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RE40496 Attitude sensing system for an automotive vehicle relative to the road  
A stability control system ( 18 ) for an automotive vehicle includes a plurality of sensors ( 28-39 ) sensing the dynamic conditions of the vehicle. The sensors may include a speed sensor ( 20 ), a...
7424326 Method and computer program for modeling an interfering pulse in a vehicle electric system  
A method and a computer program for modeling an interfering pulse in a vehicle electric system are described. Previous approaches for synthesizing such interfering pulses have proven to be...
7421323 Automated vehicle battery protection with programmable load shedding and engine speed control  
Automated motor vehicle battery voltage protection is provided by setting voltage trip points for increasing engine speed and for shedding selected electrical loads. The system is effected by...
7418331 Method for indicating a faulty strut and vehicle using same  
Operating a vehicle with a faulty strut can cause serious consequences. The present disclosure includes a method of detecting a fault within a strut during operation of a vehicle. Pressure within...
7417396 Manual operation device for automotive vehicle  
A manual operation device for controlling an instrument mounted on an automotive vehicle includes: an operating portion to be operated manually; an actuator for applying a force to the operating...
7415323 Control apparatus and program for vehicles, and method for developing the program  
A vehicle control apparatus comprises: a computer operable to execute a control program, a first memory storing the control program, and a second memory storing the produced data. The control...
7415326 Automatic speech recognition system and method for aircraft  
A system and method which implement automatic speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS) programs to permit pilots, co-pilots, and other persons to more quickly and easily perform control...
7415325 Method and apparatus for data interchange between a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle  
A method and apparatus for data interchange between a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle coupled thereto. A first electronic device provided in or on the tractor is connected via a data link to...
7415339 Vehicle accessory adjusting system and method of adjusting vehicle accessory  
A vehicle accessory adjusting system that adjusts a variety of on-vehicle accessories of a vehicle to suit a driver or a passenger according to personal data stored in an IC card or other portable...
7415332 Method and system for vehicle component management, method and system for vehicle component management data update, and vehicle component management center  
Each of ECUs constituting a system of a vehicle is registered with authentication IDs of other ECUs. The each of ECUs determines whether the other ECUs are regular by comparing the registered IDs...
7409281 Brake control system and method  
A system and method establishes an acceleration of a vehicle which may be used to control a brake system of a towed vehicle towed by a towing vehicle. The system and method establish a gravity...
7407191 Vehicle body strength control apparatus  
In this vehicle body strength control apparatus, a control unit estimates the collision energy that will be generated when a host vehicle collides or makes contact with another object based on...
7409276 Electricity storage controller for vehicles  
A rotary electric machine ( 1 ) which constitutes a prime bar of a vehicle and an electricity storage device ( 10 ) serving as a main power source of the rotary electric machine ( 1 ) and composed...
7405649 Communication control apparatus  
A communication control apparatus of the present invention controls communication among a plurality of electronic devices mounted on a vehicle and mainly includes a control unit that is configured...
7406421 Systems and methods for reviewing informational content in a vehicle  
A system and method for reviewing inputted voice instructions in a vehicle-based telematics control unit. The system includes a microphone, a speech recognition processor, and an output device. The...
7403845 Child seat monitoring system and method for determining a type of child seat  
A child seat monitoring system for a child seat and a method for determining a type of child seat are provided. The child seat has a first region and an opposite second region. The child seat has...
7403842 Driver assisting system  
A method and a system for assisting a driver operating a driver controlled input device within a vehicle, acquires data including information on environment in a field around the vehicle and...
7403844 Method and apparatus for programming parameters of a power driven wheelchair for a plurality of drive settings  
A method of programming parameters of a power driven wheelchair for a plurality of drive modes comprises: displaying a menu image on an interactive display screen, the menu image including settings...
7404097 Vehicle-installed microcomputer system that interrupts power to higher accuracy power supply circuit for sensor A/D converter in sleep mode  
The vehicle-installed microcomputer system includes an A/D converter converting analog signal sent from an onboard sensor circuit into digital signal, a microcomputer which operates in one of...
7400959 System for customizing responsiveness of a work machine  
A control system for customizing a relationship between an operator input at an input controller and a corresponding response of a work machine is disclosed. The control system includes an input...
7400948 Providing services within a telematics communication system  
The present invention provides a method of operating a telematics enabled mobile vehicle communication system. The method includes receiving a vehicle power down signal that includes vehicle...
7398140 Operator warning system and method for improving locomotive operator vigilance  
Provided is an operator warning system for use in connection with a locomotive having a horn system with a horn activation actuator and a horn device for producing a noise. The operator warning...
7398142 Lumbar support and control device for a lumber support and method for controlling a lumbar support of a motor vehicle  
Lumbar support and control device of a lumbar support and method for controlling a lumbar support of a motor vehicle. An electric control device is provided for a lumbar support which has a drive...
7395138 Driving assist system for vehicle  
A driving assist system for vehicle comprises a state recognition device that detects vehicle conditions of a subject vehicle and a traveling environment for vehicle surroundings; a risk potential...
7392662 Method and system for controlling a climate control system  
A method and system for controlling a climate control system on a vehicle after entering a heat soak mode in which the outside air temperature associated with the vehicle is affected by absorption...
7392120 Vehicle dynamics control apparatus  
In a vehicle dynamics control apparatus capable of balancing a vehicle dynamics stability control system and a lane deviation prevention control system, a cooperative control section is provided to...
7389178 System and method for vehicle driver behavior analysis and evaluation  
A system and method for analyzing and evaluating the performance and attitude of a motor vehicle driver. A raw data stream from a set of vehicle sensors is filtered to eliminate extraneous noise,...
7385490 Method for setting screens of inboard indicators  
A method for setting screens of plural inboard indicators connected to an inboard network via a communication line includes connecting a terminal to the inboard network. The method also includes...
7386371 Operation assistance system and method  
A method and system for providing automatic assistance in operating a machine. A current operation performed by an operator of the machine is detected, and data related to an estimated intention of...
7386370 Temperature management in ring topology networks  
The invention relates to a method for temperature management in a network ( 1 ) with ring topology, wherein control devices ( 2 ) exchange data via the network ( 1 ) by means of...
7383126 Navigation system and intersection guidance method  
When the vehicle approaches an intersection, traffic signals located at the intersection are displayed on an intersection view, a traffic signal to be considered is displayed in a manner so as to...
7379800 Tire pressure monitoring using hall effect sensors  
Wheel assembly with a tire pressure monitoring system includes a wheel rim, a tire mounted thereon, a housing having an interior in flow communication with the tire interior such that the same...
7379876 Method and apparatus for speech input guidance  
The operation of a device by a user is detected, and one or more speech input executing commands corresponding to the operated device are provided to the user, e.g., by speech or by being displayed...
7379802 Method of damping the parasitic vibrations coming from the front axle assembly of a motor vehicle  
The invention relates to a method for motor vehicles provided with an electrical sero steering controlled by an electronic processor. The method comprises using an electrical signal within the...
7379804 Occupant protection system for a motor vehicle  
An occupant protection system for a motor vehicle includes at least one crash sensor for measuring a motion variable. The occupant protection system includes an occupant protection device,...
7379799 Method and system for hierarchical fault classification and diagnosis in large systems  
A method for diagnosing and classifying faults in a system is provided. The method comprises acquiring operational data for at least one of a system, one or more subsystems of the system or one or...
7376498 Vehicle controller  
A vehicle controller which can realize a reduced cost and high reliability at the same time. A control target status signal outputted from a control target is inputted to a monitoring unit. The...
7376510 Map display for a navigation system  
A system and method are disclosed for displaying map information on a portable computing device. When approaching a location at which maneuvering guidance is to be provided by the portable...
7376493 Vehicle-surroundings monitor apparatus  
A vehicle-surroundings monitor apparatus according is provided with a sensor having a transmission/reception means for transmitting an ultrasonic wave to surroundings of a vehicle and receiving a...
7373232 Method for carrying out a multiple gear-shifting in an electronically servo-assisted bicycle gearshift and related gearshift  
An electronically servo-assisted gearshift actuates a multiple gear-shifting that moves a chain from a current toothed wheel to a target toothed wheel not immediately adjacent to the current...
7373224 Brake monitoring system for heavy vehicles  
A brake monitoring system for use on a motor vehicle includes a sensor connected to each brake actuator shaft on the motor vehicle for monitoring the position and travel of the brake actuator shaft...
7373229 Multifunction control system  
A control system for a vehicle with a plurality of selectively variable characteristics includes an input member and a generally cylindrical wheel. The input member is manipulable to cause a first...
7369926 On-vehicle electronic control unit  
A microprocessor of an on-vehicle electronic control unit controls an on-vehicle current consumer group responsive to input signals of on-vehicle sensor groups based on control program, fixed...
7363139 Method and device for operating a vehicle  
A method and a device for operating a vehicle provide a convenient and flexible function for limiting a performance quantity, in particular the speed or the engine speed of the vehicle. At least...
7363130 Parking assist systems, methods, and programs  
Parking assist systems, methods, and programs may take a peripheral image of a vehicle; and may display the peripheral image on a display. The systems, methods, and programs may recognize a parking...
7359772 Method, system, and storage medium for communicating with vehicle control  
A handheld device is provided in communication with an EEPROM in a control of a vehicle. Software in the device provides for reading EEPROM settings, writing EEPROM settings, retrieving fault data,...
7359783 Method of detecting obstructions caused by motor-driven power windows and similar devices using fuzzy logic algorithms  
The mobile element is a vehicle window pane, panel, movable seat or similar, conveniently guided, and driven by a DC electric motor with a permanent magnet, and the method comprises a step of...
7359775 Method and apparatus for information transfer in vehicle service systems  
A vehicle service system having a vehicle service computer which is configured for communication with at least one on-board vehicle computer of a vehicle undergoing a vehicle service procedure via...
7356050 System for transmission of data on a bus  
A system for transmitting data between a transmitter and a receiver on a communication network connecting a number of components, especially in a motor vehicle, has a CAN transceiver which converts...
7356402 Controller for engine having component  
A required-generate-current (RGC) is calculated according to conditions of the electric loads and a charging state of the battery. The required-alternator-drive-torque (RADT) is estimated according...