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<title>freepatentsonline.com: Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location</title>
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<title><![CDATA[Navigation apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366607.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A navigation apparatus includes a guidance-information creating unit that creates guidance information by acquiring a guiding direction, in which a vehicle should be guided, from preset route information and current position information; an acoustic-image creating unit that creates an acoustic image for notifying a driver of the guidance information; and an acoustic-image control unit that changes at least one of a movement start position of the acoustic image, a direction change position of the acoustic image, a moving amount of the acoustic image, a moving speed of the acoustic image, and a moving locus of the acoustic image according to the current position information and a guiding position in the preset route information.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vehicle drive assist system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366595.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[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; steering angle detecting means for detecting a steering angle for steering the vehicle; traveling path predicting means for predicting a traveling path of the vehicle on the basis of the steering angle detected by the steering angle detecting means; and drive assist means for overlaying on the display means drive assist information containing the vehicle predictive traveling path predicted by the traveling path predicting means and guide lines prolonged from the lines defining the width of the vehicle body on the image of the area existing in the vehicle advancing direction.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for compensating attitude of inertial navigation system and method and apparatus for calculating position of inertial navigation system using the same]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366612.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Provided are a method and apparatus for compensating an attitude of an inertial navigation system and a method and apparatus for calculating a position of the inertial navigation system using the same. The method of compensating an attitude of the inertial navigation system includes sensing movement of the system and outputting information for stoppage time periods and a movement time period of the system; receiving angular velocity information of the system during every time period and calculating a first attitude of the system using the angular velocity information; receiving gravity direction information of the system during the stoppage time periods, calculating a second attitude of the system using the gravity direction information, and calculating an attitude error of the system during every time period using the first attitude and the second attitude; and compensating the attitude error for the first attitude.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Impending failure and failure annunciation systems for actuators and drive train components]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366590.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method of determining variations in operating characteristics of a mechanical system having a rotatory mode of operation. There are provided the steps of first monitoring operating impulses generated by the mechanical system during a first interval of operation; first analyzing the operating impulses obtained during the first interval to determine the intensity and frequency of the operating impulses; first correlating the operating impulses obtained during the first interval to corresponding angular positions of the rotatory mode of operation; and first producing a first record of the intensity and frequency of the operating impulses obtained during the first interval correlated to the corresponding angular positions of the mechanical system. These steps are repeated to form trend data that results from comparing the first and second records to determine differences in the operating impulses obtained during the respective first and second intervals correlated to the corresponding angular positions of the mechanical system.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Downloading map segment(s) to a cell phone based upon its GPS coordinates and mobility]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366610.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless terminal displays its location and navigation information (map segment) on its display. The wireless terminal accesses a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver of the wireless terminal to determine its location coordinates. The wireless terminal determines a maximum data size for navigation information to be downloaded. The wireless terminal sends a navigation information download request to a map server via a supporting wireless network infrastructure that includes the location coordinates and the maximum data size. The wireless terminal receives navigation information that has a data size no greater than the maximum data size and displays the navigation information on the display. The wireless terminal may display a map segment and an icon representing the wireless terminal at a location corresponding to the location coordinates of the wireless terminal with respect to the map segment. The wireless terminal may download a premises map from a premises map server.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vehicle control method and vehicle control apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7364196.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[When feedback control is carried out to ensure that the drive torque of an electric motor for driving each wheel of a vehicle should be equal to a motor torque instruction value, micro-vibration is applied to each tire by superposing a micro-vibration signal to a drive signal for the above electric motor to change the slip ratio-friction characteristics themselves of the tire to control friction force between the tire and the surface of a road, thereby controlling the running performance of the vehicle.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Device for estimating drift amount of lateral acceleration sensor, device for correcting output of lateral acceleration sensor, and device for estimating road surface friction state]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366598.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An SAT estimating section estimates self-aligning torque (SAT) on the basis of a steering torque, which is detected by a steering torque detecting section, and an assist torque, which is detected by an assist torque detecting section. An SAT model value computing section computes an SAT model value by using an integrated slip angle α I . An SAT ratio/drift amount computing section computes, by on-line identification, a ratio (SAT ratio) of the SAT to the SAT model value, and a drift amount of a lateral acceleration sensor.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[RF wireless communication for deeply embedded aerospace systems]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366613.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless communication interface for inertial measurement unit is disclosed. One or more instrumentation sensors, a processor, a wireless radio frequency transceiver with an antenna, and a power source are sealed within an inertial sensor assembly. The processor is adapted to receive output signals from the instrumentation sensors and to convert the output signals into a stream of digital data packets. A radio frequency transceiver is coupled to the processor and adapted to wirelessly communicate the stream of digital data packets through the antenna. In one embodiment, the radio frequency transceiver is further adapted to wirelessly receive a stream of digital data packets through the antenna and communicate the received digital data packets to the processor.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Abnormally detecting apparatus for automatic speed changer]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366638.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a conventional abnormality detecting apparatus, it is impossible to judge a breakdown before the breakdown actually takes place. An abnormality detecting apparatus for an automatic speed changer includes a speed change controlling unit for controlling the automatic speed changer; a learn controlling device for optimizing an rpm change at the time of speed change control by the speed change controlling device; and an abnormality detection controlling device for judging whether a learned value of the learn controlling device falls within a range between an upper limit and a lower limit and if the learned value falls out of the range, storing the condition as abnormal. Thus, it is possible to detect the abnormal condition of constituents such as a clutch in the automatic speed changer before the actual breakdown.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System for automatically controlling lift-enhancing devices of an aircraft, in particular wing leading edge slats]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366592.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A control system for an aircraft includes an actuation section that moves lift-enhancing devices as a function of received control orders, a control member operable by a pilot of the aircraft, and a control unit that includes a control section that produces control orders, as a function of actuation of the control member, so as to control the actuation section to bring the lift-enhancing devices into a predetermined position. The control unit further includes a device that produces automatically auxiliary control orders which are transmitted to the actuation section to automatically retract the lift-enhancing devices when the aircraft is in a first flight condition and another device that automatically disables control orders produced by the control section following actuation of the control member to deploy the lift-enhancing devices when the aircraft is in a second flight condition.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Navigation device with control feature limiting access to non-navigation application]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366609.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A portable navigation device is provided that includes a receiver configured to receive signals from GPS satellites. The device includes memory that stores a non-navigation application and non-navigation information related to the non-navigation application. A user interface is configured to enable an operator to enter non-navigation instructions related to the non-navigation application. The a processor module is provided that calculates a position of the device based on the signals from the GPS satellites. The processor module implements the non-navigation application and performs non-navigation operations defined by the non-navigation application based on the non-navigation instructions entered by the user. The processor module disables the non-navigation application after a predetermined trial period of time following a start time unless and until an application access code is entered. Optionally, a cartridge they may be included that is configured to receive an application access cartridge containing the application access code. The code indicates that access to the non-navigation application has been purchased by the user of the device. The processor module enables the non-navigation application when the application access cartridge is entered into the cartridge bay with a valid code. The processor may not disable the non-navigation application, such as when an application access code is incurred before and in of the predetermined trial period of time.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method of decoding a CAM signal for an internal combustion engine]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366603.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The CAM signal of a four-stroke internal combustion engine that also includes a CRANK signal having a sync feature is decoded by defining an observation window of predefined duration with respect a pulse transition of the CAM signal. The CAM signal is uniquely decoded during the observation window by monitoring for a pulse transition of the CAM signal and the sync feature of the CRANK signal.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method for refining traffic flow data]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366606.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Traffic information, including traffic flow information and traffic incident information, obtained through a traffic management system for providing and facilitating the exchange of traffic information between a remote location and a vehicle may be presented to a user on a user display in the vehicle. In one embodiment, traffic information provided to a vehicle navigation device is refined by comparing the average speed of the vehicle against the average speed of other vehicles traveling along the same road. In another embodiment, the operation of a traffic signal is controlled based, in part, on the current traffic flow and distance from the traffic signal to alleviate traffic congestion.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wheel lift identification for an automotive vehicle]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/RE40268.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system for detecting wheel lift of an automotive vehicle has a speed sensor ( 22 ) coupled to a wheel ( 12 ) of automotive vehicle ( 10 ). A torque control system ( 20 ) is coupled to wheel ( 12 ) to change the torque at the wheel. A controller ( 18 ) is coupled to the torque control system and a speed sensor. The controller ( 18 ) determines lift by changing the torque of the wheel, measuring the change in torque and indicating lift in response to change in torque which may be indicated by wheel speed.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Trouble diagnosing device]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366596.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A trouble diagnosing device connectable to an ECU mounted on a vehicle and equipped with a memory to store current trouble information and past trouble information, and the trouble diagnosing device includes a display screen to display a diagnosed trouble state, and a simultaneous display unit to call trouble information stored in the memory and make both of the current trouble information and past trouble information displayed at a same time on the display screen.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Distributed control system for forklift]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366600.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A distributed control system including a plurality of controllers mounted on a forklift, and a network providing connections between or among the plurality of controllers within the forklift. A first controller out of the plurality of controllers is configured to control a function in response to an interfacing signal received from a second controller out of the plurality of controllers. When not receiving the interfacing signal during a predetermined period, the first controller controls the function using data stored in the first controller in place of the interfacing signal.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Systems and methods for the mitigation of hop]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7364003.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system for mitigating hop in a propelled machine is provided. A controller is operable to receive an aggressiveness command based on an operator input. A sensor is operable to measure a parameter indicative of hop and output a hop signal indicative of a magnitude of machine hop, based on the measurement. A manager is operable to reduce an aggressiveness indicated by the aggressiveness command in proportion to the indicated magnitude of machine hop.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Validating control system software variables]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366597.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A vehicle having a system for validating a variable signal for input to a processor-performed function. An input module receives the signal. A processor tests first and second storage locations of a memory. After testing, the processor stores the signal in the first and second storage locations to obtain first and second stored values. The processor compares the first and second stored values and tests the first stored value for any corruption associated with receipt of the signal by said input module. The processor inputs the first and second stored values to first and second paths for performing the function to obtain two function results, and compares the results.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Electric power steering apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366599.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An electric power steering apparatus that performs steering assist by transmitting a driving force produced by an electric motor to a steering mechanism. The apparatus is provided with a current detection circuit for detecting a current flowing through the electric motor to output a motor current detection signal, and a microcomputer for controlling the electric motor on the basis of the motor current detection signal. The current detection circuit has a variable gain amplification circuit, to output the motor current detection signal amplified by the variable gain amplification circuit. The microcomputer has an analog-to-digital conversion port to which the motor current detection signal outputted by the current detection circuit is inputted, to receive the motor current detection signal through the analog-to-digital conversion port. The apparatus is further provided with a gain change section for changing the gain of the variable gain amplification circuit.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and system for remote reflash]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366589.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method for remote reflashing of software for electronic control units (ECUs). A method includes identifying vehicle groups for software updating  200 , determining vehicles within the vehicle groups, each of the vehicles having a telematics device and a plurality of ECUs  202 , preparing a software update package for each of the vehicles  204 , transmitting the software update package over a wireless carrier system to the telematics device of each of the vehicles  206 , and installing the software update package in at least one target ECU for each of the vehicles  208.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Roll stability control system for an automotive vehicle using an external environmental sensing system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366602.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A roll stability control system for an automotive vehicle includes an external environment sensing system, such as a camera-based vision system, or a radar, lidar or sonar-based sensing system that generates image, radar, lidar, and/or sonar-based signals. A controller is coupled to the sensing system and generates dynamic vehicle characteristic signals in response to the image, radar, lidar, or sonar-based signals. The controller controls the rollover control system in response to the dynamic vehicle control signal. The dynamic vehicle characteristics may include roll related angles, angular rates, and various vehicle velocities.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and system for maneuvering movable object]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366593.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A movable object maneuver method wherein a destination point is set; wherein a thrust value is calculated in real time which minimizes or maximizes a performance index associated with one or more state variables and thrust required for a movable object to reach the destination point and which takes into account non-linear conditions inherent to the movable object; and wherein the movable object is moved based on the calculated thrust value.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Methods and systems for automatically controlling aircraft takeoff rolls]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7364121.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods and systems for automatically controlling aircraft takeoff rolls. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes receiving an indication of a target takeoff roll path for an aircraft, and automatically controlling a direction of an aircraft, while the aircraft is on a takeoff roll, to at least approximately follow the target takeoff roll path. The method can further include providing an input to a rudder of the aircraft and, upon receiving an indication of an engine failure, can transfer the input from the rudder to a rudder trim element. In still further embodiments, the method can include commanding a ground track angle when an airspeed of the aircraft reaches a threshold value, and maintaining the ground track angle as the airspeed of the aircraft exceeds the threshold value.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System for recognizing wheels by artificial vision]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366327.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The system includes wheel locating equipment, image capturing equipment, lighting equipment, a first control device, first communicating installations for communications between the first control device and the image capturing equipment, and second communicating installations for communications between the first control device and the lighting equipment. The image capturing equipment and the lighting equipment are arranged above the wheel locating equipment so as to enable the image capturing equipment to capture an image of a wheel. The first communicating installations sends the image to the first control device and the first control device processes the image to obtain data for identifying a wheel model. The invention also includes the process using the described system. The main step of the process is converting a circular portion of an image into a rectangular image by a polar transformation.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fuel supply control system for internal combustion engine]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7363920.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A fuel supply control system for an internal combustion engine having at least one fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into an intake pipe or a combustion chamber of the engine. A flow rate of air supplied to the engine and an air-fuel ratio are detected. A demand fuel injection amount is set according to an operating condition of the engine. An injection amount command value of fuel injected by at least one fuel injection valve according to the demand fuel injection amount. An amount of fuel burned in the engine is calculated according to the detected intake air flow rate and air-fuel ratio. At least two correlation parameters, which indicate a relationship between the estimated burned fuel amount and the injection amount command value, are identified. The injection amount command value is then corrected according to the at least two identified correlation parameters.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Automatic transmission having torque converter with lockup clutch and method of controlling same lockup clutch]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366601.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[When a downshift instruction has been detected, the oil pressure of a lookup clutch is controlled, and the state of operation of the automatic transmission is detected. If a starting condition has been met, a slip rotation speed of the lockup clutch is calculated, and if the calculated slip rotation speed is greater than or equal to a reference rotation speed, the calculated slip rotation speed is set as a target slip rotation speed. If a condition for converging the target slip rotation speed has been met, the target slip rotation speed is then converged to a steady target rotation speed.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method of pilot support in landing helicopters in visual flight under brownout or whiteout conditions]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7365652.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention relates to a method and system for supporting pilots in landing helicopters in visual flight under brownout or whiteout conditions. According to the invention, 3D data of the planned landing site are generated during the approach for landing, and are accumulated into a 3D representation of the landing site with the aid of position and attitude data of the helicopter. From this 3D representation, a virtual external view is continuously generated corresponding to the perspective of the actual position and attitude of the helicopter and is displayed for the pilot. A control routine ensures that no 3D data of the planned landing site that are generated under brownout or whiteout conditions are taken into account in the accumulation of the 3D representation.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Control system for internal combustion engine]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7363906.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A control system for an internal combustion engine, which can determine just enough amounts of demanded combustion fuel and auxiliary fuel during execution of auxiliary fuel supply, for improvement of fuel economy and drivability and the emission-reducing capability of a catalyst. The control system carries out auxiliary fuel supply for a cylinder during a predetermined time period within the expansion and exhaust strokes, to control the catalyst to a predetermined state for its emission-reducing capability. The control system calculates a whole demanded fuel amount to make oxygen concentration in exhaust gases equal to a predetermined value for controlling the catalyst to the state during auxiliary fuel supply, determines the amount of demanded combustion fuel to be supplied to obtain engine output, and determines the auxiliary fuel amount based on the difference between the whole demanded fuel amount and the demanded combustion fuel amount.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[G.P.S. management system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366608.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A management system using Global Positioning System receivers for tracking remote units from a central office and quickly and conveniently determining if those remote units have varied from a set of predetermined parameters of operation. The system also includes provisions that allows information to be sent from the remote units to the central office and vice versa. The system also has safety features that promote the rapid dispatch of law enforcement personnel when requests for emergency assistance have been made from the remote units.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Flight control display]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7365705.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An aircraft flight control display for orientation of the pilot during an approach of the aircraft toward a destination has a center of the display as its fixed point. An aircraft symbol with a center depicts the longitudinal axis as well as a lateral line to depict the current attitude of the aircraft. A destination position symbol has a reference line and a position symbol, with a skyline having a center. The destination position symbol is located at a distance from the center and its reference line points to the center as the reference point. The destination position symbol is rotated around the reference point dependent on the relative position of the aircraft's direction or the flight direction to the desired destination direction.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and device for controlling and/or regulating an internal combustion engine]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366605.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A device and a method for controlling and/or regulating an internal combustion engine, in particular an internal combustion engine having direct injection. A regulation adjusts a combustion state variable, that characterizes the combustion state, to a setpoint value. A control and/or a regulation influences a torque variable that characterizes the torque of the internal combustion engine and/or the noise variable that characterizes the noise of the internal combustion engine, using a control variable.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sensor for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7365676.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention relates to a sensor comprising a housing, inside of which a transmitting antenna array that transmits electromagnetic transmission signals in a radiation area and a receiving antenna array that receives received signals reflected by at least one object located within the radiation area are provided. The inventive sensor is designed in such a manner that the transmitting antenna array is provided for transmitting transmission signals in a main radiation area ( 3 ) and in a secondary radiation area ( 4 ) situated at an angle, thereto, and in that the receiving antenna array (TX) is provided for receiving received signals reflected in both radiation areas ( 3, 4 ). This makes it possible, for example when used in a monitor vehicle ( 5 ), to monitor the area behind and next to the motor vehicle ( 5 ) with a single transmitting antenna ( 1 ).]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vehicle proximity alerting system and method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7365641.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A vehicle proximity alerting system and method is provided. The system includes: a sensor unit having a plurality of sensors for measuring distances from other vehicles; a system controlling unit for receiving measurement signals from the sensors, calculating distances from other vehicles, determining whether or not the calculated distance is less than a preset vehicle proximity distance setting value, and generating an alert signal when it is determined that the calculated distance is less than the vehicle proximity distance setting value; and an alerting unit for receiving the alert signal and alerting.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vehicle air bag minimum distance apparatus, method and system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7364186.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A vehicle safety device includes a seat mounted within a passenger compartment of the vehicle, in which the seat is movably connected to a vehicle frame by a seat position adjusting mechanism that allows the seat to move along an axis between a forward-most position and a rearward-most position. An air-bag is mounted within the passenger compartment in front of the forward-most position of the seat, with the forward-most position of the seat defined as a position of the seat in which a distance between a passenger seated in the seat and the air-bag is equal to a minimum safe clearance. In addition, an exemplary method of maintaining a minimum safe clearance between an air-bag mounted in a vehicle and a vehicle passenger includes the steps of preventing motion of a seat toward the air-bag beyond a forward-most position, in which, when in the forward-most position, a passenger seated in the seat is separated from the air-bag by a predetermined minimum safe clearance, and providing a position adjusting mechanism for at least one vehicle control pedal to allow a passenger seated in the seat to adjust a distance between the seat and the at least one pedal by moving the at least one pedal toward and away from the seat. An automatic seat positioning system, which takes into account both seat to air-bag distance and eye height and automatically, may be used to optimally and automatically position a passenger to maximize safety and comfort.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and system for location tracking]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7366522.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Techniques for location tracking, location utilization, and dissemination and management of location information are disclosed. As a location monitoring system, one embodiment includes at least a plurality of mobile computing devices supported by a wireless network, and a web server coupled to a wired network (e.g., the Internet) that couples to the wireless network. Each of the mobile computing devices are associated with and proximate to an object whose location is being monitored. The web server stores the locations of each of the mobile computing devices or the objects proximate thereto, and enables only authorized users to obtain access the locations via the wired network.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2008</pubDate>
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