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6202012 Electronic control system for a machine  
An electronic control system for controlling operation of a machine is described. The system includes a first control system connected to a first electronic control module, a second control system...
6202008 Vehicle computer system with wireless internet connectivity  
A vehicle computer system has a housing sized to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard or other appropriate location. A computer is mounted within the housing and executes an open platform,...
6198995 Sleep mode for vehicle monitoring system  
After a vehicle has entered a sleep mode, the disclosed method places the vehicle monitoring system into longer and longer nap periods provided the monitoring system does not receive a wake-up...
6195602 Vehicle communication system and method for vehicles capable of automatic storing of vehicle identification code  
A plurality of electronic control units such as engine ECU, navigation ECU and meter ECU as well as a transponder unit is provided in a vehicle so that those control units communicate with each...
6189057 Motor vehicle accessory interface for transferring serial data with and supplying DC power to external accessory device  
A module for interfacing with a serial data bus of an on-board computer system of a motor vehicle to provide a means by which an external device such as a lap top computer, electronic compass,...
6185491 Networked vehicle controlling attached devices using JavaBeans™  
A vehicle control computer system uses JavaBeans™ to implement device interfaces. A vehicle control center, having a processor and memory, provides user access to devices operating within the...
6181994 Method and system for vehicle initiated delivery of advanced diagnostics based on the determined need by vehicle  
The present invention allows advanced diagnostics to be loaded into a vehicle on demand with results being sent back to the diagnostic center, possibly requiring a more refined selection of...
6175789 Vehicle computer system with open platform architecture  
A vehicle computer system has a housing sized to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard or other appropriate location. A computer is mounted within the housing and executes an open platform,...
6167333 Highway information system  
The present invention relates to a system for receiving, processing, and storing real-time data from various types of input, including but not limited to information from a vehicle's...
6151538 Control system  
A hybrid control system executes tasks within a transaction which is executed in a given order. The order in which the tasks are executed is inversely proportional to their deadlines. The deadlines...
6141611 Mobile vehicle accident data system  
One or more video cameras are mounted on the vehicle to make continuously a visual record of the scene in a region around the vehicle. Camera images during a time interval covering the current time...
6138065 System and method for monitoring a performance characteristic using temperature and lubrication level of vehicle components  
A method and system for providing enhanced diagnostic ability for monitoring vehicle performance characteristics includes utilizing a combination of temperature and lubrication level information. A...
6134487 Automated suspension correction for twin I-beam suspensions  
A system is disclosed for selecting a replacement adjustment member, and aligning a pair of steerable wheels of a vehicle having a twin I-beam suspension. The steerable wheels are each associated...
6128560 Malfunction diagnosis system and method for on-vehicle electronic control units  
A diagnosis system for diagnosing malfunctions of on-vehicle electronic control units (ECU) includes a plurality of ECUs and a diagnostic tester. The ECUs are connected to one another, thereby...
6125309 Vehicle control device  
The contents of a ROM are highly reliably changed while the ROM is attached to a substrate. A vehicle control device has an electrically programmable nonvolatile memory storing a vehicle control...
6114952 Diagnostic communication interface unit for an adaptive braking system  
A remote fault indicating unit (12) for an electronic system, such as a vehicle adaptive braking system, includes a series of visual indicators, such as light emitting diodes (50-59), on one...
6104971 Controller, in particular motor vehicle controller  
A control apparatus, especially a motor vehicle control apparatus, is described having: a first control unit (13), a first programmable memory unit (14), which is assigned to the first control unit...
6104988 Electronic control assembly testing system  
An automotive powertrain assembly testing system comprising an interface module adapted to interconnect between an electronic control module of an automotive vehicle and an on-site computer system...
6098296 Wheel alignment system and method for vehicles having steer-by-wire steering system  
The present invention provides for a wheel alignment procedure for a vehicle having a steer-by-wire steering system. The wheel alignment procedure includes determining an offset alignment value for...
6097998 Method and apparatus for graphically monitoring and controlling a vehicle anti-lock braking system  
A method and apparatus for graphically monitoring and controlling a vehicle anti-lock brake system is provided. Multiple types of graphical data concerning different aspects of the anti-lock brake...
6094609 Modular wireless diagnostic, test, and information  
A computer-based apparatus provides access to complex technical information needed, for example, to maintain and repair complicated equipment, such as a motor vehicle. The apparatus includes a...
6073063 Automotive data recording device  
An automotive data recording device for collecting data from a vehicle and for storing the data for further analysis includes a first electrical interface adapted to interface with a vehicle data...
6055468 Vehicle system analyzer and tutorial unit  
A vehicle analyzer and tutorial system is provided. The unit includes an engine analyzer and display unit. The unit further includes a remote controller and display unit, operably interconnected...
6052632 Network system for vehicle-mounted electronic devices and vehicle-mounted operating system used therein  
A network system includes a plurality of vehicle-mounted, microcomputer-based electronic devices each having & distributed operating system for performing data communication and distributed...
6038500 Computer/bus message system for vehicle drive control system  
A drive system for utility vehicles, in particular for agricultural or industrial tractors, includes a generator driven by an internal combustion engine, a drive axle with wheels driven by...
6032088 Method for checking vehicle component systems in motor vehicles  
6025776 Vehicle information communication system and method having radio transmission checking function  
A vehicle is equipped with an engine ECU as a vehicle control unit and a transponder unit, which are connected through a communication line. The engine ECU sends out a response data such as a...
6021366 Method for testing electrical wiring buck of vehicle  
A system for testing the electrical components of vehicles and vehicle electrical system prototypes, referred to as "wiring bucks", includes a hand held tester to which a translator unit can be...
6012004 System and method for managing time for vehicle fault diagnostic apparatus  
The present invention relates to a system and a method for managing time for a vehicle fault diagnostic apparatus by which temporal contradictions and errors between controllers are eliminated, and...
6009363 Vehicle computer system with high speed data buffer and serial interconnect  
A vehicle computer system has a housing sized to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard or other appropriate location. The housing includes a base unit and a faceplate. A first logic unit is mounted to...
6009360 Engine analyzer with real-time digital display  
An engine analyzer senses the electrical signals of a combustion engine and displays a representation of the signals on a display that is shared with a separately operable computer platform. The...
6006148 Automated vehicle return system  
An automated vehicle return system wherein status information of a rented vehicle is automatically tracked during the rental period and is transmitted to a selected destination computer upon...
5999867 Computer interface board for electronic automotive vehicle service equipment  
An electronic automotive vehicle service equipment system includes a computer interface board adapted for installation into a non-dedicated, general purpose computer to serve as the central...
5987365 Electronic control apparatus for vehicle  
Disclosed is an electronic control apparatus which performs various kinds of controls associated with the driving of a vehicle. This electronic control apparatus has two electronic control units...
5983143 Control unit with dynamically managed timers  
In a control unit, particularly for use in a motor vehicle, time measurement and time control should be independent of computer-specific cycle times. The control unit includes a quartz-controlled...
5978720 Agricultural machine, especially combine harvester, with multi-processor guide system  
An agricultural machine, especially a combine harvester and thresher, which consists of component devices (1-N) with associated microprocessors (M1-MN), of which at least one is a control station...
5961561 Method and apparatus for remote maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of a motorized wheelchair  
A method and apparatus for the remote maintenance, troubleshooting, and/or repair of electric or motorized wheelchairs is disclosed. A wheelchair diagnostic system includes a data communications...
5957985 Fault-resilient automobile control system  
A fault-resilient automobile control system integrates diverse and separate automobile components and provides fault-tolerance to component failure. The automobile control system includes a master...
5938716 System for customizing vehicle engine control computer operation  
A system for customizing the operation of a vehicle/engine control computer includes a memory card having control computer customizing information stored thereon and a memory card interface unit...
5935180 Electrical test system for vehicle manufacturing quality assurance  
A system for testing the electrical components of vehicles during manufacturing includes a hand held tester to which a translator unit can be detachably engaged and with which the tester is in RF...
5931878 Computerized prompting systems  
A computerized prompting system is especially useful for vehicular maintenance and includes a level of maintenance database with task schedules for selected vehicles and prompt frequencies for...
5925092 Satellite cluster with synchronized payload processors and method for use in space-based systems  
A communication satellite system (100) includes one or more satellite clusters (150). Each satellite cluster (150) includes synchronized payload processors which are interconnected and synchronized...
5924057 Method of preventing odometer fraud  
A method is provided for preventing odometer fraud on a vehicle having a multiplex ring including a plurality of vehicle control modules in electrical communication with each other. The multiplex...
5919237 Vital serial link  
A vital serial link for linking a plurality of data processors which act on information communicated in the form of link information signals, into a vital serial communications network, including...
5919238 Method for aligning a vehicle suspension  
A method for aligning a suspension of vehicle permits rapid alignment of the suspension. The method eliminates the need to adjust camber by incorporating into a caster adjustment a factor that...
5916286 Portable automobile diagnostic tool  
A portable automotive diagnostic tool (30) for receiving information from an automotive computer of a vehicle. The portable automotive diagnostic tool (30) is battery powered. The portable...
5916287 Modular automotive diagnostic, test and information system  
The present invention provides an inexpensive, automobile test diagnostic system which is capable of processing data from multiple high speed data channels. The vehicle test diagnostic system...
5909174 Control device, especially for vehicle braking light control  
A control device is provided with a controllable element and a control unit that delivers an output signal which, when a control command signal applied to the input side is at an activating level,...
5908460 Device and method for transmission control  
Control device for a transmission unit comprising a clutch and a gear shift which are coupled respectively to a first and a second actuator unit in order to operate the actuation of the clutch and...
5909379 Custom vehicle wheel aligner  
In combination with a vehicle wheel aligner comprising at least one sensor for generating data indicative of the relative angular orientation of one or more wheels of a vehicle, a computer for...
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