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7640107 Vehicle drive assist system  
A vehicle drive assist system comprises a camera for picking up an image of an area existing in an advancing direction of a vehicle; display means for displaying the image picked up by the camera;...
7619542 System for estimating the location of vehicles in parking lots  
A system for estimating the location of vehicles in parking lots. The system includes a reading device to capture data related to license plates of the cars circulating through the inside of the...
7619543 Garage parking mat  
A garage parking mat that assists an individual in properly parking their vehicle in a garage. The parking mat is fabricated from two durable rubber mats, sensors, a warning light box, insulated...
7617120 Multiple client field device data acquisition and storage  
A system is provided for acquiring and storing field information, comprising field devices operable to gather field information and receive updated file information. The field devices may be placed...
7616102 Non-opaque external parking aid sensor bezels  
An assembly for mounting a parking aid sensor to an automobile bumper. The assembly may include a sensor housing including an internal structure configured to secure the parking aid sensor and an...
7609149 Reverse radar with vehicle approaching alarm  
The present invention relates to a reverse radar with vehicle approaching alarm comprising a main body and sensors, in which the main body comprises a CPU circuit, an operational amplifier circuit,...
7606644 Target parking position setting apparatus and vehicle provided with the same  
A target parking position setting apparatus includes: image capturing means adapted for a vehicle and capturing an image of an outside of the vehicle; displaying means provided inside the vehicle...
7602312 Parking aid  
A parking aid for a vehicle used for detecting parking spaces as the vehicle travels past the parking spaces. Properties of the parking spaces are stored in a memory and information on the parking...
7602283 Active monitoring system for use with a garage door opener  
According to aspect of the present invention, an automatic garage door opener is provided and includes: (1) a mechanical mechanism operatively coupled to the garage door for opening and closing...
7598887 Parking assist apparatus  
A parking assist apparatus includes a monitor displaying an image captured by a camera mounted to a vehicle for capturing an image in a moving direction of the vehicle and an assist information...
7598870 System for and method of automating parking payment by using electronic tags  
A system for automating parking payment including user terminals having wireless communication equipment allowing access to a wireless communication network and including readers/writers of...
7599773 Parking assist device  
A parking assist device for assisting parking operation to a target parking position includes an initial position setting device for setting an initial position of the target parking position to...
7592928 Image display device and method  
A device and method that allows any differences between the relative position of an obstacle as it appears in a bird's-eye view image and its actual relative position can be checked on the same...
7579964 Method for intelligent parking/pollution and surveillance control system  
The invention relates to systems to manage parking meters using mechanical, electrical and electromechanicals monitoring and transmitting devices. Such intelligent parking meters may be used for...
7577519 Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a locator service  
Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a locator service are provided. The method includes receiving, at a computer system, object identification information and location...
7573381 Reverse locator  
A remote locator (RL) continuously transmits multi-frame pings in a slow ping mode. The user activates a transponder/micro-transponder (MT) to receive at least a portion of the multi-frame ping and...
7573374 Method for operating an environmental recognition system of a vehicle, in particular, a proximate region recognition or parking assistance system and associated system  
A method for operating an environmental recognition system of a vehicle, in particular, a proximate region recognition or parking assistance system, comprising sensors for detecting objects...
7573402 Dual laser beam guidance and parking device  
A vehicle guidance and parking system that continuously guides the operator of a vehicle to a pre-determined parking position by using two laser beams impinging on a forward or rearward surface....
7554461 Recording medium, parking support apparatus and parking support screen  
A recording medium, a parking support apparatus and a parking support screen for displaying an image allow the driver of a vehicle to easily grasp the situation while maneuvering the vehicle for...
7538690 Method of collecting parking availability information for a geographic database for use with a navigation system  
A method of obtaining data for a geographic database for use with a navigation system includes collecting data indicating parking availability at a parking facility at a plurality of times and...
7532976 Method of determining the use of at least one toll road section  
A method of, and a toll-collecting system (SYS) for, determining whether at least one toll road section is being used by a vehicle (FAR), wherein the position of the vehicle (FAR) is determined by...
7528740 Method for providing information for parallel parking of a vehicle  
A method for providing information for the driver of a vehicle for parallel parking of the vehicle includes sending the driver information about the length (size) of the parking spot in relation to...
7525447 Emergency vehicle alert system  
A traffic entity, such as a passenger car, is warned that a situation requiring the change of driving mode will be required. The traffic entity is alerted to the presence of a second traffic...
7516010 Method of operating a navigation system to provide parking availability information  
A method of operating a navigation system includes obtaining a destination location and identifying a parking facility proximate said destination location. The method further includes providing...
7515067 Parking assist apparatus  
A parking assist apparatus characterized by including: a camera ( 1 ) for taking an image of a backside of a vehicle; a display unit ( 6 ); a movement distance detecting unit ( 2 ) for detecting a...
7511607 Vehicle back-up viewing system  
A system for displaying an external view of a vehicle is provided. The system may comprise a video camera for capturing images external to the vehicle and a display for displaying the images for...
7509991 Parking barrier with accident event logging and self-diagnostic control system  
A parking area entrance or exit barrier includes a control system which receives inputs from various accessories associated with the operation of the barrier, and which provides control signals to...
7498954 Cooperative parking  
A system, a method, and a service for cooperative parking between vehicles. A parking vehicle has a transmitter to send a parking signal to parked vehicles in proximity to a parking space. A parked...
7499644 Vehicle with a catadioptric camera  
The invention relates to a vehicle ( 1 ) comprising at least one catadioptric camera ( 2 ), which is mounted on the vehicle and which has an optical axis ( 5 ) and at least one first mirror ( 6 )...
7495580 Arrangement for locating a parked vehicle  
The invention relates to an apparatus for finding a parked vehicle again. According to the invention, a portable unit is provided with a pressure sensor whose signals can be evaluated by an...
7492283 Systems and methods for communication of parking information  
A parking system comprises an Internet-accessible Web server storing substantially real-time parking data associated with occupancy of a plurality of parking spaces and a plurality of detectors at...
7492282 Method and device for determining the size and position of a parking space  
The present invention relates to a method and a device for determining the size and position of a parking space in relation to the position of a vehicle while the vehicle is driving past the...
7489256 Parallel parking assisting vehicle indicator  
A vehicle parking indicator including an elongated marker having a longitudinal dimension and a top edge. The marker is mounted on an outer body of a motor vehicle and is visible from outside of...
7486203 Parking assist apparatus for vehicle  
A parking assist apparatus for a vehicle includes a recognizing apparatus for recognizing a target position for parking the vehicle, a calculating apparatus for calculating a course for parking the...
7486202 Vehicle communication device  
A vehicle communication device mounted to each of vehicles for sending and receiving information among plural vehicles includes a traveling lane detecting device for detecting a vehicle traveling...
7482949 Parking assist method and a parking assist apparatus  
A parking assist apparatus includes a CPU for generating recorded image data based on image data obtained from a camera which is mounted on a vehicle, the image data being related to at least an...
7477163 Apparatus and method for determining asset location via local triangulation  
The present invention is a method for locating an asset in a facility. An example of an asset is a vehicle and an example of a facility is a parking facility. When the user enters the facility with...
7474232 Parking lot reservation system with electronic identification  
A parking lot reservation system in which each vehicle sends to a remote server through a GPRS module a park reservation request carrying the information of the ID code and current location of the...
7468680 Traffic light safety zone  
A traffic light safety zone is a painted marked area, of parallel lines, approaching a traffic intersection to warn motorists whether they can safety proceed through the road intersection before a...
7466242 Method and system for charging a vehicle for parking  
The present invention is directed to a method for charging vehicles for utilizing parking rights in a parking zone and a system thereof. The method comprises the steps of: during a specified time...
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...
7463167 Electronic parking control device, system and method for this  
An electronic parking control device for displaying a parking time of vehicles should be easy to operate. This is achieved by a mobile electronic display device ( 10 ) which can be positioned in...
7463166 Control system for the operation of presence detection devices and method therefor  
The invention relates to a system for controlling the operation of presence-detection devices and to the implementation method thereof. The inventive system comprises: external presence detection...
7460949 Method and system for detecting the presence of a disruptive object and activation module for this system  
This method of detecting the presence of a disruptive object on a stretch of road comprises: a step ( 66 ) of enumerating the vehicles simultaneously present on the stretch of road on the...
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...
7432799 Driving support apparatus and driving support method  
By applying an observing-point conversion and s synthesis to images captured by respective cameras capturing the surroundings of a vehicle and by placing a figure representing the vehicle on the...
7424968 Method and apparatus for public street parking using RF and RFID technology  
Method and apparatus for monitoring and regulating public street parking using RF and RFID technology including: tracking expired parking tickets and illegally parked vehicles and identifying...
7411518 Parking location reminder device  
The invention relates to a ‘Parking Location Reminder Device’ with means to remind drivers of the location of their parked vehicle. It comprises of housing containing a microphone, speaker and...
7411486 Lane-departure warning system with differentiation between an edge-of-lane marking and a structural boundary of the edge of the lane  
A driver assistance device for warning a driver of a motor vehicle of a risk of departure from the lane or from the lane is described, having at least one image-transmitting sensor, an evaluation...
7409286 Application for diminishing or avoiding the unwanted effects of traffic congestion  
A process to interchange the “stop and go” driving behaviour of the traffic with a “stop and wait, then go later without stopping” driving behaviour, consisting on a partitioning of the...