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7526369 Pedestrian detection device, related method, air bag system and vehicle equipped with air bag system  
A pedestrian detection device, a related method, an air bag system and a vehicle are disclosed. The pedestrian detection device 20 includes an infrared ray sensor 30 A, which detects a...
7526368 Parking assist apparatus  
A parking assist apparatus performs a guidance of a vehicle toward a target parking position, even after the guidance has been canceled. The target parking position is set in accordance with an...
7526370 Alternative input control method and device  
An electronic control unit determines whether a level of a battery supply voltage is low, and whether a feedback system of a door lock control device is in an abnormal state. If the level of the...
7526367 Communication system for a vehicle  
A communication system for a vehicle includes an interior assembly and an in-vehicle communication control that is located in the vehicle remote from the interior assembly. A wired connective link...
7524218 Boat  
A boat can be provided with an electrically controlled outboard motor, or other type of propulsion unit, for producing thrust according to an operation of a remote control unit provided in a hull...
7522981 Method for charging battery of a hybrid vehicle and a hybrid vehicle using the same  
The present invention relates to a method for charging battery of a hybrid vehicle at neutral shift range and a hybrid vehicle using the same which enable generating and charging battery at a...
7523334 Wake-up system for stations associated for implementing at least a distributed function, in particular in a motor vehicle  
In this wakeup system for stations interconnected by an information transmission network in particular for a motor vehicle, in which the stations need to pass from a standby state or an OFF state...
7522983 Vehicle integrated control system  
An integrated control system includes subsystem with a driving system control subsystem controlling a driving system, a brake system control subsystem controlling a brake system, and a steering...
7519471 Driving support methods, apparatus, and programs  
Apparatus, methods, and programs display a virtual escort vehicle that appears to be driving ahead of a user's vehicle on at least one of a windshield of the user's vehicle and a display disposed...
7519459 Driving assistance system  
A driver's gaze distribution is detected. Based on the detected distribution, an image corresponding to a driver's visual-field is extracted from images photographed by a front monitor camera and...
7519468 System and method for navigating a mobile device user interface with a directional sensing device  
A manual input navigation device and a sensor are utilized to manipulate graphical elements in a mobile device graphical user interface. The manual input navigation device generates an input...
7519463 Wirelessly enabled trailer locking/unlocking  
A method and system for providing improved handling of tractors and trailers (or any powered vehicle and storage devices towed thereby) with a staging area by the automatic locking or unlocking of...
7518545 Driver assistance system  
Driver assistance system of a land or water vehicle that encompasses a long-range radar apparatus for the detection of distant objects and at least one short-range detection apparatus for the...
7516002 Rain sensor for detecting rain or other material on window of a vehicle or on other surface  
A system and/or method for sensing the presence of moisture (e.g., rain) and/or other material(s) on a window such as a vehicle window (e.g., vehicle windshield or backlite). In certain example...
7513439 Automatic climate control system for vehicle  
An automatic climate control system for a vehicle determines actual sun load and a virtual sun load based on prescribed virtual heat load data and the external air temperature. A controller is...
7516004 Vehicular passenger protection system against lateral collision  
A vehicle has two acceleration sensors, which are provided forward and rearward respectively from the rear end of a driver seat in the vehicle. The acceleration sensors output signals, which are...
7516001 Control apparatus for an in-vehicle device, control method for an in-vehicle device, and control program for an in-vehicle device  
A control apparatus for an in-vehicle device includes an acquisition/transmission unit and a recording unit. The acquisition/transmission unit acquires a program guide corresponding to a position...
7512466 High-torque, low power reaction wheel array and method  
Methods and apparatus are provided for reaction wheel (RW) assemblies for spacecraft. The apparatus comprises a M/G coupled to an inertia wheel and a controller coupled to the M/G that, in response...
7509206 Electronic control unit for automobiles and output driver circuit used in the same  
The microcomputer 1 operates a control signal for controlling the state of an automobile on the basis of an input signal from a sensor. The output driver ICs 2 A and 2 B include the output...
7509194 Vehicle control  
A vehicle control system includes at least one driver input, a supervisor and at least one sub-system controlled by the supervisor. The supervisor assesses the driver input to establish actual...
7509233 Diagnostics for identifying a malfunctioning component in an air compressor system onboard a locomotive  
A method and computer program product for identifying one or more malfunctions in a locomotive air compressing system is provided. Some of the malfunctions may be correctable onboard a locomotive,...
7507921 Control device having a rotating actuator  
A control device has a rotating actuator which is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation so that control parameters can be input by rotation. The rotating actuator is mounted displaceably...
7505841 Vision-based occupant classification method and system for controlling airbag deployment in a vehicle restraint system  
A vehicle restraint system has a vision-based occupant classification system for control of airbag deployment during a crash scenario. The classification system utilizes two imaging sensors which...
7505754 Deployment of vehicle safety restraint via wireless trigger signal  
A device for wireless transmission of a deployment signal. The device includes two processors on both the primary side and the secondary side, which exchange data with one another. A high degree of...
7502674 On-vehicle terminal system  
In an on-vehicle terminal system operating a plurality of operating systems, control of peripheral devices connected to the on-vehicle terminal system can be continued even if one of the operating...
7499782 System for real-time control performed on time-dependent data transmitted/received in vehicle  
In a vehicle control system which requires a plurality of ECUs (electronic control units) to control in real time states of the vehicle using time-dependent data transmitted and received among the...
7496434 System and method for testing a control system of a marine vessel  
A system for testing a vessel control system includes sensors on board the vessel to send one or more sensor signals over a signal line to the control system; command input devices on board the...
7495584 Wireless steering column switch levers  
A switch-equipped lever of the type mounted on a vehicle steering column and having an end knob with a switch mechanism for controlling a remote vehicle system, in which the knob is provided with a...
7496432 Radio communications system for controlling a vehicle  
A radio control system for controlling a vehicle includes a transmission node for transmitting vehicle control data, the vehicle control data including at least one of a measured value of a vehicle...
7493215 Navigation system and output controlling method therefor  
A technology for preventing a driver from being distracted even if a navigation operates on an input device in the rear seat. A navigation system, connected to a combination of an output/input...
7489994 Control system for movable body  
A control system includes a risk management control unit, an input unit, an execution system unit, and an evaluation unit. The evaluation unit detects gain in line with expected target...
7487938 System and method utilizing Internet Protocol (IP) sequencing to identify components of a passenger flight information system (PFIS)  
A system and method utilizing Internet Protocol (IP) sequencing to identify components of a passenger flight information system (PFIS). More particularly, the present invention relates to a system...
7489995 Vehicle motion stability control apparatus  
An angular velocity detection device is provided for detecting an angular velocity about a single axis tilted in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle to a normal axis thereof. An actual motion...
7489247 Wireless system provided in a vehicle to detect presence of child in a baby car seat  
A wireless system that detects the presence of a child in a safety seat located in the passenger cabin of a vehicle includes a controller responsive to signals generated by sensors monitoring...
7487015 Emulator for an inertial navigation unit protocol converter  
An emulator, which is a computer program, for simulating 32 bit ARINC-429 data output by an Inertial Navigation System on board a P-3 aircraft. The value for each word output by the emulator is...
7487014 Inertial navigation unit protocol converter  
A protocol converter that translates the ARINC-429 protocol output of an Inertial Navigation System to the National Marine Electronics Association 0183 protocol. The protocol converter includes an...
7487019 Intelligent vehicle fleet systems and methods  
Methods and systems for intelligent vehicle fleets are disclosed. An intelligent vehicle may function as a mobile office reducing the need for users to perform work functions in a brick-and-mortar...
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...
7483772 System for remotely operating vehicle functions  
A method for remotely operating vehicle functions including receiving at least one wireless key fob signal at a kiosk system, receiving a vehicle function request at the kiosk system, and sending...
7483794 Method for predicting the wear of a tire and system for implementing it  
A technique for predicting the wear of at least one tire whose tread has pattern elements and which is fitted to a terrestrial motor vehicle, and a system for implementing the technique that...
7478537 Method of controlling vehicular air-conditioner  
A vehicular air-conditioner includes a compressor to be driven by an engine. The vehicular air-conditioner includes a controller configured to reduce a load on the compressor in response to a...
7478234 Distributed control and monitoring system  
In a more efficient distributed control or monitoring arrangement there are devices in control, monitoring and/or vehicle systems that comprise locally deployed module units that carry out one or...
7477970 Vehicle control system  
A vehicle control system of a vehicle configured to communicate with an external device, such as a portable digital assistant or mobile phone for the purpose of sending and receiving external data...
7477976 Automatic optical axis direction adjusting apparatus for vehicles  
A vehicle headlight apparatus receives road data from a navigation system. The apparatus has a first and a second swivel devices for adjusting an optical axis directions of a main light and a...
7477969 Temperature conditioned assembly having a controller in communication with a temperature sensor  
There is disclosed a temperature conditioned assembly for use in a component (e.g., a seat or steering wheel) of a transportation vehicle (e.g., an automotive vehicle, a plane, a train or the...
7477971 Process for triggering a heater for motor vehicles  
A process for triggering a heater ( 10 ) for motor vehicles having a data memory ( 16 ) in which a first computer ( 20 ) is connected via an Internet connection ( 22 ) to a second computer ( 24 ),...
7474946 Improper-control detection system for driving support  
An improper-control detection system for driving support consists of an in-vehicle detection system that is mounted in a vehicle and a center device that is in a center and communicates with the...
7474947 Vehicle customizing system  
A vehicle customizing system is highly reliable in the event of communication failures. For setting control characteristic values pertaining to functions of control units to control characteristic...
7474957 Driving assistance system  
A driving assistance system able to suitably inform a user of the occurrence of congestion or an accident or other situation which may obstruct the advance of one's own vehicle and accordingly able...
7472003 Method for the operation of a single-axle roll stabilization system of a two-axle, double-track vehicle  
An operating method for a single-axle roll stabilization system between the chassis and the body of a two-axle, double-track vehicle is provided, whereby energy for supporting a roll torque of the...