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7616129 In-vehicle conditional multi-media center  
A system for controlling the operation of an in-vehicle multi-media system based on identifying operating conditions for the vehicle. Various operational rules can be applied to the multi-media...
7612687 On-board unit  
An on-board unit includes a dust sensor for detecting an amount of dust in an air in a vehicle. When the amount of dust is equal to or greater than a predetermined value and a front panel of the...
7609174 Vehicle information communication system  
A vehicle information communication system is provided in which probe data or other private data relating to a host vehicle can be collected with anonymity. Basically, the host vehicle collects the...
7605684 Method and apparatus for determining the direction of movement of RFID tags and for creating constant-width interrogation zones  
The disclosed inventions relate to a method and apparatus for creating one-sided interrogation zones. The disclosed inventions further relate to a method and apparatus for determining the direction...
7598866 Electronic service providing system, terminal, wireless tag providing apparatus, and server device  
An electronic service providing system according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a cell phone; a server device for providing an electronic service; and a wireless tag providing unit for...
7595741 Traffic violation information system  
A driver information system is disclosed for providing driving information to the driver of a vehicle. The system comprises a traffic rule database including traffic rules for geographical regions,...
7595738 Method and apparatus for emergency map display system  
A method and system for delivering emergency directions is provided. The disclosure includes the government delivering a warning message for potential evacuees on a gas station pump or automated...
7593809 System and method for determining traffic conditions  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining traffic conditions using wireless devices. A number of signals from the vehicles traveling in selected routes are received by...
7589643 Vehicle speed monitoring system  
A method for monitoring vehicle speed is provided. The method includes receiving a current speed of a vehicle and a current speed limit associated with a current location of the vehicle. A current...
7587271 System and method for preventing traffic signal violation using infrared communication  
A system and method for preventing traffic signal violation using infrared communication is provided. The system includes a traffic light controlling system for, when a traffic light changes,...
7583186 Utilization-dependent data representation in a motor vehicle  
A method is provided for the use-dependent information presentation in a motor vehicle. In order to provide use-dependent information presentation in a motor vehicle acceptable to the vehicle user,...
7576661 Traffic information calculation device, traffic information calculation method, traffic information display method, and traffic information display device  
A traffic information calculation device includes: a probe information database for accumulating vehicle information including a vehicle position and the time of the vehicle position; a branch...
7570176 Radio frequency identification tag and a method of operating same  
A tag can transmit a tag signal, and responds to receipt of a wireless signpost signal by determining whether the signpost that generated the signal is currently active. When the signpost is...
7564377 Real-time virtual earth driving information  
Provided is a single repository for capturing, connecting, sharing, and visualizing information based on a geographic location, for example. Provided is a schema, repository, index, and APIs for...
7564376 Condition-dependent icon generation for vehicular information terminals  
In condition-dependent icon generation for a vehicular information terminal, a strength of a signal indicative of vehicle location information is measured, a road speed limit is determined based...
7557730 GPS-generated traffic information  
Disclosed herein is a traveler information monitoring and dissemination system. The system disclosed herein provides real time information to a traveler, wherein the real time information may be...
7554440 Systems and methods for monitoring travel conditions  
Generally described, embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for gathering and disseminating travel conditions. These conditions may include traffic congestion and air...
7551088 Electronic vehicle tag  
The present invention consists of an electronic vehicle tag (EVT), which is preferably 12×6 inches. It consists of an encasement mountable by 4 screws to a motor vehicle. The front face is...
7548805 Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle control method and vehicle slip suppressing apparatus  
A vehicle control section is operable to control the vehicle based on information on a degree of risk in a risky point through which the vehicle is predicted to drive.
7548172 Communication system for vehicle, vehicle, and communication device for vehicle  
The present invention is directed to vehicle communication equipment capable of transferring information using light without adding new light emitting means, and further, between a stationary...
7545286 Self-propelled vehicle safety urging system, self-propelled vehicle safety urging method, and safety urging information processing program  
Information to urge safety driving is outputted to a driver in dangerous areas including intersections. When a vehicle reaches near an intersection, an on-vehicle system refers to communication...
7541942 Method and apparatus for processing signpost signals received by a tag  
A tag receives a wireless signpost signal that contains a signpost code, converts the signpost code into location information representative of a physical location of a signpost that transmitted...
7538689 Methods and systems utilizing a programmable sign display located in proximity to a traffic light  
Methods and systems use a programmable sign display located in proximity to a traffic light to provide information to motorists upon the motorists directing their attention toward the traffic...
7538687 Emergency warning system for approach of right of way vehicle  
A common inexpensive device such as an automotive internal rear view mirror, cell phone, CHMBL (center high mounted brake light), license plate or stand-alone housing incorporates an emergency...
7535379 Server and vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus, vehicle employing the same, and meteorological information distribution system related to the same  
A server specifies a sending range for meteorological information that it has received, for each type of meteorological information. The server also specifies constitution and size of area...
7528738 Electronic vertical clearance advertisement safety system  
A method includes electronically advertising structural clearance information of overpasses to an oncoming vehicle so as to determine a continued route of the vehicle. Each of the overpasses...
7522997 Navigation apparatus  
A controller of a navigation terminal (navigation apparatus) is configured to find a plurality of paths from a current position of a vehicle and a destination based on a plurality of different and...
7519374 Communication terminal, information supply system, and information supply method  
A mobile device comprises at least a program starter, a communication controller, a display controller, a display portion, and an instruction portion. The mobile device receives report information...
7518531 Traffic control device transmitter, receiver, relay and display system  
A traffic control device information display system, including (a) a receiver that receives first information about a traffic control device, (b) a relay that transmits second information to a...
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...
7511634 Retrieving and presenting dynamic traffic information  
A system, a method and computer-readable media for presenting dynamic traffic information. A user profile is stored, and advisory data based on the user profile is gathered. The advisory data may...
7509211 Apparatus for estimating of deviation from lane, and apparatus for warning of same and method for same  
An apparatus for warning deviation from a lane has a deviation evaluation ECU 1 . The deviation evaluation ECU 1 has a deviation evaluator 14 for performing an evaluation on a deviation by...
7508321 System and method for predicting travel time for a travel route  
A system for predicting a travel time for a traffic route is disclosed. The traffic route comprises one or more road segments. A predicted travel time for each of those segments is calculated...
7508320 Intelligent selectively-targeted communications systems and methods  
There is disclosed a system and method wherein precise geographical location information such as Global Positioning System coordinate data is utilized as a principal criterion for implementing...
7486201 Combined personalized traffic and weather report and alert system and method  
A system and method for generating and delivering to users combined personalized traffic and weather report and alerts including forecast traffic and weather conditions. A user defines a travel...
7483771 Vehicle input system  
A vehicle input system is provided which includes: an input unit which accepts an operation instruction for a plurality of pieces of equipment on board an automobile; a control section which, in...
7482948 Roadway systems and methods for conditionally transmitting a radio signal to vehicles, depending on whether a certain person is in the area  
Disclosed are alert systems and methods for a roadway. According to one exemplary method, there is a step of receiving an identification signal from a device carried by a human having a medical...
7474259 Traffic sensor and method for providing a stabilized signal  
A traffic sensor is mounted at a fixed location to monitor multiple lanes of traffic. The traffic sensor (a) generates a programmable time-varying modulating signal; (b) generates a modulated...
7471212 Method and device for guiding a vehicle, as well as a corresponding computer program and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium  
A method and a system for guiding a vehicle are provided, which utilize information regarding the vehicle's position. The position of the vehicle is ascertained exactly to the correct lane, and for...
7466241 Determining billboard refresh rate based on traffic flow  
The present invention provides a method for determining a refresh rate of a dynamic billboard. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: obtaining traffic flow...
7463973 Car navigation system, traffic information providing apparatus, car navigation device, and traffic information providing method and program  
In the present invention a traffic information providing apparatus makes a vehicle location and a running date a starting point, and predicts arrival time to each link included in a designated...
7460028 Vehicle licence plates monitoring system  
A territorial surveillance and/or security control system based on monitoring vehicle license plates, and having a number of mobile surveillance units ( 2 ) for reading vehicle license plates and...
7450029 Incursion collision avoidance system for vehicle traffic control  
A system to identify junctions of restricted areas to approaching vehicles, including at least one warning signal generator adapted to transmit the warning signal into areas traversed by the...
7447480 Wireless, especially mobile, communication device for communicating with communication devices in vehicles  
A wireless, in particular mobile, communication device ( 8 ) for communicating with communication units ( 9 ) in vehicles ( 5, 6, 7 ), comprising a transmitter ( 26 ) and a receiver ( 29 ) for...
7427929 Method and apparatus for previewing conditions on a highway  
Apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an advisory system that transmits information regarding the status of the host vehicle to drivers of other vehicles, in...
7427928 Information system  
An information system is provided for transmitting data into a local area surrounding the transmitter. The transmitter may be used to provide information to pedestrians, or to passing road traffic....
7423553 Image display apparatus, image display method, measurement apparatus, measurement method, information processing method, information processing apparatus, and identification method  
An external index detection unit ( 105 ) receives an image sensed by a camera ( 100 ), and detects an external index set in a real scene. A tachometer ( 110 ) measures the rotational velocities of...
7417559 Method and system for vehicular communications and information reporting  
A method for vehicular communications and information reporting. First and second wireless Internet connections between respective first and second vehicles and a web-server are provided. First and...
7403134 Vehicle driver guarding system using vehicle telematics service and control method thereof  
A vehicle driver guarding system using a vehicle telematics service and a control method thereof are provided. The vehicle driver guarding system includes: a vehicle telematics system for receiving...
7403098 Method and system for deploying disaster alerts in a mobile vehicle communication system  
One aspect of the invention provides a method of deploying disaster alerts to a mobile vehicle. The method includes determining disaster area coordinates of a disaster area and calculating buffer...