera located in the vehicle and oriented to generate images of a driver of the vehicle. The...
7197425 Road surface state estimating system and road surface state measuring apparatus  
Provided is a road surface state estimating system for carrying out measuring along a plurality of measuring lines on a paved road surface, which improves the reliability of texture estimation of...
7197396 Collision mitigation system  
The present invention is an automotive collision mitigation system comprising at least one sensor for sensing first and second detection zones. A controller, responsive to the at least one sensor,...
7196629 Radar-assisted sensing of the position and/or movement of the body or inside the body of living beings  
The present invention relates to a method for sensing information about the position and/or movements of the body of a living being or a part of the body inside the body, in particular for use in a...
7193509 Door system for a motor vehicle  
A door system for a motor vehicle includes a door, an environmental sensor for detecting an obstacle in the vicinity of the motor vehicle, a door sensor for outputting an output signal as a...
7194358 Lift collision avoidance system  
The present invention is directed to systems, devices and methods for avoiding collisions and detecting objects proximate to a surface. In one embodiment, a system for collision avoidance includes...
7194347 Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle control method, and computer program  
A vehicle control apparatus includes an information acquiring/managing unit that acquires information for controlling various units in a vehicle instead of a driver of the vehicle, and manages the...
7191049 Vehicle drive assist system  
When an own vehicle makes a follow-up traveling control targeting a preceding vehicle traveling ahead of the own vehicle, in case where the widthwise movement of the preceding is detected and a...
7190281 Vehicle environment monitoring device, vehicle environment monitoring method, control program and computer-readable recording medium  
A vehicle environment monitoring device comprises an imaging section for taking image data of an environment of an automobile, the image including at least two types of colors; a setting section...
7190282 Nose-view monitoring apparatus  
The present invention relates to a nose-view monitoring apparatus, and it is an object of the invention to detect an approaching object existing in lateral regions relative to a nose portion of a...
7190283 Intersection safety light assembly and method  
An intersection safety light assembly and method for warning a driver of a vehicle on a first road of an approaching vehicle on a second road which is approaching an intersection of the first and...
7188028 Collision prevention automatic warning system  
The present invention provides a collision prevention automatic warning system, constructed to comprise a control circuit embracing a controller, a plurality of sensors, a light-emitter, a...
7181192 Handheld portable automatic emergency alert system and method  
In one embodiment, an automated emergency alert system includes a handheld portable communication device operable to initiate communication over a wireless telecommunications network, a dynamic...
7180407 Vehicle video collision event recorder  
A vehicle video collision event recorder includes a vehicle video collision event recorder includes a control module for accepting at least one decoded engine performance data and at least one...
7176789 Method for measuring distance and measuring device for it  
A method for distance measuring using at least two contact-less distance sensors, e.g., ultrasound sensors, is provided, which distance sensors each have one emitter for emitting measuring pulses...