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7620394 Reusing frequencies of a fixed and/or mobile communications system  
A communications system includes a first wireless communications system configured to provide wireless communications over a first frequency band, and a second wireless communications system...
7616128 Audio identifying device, audio identifying method, and program  
An audio identifying device which can transmit with certainty audio information which is important for a user, according to an importance level of input audio information which varies depending on...
7612657 Back warning buzzer system for vehicle having trailer mounted thereto  
Disclosed herein is a back warning buzzer system for an automotive vehicle having a trailer mounted thereto, comprising: (a) a control unit; (b) a plurality of sensors equidistantly mounted to the...
7586405 Motorcycle awareness system  
A motorcycle awareness system for use when a motorcycle is in operation in conjunction with vehicular traffic is disclosed. The motorcycle awareness system includes an infrared light emitter that...
7573401 Highway intersection hazard warnings and traffic control system, and method of applying same  
A hazard warning and traffic control system includes a housing having at least two display faces oriented at an angle relative to one another, and an electronic controller including a timer. Each...
7548173 Vehicle on-board unit  
A vehicle on-board unit of a host vehicle is configured to activate its brake lights upon determining a vehicle traveling condition exists that is indicative of a potentially inadequate safety zone...
7545261 Passive method and apparatus for alerting a driver of a vehicle of a potential collision condition  
The present invention discloses a vehicular collision alert system ( 100 ) which receives signals ( 104 ) from devices ( 102 ) commonly associated with vehicular use. The direction ( 308 ) of the...
7518491 Ultrasonic object detector  
An object detector capable of reliably detecting objects around a vehicle is mounted on a wall of a bumper of a vehicle. Thicknesses of the bumper and of a bottom surface portion of a housing are...
7515065 Early warning system for approaching emergency vehicles  
The present disclosure is a method for alerting road users to the presence of an emergency vehicle. The method for alerting road user to the presence of an emergency vehicle may include receiving a...
7515064 Remote activation of a vehicle priority system  
A remotely-activated vehicle priority system includes a control center, a vehicle-priority communication device, at least one receiver, and a phase selector. The control center transmits an...
7492281 Vehicle exterior mirror assembly with blind spot indicator  
An exterior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an exterior mirror assembly that is mountable at an exterior side of a vehicle and has an inboard portion that is viewable by a driver of...
7466227 Location based vehicle traffic signal alert system  
Embodiments of the location based vehicle traffic signal alert system, according to the present method and apparatus, may alert drivers as to when vehicles are approaching the traffic signal lights...
7463165 Directional back-up alarm  
A directional back-up alarm deployed in a vehicle moving in an open space, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention includes, in part, a first ultrasonic generator adapted to...
7447583 Vehicle control apparatus  
An ECU executes a program including a step of outputting a downshift command to an automatic transmission on conditions that a following distance control is being executed, that an acceleration...
7382275 Mobile enforcement reader  
A mobile enforcement reader (MER) includes an antenna, a reader coupled to receive signals from the antenna and a control/display unit (CDU) coupled to the reader. The CDU selects a receive...
7342509 In-vehicle radio apparatus  
In an in-vehicle radio apparatus to radio-transmit information from a vehicle about to enter an intersection, the interference between a radio signal transmitted from the vehicle and a radio signal...
7333026 Collaborative multicast for dissemination of information in vehicular ad-hoc networks  
A collaborative nomination algorithm is provided for disseminating information amongst a plurality of collaborating vehicles in an inter-vehicle communication network. The method includes:...
7321292 Racing control system  
A racing caution-condition control system includes a master control station and first and second caution-condition warning systems. The master control station has a master activation input and a...
7302325 Vehicle drive assist system  
A vehicle drive assist system detects an intention of an own vehicle to turn right in an intersection and detects an oncoming vehicle waiting for a right turn on an oncoming lane in front of the...
7271738 Restricted parking system  
A method and implementing computer system are provided for enabling management of restricted parking spaces for vehicles. In an example, a sensing system senses the presence of vehicles in...
7265683 Roadside-based communication system and method  
A roadside-based communication system providing backup communication between emergency mobile units and emergency command centers. In the event of failure of a primary communication, the mobile...
7250849 Detection of undesired objects on surfaces  
A device for detection of undesired objects on surfaces, for example airport runways co-ordinates sensed data from a plurality of sensor units. With radar sensors, synthetic aperture radar...
7248961 Method for determining traffic conditions  
A method for determining traffic conditions includes: collecting real-time traffic information of a road; calculating a representative speed value for the road by a fuzzy inference, from the...
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...
7188025 Method and apparatus for exchanging traffic condition information using peer to peer networking  
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing traffic information in a data processing system in a vehicle using peer to peer connections. A traffic situation is identified. A traffic...
7148791 Wireless danger proximity warning system and method  
A danger proximity warning system and method are disclosed that utilize ultra wideband (UWB) technology to effectively warn a person when there is a potentially dangerous situation in their...
7110324 Universal replaceable back radar  
The present invention discloses a universal replaceable back radar, wherein a head sleeve and a vehicle-reversing module thereof are separately designed and coated, an ultrasonic head is coupled to...
7106214 Apparatus and method of finding an unoccupied parking space in a parking lot  
Apparatus and method for finding an unoccupied parking space in a parking lot using an On-Line computer system comprises barring mechanisms at a parking space having a receiver capable of receiving...
7106183 Rearview camera and sensor system for vehicles  
A rearview system component for a vehicle including a housing for attachment to the vehicle, a camera positioned in the housing to have a first axial direction, a first sensor positioned in the...
7102536 Microwave vehicle-to-vehicle warning system  
A microwave vehicle-to-vehicle signaling device that converts microwave warning signals transmitted by a first vehicle into control signals in a second vehicle that are suitable for controlling...
7099774 GPS based vehicle warning and location system  
An emergency vehicle alert system for providing information as to a location of an emergency vehicle to a motor vehicle, includes a first GPS receiving unit that is provided on the emergency...
7098775 System to avoid the collision of a vehicle with animals  
A system and a method avoids the collision of a vehicle with animals tending to cross the road before the moving vehicle. Such system comprises a visual system directly actuating a RF emitter, or...
7091838 Lane deviation alarm system  
A lane deviation alarm system is comprised of a forward-observed-point calculating section that calculates a forward observed point by multiplying a vehicle speed of a host vehicle and an...
7089114 Vehicle collision avoidance system and method  
A vehicle collision avoidance system includes a 360 degree circumferentially rotating pulsed infrared laser beam scanner apparatus which rotates in a horizontal plane and a vertical plane...
7084745 Sensor system for determination of environment for motor vehicles  
The invention relates to a sensor system for sensing objects in an area of the surroundings of a motor vehicle, in which, in order for the sensor system to sense the objects, waves are emitted in a...
7079024 Alert system for prevention of collisions with low visibility mobile road hazards  
A presence detection system comprising, among other things, a radio transmitter and receiver is described herein. The transmitter includes a motion detection circuit, a microprocessor, and a radio...
7068155 Apparatus and methods for near object detection  
Methods and apparatus are provided for detecting an object in the projected path of a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a yaw sensor configured to determine the yaw of the vehicle and an object...
7061372 System and method of providing scalable sensor systems based on stand alone sensor modules  
A stand alone sensor module having built in intelligence that provides object detection for a both a vehicle and stationary applications. The system includes a processor connected to a sensor and a...
7057499 Communication system for communicating between moving objects and vehicular driving support apparatus  
In a communication system for communicating between moving objects in which a moving object determines the peripheral state based on moving object information transmitted and received using...
7042344 Alarming system for vehicle and alarm generating method for vehicle  
An obstacle detecting means for detecting data related to the position of an obstacle existing on the side of a vehicle or in front thereof, a computer for computing the detected data, and an...
7012509 Device for detecting a running surface for vehicle and vehicle using same  
The invention concerns a device for detecting a running surface for vehicle, comprising a plurality of sensors designed to be oriented towards the running surface to determine modifications...
6989738 Warning apparatus for vehicle  
In a warning apparatus for a vehicle, a primary controller ( 5 ) calculates a collision time (TTC) according to the distance between the vehicle and an object that is present in front of the...
6985090 Method and arrangement for controlling a system of multiple traffic signals  
A method and arrangement for controlling a system of multiple traffic signals for regulating the traffic of vehicles is described. Traffic data is transmitted by wireless transmission to traffic...
6965323 Communal vehicle system  
In a motor vehicle sharing system for managing motor vehicles parked in a parking area and renting the motor vehicles to users, the motor vehicle is provided with a detector for detecting the start...
6961006 Object detection for a stopped vehicle  
A detection system and method of detecting the presence of a heat-emitting object near a stopped host vehicle are provided. The detection system includes a thermal detector mounted on the host...
6947841 Method for identifying obstacles for a motor vehicle, using at least three distance sensors for identifying the lateral extension of an object  
In order to refine a method, as well as a system for detecting at least one object, in particular for detecting its specific parameters such as the relative position of the object or the relative...
RE38763 Emergency vehicle warning system and method  
A system and method for altering a driver of a motor vehicle of the approach of an emergency vehicle in an emergency state, comprising a transmitter in the emergency vehicle which produces and...
6919821 Method and system for collecting meteorological data using in-vehicle systems  
A method and system for collecting meteorological data. A plurality of vehicles travel on roads in a geographic region. Each of the vehicles includes sensor equipment that senses at least one...
6917284 Railroad collision avoidance system and method for preventing train accidents  
A railroad collision avoidance system and method are disclosed that utilize impulse radio technology to effectively warn a person when there is a locomotive in their vicinity. In one embodiment,...
6909985 Method and apparatus for recording changes associated with acceleration of a structure  
The present invention is directed to recording changes associated with the acceleration of a structure. An exemplary embodiment includes an accelerometer array having at least one silicon beam type...
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