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20080208470 | Communication method and communication system - A communication method is applied to a first peripheral communication device and a communication device. The communication device has a data exchanging module, a GPS module electrically connected to the data exchanging module, and a Bluetooth communication module electrically connected to the data exchanging module. The communication method includes the following steps. First, the first peripheral communication device outputs a first Bluetooth signal carrying first GPS data. Next, the data exchanging module receives the first GPS data from the Bluetooth communication module and transmits the first GPS data to the GPS module. Then, the GPS module calculates a first GPS position of the communication device through a position algorithmic process according to the first GPS data. | 08-28-2008 |
20080208471 | METHOD FOR FINDING A POSITION FOR LANES ON A MULTILANE ROADWAY - The invention relates to a method for finding a position for lanes on a multilane roadway, where first of all the position of a first lane on the multilane roadway is found and then the position of at least one further lane on the multilane roadway is determined on the basis of the position found for the first lane. | 08-28-2008 |
20080215241 | INTER-VEHICULAR DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Processor of an inter-tail-light distance measurement apparatus of a succeeding vehicle extracts images of left and right tail lights of a preceding vehicle from an image taken by an image sensor, calculates a distance, in the image taken by the image sensor, between the extracted images of the left and right tail lights, and detects a time difference between respective intensity variations over time of the extracted images of the left and right tail lights. Further, the processor calculates a distance between the left and right tail lights of the preceding vehicle on the basis of the time difference between the intensity variations, and calculates a distance to the preceding vehicle on the basis of the distance between the images of the tail lights and the distance between the tail lights. | 09-04-2008 |
20080243385 | Guiding Device and Guiding Method - The present invention provides a guiding device that can induce a user to move according to a guiding route. | 10-02-2008 |
20080243386 | Method and System for Communicating Arrival Notifications - A method for communicating an arrival notification includes receiving a first destination and determining a location of the first destination. The method further includes calculating an estimated time of arrival for a mobile endpoint to arrive at the location of the first destination and sending a notification message indicating the estimated time of arrival to a communication device associated with the first destination. | 10-02-2008 |
20080262731 | Electronic device for FM transmission of location-based information - According to one embodiment, an electronic device, for example, a portable electronic device such as a cellular telephone, a portable navigation device, a personal digital assistant (“PDA”), or an MP3 player, includes a GPS receiver configured to receive GPS coordinates. The GPS coordinates are sent to a CPU that is configured to retrieve location-based information from, for example, a memory device or a cellular module in the electronic device. An FM transmitter module is configured to encode and transmit the location-based information as encoded text, for example encoded RDS text, to an FM receiver in a vehicle. The RDS text can then be displayed on a display panel of the FM receiver. In addition to the encoded RDS text, audio signals from the FM transmitter module can be transmitted to the FM receiver for broadcast by a speaker of the FM receiver contemporaneously with the display of the RDS text. | 10-23-2008 |
20080300785 | Memory card with GPS module - The invention discloses a memory card comprising a GPS module, a storage unit, and a card controller. The GPS module is used for receiving a plurality of positional information. When an image file is being generated, the card controller is used for storing the image file to the storage unit and for immediately attaching positional information to the image file. The invention also discloses a memory card comprising a GPS module, a storage unit, a card controller, and a micro-controlling unit. The GPS module is used for receiving a plurality of positional information. When an image file is being generated, the card controller is used for storing the image file to the storage unit. The micro-controlling unit is used for immediately attaching positional information to the image file. | 12-04-2008 |
20080300786 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING MEDIA - A removable media tracking apparatus that is used to track a media case containing at least one data storage device is provided. The apparatus includes a removable media storage enclosure configured to be positioned within the media case, and a tracking device hardware positioned within the removable media storage enclosure. The tracking device hardware is operable to provide a geographical location of the media storage enclosure. A media tracking system is also provided. The system includes a media case, a plurality of media enclosures configured to be positioned within the media case, a data storage device contained in at least one of the media enclosures, a tracking device hardware contained in at least one of the media enclosures, and a tracking software program. The tracking device hardware is operable to communicate a geographical location of the media case to the tracking software program. | 12-04-2008 |
20080306690 | Wireless network positioning system - The present invention discloses a wireless network positioning system to add a function of positioning a mobile communication device to a wireless communication system, wherein a mobile communication device detects intensities of wireless signals from access points and transmits signal intensity data to a LAN server, and an algorithm is used to determine the position of the mobile communication device. Particularly, the present invention utilizes a WLAN architecture to position a mobile communication device in an indoor environment. | 12-11-2008 |
20080319669 | System and Device Used to Automatically Determine the Position of an Entity with Respect to Two or More Reference Entities in Real Time - The present industrial invention refers to a system and device used to automatically determine the position of an entity with respect to two or more reference entities; the said system is based on the transmission of two consecutive coded signals, with pre-determined time interval, by a reference source. The first signal is sent by means of radio waves and the second signal by means of acoustic waves; the second signal is followed by an acoustic signal emitted by another reference entity after a present time interval. | 12-25-2008 |
20090005987 | Determining locations of interest based on user visits - Techniques are described for determining locations of interest based on user visits. In some situations, the techniques include obtaining information about actual locations of users at various times, and automatically analyzing the information to determine particular locations in a geographic area that are of interest, such as for frequent destinations visited by users. After determining a particular location of interest, it may be represented by generating a corresponding location model to describe the geographic subarea or other location point(s) covered by the determined location of interest, and one or more points of interest (e.g., businesses, parks, schools, landmarks, etc.) may be identified that are located at or otherwise correspond to the determined location of interest. In addition, a determined location of interest may be further used in various ways, including to identify later user visits to that location (e.g., to a point of interest identified for the location). | 01-01-2009 |
20090018773 | Portable Apparatus - A portable apparatus including a first interface configured to input speed data of a user or location data of the user from a positioning unit utilizing external reference points is disclosed. The portable apparatus also includes a second interface configured to input motion data of a user from a self-contained activity determining unit. Furthermore, the portable apparatus includes a processing unit configured to constitute, if the first interface only inputs the location data, speed data from the location data, select filtering characteristics based on the motion data, filter the speed data with the selected filtering characteristics, and determine physiological data of the user with the filtered speed data. | 01-15-2009 |
20090030613 | Vehicle Departure Detecting Device - Lane width information Winf acquired by a traffic lane detector is retrieved (step S | 01-29-2009 |
20090082968 | MATERIAL HANDLING VEHICLE LOCATION SYSTEM - The object of the invention is to provide a system which can be constituted quite compactly for detecting actual position of a material handling vehicle in a warehouse in which a plurality of racks composed of upright frame members and lateral frame members connecting the upright members are installed so that material handling vehicles can travel along the passageway between the racks so that current position of the material handling vehicle in the warehouse can be detected with increased reliability even if some of the reflections fail to be received by the sensors. | 03-26-2009 |
20090099775 | Method And System For Controlling The Loading Of A Container Associated With A Vehicle - A leader location-determining receiver determines a leader location of a lead vehicle. A follower location-determining receiver determines a follower location of a follower vehicle, which has a container for storing a material. A data processor or position module calculates an observed relative position between the lead vehicle and the follower vehicle. Target relative positions are established between the lead vehicle and the follower vehicle. A data processor or selector selects a preferential one of the established target positions. A data processor or adjuster adjusts the observed relative position of the follower vehicle to achieve the selected preferential one of the established target positions. | 04-16-2009 |
20090105952 | WATERCRAFT AUTOMATION AND AQUATIC EFFORT DATA UTILIZATION - Watercraft automation and aquatic data utilization for aquatic efforts are disclosed. In one aspect, an anchor point is obtained and a watercraft position maintenance routine is actuated to control the watercraft to maintain association with the anchor point. In another aspect, prior aquatic effort data is obtained in association with an anchor point. In yet another aspect, current aquatic effort data is generated in association with an anchor point. In still another aspect, current aquatic effort data and prior aquatic effort data are utilized for prediction generation. In yet another aspect, current aquatic effort data and prior aquatic effort data are utilized to obtain another anchor point for a watercraft. | 04-23-2009 |
20090112473 | Method for providing location and promotional information associated with a building complex - A method for providing location and promotional information to a visitor to a building complex in an interactive environment where said visitor may select either from a variety of pre-defined search parameters or select a specific location on a dynamic computer-generated rendering of the building complex. | 04-30-2009 |
20090119017 | LOCALIZATION KEY AND CORRESPONDING METHODS - Disclosed are methods of providing an electronic device and a corresponding localization key to a customer for localization of the electronic device, as well as a corresponding localization key and computer-readable medium. The methods select a localization key corresponding to the location of the customer, and provide the electronic device and the selected localization key for delivery to the customer. The selected localization key includes a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions for execution by a processor of the electronic device. When the localization key is interfaced to the electronic device, the instructions cause the processor of the electronic device to select one of a plurality of localization profiles indicated by the instructions to correspond to the location of the customer and to implement the selected localization profile on the electronic device. | 05-07-2009 |
20090132165 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING POSITION OF VEHICLES RELATIVE EACH OTHER - A relative positioning system, an arrangement, and a method. A method for determining a position of a second vehicle relative to a first vehicle. At least an image of a field of view wherein the second vehicle is positioned within the field of view is recorded using an optical device mounted on the first. Image data is processed in a processor to determine a position of the second vehicle relative the first vehicle measuring at least one marker arranged on the second vehicle in the image. | 05-21-2009 |
20090143984 | LOCATION-TO-LANDMARK - A mapping application that returns results for a target location as a function of at least one nearby landmark. The one or more nearby landmarks can be selected based on an expected user familiarity with the landmark, a precision of the landmark and/or a spatial relationship of the landmark with respect to the target location. Although landmarks are an integral aspect of navigation, they have rarely been used within electronic navigation devices. Electronic navigation means for a mobile device or other devices can guide the user along a route using photographs of landmarks together with audio and text instructions that reference these landmarks. This can assist older users who often find their mobility hampered by declines in sensory, cognitive and motor abilities. | 06-04-2009 |
20090143985 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING THE RELATIVE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES - A system that includes a first self propelled steerable vehicle having a first end and a second end, a second self propelled steerable vehicle having a first end and a second end and an electronic device that maintains a relative position between at least one of the first end and the second end of the first self propelled steerable vehicle and at least one of the first end and the second end of the second self propelled steerable vehicle. | 06-04-2009 |
20090157314 | METHOD FOR MEASURING LATERAL MOVEMENTS IN A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - Method for determining a dynamic variable representative for a lateral movement of a located object in a driver assistance system for motor vehicles, which has two angle-resolving distance sensors situated laterally offset to one another for locating the object, using which a radial component of the relative velocity of the object along the particular line of sight is also measurable, wherein the dynamic variable is calculated on the basis of the radial components of the relative velocity measured by the two distance sensors. | 06-18-2009 |
20090177399 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING LOCATION AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for estimating location, and an apparatus using the same. The method for estimating location includes receiving information on the location of a plurality of external apparatuses from the plurality of external apparatuses; setting estimable areas for estimating an area wherein there is a possibility that the device is located based on the information on the location of the plurality of external apparatuses; and determining a predetermined area of the estimable areas to be an estimation area wherein there is the possibility that the device is located. If it is impossible to receive a GPS signal, the location information of a device is estimated using information on the location of an external apparatus communicable with the device. | 07-09-2009 |
20090204325 | TRACKING VEHICLE LOCATIONS IN A PARKING LOT FOR DEFINITIVE DISPLAY ON A GUI - A computer implemented method for displaying on a map a definitive image of precise locations of multiple mobile objects such as vehicles in a lot. The lot is mapped digitally to display precise locations of sub-areas of different types, such as parking and movement slots and their raw, approximate distances from vehicles are determined from approximate coordinates of vehicles obtained remotely. A data base of vehicle and sub-area types is established and a vehicle placement matrix is determined providing probabilities of respective sub-areas being occupiable by respective vehicles derived from business environment rules based on compatibilities of respective vehicle types with respect sub-area types. Raw, approximate distances of vehicles from sub-areas are divided by the probabilities to provided adjusted distances, sub-areas ranked by least adjusted distances and the respective vehicles placed in their top ranked sub-areas for more accurate display of location on a GUI. | 08-13-2009 |
20090204326 | Method and System for Supporting the Driver of a Motor Vehicle in Recognizing the Surroundings of the Motor Vehicle - A method for supporting the driver of a motor vehicle in recognizing the surroundings of the motor vehicle, the surroundings of the motor vehicle being recorded visually by an image sensor unit, graphic supplemental information being produced by a control unit and/or recalled from a storage arrangement, both the recorded surroundings data and the graphic supplemental information being depicted visually on a display unit, and the graphic supplemental information and/or the collected surroundings data being displayed semi-transparently. A system that is suitable for carrying out the method and that includes an image sensor unit for visually recording the surroundings, a control unit for producing or recalling graphic supplemental information, as well as a display unit for visually displaying the collected surroundings data and the graphic supplemental information, and the graphic supplemental information and/or the collected surroundings data being portrayable semi-transparently on the display unit. | 08-13-2009 |
20090210156 | EFFICIENT USE OF EXPECTED USER ALTITUDE DATA TO AID IN DETERMINING A POSITION OF A MOBILE STATION - A method and apparatus for using a predetermined portion of terrain elevation maps in a database for aiding in computing a three-dimensional position of a wireless station. Instead of using the entire terrain model of the earth or an entire country, the database consists of an incomplete model, which includes only the most populous areas or specific regions. This reduces the size of the information in the database, which in turn reduces the amount of time to compute the positions of the wireless device. | 08-20-2009 |
20090216449 | Passive Mapping Using a Floor Cleaning Machine - A floor cleaning machine having a passive mapping system for determining position information associated with a plurality of RFID tags dispersed within a floor field during a floor cleaning process. The passive mapping system defines a floor map based on position information collected from the plurality of RFID tags. The floor map may be communicated to a remote map server and be utilized by a second floor cleaning machine during a different floor cleaning process. The mapping system can periodically update the floor map based on information collected during subsequent floor cleaning processes. The information may include RFID tag movement or replacement. In one embodiment, a remote mapping system communicates with a floor cleaning machine via wireless communication. | 08-27-2009 |
20090240432 | Vehicle-installation obstacle detection apparatus - A vehicle-installed obstacle detection apparatus includes a forward-view camera, and processes resultant image data to detect objects as possible obstacles. A size value such as tail lamp spacing, transmitted from a preceding vehicle, and a corresponding size value as measured in a captured image, are used to calculate the distance of the preceding vehicle. This is used together with a height value transmitted from the preceding vehicle and a corresponding height value measured in the captured image, to calculate the relative height difference between the vehicles, which is then used to discriminate between detected objects which are actual obstacles and objects such as road surface markers. | 09-24-2009 |
20090259399 | Obstacle detection method and system - A system for detecting obstacles near a machine is disclosed. The system has a plurality of obstacle sensors located on the machine. The system also has a controller in communication with each of the plurality of obstacle sensors. The controller is configured to pair one-to-one each of the plurality of obstacle sensors to each of a plurality of non-overlapping confidence regions. Additionally, the controller is configured to scan with the plurality of obstacle sensors. The controller is also configured to receive from the plurality of obstacle sensors raw data regarding the scanning, and assemble the raw data into a map. Based on the map, the controller is configured to determine at least one characteristic of at least one obstacle. | 10-15-2009 |
20090265105 | REAL-TIME NAVIGATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Some implementations of the invention provide real-time navigation data via a mobile device. Some embodiments of the invention provide portable devices that can indicate both relatively “static” information, such as map data, architectural features, casino layout information, etc., which may be updated from time to time. Accordingly, the term “static” as used herein does not necessarily mean unchanging or unchangeable. Some such embodiments provide portable devices that can simultaneously display static information and real-time video data. The video data may be provided by one or more cameras in a camera network. Information, such as offers, advertisements, etc., may be provided to a user according to the user's location. | 10-22-2009 |
20090265106 | Method and System for Determining a Potential Relationship between Entities and Relevance Thereof - A method and system for identifying a relevance of a relation between at least two entities includes receiving at least one item of information relating to one or more of the entities and determining whether a proximity between the at least two entities exists. A level of the proximity between the entities is identified. The relevance of the proximity between the entities is determined based on the level of the proximity and the at least one item of information received. | 10-22-2009 |
20090287415 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INCREASING LOCATION BASED SERVICE ACCURACY - A method of increasing location based service accuracy by correcting location data associated with a fixed source using a mobile communication device. The method includes the step of receiving, on the mobile communication device, a first set of location data. The first set of location data is originated from the fixed source such that if the location data is accurate, a physical location of the mobile communication device can be determined. The fixed source has a stored physical address which is updateable by an operator. At least a portion of the first set of location data derives from the stored physical address. The method further includes the steps of determining whether the first set of location data is accurate, and transmitting an error report to the operator when the first set of location data is inaccurate. | 11-19-2009 |
20090292467 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RANGING BASED ON PIXEL SHIFT AND VELOCITY INPUT - A system, method and computer program product provides for determining a location of an external object sensed by a mobile object on a display of the mobile object. The method may include determining a first position of the external object on the display, the first position being sensed by the mobile object at a first position of the mobile object. It may also include determining a second position of the external object on the display, the second position being sensed by the mobile object at a second position of the mobile object. Next, the method may include determining the location of the external object based upon said determining of the first position and said determining of the second position. The first position of the external object and the second position of the external object may be respectively sensed by a sensor system of the mobile object, where the display comprises a graphical user interface (GUI). Any portion of the external object may be mapped to one or more pixels, with each pixel providing a unique location. | 11-26-2009 |
20090299630 | Data mining in a digital map database to identify insufficient superelevation along roads and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle - Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, a curved portion of a road with insufficient superelevation. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where curved sections of roads have insufficient superelevation (banking), i.e., where the superelevation is below a threshold. Then, precautionary action data is added to the database to indicate a location at which a precautionary action is to be taken about the location of insufficient superelevation. A precautionary action system installed in a vehicle uses this database, or a database derived therefrom, in combination with a positioning system to determine when the vehicle is at a location that corresponds to the location of a precautionary action. When the vehicle is at such a location, a precautionary action is taken by a vehicle system as the vehicle is approaching a location of insufficient superelevation. | 12-03-2009 |
20090299631 | Vehicle Pre-Impact Sensing System Having Object Feature Detection - A vehicle pre-impact sensing system is provided that includes an array of energy signal transmitters mounted on a vehicle for transmitting signals within multiple transmit zones spaced from the vehicle and an array of receiver elements mounted on the vehicle for receiving signals reflected from an object located in one or more multiple receive zones indicative of the object being in certain one or more zones. A processor processes the received reflected signals and determines range, location, speed and direction of the object, determines whether the object is expected to impact the vehicle as a function of the determined range, location, speed and direction of the object, and generates an output signal indicative of a pre-impact event. The system may detect one or more features of a target object, such as a front end of a vehicle. Additionally, the system may modulate the transmit beams. Further, the system may perform a terrain normalization to remove stationary items. | 12-03-2009 |
20090299632 | Vehicle Pre-Impact Sensing System Having Signal Modulation - A vehicle pre-impact sensing system is provided that includes an array of energy signal transmitters mounted on a vehicle for transmitting signals within multiple transmit zones spaced from the vehicle and an array of receiver elements mounted on the vehicle for receiving signals reflected from an object located in one or more multiple receive zones indicative of the object being in certain one or more zones. A processor processes the received reflected signals and determines range, location, speed and direction of the object, determines whether the object is expected to impact the vehicle as a function of the determined range, location, speed and direction of the object, and generates an output signal indicative of a pre-impact event. The system may detect one or more features of a target object, such as a front end of a vehicle. Additionally, the system may modulate the transmit beams. Further, the system may perform a terrain normalization to remove stationary items. | 12-03-2009 |
20090299633 | Vehicle Pre-Impact Sensing System Having Terrain Normalization - A vehicle pre-impact sensing system is provided that includes an array of energy signal transmitters mounted on a vehicle for transmitting signals within multiple transmit zones spaced from the vehicle and an array of receiver elements mounted on the vehicle for receiving signals reflected from an object located in one or more multiple receive zones indicative of the object being in certain one or more zones. A processor processes the received reflected signals and determines range, location, speed and direction of the object, determines whether the object is expected to impact the vehicle as a function of the determined range, location, speed and direction of the object, and generates an output signal indicative of a pre-impact event. The system may detect one or more features of a target object, such as a front end of a vehicle. Additionally, the system may modulate the transmit beams. Further, the system may perform a terrain normalization to remove stationary items. | 12-03-2009 |
20090306893 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR A STORE PROVIDING CONSUMER-SPECIFIC ADVERTISEMENT FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - An information processing system for consumers at a store may include a plurality of radio frequency (RF) identification devices, where each RF identification device is to be temporarily associated with a respective consumer during movement about the store. At least one RF receiver device may be arranged about the store for receiving communications from the RF identification devices, and at least one consumer identity reader may be arranged about the store for reading respective identities of the consumers. An information processor may cooperate with the RF receiver device(s) and the consumer identity reader(s) for generating consumer position data of the consumers during movement about the store based upon communications from the respective REF identification devices to the at least one RF receiver device, associating the consumer position data with respective identities of the consumers, and initiating consumer-specific advertisements based upon the consumer position data and respective identities of the consumers. | 12-10-2009 |
20090306894 | Track prediction and identification via particle motion with intent - Provided is a system and method for tracking and identifying a target in an area of interest based on a comparison of predicted target behavior or movement and sensed target behavior or movement. Incorporating aspects of both particle diffusion and mobility constraint models with target intent derivations, the system may continuously track a target while simultaneously refining target identification information. Alternatively, the system and method are applied to reacquire a target track based on prioritized intents and predicted target location. | 12-10-2009 |
20090319187 | Generating Geocoded Targeted Web Advertisements - A system and a method are disclosed for presenting users with web advertisements that are dynamically adjusted based upon a geographic location determined within the content of the web page that the web advertisement will appear. An analysis module determines a geographic location from the content of a web page. The analysis module determines coordinates associated with the geographic location. An advertisement search module determines geographic specific advertisements based on the coordinates. An advertisement generation module generates a geocoded targeted web advertisement based at least in part on geographic specific advertisements. | 12-24-2009 |
20090319188 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A LOCATION REFERENCE AND METHOD FOR MAPPING INFORMATION TO A POSITION WITHIN A DIGITAL MAP DATABASE - Method for generating a location reference and method for mapping information to a position within a digital map database are disclosed. At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a method for generating a location reference for mapping information to a position within a digital map database. The digital map database includes map objects having unique map object references associated therewith. The method includes: selecting a map object in the digital map database based on the information, selecting a unique map object reference of the selected map object, generating the location reference including the unique map object reference of the identified map object. The method further includes: determining a relative position of the position in the digital map database the information relates to with respect to the selected map object, and the location reference further includes the relative position. | 12-24-2009 |
20090326818 | Driver assistance system - A driver assistance system includes a distance measuring device which detects distance values of objects from the surroundings of a vehicle. Based on a coordinate system that is fixed to the vehicle, the surroundings of the vehicle are subdivided into zones. Individual quality measures are assigned to distance values from the particular zones or measured quantities derived from these distance values. The individual quality measure is a function in particular of the variation of the component of the relative velocity in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. | 12-31-2009 |
20100017126 | METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CREATION OF A GEOFENCE IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for creating a dynamic GeoFence area by determining an instant reference point using a first set of pseudorange measurements received by a GeoFence device, defining the dynamic GeoFence area referenced to the instant reference point, determining a position fix using a second set of pseudorange measurements, and comparing the position fix to the dynamic GeoFence area. In one aspect, an alert message based on the comparison results is presented to a user. | 01-21-2010 |
20100023263 | Position Detection Method And Position Detection Apparatus For A Preceding Vehicle And Data Filtering Method - A method for detecting the position of a preceding vehicle ( | 01-28-2010 |
20100030472 | COLLISION POSSIBILITY ACQUIRING DEVICE, AND COLLISION POSSIBILITY ACQUIRING METHOD - An own vehicle risk acquiring ECU | 02-04-2010 |
20100042323 | COLLISION PREDICTION DEVICE - In a collision surface determination computing section | 02-18-2010 |
20100063734 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING TRACK DATABASE INFORMATION - The system comprises a track profile database stored in a memory that has data relative to the identity of one or more wayside devices for a track and data relative to a location associated with each of the one or more wayside devices on the track. A camera generates visible spectral data of the wayside equipment as the vehicle travels on the track. A data storage device is provided for storing the spectral data received from the camera and data relative to a location of the powered vehicle when the camera generates the spectral data of the wayside equipment wherein the location of the powered vehicle represents the location of the wayside equipment. A controller is configured to compare the location data of the wayside equipment in the database to the location data associated with the spectral data of the wayside equipment stored in the data storage device. | 03-11-2010 |
20100063735 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM OF PREDICTING OBSTACLE COURSE - A method, an apparatus, and a program of predicting an obstacle course, capable of appropriately predicting a course of an obstacle even under a complicated traffic environment, are provided. For this purpose, the course, which the obstacle may take, is predicted based on the position and the internal state of the obstacle, and at the time of the prediction, a plurality of courses are probabilistically predicted for at least one obstacle. When there are a plurality of obstacles, the course in which different obstacles interfere with each other is obtained from the predicted courses, which a plurality of obstacles may take, and the predictive probability of the course for which the probabilistic prediction is performed from the courses in which they interfere with each other is lowered. Probability of realizing each of a plurality of courses including the course of which predicted probability is lowered is calculated. | 03-11-2010 |
20100076682 | VEHICLE POSITION CALCULATING DEVICE AND VEHICLE POSITION CALCULATING METHOD - A vehicle position calculating apparatus and vehicle position calculating method which can accurately calculate a current position of a vehicle regardless of the orientation of the vehicle at the time when acquiring positional information. An advancing direction detecting section in a vehicle position calculating ECU detects an advancing direction of a vehicle in a receiving area according to receiving area form information issued from a receiving area form acquiring section, moving distance information issued from a moving distance calculating section, and course change information issued from a course changing action detecting section. A vehicle position calculating section sets a reference position according to reference positional information issued from a reference position acquiring section, and calculates the current vehicle position by taking account of the advancing direction in addition to a relative change based on relative change information issued from the relative position change detecting section. | 03-25-2010 |
20100100323 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN AVERAGE WALK DISTANCE TO A SERVICE - A system for determining an average walk distance for a plurality of users of print-related services may include a processor, a processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processor and an output device in communication with the processor. The processor-readable storage medium may include programming instructions for identifying a plurality of print-related services in a facility and identifying a total number of users associated with the plurality of services. For each identified user, the processor-readable storage medium may include programming instructions for identifying the services used by the user, determining a usage level associated with the services, determining a distance between the user and the service, determining an average walk distance for the users and displaying, on the output device, the average walk distance. | 04-22-2010 |
20100106418 | VEHICLE TRAVEL TRACK ESTIMATOR - A vehicle risk level acquiring ECU calculates and acquires a plurality of courses of other vehicles around a driver's own vehicle, and acquires the predicted course of the driver's own vehicle. The vehicle risk level acquiring ECU calculates the collision probability of the driver's own vehicle as collision possibility on the basis of the predicted course of the driver's own vehicle and the plurality of courses of other vehicles. | 04-29-2010 |
20100114488 | Systems and Methods for Locating a Vehicle - Methods and systems for locating a vehicle are disclosed, including determining a vehicle location information of a vehicle, and sending the vehicle location information to a mobile device, thereby enabling the mobile device to determine a relative location of the vehicle with respect to the mobile device, in response to the mobile device determining a mobile device location information of the mobile device. | 05-06-2010 |
20100114489 | EXHAUSTIVE SWARMING SEARCH STRATEGY USING DISTRIBUTED PHEROMONE MAPS - Method and systems for using agents to perform an operation (e.g., a search) over a geographic area are provided. The system can first create a digital map of the geographic region divided into cells that contain information about the progress of an operation related to the geographic region. Next, the system can calculate a distance gradient of the digital map. The distance gradient indicates the distance from cells of the digital map to the nearest unoperated cell. The system can determine the next move for each agent based on the distance gradient. Also described are methods and systems for efficiently exchanging digital map information among agents and for distributing agents to increase network coverage and decrease agent crowding. | 05-06-2010 |
20100125415 | MONITORING SYSTEM FOR LOW-SPEED MOBILITY VEHICLE AND ANOTHER TYPE OF VEHICLE - In a monitoring system of a power wheelchair (low-speed mobility vehicle) and an automobile (vehicle of different type) having a remote monitoring device connected to them through a first communicator, each of the wheelchair and automobile includes a first transmitter transmitting location data to the remote monitoring device through a first communicator, and the remote monitoring device calculates an inter-vehicle distance between the wheelchair and automobile based on the location data and transmits an approaching signal indicating that they are approaching each other when the inter-vehicle distance is equal to or less than a first predetermined value, thereby reducing the driving burden on the operators and enhances driving safety. | 05-20-2010 |
20100145617 | Obstacle detecting device - A distance measuring sensor is arranged to a vehicle door, and measures a distance to an object in a direction corresponding to a scanning angle. A memory stores a standard angle and a comparison distance corresponding to the scanning angle. A distance-shortest scanning angle is defined by the shortest value of the measured distance. When the distance-shortest scanning angle is different from the standard angle, the scanning angle is corrected. The object is determined to be an obstacle having a possibility to contact with the door, when the measured distance is equal to or shorter than a corrected comparison distance corresponding to the corrected scanning angle. | 06-10-2010 |
20100161224 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF MOBILE OBJECT - An apparatus for detecting a position and orientation of a mobile object includes: a relative position detection unit for acquiring a relative position with respect to movement of the mobile object; an absolute position detection unit for acquiring an absolute position of the mobile object; and a position updating unit for updating the position and orientation of the mobile object based on an initial or previous position of the mobile object and the relative position. The apparatus further includes: a position correction unit for updating a current position of the mobile object with the absolute position, and correcting the orientation of the mobile object by setting an orientation of the mobile object in the relative position equal to an orientation of the mobile object in the absolute position. | 06-24-2010 |
20100169015 | BODY DETECTION APPARATUS, AND BODY DETECTION METHOD - A body detection apparatus includes: movement direction calculation portion that calculates a movement direction of each of acquisition points by using signals that show the acquisition points and that are obtained through detection of a body present around the vehicle; and determination portion that pre-sets a frame commensurate with a shape of a body as a detection object, and for pre-setting for the frame a reference traveling direction as an assumed traveling direction of the body, and for determining, among the acquisition points, acquisition points present within the frame whose reference traveling direction is aligned with the movement direction as being acquisition points of a single body. | 07-01-2010 |
20100179759 | Detecting Spatial Outliers in a Location Entity Dataset - Disclosed herein are one or more embodiments that arrange a plurality of location entities into a hierarchy of location descriptors. One or more of the disclosed embodiments may determine whether one of the location entities is a spatial outlier based at least in part on presence of one or more other location entities within a predetermined distance of the one location entity. Also, the other location entities and the one location entity may share a location descriptor. | 07-15-2010 |
20100198513 | Combined Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication and Object Detection Sensing - A vehicle awareness system for monitoring remote vehicles relative to a host vehicle. The vehicle awareness system includes at least one object sensing device and a vehicle-to-vehicle communication device. A data collection module is provided for obtaining a sensor object data map and vehicle-to-vehicle object data map. A fusion module merges the sensor object data map and vehicle-to-vehicle object data map for generating a cumulative object data map. A tracking module estimates the relative position of the remote vehicles to the host vehicle. | 08-05-2010 |
20100217525 | System and Method for Delivering Sponsored Landmark and Location Labels - A method for constructing geo-location service replies (e.g. “You are near Bob's Café”, or “Proceed one block north to Bob's Café”) based on landmark-related relevance factors (e.g. if the user's location is close to a known landmark or sponsored location) to serve to a client terminal (e.g. a user's a mobile telephone, a smart phone, a GPS terminal). The system receives a user's geo-location service request (e.g. “Where am I”), and proceeds to construct one or more response candidates to service the user's geo-location service request. Candidate replies are then scored based on relevance factors (e.g. does the candidate location relate to the user's recent geo-service queries, is there a sponsored landmark in general proximity, etc), and high scoring geo-service replies are sent to the user's client terminal. In some cases, more than one relevance factor is considered (e.g. proximity relevance, visibility relevance, familiarity relevance, etc). | 08-26-2010 |
20100217526 | METHOD FOR SIMPLE OPTICAL AUTONOMOUS REFUELING SYSTEM - The present inventions provides for a system and method to facilitate dynamic spatial positioning of a second vehicle in relation to a first vehicle autonomously. The system includes a first vehicle, a second vehicle, a light pattern located on the first vehicle, an imaging system, and a processor. The imaging system is located on the second vehicle and is operable to receive a signal from the light pattern while having a clear line of sight with the light pattern. Furthermore, the processor is in communication with the imaging system, such that the processor is operable to determine the spatial positioning between the first vehicle and the second vehicle. Additionally, the processor is further operable to communicate instructions to the second vehicle, such that the second vehicle can achieve the desired spatial positioning autonomously. | 08-26-2010 |
20100223007 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAPPING ENVIRONMENTS CONTAINING DYNAMIC OBSTACLES - The present invention relates to a method and system for mapping environments containing dynamic obstacles. In one embodiment, the present invention is a method for mapping an environment containing dynamic obstacles using a processor including the steps of forming a current instantaneous map of the environment, determining cells which are free space within the current instantaneous map, determining cells which are occupied space within the current instantaneous map, and integrating the current instantaneous map with an old integrated map of the environment to form a new integrated map of the environment. | 09-02-2010 |
20100235098 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSOR GEOMETRY - Method and system for dynamical sensor geometry by means of formation control of sensor carrying craft, which operate below the water surface, on the ground, at the water surface and/or in the air, are manned and/or unmanned, and which are provided with one or more sensors. The sensors are arranged on the sensor carrying craft, and/or arranged with the sensor carrying craft in other suitable ways, such as towed behind the craft. | 09-16-2010 |
20100250135 | Method and Device for Determining Proximity of a Social Network Service Acquaintance - A method and device enables an efficient determination of a proximity of a social network service acquaintance. The method includes transmitting an inquiry message from the electronic device during a device proximity discovery process (step | 09-30-2010 |
20100250136 | COMPUTER BASED LOCATION IDENTIFICATION USING IMAGES - In the field of mobile computing, a user of a mobile device takes a picture of a nearby landmark or building or street and transmits that picture via his device's wireless link to a remote server. The server has the capability of identifying the location from the photo by matching it against publicly available online collections of images, such as Flickr. The server executes a location identification algorithm to match the received photo to those in the collection to determine the actual location of the photo. Typically the images in the collections have metadata, such as textual tags. Upon identifying the most likely location of the received photo from the user, the server transmits back to the user's mobile computing device an indication of the location, such as a textual location description from the tag, a map or directions to a particular location. This is especially useful in a city or dense urban environment and where the mobile computing device does not have GPS capability or its GPS is inoperative. | 09-30-2010 |
20110004406 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION DETERMINATION OF DEVICES USING NETWORK FINGERPRINTS FOR POWER MANAGEMENT - A system and methods that enables the determination of the location of a device using a network fingerprint of a known location on the electrical grid. A collection of communication based information is utilized to construct a network fingerprint that is subsequently used to determine whether a device is at a previously known or unknown location. By detecting differences in some or all of this set of information, a system determines whether an electric car has moved from one known location to another or otherwise left a known location. Determining a change in the location of a device, the device or a server take further actions, such as: notifying a user, notifying another server, initiating a configuration process, or operating in different modes. Knowledge about network location assist with assessing the overall load characteristics of a given area of a power grid, and with determining billing related matters. | 01-06-2011 |
20110010093 | METHOD FOR ENCOURAGING LOCATION AND ACTIVITY LABELING - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for location labeling. During operation, the system collects contextual information recorded by one or more components located on a computing device associated with a user, and determines whether the computing device is stationary based on collected information. Responsive to the computing device being stationary, the system allows the user to provide a location label. | 01-13-2011 |
20110029242 | GENERATING A KINEMATIC INDICATOR FOR COMBAT IDENTIFICATION CLASSIFICATION - In accordance with a particular embodiment of the invention, a kinematic indicator generator may receive tracking data describing the position and velocity of a target. The tracking data may be used to identify an event describing an action of the target that may have occurred. The probability that the event occurred may be calculated and indicated by a confidence. The kinematic indicator generator may generate a kinematic indicator that includes the event and the confidence. | 02-03-2011 |
20110054792 | System and method for determining relative positions of moving objects and sequence of such objects - A system and method for ranking the relative movement of objects on a pathway is provided. The method includes: dividing the pathway into a plurality of sectors, each sector having a rank of order with respect to a beginning and an ending point of the pathway; receiving coordinate data from each of the objects; identifying, based on the received coordinate data, if any objects are present in individual ones of the plurality of sectors; determining, for any sector that has at least two objects, the positional order of the at least two objects within that sector; and ranking the positional order of the plurality of objects along the pathway based upon the rank order of the sector in which each object is present, and which multiple objects that are present in any sector are ordered as set by the determining. | 03-03-2011 |
20110060524 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR SPECIFYING RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION USED IN DRIVING SUPPORT - Provided is a driving support device and method that specifies the reliability of information used in a driving support device. The driving support device includes a storage medium that stores one or more programs and accuracy information that specifies the reliability of information of various elements used by one of the programs to provide driving support. The driving support device also includes an execution target program specification unit that specifies what program from the one or more programs is to be executed as the execution target program. An element selection unit selects an element that corresponds to the specified execution target program from the various elements. The device also includes a reliability specification unit that specifies the reliability of information used in the target execution program based on the accuracy information of the selected element. | 03-10-2011 |
20110071760 | GRID-BASED TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A grid-based transmission system for determining relative positions of vehicles in a grid quadrangle of a reference grid, each vehicle having a transmitter and a receiver, comprising determining an absolute position of a vehicle. A reference grid is obtained. A reference point for the reference grid is assigned; and a relative position of the vehicle relative to the reference point is generated. The reference grid is a stored and previously generated reference grid, or is generated based on the absolute position and a transmission range of a transmitter. The vehicle sends a position message containing the relative position; the transmission range; an identity of the vehicle; an identity for all other vehicles that have previously sent a position message received by the vehicle; and the relative position of the all other vehicles. | 03-24-2011 |
20110098926 | ALIGNMENT AND ANTI-DRIFT MECHANISM - A system includes a displacement sensor, an actuator connected to the displacement sensor, and a feedback unit. The displacement sensor is configured to measure at least one of a relative position and a relative orientation between the displacement sensor and the target object. The feedback unit receives a signal from the displacement sensor related to the measured relative position or relative orientation and controls the actuator to move the displacement sensor on the basis of variations in the received signal arising due to a change in environmental conditions. | 04-28-2011 |
20110098927 | VEHICLE DRIVING SUPPORT CONTROL APPARATUS - When a stereo image recognition device detects a vehicle ahead, a driving support apparatus extracts the vehicle ahead as a vehicle against which control should be performed, and performs driving support control based upon the information from the stereo image recognition device. When the stereo image recognition device does not detect the vehicle ahead, the driving support apparatus sets either one of the distance from the driving lane on which the vehicle travels and a start point of a curve ahead according to the configuration of the road ahead and a detection limit distance of the information of the vehicle ahead by the stereo image recognition device (front recognition device) as a threshold value IVC_L. When the vehicle ahead is present distant by more than the threshold value IVC_L, the driving support apparatus performs driving support control based upon the information by the inter-vehicle communication from a communication device. | 04-28-2011 |
20110112768 | Scalable GeoFences - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to location-based tracking using geofences. | 05-12-2011 |
20110137561 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES OF A POINT OF INTEREST IN AN IMAGE - An approach is provided for measuring geographic coordinates of a point of interest in an image. A mapping and augmented reality application causes, at least in part, presentation on a screen of an image including a point of interest and a reference point with a known address or known geographic coordinates, and the image is associated with a location, a tilt angle, and a directional heading of a device used to capture the image. The mapping and augmented reality application causes, at least in part, detection on the screen of a length marked by a user from the reference point to the point of interest. The mapping and augmented reality application converts the length into a physical distance between the points. The mapping and augmented reality application calculates geographic coordinates of the point of interest based upon the physical distance. | 06-09-2011 |
20110153210 | Relative Navigation System and a Method Thereof - A method of providing a relative navigation system by projecting into space from a first object a grid that is repeatedly detected from a second object having a second relative reference frame associated with a second origin point on the second object and using range and attitude between the objects to adjust the attitude or range of at least one of the first and second objects. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153211 | METHOD OF DETERMINING RANGE - A method of determining range between two objects, where a grid consisting of a plurality of grid lines are projected into space by the first object and detected by the second object. | 06-23-2011 |
20110178709 | Apparatus and method generating a grid map - An apparatus and method generating a grid map are provided. The grid map generating apparatus generates a grid map while turning 360 degrees at a dynamically adjustable rotational velocity. The dynamically adjustable rotational velocity allows grid points to have equal intervals on the grid map. The grid map generating apparatus generates a grid map while making a complete turn, and generates a grid map corresponding to a non-linear section while making another turn. | 07-21-2011 |
20110184646 | USING RELATIVE POSITION DATA IN A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - A mobile computing device comprises a relative position determination circuit, a position determination circuit, and a processing circuit. The relative position determination circuit is configured to provide relative position data from a first position of the mobile computing device to a second position of the mobile computing device. The position determination circuit is configured to provide position data representing the second geographic position of the mobile computing device. The processing circuit is configured to generate position data for the first position based on the relative position data and the position data. | 07-28-2011 |
20110224902 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MAP UPDATE METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an information processing device including: a global map acquiring unit that acquires at least a part of a global map representing positions of objects in a real space where a plurality of users are in activity; a local map generating unit that generates a local map representing positions of nearby objects detectable by a device of one user among the plurality of users; and an updating unit that updates the global map based on position data of objects included in the local map | 09-15-2011 |
20110246070 | Apparatuses, Methods and Systems for Determining and Announcing Proximity Between Trajectories - The disclosure details the implementation of apparatuses, methods, and systems for determining and announcing proximity between trajectories. A code triggered information server may be used to track user behavior, including trajectories, via mobile devices, on the internet, or within a virtual world. Users register their positions and/or behavior by scanning or observing codes or information. Examples of such registrations might include scanning a barcode with a cell phone, clicking on an internet link, making a decision within an online game, and/or the like. The registrations, together with geographic, temporal, and user-specific information, are obtained by the server that receives, processes, and records the message. Based on these messages and a user profile—which may include continuously updated user-specific behavior information, situational and ambient information, an accumulated history of scanned code messages, and integration with outside database information—the server determines behavioral information about a user, including user trajectories. For example, a history of scanned barcodes and the locations and times where they were scanned may be analyzed to determine where a user has been and what they were interested in scanning. Based on such tracking, the system can predict user trajectories, and notify users of an expected proximity or intersection with other users' trajectories. | 10-06-2011 |
20110301843 | Navigable topological maps - Disclosed herein are methods of providing location-based information with respect to a topological map. A method may include (a) receiving a query for location-related information, (b) optionally generating data representing the topological map, (c) accessing the location-related information in a map-to-scale, (d) optionally determining an association between one or more points (or links) in the map-to-scale and one or more corresponding points (or links) in a topological map, (e) identifying one or more points (or links) in the map-to-scale that relate to the location-related information and that correspond to one or more points (or links) in the topological map, (f) optionally determining a relative position of the location-related information with respect to the identified one or more map-to-scale points (or links), and (g) displaying the location-related information with respect to the corresponding one or more points (or links) in the topological map. | 12-08-2011 |
20110301844 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An object of the invention is to provide a vehicle-mounted information processing apparatus capable of specifying the position of another vehicle with high accuracy using information related to the distance between another vehicle and an intersection point. The vehicle-mounted information processing apparatus includes: a map information storage unit ( | 12-08-2011 |
20110307174 | NAVIGATION METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND USER INTERFACE - An apparatus, method, computer program and user interface wherein the method comprises: a controller configured to determine locations of interest within a predetermined distance of a first location; a display configured to simultaneously present a map, a first bounded area of the map and a list of the determined locations of interest within the first bounded area; a user input device configured to enable a user to make a user input, wherein; the controller is configured to detect a user input and, in response to the detection of the user input, control the display to present a second bounded area of the map and update the list of the determined locations of interest so that locations of interest within the second bounded area are presented in the list. | 12-15-2011 |
20110313663 | DETERMINING RELATIVE SPATIAL INFORMATION BETWEEN VEHICLES - A method for determining relative spatial information between a first vehicle and a second vehicle, the method including monitoring a communication channel at the first vehicle and receiving a current communication signal sent by the second vehicle on the communication channel. The current communication signal is received at a received power level. A relative position between the first vehicle and the second vehicle is calculated. Input to the calculating includes an actual or estimated transmitted power level, and the received power level. | 12-22-2011 |
20110320123 | APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING POSITION USING RANGE SIGNALS AND METHOD THEREOF - A position recognizing apparatus and method is provided. The position recognizing apparatus includes a range sensor which senses a distance between the position recognizing apparatus and a range landmark, and a candidate range landmark information generating unit which generates information about candidate range landmarks. The candidate range landmark information is modeled using a position and a posture of the position recognizing apparatus, the sensed distance and an angle between the range landmark and the position recognizing apparatus. The position recognizing apparatus further includes a range landmark extracting unit which, if a new distance is sensed, updates the candidate range landmark information and extracts actual range landmark information from the candidate range landmark information, and a position recognizing unit which recognizes a position of the position recognizing apparatus based on the extracted actual range landmark information. | 12-29-2011 |
20120004844 | FORMATION FLYING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method for directing formation flying of an aircraft includes sensing a relative position of a leader to a follower aircraft by one or more sensors disposed at the follower aircraft. The relative position is compared to a selected relative position, and a follower velocity of the follower aircraft necessary to move the follower aircraft to the selective relative position is determined via a flight control computer of the follower aircraft. The follower velocity is transformed into flight control inputs and the follower aircraft is moved to the selected relative position via the flight control inputs. | 01-05-2012 |
20120029813 | METHOD FOR JUDGING VEHICLE TRAVELING POSITION AND VEHICLE TRAVELING POSITION JUDGMENT DEVICE - A vehicle traveling position judging method of the present invention is a vehicle traveling position judging method for judging the traveling position of a preceding vehicle, and includes: a relative position information acquisition step of acquiring the relative position information of the preceding vehicle and a host vehicle at a predetermined point in time; a host vehicle traveling trajectory information acquisition step of acquiring traveling trajectory information of the host vehicle after the predetermined point in time; and a preceding vehicle position judging step of judging a traveling position of the preceding vehicle on the basis of the relative position information and the traveling trajectory information of the host vehicle. | 02-02-2012 |
20120035844 | CRUISE ASSIST SYSTEM - A cruise assist system for a vehicle, which is structured to contain magnetic particles in the stop line, and integrate results of measurement of the stop line position based on the GPS positioning, which has been conducted every time the vehicle stops at the stop line for the purpose of improving accuracy of the estimated stop line position. The system is further structured to estimate the self-location of the vehicle based on the estimated position of the stop line. | 02-09-2012 |
20120059575 | TARGET LOCATOR DEVICE AND METHODS - Systems and methods for a target locator device are provided. In one embodiment, a target locator device comprises: a high performance gyroscope; an inertial measurement unit including an accelerometer triad and a gyroscope triad; a rangefinder; a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver; and a processor coupled to the high performance gyroscope, the inertial measurement unit, the rangefinder and the GNSS receiver. The processor derives an alignment heading from a heading measurement provided by the high performance gyroscope. The processor calculates a heading to a target based on a deviation from the alignment heading as measured from a heading and elevation measurement determined from the inertial measurement unit. | 03-08-2012 |
20120065875 | WATERCRAFT AUTOMATION AND AQUATIC EFFORT DATA UTILIZATION - Watercraft automation and aquatic data utilization for aquatic efforts are disclosed. In one aspect, an anchor point is obtained and a watercraft position maintenance routine is actuated to control the watercraft to maintain association with the anchor point. In another aspect, prior aquatic effort data is obtained in association with an anchor point. In yet another aspect, current aquatic effort data is generated in association with an anchor point. In still another aspect, current aquatic effort data and prior aquatic effort data are utilized for prediction generation. In yet another aspect, current aquatic effort data and prior aquatic effort data are utilized to obtain another anchor point for a watercraft. | 03-15-2012 |
20120065876 | VEHICULAR INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - Disclosed is a vehicular information processing device which performs a predetermined process of a host vehicle on the basis of reference positional information acquired from positional information of another vehicle within a predetermined positional range. When there are a plurality of other vehicles within a predetermined positional range, representative positional information is acquired on the basis of a plurality of pieces of positional information obtained from the plurality of other vehicles, and the predetermined process is performed with the acquired representative positional information as the reference positional information. | 03-15-2012 |
20120065877 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING OBJECTS IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a device and a method for displaying objects in the surroundings of a vehicle having a sensor arrangement ( | 03-15-2012 |
20120072100 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A RELATIVE POSITION OF A SENSING LOCATION WITH RESPECT TO A LANDMARK - An apparatus may include a landmark selector configured to receive selection of a landmark. A sensory device may determine at least one position indicator relating to alignment with the landmark from a sensing location, such as orientation, attitude, and/or altitude. The apparatus may further include a position determiner configured to determine a relative position of the sensing location with respect to the landmark based at least in part on the position indicator. Accordingly, the apparatus may determine the relative position of the sensing location with respect to the landmark. In some embodiments the apparatus may be further configured to determine the absolute position of the sensing location. Thereby position information may be used, for example, to create collaborative content captured at an event occurring near the landmark. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072101 | Method and device for assisting in the locating of aircraft - A method for assisting in the locating of a first aircraft includes a step of emission by the first aircraft of an identifier and of a time-stamped position reading, said method further including: the reception and the storage by at least one second aircraft of the identifier and of the time-stamped position reading, and the downloading by the second aircraft, after its landing, of the identifiers and of the time-stamped position readings to a database on the ground, and, in case of disappearance of the first aircraft, the determination of the last known position of the first aircraft based on the time-stamped position readings stored in the database on the ground. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072102 | WATERCRAFT AUTOMATION AND AQUATIC EFFORT DATA UTILIZATION - Watercraft automation and aquatic data utilization for aquatic efforts are disclosed. In one aspect, an anchor point is obtained and a watercraft position maintenance routine is actuated to control the watercraft to maintain association with the anchor point. In another aspect, prior aquatic effort data is obtained in association with an anchor point. In yet another aspect, current aquatic effort data is generated in association with an anchor point. In still another aspect, current aquatic effort data and prior aquatic effort data are utilized for prediction generation. In yet another aspect, current aquatic effort data and prior aquatic effort data are utilized to obtain another anchor point for a watercraft. | 03-22-2012 |
20120078497 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY TRACKING VEHICLE-CENTRIC DATA AND USER-CENTRIC DATA - A system and method for tracking a vehicle-centric data and a user-centric data with respect to a vehicle. A vehicle-based device can be configured with a vehicle-based application in order to collect and cache the vehicle-centric data. Additionally, an existing vehicle data interface can provide such vehicle-centric data and other data. A GPS-enabled wireless communications device configured with a vehicle and user data tracking module can be interfaced with the vehicle-based device via a wireless technology in order to retrieve the vehicle-centric data with respect to the vehicle. The user-centric data can also be collected from the wireless communications device via a wireless application when the user is external to the vehicle. The vehicle-centric data and the user-centric-data can be then transmitted to a centralized server in order to track a historical and real time GPS location and navigation data. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078498 | VEHICULAR PERIPHERAL SURVEILLANCE DEVICE - A vehicular peripheral surveillance device includes an obstacle recognition sensor | 03-29-2012 |
20120083998 | OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE - An other vehicle information providing device, can be configured to assign priority to a plurality of other vehicle information inputted to the own vehicle and provides other vehicle information having high priority. The other vehicle information providing device includes a priority memory means for storing priority information. An information switching index value calculation means which predicts future priority after a lapse of a predetermined period based on the stored priority information, which can include latest priority and priority previous to the latest priority, and calculates an information switching index value based on the latest priority, the priority previous to the latest priority, the priority before the priority previous to the latest priority and the future priority. An information providing means provides other vehicle information based on the information switching index value. | 04-05-2012 |
20120089319 | GPS-Based Relative Positioning Enhancement Method Using Neighboring Entity Information - A method and system is provided for determining a relative position between a host vehicle and a remote vehicle using an indirect assisting entity technique. A GPS position of the host vehicle and a remote vehicle are obtained. A number of common satellites providing GPS data to the host vehicle and the remote vehicle are determined. An indirect-assisting entity is identified having a common number of satellites in communication between the host vehicle and remote vehicle, respectively, which is greater than the number of common satellites between host vehicle and the remote vehicle. A relative position is determined between the host vehicle and the indirect-assisting entity, and the remote vehicle and the indirect-assisting entity. A position of the host vehicle relative to the remote vehicle is determined as a function of the determined position of the host vehicle and remote vehicle relative to the indirect-assisting entity. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089320 | METHOD OF AUTOMATIC POSITIONING FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING OF CONTAINER SHIPS IN CONTAINER TERMINALS - A method is provided for automatically locating a container in a stowage location of a container ship for loading and unloading of the container ship in container terminals. The method includes the following steps: obtaining the position information of the container ship from container ship positioning units, obtaining the position information of the container from container positioning units when the container is in its stowage location, and determining the stowage location of the container in the container ship by first computing a relative position of the container in the container ship based on both the position information of the container ship and the position information of the container and then correlating the relative position with a stowage plan of the container ship. | 04-12-2012 |
20120095673 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DRIVING INFORMATION FOR VEHICLES BASED ON HIGH SPEED MOVEMENT LONG DISTANCE IMPUSE RADIO ULTRA WIDEBAND - An apparatus for providing driving information for a vehicle based on high speed movement long distance impulse radio-ultra wideband (IR-UWB) is provided. The apparatus includes an IR-UWB module configured to generate a packet based on high speed movement long distance IR-UWB, transmit the generated packet, and interpret a received packet and a controller operationally coupled to the IR-UWB module. The controller is configured for the step of estimating a distance between an own vehicle and a different vehicle, estimating a relative location of the own vehicle with respect to the different vehicle based on the distance and generating driving information including the distance and the relative location. | 04-19-2012 |
20120101711 | Collision Warning Apparatus - A collision warning apparatus for a host vehicle which has stopped along a lane of a highway, comprises at least one sensor associated with the host vehicle which generates a data stream in response to radiation received from a scene rearwards of the host vehicle, a memory in which the apparatus stores a reference target data set dependent upon movement of a first vehicle within the scene in a first period of time; and processing circuitry arranged to: identify a second target vehicle moving in the scene during a second period of time subsequent to the first period of time from the data stream and to output at least target data for the identified vehicle; and process the reference target data set with the target data or data derived therefrom, to determine whether there is a risk of collision between the second target vehicle and the host vehicle. The apparatus is especially suited for use with a vehicle that is stationary by the side of a road to warn of a possible collision from a vehicle that is approaching it from the rear. | 04-26-2012 |
20120101712 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING DRIVER ATTENTIVENESS - The attentiveness of the driver of motor vehicle traveling in a lane provided with boundaries on both sides is assessed by measuring the distance of the vehicle from one of the boundaries, determining the objective lateral freedom of movement of the vehicle in the lane, specifying a desired range of the distance of the vehicle from one boundary by means of the objective lateral freedom of movement, and adapting a parameter representative of the assessed attentiveness of the driver when the distance of the vehicle from one boundary leaves the desired range. | 04-26-2012 |
20120116661 | System and Method For Correlation of Vehicles and Drivers - A system and method are provided for correlating between vehicle identification information and driver contact information. This is implemented in a preferred embodiment by means of a database running on a server, which contains tables of data on vehicles and drivers thereof, such as the vehicle license plate numbers and driver cellular phone numbers. By means of the system a user, knowing only the driver's license plate number, can contact this driver. | 05-10-2012 |
20120116662 | System and Method for Tracking Objects - A methods for tracking objects by generating kinematic models corresponding to the objects using a computerized object-tracking system including a data collection module receiving scan data associated with an object and generating, using the scan data, a new frame F, associated with a new time t+dt and including new points X. A clustering module identifies a new group G of new points X | 05-10-2012 |
20120116663 | OBSTACLE DETECTION DEVICE AND OBSTACLE DETECTION SYSTEM - Objects relatively approaching a vehicle diagonally are detected, and at least relative distances of the detected objects with respect to the vehicle and relative speeds of the detected objects with respect to the vehicle are calculated. Using the relative distances of the objects and the relative speeds of the objects, estimated collision time lengths to collisions of the objects with the vehicle are calculated respectively. A predetermined number of the objects that are arranged in an ascending order of the estimated collision time lengths are selected, and pieces of detected information on the selected objects are output. | 05-10-2012 |
20120116664 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND ROTATION DETECTION DEVICE USED IN SAME - A vehicle control device capable of accomplishing a highly reliable vehicle control with the separation distance recognized correctly, even if a reduction or an error of the detecting capability occurs in the result of measurement by a separation distance measuring section for measuring the separation distance with an object such as inter-vehicle gap is provided. The control device includes a rotation detector for detecting the rotational speed of a vehicle wheel and a vehicle movement amount detecting section for detecting the amount of movement of a vehicle from an output signal thereof. The use is made of a separation distance measuring section such as a laser radar for measuring, on a non-contact basis, the separation distance between the vehicle and the object, and of a vehicle movement control section for controlling the movement of the vehicle using the separation distance and the vehicle movement amount. | 05-10-2012 |
20120123670 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING CHARGE STATION INFORMATION - A system for updating a charge station database including information about charge station location and/or characteristic by determining and verifying charge station location and characteristics after a vehicle connects to a charging station. The vehicle determines (probes) the charge station location based upon the location of the vehicle while connected to the charging station. This location information is transmitted by the vehicle to a central database. | 05-17-2012 |
20120130627 | TAXI DISPATCH SYSTEM - A system, method and computer program are provided for dispatching taxis. A list of the closest, available taxis is sent to a customer. The customer selects at least one taxi in the list that is to receive a travel request. After one of the taxis has accepted the travel request, a display is provided which indicates the location of the customer and the location of a taxi which has accepted the travel request. Updated location information is periodically submitted to determine updated locations for the customer and taxi throughout the pendency of the travel request. | 05-24-2012 |
20120166072 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS - A driving support apparatus includes: a driving support controller for starting to execute a driving support control when a support start condition is met; a current position detector; and a driving direction determination unit for successively determining whether there is a possibility of a vehicle turning at an intersection in a direction, to which a blinker turns. The driving support controller sets an enforcement notification state when the driving direction determination unit determines the possibility after the driving support controller starts to execute the driving support control. The driving support control provides to notify information in the enforcement notification state even when the blinker turns off, and ends the enforcement notification state when the driving direction determination unit determines no possibility. | 06-28-2012 |
20120191335 | TARGET IDENTIFICATION DEVICE AND TARGET MOVEMENT PREDICTION METHOD - A target identification device in a user object includes: a user information obtaining part and a target information obtaining part obtaining a position, a speed over ground and a course over ground of the user object and a target object; a processor that calculates a CPA distance and a TCPA with respect to the target object relative and the user object, based on the positions, the speeds over ground and the courses over ground of the user object and the target object. The processor replaces the course over ground of the user object with a direction toward the target object and calculates the CPA and the TCPA when the speed over ground of the user object is a low speed determination value or less. | 07-26-2012 |
20120191336 | LOCATION-TO-LANDMARK - A mapping application that returns results for a target location as a function of at least one nearby landmark. The one or more nearby landmarks can be selected based on an expected user familiarity with the landmark, a precision of the landmark and/or a spatial relationship of the landmark with respect to the target location. Although landmarks are an integral aspect of navigation, they have rarely been used within electronic navigation devices. Electronic navigation means for a mobile device or other devices can guide the user along a route using photographs of landmarks together with audio and text instructions that reference these landmarks. This can assist older users who often find their mobility hampered by declines in sensory, cognitive and motor abilities. | 07-26-2012 |
20120197518 | PROVIDING A LOCATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL - Methods, devices, and systems for providing a location of an individual are described herein. One or more device embodiments include a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to concurrently provide a location of an individual at least two different points in time, a time identifier for each of the at least two different points in time, and an uncertainty associated with the location of the individual at each of the at least two different points in time to a user. | 08-02-2012 |
20120239285 | SYSTEM FOR AUGMENTING THE COVERAGE, INFORMATION AND ROBUSTNESS OF AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION DEVICES OF SHIPS - A system for augmenting the coverage, information and robustness of an automatic identification system of ships incorporates standard AIS-type means, satellite links, coastal stations and processing centres handling the coordination of the means (maximising the coverage of the system in time) and the processing of the data (merging of different information to create extended context information). The system implements a scheduling algorithm for the resources mobilised, in order to optimise the coverage by ensuring a given level of redundancy for the purposes of reliability and responsiveness of the system. | 09-20-2012 |
20120253653 | Location Mapping - Systems and methods are disclosed for using geographic information in connection with sporting activities. Sensors may be attached to users and/or clothing to generate performance data. The data, along location data, may be transmitted to a server. The server may maintain leader boards for users and locations and allow users to search for other users and locations of sporting activities. | 10-04-2012 |
20120259537 | Moving Geofence for Machine Tracking in Agriculture - An agricultural vehicle tracking system provides a moving geofence about the location of a vehicle. When the moving geofence contacts a point of interest, such as another moving geofence, an alert is issued. The particular characteristics of the moving geofence may be generated in accordance with a predetermined scheme. | 10-11-2012 |
20120265430 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A BOUNDARY CROSSING - Method for detecting a boundary crossing of an object, the movement of which is represented by a sequence of positions on a digital road map ith vectorized road segments and at least one boundary, the method comprising: determining an intersection of the boundary with a road segment and a reference direction in the orientation of this road segment, successively projecting vectors, each determined between one of the positions and the intersection point, onto the reference direction, in order to obtain a sequence of projections, and detecting a boundary crossing if a change of direction or sign occurs in the sequence of projections. | 10-18-2012 |
20120271539 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVER ASSISTANCE - A driver assistance device for a motor vehicle is provided. The driver assistance device includes an environmental sensor configured for monitoring a monitoring space located laterally to the motor vehicle for the presence of an object. An analysis unit is configured to receive a detection signal from the environmental sensor for estimating a possible endangerment of the motor vehicle by the object present in the monitoring space and to deliver a result signal representative of the endangerment. The analysis unit is configured to judge on the basis of the detection signal whether the object present in the monitoring space is approaching a lane adjacent to a lane traveled by the motor vehicle and to signal a result of a judgment in the result signal. | 10-25-2012 |
20120303255 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCURATE LOCALIZATION FOR AN INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - A method and apparatus for providing accurate localization at an industrial vehicle is described. In one embodiment, the method includes processing at least one sensor input message from a plurality of sensor devices, wherein the at least one sensor input message comprises information regarding environmental features, determining pose measurements associated with the industrial vehicle in response to each acquisition time of the at least one sensor input message and updating map data with the determined pose measurements. | 11-29-2012 |
20120303256 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS RELATED TO ESTABLISHING GEO-FENCE BOUNDARIES AND COLLECTING DATA - Establishing geo-fence boundaries and collecting data. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: detecting a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establishing a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collecting data regarding the vehicle movement within the first geo-fence boundary; and detecting the vehicle has departed the first geo-fence boundary. | 11-29-2012 |
20120303257 | POWER CHARGING STATION ADMINISTRATION DEVICE - A power charging station administration device administrates available time slot information and installation site information set by an administrator of an in-vehicle battery charger, that is, the available time slot information representing time slots at which the in-vehicle battery charger is available and the installation site information representing the installation site of the in-vehicle battery charger using an administration unit. An information publication unit publishes the available time slot information and the installation site information administrated by the administration unit on a homepage. An occupant of a vehicle A other than the administrator of the in-vehicle battery charger can use the in-vehicle battery charger by verifying the published information during time slots at which the in-vehicle battery charger is available. | 11-29-2012 |
20120310516 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSOR BASED ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL CONSTRUCTION - A method and system may determine the estimated location of a vehicle, measure a location of an object relative to the vehicle using a sensor associated with the vehicle, and determine an updated vehicle location using the measured relative object location in conjunction with previously stored object locations. The estimated vehicle location may be determined using a system different from that associated with the sensor, for example a GPS system. The object location may be measured relative to a sub-map corresponding to the location of the vehicle. | 12-06-2012 |
20120310517 | METHOD FOR WARNING A USER OF A ROAD VEHICLE ABOUT AN APPROACHING VEHICLE - A method for alerting a user of a road vehicle (B-F, | 12-06-2012 |
20120316768 | METHODS FOR ACTIVITY REDUCTION IN PEDESTRIAN-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Methods for pedestrian unit (PU) communication activity reduction in pedestrian-to-vehicle communication networks include obtaining safety risk information for a pedestrian at risk for involvement in an accident and using the risk information to adjust a PU communication activity. In some embodiments, the activity reduction is achieved without implementing understanding of surroundings. In other embodiments, the activity reduction is based on risk assessment provided by vehicles. In some embodiments, the activity reduction includes PU transmission reduction. In some embodiments the transmission activity reduction may be followed by reception activity reduction for overall power consumption reduction. | 12-13-2012 |
20120316769 | Marine Threat Monitoring and Defense System - A marine threat monitoring and defense system and method protects a target vessel in icy or other marine regions. The system uses communications, user interfaces, and data sources to identify marine obstacles (e.g., icebergs, ice floes, pack ice, etc.) near a target vessel performing set operations (e.g., a stationed structure performing drilling or production operations or a seismic survey vessel performing exploration operations with a planned route). The system monitors positions of these identified marine obstacles over time relative to the target vessel and predicts any potential threats. When a threat is predicted, the system plans deployment of support vessels, beacons, and the like to respond to the threat. For example, the system can direct a support vessel to divert the path or break up ice threatening the target vessel. | 12-13-2012 |
20120323476 | ON-VEHICLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THEREOF - An on-vehicle wireless communication apparatus for transmitting transmission data having positional information wirelessly at a frequency includes: a receiver receiving the transmission data from another apparatus; a positional information acquiring unit acquiring the positional information; a location specifying unit specifying a location relationship between a vehicle and another vehicle based on the positional information of the vehicle and the another vehicle; an another-apparatus transmission timing specifying unit specifying a transmission timing of the another apparatus when the another vehicle is located immediately in front of the vehicle; and a transmission timing adjusting unit adjusting a transmission timing of the apparatus so that the transmission data is transmitted at the frequency with an adjusted transmission timing, which is later by a predetermined time than the transmission timing of the another apparatus. | 12-20-2012 |
20130030682 | IDENTIFICATION OF A PERSON LOCATED PROXIMITE TO A CONTACT IDENTIFIED IN AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION CLIENT - A method, which includes, within an electronic communication client, identifying a first person. Via a processor, at least a second person geographically located proximate to a geographic location associated with the first person can be identified. The method further can include, within the electronic communication client, indicating that the second person is geographically located proximate to the geographic location associated with the first person. | 01-31-2013 |
20130030683 | Method For Accurately Timing Stations On A Public Transportation Route - The present invention relates to a method for timing the arrival of a public transportation vehicle to a station on a route comprising the steps of: (a) receiving at least one said route for said public transportation vehicle; (b) receiving the location of at least one said station on said route; (c) receiving at least one GPS reading, indicative of the location of said public transportation vehicle; (d) calculating the location of said public transportation vehicle in relations to said route; (e) calculating the distance of the route between said location of said public transportation vehicle to said station; and (f) calculating the time required for said public transportation vehicle to travel to said station based on at least said distance to said station. | 01-31-2013 |
20130030684 | SELECTION OF A RELATIVE POSITIONING METHOD - It is inter alia disclosed to select a relative positioning method from a set of at least two different relative positioning methods that are for determining an estimate of a relative position between a first entity and a second entity. The relative positioning method is selected in dependence on at least one of the following criteria: an estimated/measured distance between the first entity and the second entity; a relative positioning capability, of at least one of the first entity, the second entity and at least one server entity associated with at least one of the first entity and the second entity, to determine an estimate of a relative position between two entities; and an availability, at at least one of the at least one server entity, of a service providing data of at least one reference entity useable for determining an estimate of a relative position between the reference entity and one of the first entity and the second entity. | 01-31-2013 |
20130041578 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE, VEHICLE-MOUNTED COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED INFORMATION PROCESSOR - Provided is a vehicle-mounted device, which can reduce the amount of data of the positional information of other vehicles captured by a communication device, and also provided are a vehicle-mounted communication device and a vehicle-mounted information processor, which are used in the vehicle-mounted device. The vehicle-mounted device discerns a positional relationship, which is formed on the basis of map information, with an object captured by a communication device. The positional relationship is discerned by means of an information processor, which processes positional information of the object as required. The communication device is provided with a coordinate conversion unit, which converts the positional information of the captured object into coordinate information of a coordinate system that is set at a limited resolution with respect to the map information, and the communication device transfers to the information processor the coordinate information produced by the conversion. | 02-14-2013 |
20130054127 | Vehicular Wireless Communication Apparatus And Communication System - A vehicular wireless communication apparatus disposed in a subject vehicle determines whether a travel locus of the subject vehicle is similar to a travel locus of a lead vehicle. When the travel locus of the subject vehicle and the lead vehicle are similar, the apparatus transmits the lead vehicle's device identification (ID) and a latest position information of the subject vehicle in place of travel locus information of the subject vehicle from the apparatus to other vehicles at regular interval. | 02-28-2013 |
20130066544 | Security and Tracking System - A security and tracking apparatus includes at least a first signaling unit and a second signaling unit, wherein the apparatus is adapted for transmitting the location of each signaling unit when the first and second signaling units are separated by more than a preselected distance. A method to locate a person, animal, or object, includes providing in contact with or at least in close proximity to the person, the animal, or the object, at least a first signaling unit and a second signaling unit, wherein each respective signaling unit is adapted for identifying the location of the signaling units and for transmitting the location of the signaling units when the first and second signaling units are separated more than a preselected distance; and activating the signaling units to transmit the location of the signaling units. | 03-14-2013 |
20130090843 | VEHICULAR DISPLAY APPARATUS - A vehicular display apparatus in a host vehicle is provided with a display output portion including a ring-shaped light-emitting area that represents presence of a different vehicle. A direction specification processor specifies a direction indicating presence of the different vehicle with reference to the host vehicle based on position information about the host vehicle and the different vehicle. A distance specification processor specifies a distance between the host vehicle and the different vehicle based on position information about the host vehicle and the different vehicle. A display control processor displays part of the light-emitting area so that the displayed part is positioned in a direction specified by the direction specification processor and has a length based on a distance specified by the distance specification processor. | 04-11-2013 |
20130103298 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRECISE VEHICLE LOCALIZATION USING RADAR MAPS - A method for determining a location of a vehicle. The method includes steps of acquiring a plurality of sensor data from a radar sensor associated with the vehicle; obtaining an approximate location of the vehicle using a GPS unit; comparing the sensor data to a database of geo-referenced sensor data; and based on the comparison, determining a location of the vehicle. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103299 | APPARATUS FOR MONITORING VICINITY OF A VEHICLE - Category determination is performed on an object candidate extracted from a captured image after an exclusion process is performed in advance. In the exclusion process, a distance from a vehicle to the object candidate is calculated based on a size of the object candidate in a current image, a moved distance of the vehicle occurring in a time interval from a time a previous image was captured to a time the current image is captured is calculated, the size of the object candidate in the current image is decreased at a change ratio based on the distance to the object candidate and the moved distance, and a size of the object candidate in the previous image and a size of the object candidate decreased at the change ratio are compared. The object candidate with difference between them being determined to be larger than a predetermined value is removed. | 04-25-2013 |
20130151136 | METHOD OF DETECTING LOCATION OF OPPOSING VEHICLE USING GPS INFORMATION - A method of detecting a location of an opposing vehicle using Global Positioning System (GPS) information in which pieces of GPS raw data and pieces of GPS post-processing data of a driver's vehicle and of an opposing vehicle are received. It is determined using the received GPS post-processing data whether the opposing vehicle is a vehicle that has entered a predetermined range. If it is determined that the opposing vehicle is a vehicle that has entered the predetermined range, it is determined whether common data is present in the pieces of GPS raw data of the driver's vehicle and of the opposing vehicle by comparing the pieces of GPS raw data with each other. A degree of proximity to the opposing vehicle is using the common data in the pieces of GPS raw data of the driver's vehicle and the opposing vehicle. | 06-13-2013 |
20130158851 | PARKING ASSIST SYSTEM - A device for assisting the driver of a vehicle in the process of parking is provided. The device includes sensors for detecting obstacles in an environment of the vehicle, at least in an environment in front and in back of the vehicle, and a display for indicating the distance between the vehicle and an obstacle identified in the environment. The display includes a first means, with which the distance between the vehicle and an obstacle identified in front of the vehicle can be displayed on a windshield of the vehicle, and a second means, with which the distance between the vehicle and an obstacle identified in back of the vehicle can be displayed on a rear window of the vehicle. | 06-20-2013 |
20130179063 | GROUND THREAT LOCATION FOR AN AIRCRAFT USING BURST RECOGNITION - Systems and methods are provided for locating threats to an aircraft that are located on the ground. Associated bearings from a sensor in an aircraft are determined for each of a plurality of detected shots from a threat at ground level. A sensor ground projection is plotted along each associated bearing. Each sensor ground projection is mapped to an elliptical uncertainty area reflecting the inherent error in bearing determining instrumentation. An estimation of the position for the threat based on the intersection points between mapped uncertainty areas of the sensor ground projections is calculated. | 07-11-2013 |
20130197793 | CALIBRATED HARDWARE SENSORS FOR ESTIMATING REAL-WORLD DISTANCES - In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for assisting a user in determining a real-world distance. Hardware-based sensors (e.g., present in a mobile electronic device) may allow for a fast low-power determination of distances. In one embodiment, one or more telemetry-related sensors may be incorporated into a device. For example, data detected by a frequently-calibrated integrated accelerometer may be used to determine a tilt of the device. A device height may be estimated based on empirical data or based on a time difference between a signal (e.g., a sonar signal) emitted towards the ground and a corresponding detected signal. A triangulation technique may use the estimated tilt and height to estimate other real-world distances (e.g., from the device to an endpoint or between endpoints). | 08-01-2013 |
20130204516 | RISK POTENTIAL CALCULATION APPARATUS - A risk potential estimating device | 08-08-2013 |
20130211704 | Robotic Mower Boundary Sensing System - A robotic mower boundary sensing system includes a boundary driving circuit on a charging station transmitting an encoded signal on a boundary wire, a boundary sensor on a robotic mower and including an inductor receiving the encoded signal, and a vehicle control unit on the robotic mower receiving the encoded signal from the boundary sensor and decoding the signal and cross correlating the received signal to determine the distance of the boundary sensor from the boundary wire. | 08-15-2013 |
20130218448 | ROAD SHAPE ESTIMATION APPARATUS - A road shape estimation apparatus, mounted to a vehicle, for estimating a shape of a road on which the vehicle runs, includes: an object detection section for detecting, as a plurality of detected points, a position of a stationary object which is around the vehicle; a starting point determination section for determining a starting point by selecting from among the plurality of detected points, based on a positional relationship between the vehicle and each of the plurality of detected points; a detected point connection section for sequentially connecting between the starting point and one of the detected points that is a point to be connected, so as to start from the starting point, and for thus grouping detected points; and a road shape estimation section for estimating, as a shape of the road, a shape of a connection line obtained by grouping the detected points. | 08-22-2013 |
20130226444 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERCONNECTED DEVICES - A computer implemented method comprises, at an electronic device having an input interface and a display, receiving information relating to a current relative location of at least one other electronic device, displaying on the display a representation of the at least one other electronic device and its relative location, and receiving at the input interface user input associated with the displayed representation of the at least one other electronic device for communicating with the at least one other electronic device. The electronic device has up-to-date knowledge of the relative position of the at least one other device and displays this visually. Information may be sent to the at least one other electronic device in response to receiving the user input associated with the displayed representation of the at least one other electronic device. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226445 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND DRIVING SUPPORT PROGRAM - A trajectory feature point generating unit of a driving support device determines a target speed of a host vehicle when the host vehicle passes the vicinity of an obstacle, on the basis of the maximum possible lateral distance of the host vehicle from the obstacle when the host vehicle passes the vicinity of the obstacle and a map in which a lateral distance and a speed when the host vehicle passes the vicinity of the obstacle are associated with each other. Therefore, for example, the trajectory feature point generating unit can determine the target speed of the host vehicle when the host vehicle passes the vicinity of the obstacle, in the range of the maximum possible distance from the obstacle, such that the speed is equal to or less than a value corresponding to a predetermined distance. As a result, it is possible to determine a state of the host vehicle which is consistent with reality. | 08-29-2013 |
20130245928 | ELECTRONICALLY LOCATING CONTACTS BASED ON INTENDED TRAVEL DESTINATIONS - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for locating connections/contacts of a user of social networking websites based on an intended travel destination of the user. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention will analyze a set of online resources (e.g., travel websites, social networking services, calendaring programs, etc.) to identify one or more travel profiles (e.g., reservations) associated with the user. Based on one or more intended destinations set forth in the travel profile(s), social networking websites associated with the user may be analyzed to identify and locate contacts/connections of the user that are located within a predetermined proximity of the intended destination(s). Once such contacts have been identified, the user may be provided with a notification that identifies the contact and provides the contact's location. | 09-19-2013 |
20130245929 | FILTERING METHOD AND FILTER DEVICE FOR SENSOR DATA - A filtering method for sensor data formed by a sensor system for acquiring objects, including: measurement of a scaling value from the sensor data, the scaling value corresponding to a change in size of an object from the sensor data over a time interval, determination of a measurement error parameter of the scaling value, and execution of a Kalman filtering based immediately on the measured scaling value, the time interval, and the measurement error parameter, in order to estimate at least one normalized motion parameter of the object relative to the sensor system. A related filter device, a driver assistance system, and a computer program are also described. | 09-19-2013 |
20130261947 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A driving assistance device includes: a surrounding-vehicle-information acquisition device for sequentially acquiring vehicle information for specifying a position and a travelling direction of a surrounding vehicle; a position acquisition device and a direction acquisition device for a host vehicle; a display controller for controlling a display device to display an image indicative of a current position of the surrounding vehicle relative to the current position and the travelling direction of the host vehicle; a surrounding-vehicle-track generation device for generating a surrounding vehicle track, which is at least one of a previous track and a future track of the surrounding vehicle; and a track display determination device for determining whether it is necessary to display the surrounding vehicle track. The display device further displays the surrounding vehicle track when it is necessary to display the surrounding vehicle track. | 10-03-2013 |
20130261948 | PERIPHERY VEHICLE DETERMINATION APPARATUS - A periphery vehicle determination apparatus disposed in a host vehicle includes a behavior obtaining section obtaining a behavior related information of an immediately adjacent object, a vehicle-to-vehicle communication device, an information obtaining section obtaining vehicle information sets from periphery vehicles, a specifying section specifying a vehicle information set from an immediately adjacent vehicle based on the behavior related information, a transceiving section transmits and receives an immediately adjacent information, and an anteroposterior relation determination section specifying an anteroposterior relation of the periphery vehicles in a one-dimensional direction by correlating the immediately adjacent informations transmitted from the periphery vehicles based on a repeated identification information included in at least two of the immediately adjacent informations. | 10-03-2013 |
20130261949 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE SEPARATION FOR A PLURALITY OF VEHICLES - The invention pertains to a vehicle separation system for a plurality of vehicles wherein the system is arranged to cooperatively provide distance separation for the plurality of vehicles, the system comprising: a storage module arranged in each of the plurality of vehicles, wherein each storage module comprises information related to a reference trajectory for each of the plurality of vehicles, a deviation detection module arranged to detect a deviation from said reference trajectory and generate at least one deviation alert, a communication module arranged to communicate the at least one deviation alert to each of the plurality of vehicles in response to the detected deviation, a separation module arranged to calculate an update of the reference trajectory for at least one of the plurality of vehicles, based on the reference trajectory of each of the plurality of vehicles, in order to provide distance separation between the plurality of vehicles. | 10-03-2013 |
20130268184 | TARGET VEHICLE MOVEMENT CLASSIFICATION - Methods, program products, and vehicles are provided for classifying movement of target vehicles in proximity to a host vehicle and taking appropriate action based on the classification. An active safety system is coupled to a drive system, and is configured to provide an action during a drive cycle of the vehicle. The active safety system comprises a detection unit and a processor. The detection unit is configured to measure movement of a target vehicle in proximity to a host vehicle. The processor is coupled to the detection unit, and is configured to assess a pattern of the movement of the target vehicle relative to the host vehicle or a third vehicle, classify the movement of the target vehicle based on the pattern to generate a classification, the classification pertaining to a deviation from a typical vehicle movement, and take action based on the classification. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268185 | AUTOMATED MULTI-VEHICLE POSITION, ORIENTATION AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention provides a system and method for relative localization that provides an orientation signal and a position signal between at least two vehicles. The present invention also provides for vehicle formation, such that there is a leading vehicle and a follower vehicle that maintain a specific formation relative to one another. The orientation, relative position and identity signals are utilized to control that formation. Each vehicle has at least three ultrasonic sensors, at least one ultrasonic source and an optional pair of FM receiver/transmitter. By installing several acoustic sensors whose relative position are known and by measuring the difference in the time of arrival of the same signal from the various sensors on the same vehicle, the difference in time can be converted into a difference of distance and then into relative position of the sensors from the source based on the Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA). | 10-10-2013 |
20130268186 | VEHICULAR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - In a vehicular wireless communication apparatus in a subject vehicle, a rear vehicle determination process determines whether another vehicle is a rear vehicle within a predetermined range based on a past locus of the subject vehicle determined by a subject-vehicle locus determination process, and a locus information-set of the another vehicle received by a wireless communication portion. When the another vehicle is determined to be the rear vehicle, a necessary-position determination process determines position information-items of two end points of a line segment of the past locus of the subject vehicle which intersects with a perpendicular line drawn from a present position of the another vehicle. A simple transmission process transmits a locus information-set including (i) a present position information-item of the subject vehicle and (ii) the necessary-position information-item determined in the necessary-position determination process, from the wireless communication portion. | 10-10-2013 |
20130275034 | LOCALLY INVARIANT GLOBAL HYPOTHESIS TRACKING - The technology described herein includes a system and/or a method for global hypothesis tracking In some examples, a method generates one or more paired segments based on track data. The method further generates one or more multi-segment tracks based on the one or more paired segments and generates a transition probability between each pair of the one or more paired segments. | 10-17-2013 |
20130275035 | PERFORMING NON-CONTACT BASED DETERMINATION OF THE POSITION OF AN IMPLEMENT - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method for performing non-contact based determination of the position of an implement. In one embodiment, the method includes using a non-contact based measurement system to determine a first measurement comprising the position of the implement relative to a mobile machine coupled with the implement, determining a second measurement comprising the geographic position of the mobile machine and determining the geographic position of the implement using the first measurement and the second measurement. | 10-17-2013 |
20130282266 | SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING NON-CONTACT BASED DETERMINATION OF THE POSITION OF AN IMPLEMENT - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems for performing non-contact based determination of the position of an implement. In one embodiment, a non-contact based measurement system is used to determine the relative position of an implement coupled with a mobile machine. The geographic position of the mobile machine is determined and the geographic position of said implement based upon the geographic position of the mobile machine and the position of the implement relative to the mobile machine. | 10-24-2013 |
20130289867 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING AN AIRPLANE IN CONNECTION WITH PARKING OF THE AIRPLANE AT A STAND - Method for identifying an airplane and indicate airplane type and version in connection to parking of the airplane at a gate or a stand, for possible connection of a passenger or a loading bridge to a an airplane door, where the airplane is positioned and stopped at a predetermined position using a touchless measurement of the distance between the airplane and a fixed point, where the distance is indicated on a display mounted in front of the pilot of the airplane on for instance an airport building ( | 10-31-2013 |
20130332060 | TRACKING VEHICLE LOCATIONS IN A PARKING LOT FOR DEFINITIVE DISPLAY ON A GUI - A computer implemented method for displaying on a map a definitive image of precise locations of multiple mobile objects such as vehicles in a lot. The lot is mapped digitally to display precise locations of sub-areas of different types, such as parking and movement slots and their raw, approximate distances from vehicles are determined from approximate coordinates of vehicles obtained remotely. A data base of vehicle and sub-area types is established and a vehicle placement matrix is determined providing probabilities of respective sub-areas being occupiable by respective vehicles derived from business environment rules based on compatibilities of respective vehicle types with respect sub-area types. Raw, approximate distances of vehicles from sub-areas are divided by the probabilities to provided adjusted distances, sub-areas ranked by least adjusted distances and the respective vehicles placed in their top ranked sub-areas for more accurate display of location on a GUI. | 12-12-2013 |
20130338912 | RADAR SENSOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, IN PARTICULAR RCA SENSOR - Radar sensor for motor vehicles, including a transmitting antenna in the form of a planar array antenna having multiple adjacent antenna elements, and including a power supply system for supplying the antenna elements with microwave power. The power supply system is designed for supplying each pair of directly adjacent antenna elements with microwave power in phase opposition. | 12-19-2013 |
20130345957 | RANKING NEARBY DESTINATIONS BASED ON VISIT LIKELIHOODS AND PREDICTING FUTURE VISITS TO PLACES FROM LOCATION HISTORY - In some examples, systems and techniques can determine a respective visit likelihood for each respective destination of a plurality of destinations based at least in part on a respective distance between the respective destination and a geographic location from a location history associated with a user and a comparison between a time associated with the geographic location and a visit likelihood distribution across time. The systems and techniques can then sort at least some of the plurality of destinations. In other examples, systems and techniques can determine whether a user is likely to visit a place during a future instance of a timeslot based at least in part on a location history associated with the user. The systems and techniques can then output information relating to the place prior to the beginning of the future instance of the timeslot. | 12-26-2013 |
20140005918 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING A TRAILER POSITION OF A TRAILER ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLE | 01-02-2014 |
20140012491 | TRAVELING SUPPORT APPARATUS AND TRAVELING SUPPORT METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a technique in order to carry out the driving support in conformity with the running feeling of a driver. The present invention resides in a traveling support apparatus for carrying out support of assist or warning in order to avoid any departure of a vehicle from a traveling route set on the basis of a traveling-prohibited region or a road indication to indicate a lane boundary, wherein a boundary of the traveling route is set by reflecting a distance which is provided in a lateral direction of the vehicle until present time between the subject vehicle and the traveling-prohibited region or the road indication to indicate the lane boundary. Accordingly, it is possible to set the boundary of the traveling route which is favorable for the driver and which is appropriate corresponding to each road. Therefore, it is possible to carry out the driving support in conformity with the running feeling of the driver. | 01-09-2014 |
20140019035 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING DATA RELATING TO THE TIRES OF A VEHICLE - Method for determining identifiers of wheel units of a vehicle and positions relative to the vehicle of the wheels on which the wheel units are fitted, the vehicle being equipped with a speed sensor for each wheel, and each wheel unit is equipped with elements for transmitting at a predetermined angular position of the corresponding wheel about its axis a message including the identifier of the wheel unit. A central processing unit receives the message and information from the speed sensors. The method includes:
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20140025284 | DETERMINING RELATIVE POSITIONING INFORMATION - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for determining relative positioning information are disclosed. A signal detecting unit configured to be associated with a first vehicle includes one or more signal sensors and one or more processors and is configured to receive one or more signals from one or more signal sources that may be associated with a second vehicle. A set of time values may be determined based on arrival times of the signal(s), and a set of distance expressions may be generated. A set of distance equations may be generated based on the set of time values and the set of distance expressions, and the set of distance equations may be solved to determine one or more positions associated with the first vehicle or the one or more signal sources within a defined coordinate system. | 01-23-2014 |
20140039784 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HAILING TAXICABS - The present application provides a system and method for enabling a driver to locate a passenger. In one or more implementations, a graphical user interface is provided that is operable to send and receive information associated with passengers and vehicles. A location of a first vehicle, a location of a first passenger and a location of a second passenger are received. Information associated with the locations of the first and second passenger is transmitted and a representation of at least one of the first passenger and the second passenger and the respective location thereof is provided. | 02-06-2014 |
20140058655 | TRAILER TARGET MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle trailer backup assist system and method includes a hitch angle detection apparatus and a target monitor controller. The target monitor controller processes images acquired of the trailer towed by a towing vehicle to assist with placement of a target on the trailer. The target monitor controller also monitors the target and provides feedback to the user as to proper positioning of the target on the trailer. A target move detection routine detects movement of a target by processing the pixels of the image to determine if a new trailer has been connected. Further, a trailer connection monitoring routine monitors for a changed trailer based on loss of the hitch angle or target for a predetermined time period. | 02-27-2014 |
20140081566 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING VEHICLE RUNNING IN BLIND SPOT, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GIVING WARNING IN CHANGING CRUISING LANE - An apparatus for detecting a vehicle running in a blind spot detects, with a predetermined accuracy, a first target position of a target which is present in a first detection area that extends obliquely rearward of the vehicle, detects, with an accuracy lower than the predetermined accuracy, a second target position related to a target which is present in a second detection area adjacent to the first detection area; calculates a first estimated position that corresponds to a subsequent position of the target that has been detected by the detection section as the first target position; and adopts the first estimated position as a position of the target when the first estimated position is included in a predetermined range centering on the second target position, adopts the second target position as a position of the target when the first estimated position is outside the predetermined range. | 03-20-2014 |
20140088859 | PROCESS AND DEVICE TO TRACK CONTAINERS BEING MOVED IN A HARBOR TERMINAL WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A TRACTOR - A process to track at least one container ( | 03-27-2014 |
20140095061 | SAFETY DISTANCE MONITORING OF ADJACENT VEHICLES - A method and a system related to monitoring a safety distance of adjacent vehicles is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method of a first vehicle includes determining that a second vehicle is in motion in front of the first vehicle when the first vehicle is in motion and calculating a distance between the second vehicle and the first vehicle through a range measurement device of the first vehicle when the first vehicle and the second vehicle are in motion. The method also includes generating an alert at an administrative server when the distance between the second vehicle and the first vehicle is less than a safety distance. The method may include applying a value data (e.g. a weight, length, and/or speed of the first vehicle) at the administrative server to determine when the distance between the second vehicle and the first vehicle is less than the safety distance. | 04-03-2014 |
20140107914 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE FOR UTILITY LOCATE, MAPPING, AND USAGE - Systems, methods, and software for determining proximity to a utility and using the location information of the utility are provided herein. In one example, a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program instructions executable by a computing device is presented. When executed by the computing device, the program instructions direct the computing device to receive an indication of location of a utility, receive location information of a device, determine utility proximity information, and provide an indication of utility proximity information. The utility location information may then be used with map and other information, or used to control grading operations. | 04-17-2014 |
20140129125 | METHOD OF OPTICALLY LOCATING AN AIRCRAFT RELATIVE TO AN AIRPORT - A method of optically locating an aircraft relative to an airport having standardized signage, including markings, the method includes generating an image of at least a portion of the airport from an optical sensor mounted on the aircraft, determining the location of the aircraft, and providing an indication of the determined location within the aircraft. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129126 | Maritime Autonomous Station Keeping (MASK) - Technology for determining a point-to-point separation between a first ship (e.g., guide ship) and a second ship (e.g., following ship) is disclosed. One approach can include maritime autonomous station keeping (MASK) interactive device comprising a communication module and a processor. The communication module can be configured to receive a following ship reference point (SRP) generated by at least one differential global positioning system (DGPS) receiver on a following ship relative to a guide SRP generated by at least one DGPS receiver on a guide ship. The processor can be configured to generate a plurality of fixed following reference edge points (REPs) relative to the following SRP representing a following ship hull, generate a plurality of fixed guide REPs relative to the guide SRP representing a guide ship hull, and monitor a plurality of distances between the plurality of following REPs and the plurality of guide REPs. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129127 | System and Method For Situational Awareness - A method providing persons in a group information about the whereabouts of others in the group, including whether persons in the group have moved away from an associated vehicle. The method includes receiving information into a computer system derived from measured rf signal strength sent in digital form from one or more portable devices. The information indicates whether any of the persons has moved from a first relatively close position with respect to an associated vehicle and farther away from the associated vehicle than the first position. A timer function may be initiated if the received information indicates that a first person has moved farther away from the associated vehicle than the first position. Updated information may be received, indicating whether the first person remains farther away from, or has moved to a position at least as close as the first relatively close position is to, the associated vehicle. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129128 | RELATIVE VEHICULAR POSITIONING USING VEHICULAR COMMUNICATIONS - The relative position of one vehicle vs. another vehicle, both driving in a vehicular environment, is determined using vehicular communications based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. The relative position determination is performed in a measuring vehicle using data provided by a measured vehicle through IEEE 802.11 communications carried through beacons as well as GPS or other location data and local map information | 05-08-2014 |
20140136093 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF REDUCING TIMING MEASUREMENT ERROR DUE TO CLOCK OFFSET - Navigation systems for use in indoor environments may include a navigation system that can calculate the time of flight of signals between a navigation device and a WiFi Access Point. Such a calculation can be more accurate not just by using more accurate oscillators in devices, but by correcting the relative error between two devices. This error may be found by determining a timing offset correction, the difference in accuracy between the navigation device and the WiFi Access Point. This may be performed by performing a fine frequency estimation on a long training field or by receiving the PPM offset from another device. Once the PPM offset is determined, the accuracy of the navigation device can be improved by a factor of 50 using a series of equations described in the disclosure. | 05-15-2014 |
20140136094 | PROXIMITY DETERMINATION METHOD, PROXIMITY DETERMINATION DEVICE, AND PROXIMITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM - A proximity determination method includes: collecting a first concealed vector based on a linear combination of a row vector of a key matrix, first numerical information, and a first random number, the key matrix being generated by adding a random number vector as a last column to a matrix in which a threshold for determining a proximity range is a diagonal element; collecting a second concealed vector based on the linear combination, second numerical information, and a second random number; calculating a remainder vector, the remainder vector being a remainder obtained from a difference between the collected first concealed vector and the second concealed vector when the key matrix is used as a modulus; and determining whether the first numerical information and the second numerical information belong to the proximity range, based on the calculated remainder vector. | 05-15-2014 |
20140136095 | RELATIVE POSITION DETECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A relative position detection device is used for a traveling system that allows a first and second vehicles to travel such that the first vehicle precedes and the second vehicle follows the first vehicle. The detecting device includes a sensor pair of a first and second sensors and an arithmetic unit. The first and second sensors are located at the same height on the right and left end portions of the front surface of the second vehicle. The first and second sensors emits transmission waves from their located positions in their front directions and receives their reflected waves. The arithmetic unit detects a direction of deviation between the first and second vehicles in the right and left direction on the basis of a difference between a first intensity of the reflected wave received by the first sensor and a second intensity of the reflected waves received by the second sensor. | 05-15-2014 |
20140136096 | APPROACHING VEHICLE DETECTING SYSTEM AND APPROACHING VEHICLE DETECTING METHOD - An approaching vehicle detecting system that detects an approaching vehicle on the basis of sounds collected by a plurality of sound collectors mounted on a host vehicle determines whether a transverse moving direction of a sound source detected by the plurality of sound collectors is a direction approaching the host vehicle, determines whether a vertical position of the sound source detected using the plurality of sound collectors is in the same plane as that of the host vehicle, and detects that sound source as the approaching vehicle when it is determined that the transverse moving direction of the sound source is the direction approaching the host vehicle and the vertical position of the sound source is in the same plane as that of the host vehicle. | 05-15-2014 |
20140149031 | VEHICLE INTERSECTION MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle intersection monitoring method includes exchanging host vehicle information and remote vehicle information between a host vehicle and a remote vehicle, with the host vehicle information including information pertaining to a host vehicle location, a host vehicle heading and a host vehicle intended next maneuver and the remote vehicle information including information pertaining to a remote vehicle location, a remote vehicle heading and a remote vehicle intended next maneuver. The method further includes identifying a road intersection relating to the host vehicle heading and the remote vehicle heading, selecting an intersection scenario from a plurality of intersection scenarios based on the host vehicle information and the remote vehicle information, and monitoring, by operation of a processor, a location relationship between the host vehicle and the remote vehicle according to an algorithm that is determined based on the selected intersection scenario. | 05-29-2014 |
20140163856 | SENSING SYSTEM, SENSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - A sensing system, a sensing method, and a recording medium thereof are provided, which are applicable to a sensing area formed of at least four boundary lines, in which neighboring boundary lines are at a straight angle, and each boundary line is at least three sensing points are set thereupon. Each sensing point implies a coordinate on XY plane. Each sensor provides a sensed value, location information and coordinate corresponding to a sensing point. The processor gets sensed values corresponding to all sensing points from the sensors, and estimates the estimated values of a plurality of expected estimated boundary points on each boundary line according to one of a plurality of estimation formulas and the sensed values of the three sensing points on each boundary line, in which the distance between each expected estimated boundary point and its other neighboring expected estimated boundary points is within a preset value. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163857 | TECHNIQUES FOR REPORTING ON OR TRACKING GROUND VEHICLES - Ground vehicle reporting and tracking techniques are provided to track vehicles associated with a particular area (e.g., an airport, a military base, etc.). Ground vehicles may regularly report information about the vehicle to one or more control stations via corresponding communication links. The communication links may include, for example, an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) link and a non-ADS-B link. | 06-12-2014 |
20140180566 | COMPLEX EVENT PROCESSING FOR MOVING OBJECTS - Described herein is a technology for facilitating complex event processing for moving objects. In some implementations, data associated with moving objects is received from multiple data sources. One or more constraints associated with an event-of-interest are determined. The event-of-interest that satisfies the one or more constraints is detected based on the data. A notification of the detected event-of-interest may then be sent. For purposes of illustration, some specific complex event processing scenarios based on maritime vessels have been presented to demonstrate the capabilities of the present framework. | 06-26-2014 |
20140200798 | Driver assistance system and method for operating a driver assistance system - A driver assistance system for a vehicle including: a detection device for detecting the vehicle surroundings, a position determination device for determining a vehicle position relative to the vehicle surroundings, a database having an ontological data structure in which traffic rules are implemented, a linker for linking the detected vehicle surroundings and the vehicle position to the ontological data structure to form a linked data structure, and an evaluator for evaluating the linked data structure. Also described is a method for operating a driver assistance system for a vehicle. | 07-17-2014 |
20140236468 | CUSTOMIZING DESTINATION IMAGES WHILE REACHING TOWARDS A DESIRED TASK - Customized images can be used to improve navigation of a user to a particular destination. For example, a mobile device can receive a first destination location of the first user. Additionally, the mobile device can receive one or more media files of the first destination location, wherein at least one of the media files is created with a recording device. Furthermore, the mobile device can further receive an indicator associating the one or more media files with the first destination location. Subsequently, the mobile device can receive a current location of the mobile device of the first user. Finally, the mobile device can display the one or more media files when the current location is within a specified distance of the first destination location. | 08-21-2014 |
20140257686 | VEHICLE LANE DETERMINATION - Methods and systems are provided for making lane determinations as to a roadway on which the vehicle is travelling. A determination is made as to a lane of a roadway in which a vehicle is travelling. An identification is made as to an adjacent lane that is adjacent to the lane in which the vehicle is travelling. An assessment is made as to a drivability of the adjacent lane. | 09-11-2014 |
20140278042 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SHARING A BROADCAST PRESET TABLE BETWEEN A VEHICLE TUNER AND AN EXTERNAL DEVICE - A method of sharing a preset table between a vehicle infotainment system including a vehicle tuner, memory for storing a first preset table and a broadcast signal receiver that receives a broadcast signal based on the first preset table, and an external device coupled to the vehicle infotainment system, includes storing the first preset table in the memory, the first preset table including first regional information and at least one combination of first station identification information and a first tuning frequency corresponding to the first station identification information, receiving a second preset table from the external device, the second preset table including second regional information and at least one combination of second station identification information and a second tuning frequency corresponding to the second station identification information, comparing the first preset table with the second preset table, and making the first preset table and the second preset table identical, if the first preset table and the second preset table are different. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278043 | TRAFFIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM UTILIZING POSITION BASED AWARENESS - A system and method of analyzing traffic in a vicinity of a first machine is disclosed. The method may include determining, by one or more computer processors, a projected position of the first machine based on a yaw rate and velocity of the first machine. The method may further include determining, by the one or more computer processors, a predicted zone in the vicinity of the first machine based on the projected position of the first machine. The method may further include determining whether a second machine is present in the predicted zone. In response to determining that the second machine is present in the predicted zone, the method may further include determining whether an unsafe condition exists between the first machine and the second machine. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278044 | Dynamic Determination of Device Location Reporting Frequency - A mobile device associated with a mobile asset (and a method operating on such a mobile device) determines the location of the mobile asset and reports the location to a tracking server. To conserve power and bandwidth resources, the mobile device reports the current location and movement data of the mobile asset initially and then upon determination of the existence of one or more conditions. Potential conditions that could cause the mobile device to send an update to the server are a change from one road to another, a change in velocity or direction greater than a predetermined threshold, a deviation from an assigned or predicted route, or a difference between a current location and a predicted location. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278045 | ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND GENERATION METHOD OF DYNAMIC DRIVING INFORMATION - An assistance system and a generation method of dynamic driving information, which acquire object information of an ambient object near by a main vehicle to establish an ambient object relation list of the main vehicle, receive an ambient object relation list of an ambient vehicle, and determine object information of the ambient object relation list of the ambient vehicle before being added in the ambient object relation list of the main vehicle, so as to establish a dynamic driving information graph. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278046 | Fire Hydrant Locator for EMT Personnel - A communication system for first responders includes a plurality of mobile communication devices (MCDs) in communication with a global positioning system (GPS) and a cloud database via a wireless link. Software resident in the MCDs provides an application in which first responders can view and input data showing types and locations of emergency incidents, the units assigned, assigned radio channels, the incident status, graphical location, the location of each unit and other data. A sub-program resident on the MCDs permits users to locate and tag fire hydrants and input their locations and water delivery data into the cloud database. | 09-18-2014 |
20140303883 | OBJECT PATH PREDICTION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM, AND AUTOMATIC OPERATION SYSTEM - An object path prediction method, apparatus, and program and an automatic operation system that can secure safety even in situations that can actually occur are provided. For this purpose, a computer having a storage unit that stores the position of an object and the internal state including the speed of the object reads the position and internal state of the object from the storage unit, generates trajectories in a space-time consisting of time and space from changes of the positions that can be taken by the object with the passage of time based on the read position and internal state of the object, and predicts probabilistically paths of the object by using the generated trajectories. | 10-09-2014 |
20140309917 | Method and Apparatus for Establishing a Communication Session Between Parked Vehicles to Determine a Suitable Parking Situation - An approach is provided for causing, at least in part, a sensing of information with at least one sensor, wherein the information is associated with at least one anticipated movement of the at least one parked vehicle. The approach also involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of the information to determine one or more conditions of the at least one anticipated movement of the at least one parked vehicle. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, an initiation of at least one action based, at least in part, on the one or more conditions, the at least one anticipated movement, or a combination thereof. | 10-16-2014 |
20140343834 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINDING A LOST VEHICLE - When a driver leaves a vehicle as indicated by a separation event such as the driver's portable wireless communication device (WCD) losing Bluetooth connectivity with the vehicle, the WCD uploads to a cloud server its GPS location before the driver has been able to walk away from the vehicle an appreciable distance. The location is recorded and the driver subsequently can use its WCD to communicate with the server to obtain map information showing the current location of the WCD and the location recorded at the separation event, so that the driver knows the location of her vehicle relative to her current location. | 11-20-2014 |
20140343835 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SLACK CONDITION OF A VEHICLE SYSTEM - A method for determining a slack condition of a vehicle system includes determining when each of first and second vehicles reaches a designated location along a route. The method also includes communicating a response message from the second vehicle to the first vehicle responsive to the second vehicle reaching the designated location, calculating a separation distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle based on a time delay between a first time when the first vehicle reached the designated location and a second time when the second vehicle reached the designated location, and determining a slack condition of the vehicle system based on the separation distance. The slack condition is representative of an amount of slack in the vehicle system between the first and second vehicles. | 11-20-2014 |
20140350834 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM USING KINEMATIC MODEL OF VEHICLE MOTION - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera disposed at the vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera is operable to capture frames of image data. Responsive to image processing by an image processor of captured image data, a control is operable to determine objects present in the field of view of the camera. Responsive to vehicle data, the control determines a vehicle motion vector during driving of the vehicle by a driver of the vehicle. The control determines movement of an object relative to the vehicle via image processing of at least two frames of captured image data during driving of the vehicle by the driver of the vehicle. The control compares the determined relative movement of the object to the determined vehicle motion vector, and responsive to the comparison, the control may determine a misalignment of the camera. | 11-27-2014 |
20140358416 | System and method for node adaptive filtering and congestion control for safety and mobility applications toward automated vehicles system - In one example, we describe a method and infrastructure for DSRC V2X (vehicle to infrastructure plus vehicle) system. This can cover a communication circle up to 800 m, and in some cases 1000 m, and as a result, in congested traffic areas, the onboard unit is communicating with high number of units and may end up saturating its processing capability very quickly. In one example, the task is to provide different levels of node filtering algorithms to intelligently select the node data to be processed. This results in optimally using the available processing power by only processing the data of the desired nodes. This method is based on combination of range, velocity, heading, direction, transmitted power, received power threshold, and map database, if available. This also reduces the V2X communication congestion problem resulted in high number of one-to-many nodes communication. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358417 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING HITCH ANGLE - A system for determining a hitch angle between a vehicle and trailer is provided. The system includes an imaging device disposed on the trailer. A first navigation system is disposed on-board the vehicle. A second navigation system is integrated with the imaging device. A controller determines the hitch angle based on data received from the first navigation system and the second navigation system. | 12-04-2014 |
20140365106 | Method For Collecting And Processing Relative Spatial Data - A method and system are disclosed for determining relative connectedness from temporal data. A user iterates through a list of items implemented on a mobile device. As each item on the list is located it is marked to generate a corresponding timestamp. The timestamps are then used to generate a timestamped list, which in turn is processed to determine the amount of elapsed time between each item on the list being located. The timestamped list data is then processed to generate relative connectedness data, which in turn is processed to generate a relative connectedness graph. The relative connectedness graph is then processed to assign coordinates to each item on the list. In turn, the coordinates are used to generate a map of the items. | 12-11-2014 |
20150019119 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING NARROW ROAD IN FRONT OF VEHICLE - An apparatus for detecting a narrow road in front of a vehicle includes: a narrow road determination processor configured to generate circular arcs passing between obstacles, select a circular arc closest to the middle of the obstacles among the generated circular arcs, and generate an offset curve which is a circular arc having the same central point as the selected circular arc and contacting a corresponding obstacle at left/right sides of the selected circular arc, based on driving information and specification information of the vehicle, and then to determine that a road is a narrow road when a width between the two offset curves does not exceed a threshold value. | 01-15-2015 |
20150025786 | Method And Device For Determining The Speed And/Or Position Of A Vehicle - A method for determining the speed of a vehicle equipped with at least one surround sensor that determines environment data of the vehicle relative to at least one motionless object includes: receiving, by the vehicle, through wireless vehicle-to-environment communication with the at least one motionless object, a transmitted piece of information about the motionlessness of the motionless object; determining the relative motion of the vehicle with respect to the motionless object from the environment data of the vehicle relative to the motionless object; and determining the speed of the vehicle and/or the relative position of the vehicle with respect to the motionless object from the determined relative motion. | 01-22-2015 |
20150039217 | COMPUTING A SIMILARITY MEASURE OVER MOVING OBJECT TRAJECTORIES - Methods and arrangements for measuring similarity with respect to moving object trajectories. First and second moving object trajectories are input, each trajectory being defined by at least two spatial dimensions and a temporal dimension. At least one segment is defined with respect to each trajectory, each segment being defined between two defining points. At least one segment from the first trajectory is matched with at least one segment from the second trajectory. A spatial distance and temporal distance are each computed between the at least one segment from the first trajectory and the at least one segment from the second trajectory. The spatial distance and temporal distance are combined to provide a measure of a spatio-temporal distance between the at least one segment from the first trajectory and the at least one segment from the second trajectory. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein. | 02-05-2015 |
20150046077 | HOVERING CONTROL FOR HELICOPTERS USING A GNSS VECTOR - A GNSS-based system and method for maintaining a vehicle in a predetermined relation relative to a fixed location defined by GNSS coordinates. The system and method is configured for enabling and facilitating air-to-ground operations. | 02-12-2015 |
20150057917 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING AN UNMANNED VEHICLE IN PROXIMITY TO A PERSON OR AN OBJECT BASED JOINTLY ON PLACEMENT POLICIES AND PROBABILITY OF SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT - Warping vectors of an image and audio are used to determine visual and verbal interaction effectiveness. A probability of successful placement of an unmanned vehicle is determined based on placement policies and the visual and verbal interaction effectiveness. A direction of movement is then determined that maximizes the probability of successful placement. Instructions are issued to move the unmanned vehicle towards the direction that maximizes the probability of successful placement. | 02-26-2015 |
20150073693 | RANKING NEARBY DESTINATIONS BASED ON VISIT LIKELIHOODS AND PREDICTING FUTURE VISITS TO PLACES FROM LOCATION HISTORY - In some examples, systems and techniques can determine a respective visit likelihood for each respective destination of a plurality of destinations based at least in part on a respective distance between the respective destination and a geographic location from a location history associated with a user and a comparison between a time associated with the geographic location and a visit likelihood distribution across time. The systems and techniques can then sort at least some of the plurality of destinations. In other examples, systems and techniques can determine whether a user is likely to visit a place during a future instance of a timeslot based at least in part on a location history associated with the user. The systems and techniques can then output information relating to the place prior to the beginning of the future instance of the timeslot. | 03-12-2015 |
20150094942 | PRECEDING VEHICLE SELECTION APPARATUS - A preceding vehicle selection apparatus estimates a curvature of a road on which an own vehicle is traveling, detects an object ahead of the own vehicle, and determines a relative position in relation to the own vehicle. Based on the curvature and the relative position, an own vehicle lane probability instantaneous value is determined. This instantaneous value is a probability of the object ahead being present in the same vehicle lane as the own vehicle. By a filter calculation on the instantaneous value, an own vehicle lane probability is determined. Based on the own vehicle lane probability, a preceding vehicle is selected. An inter-vehicle time required for the own vehicle to reach a detection position of the object ahead is calculated. Based on the inter-vehicle time, characteristics of the filter calculation are changed such that an effect of the own vehicle lane instantaneous value increases as the inter-vehicle time decreases. | 04-02-2015 |
20150100228 | PRECEDING VEHICLE SELECTION APPARATUS - A preceding vehicle selection apparatus detects an object ahead of the own vehicle, and determines a relative position and a relative speed in relation to the own vehicle for each object ahead. Based on detection results of the object ahead, a lateral movement speed of the object ahead is determined. Based on the calculated lateral movement speed, the lateral position of the object ahead with reference to a traveling direction of the own vehicle is corrected. Based on the relative position of the object ahead of which the lateral position has been corrected, an own vehicle lane probability for each object ahead is calculated. Based on the calculated probability, a preceding vehicle from the objects ahead is selected. Based on a distance to the object ahead, the lateral position of the object ahead is corrected such that an amount of correction in the lateral position decreases as the distance increases. | 04-09-2015 |
20150106004 | AUTO RECOGNITION OF AT LEAST ONE STANDOFF TARGET TO DETERMINE POSITION INFORMATION FOR A MOBILE MACHINE - A method and system for auto recognition of at least one standoff target to determine position information for a mobile machine. One example automatically scans for at least one standoff target. A location for the at least one standoff target is determined. In addition, a distance and direction between the mobile machine and the at least one standoff target is generated. The location information for the at least one standoff target and the distance and direction between the mobile machine and the at least one standoff target is utilized to provide a position for the mobile machine. | 04-16-2015 |
20150112580 | PRECEDING VEHICLE SELECTION APPARATUS - In a preceding vehicle selection apparatus, for each object ahead, a relative position, a relative speed, and width information indicating a lateral width are determined. A lateral position of the object ahead with reference to a traveling direction of the own vehicle is corrected by using the width information of the object ahead. Based on the relative position of the object ahead of, which the lateral position has been corrected, an own vehicle lane probability is calculated for each object ahead. A preceding vehicle is selected from the objects ahead based on the calculated own vehicle lane probability. Based on a value of a correlated parameter that has correlation with error in the lateral position or error in the width information, a correction amount of the lateral position is reduced as error in the lateral position or error in the width information becomes large. | 04-23-2015 |
20160007160 | MOBILE DEVICE POSITION DETECTION - A method may include calculating a first distance between first and second devices and determining a direction of a movement of the first device. The method may further include calculating a second distance between the first and second devices after the movement of the first device and determining the relative position of the first device with respect to the second device based on the direction of the movement, the first distance, and the second distance. | 01-07-2016 |
20160018531 | RELATIVE POSITION CALCULATING SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE - A relative position calculating system for work machines includes a first dump truck ( | 01-21-2016 |
20160025848 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A driver assistance system for supplying information to a vehicle travelling on an infrastructure comprises an electromagnetic wave transmitter, an electromagnetic wave receiver and a processor. The electromagnetic wave transmitter on-board the vehicle comprises at least one transmitting antenna configured to transmit variable-frequency electromagnetic waves to reflectors installed in the infrastructure. The electromagnetic wave receiver on-board the vehicle comprises at least one receiving antenna configured to receive the electromagnetic waves reflected by the reflectors. The processor is configured to extract data representative of the distance between the reflectors and the vehicle from the electromagnetic waves reflected by the reflectors and captured by the electromagnetic waver receiver. | 01-28-2016 |
20160033299 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HAILING TAXICABS - The present application provides a system and method for enabling a driver to locate a passenger. In one or more implementations, a graphical user interface is provided that is operable to send and receive information associated with passengers and vehicles. A location of a first vehicle, a location of a first passenger and a location of a second passenger are received. Information associated with the locations of the first and second passenger is transmitted and a representation of at least one of the first passenger and the second passenger and the respective location thereof is provided. | 02-04-2016 |
20160047888 | VEHICLE POSITIONING - Aspects of the disclosure include vehicle positioning. In at least certain aspects, light sources can be disposed around a vehicle providing 360-degree coverage. Each of the light sources can be referred to as a beacon and can be configured to emit modulated light conveying information that can permit vehicle positioning. In addition, 360-degree camera coverage about the car can be provided by functionally coupling a respective camera with each of such beacons. In other aspects, the embedded beacons can be operated in various modes, including a mode in which at least one of the embedded beacons can emit light in order to augment existing ambient light in order to assist with driving under certain environment conditions; and a second mode in which several of the embedded beacons can emit modulated light that can be accessed by other vehicles in order to determine cooperatively the relative position of the vehicles. | 02-18-2016 |
20160055671 | Techniques for Enhanced Accurate Pose Estimation - The described technology regards an augmented reality system and method for estimating a position of a location of interest relative to the position and orientation of a display. Systems of the described technology include a plurality of sensors, a processing module or other computation means, and a database. Methods of the described technology use data from the sensor package useful to accurately generate signals to render graphical user interface information on a display, using vision-aiding processes, including horizon-matching, land-matching and Sun-matching. | 02-25-2016 |
20160082887 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM USING KINEMATIC MODEL OF VEHICLE MOTION - A vision system for a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras disposed at the vehicle and respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle. An electronic control unit includes an image processor operable to process image data captured by any or all of the cameras. Responsive to image processing of captured image data, the electronic control unit is operable to determine objects present in the field of view of at least one of the cameras. Responsive to vehicle data, the electronic control unit determines a vehicle motion vector during driving of the vehicle by a driver of the vehicle. The electronic control unit compares the determined relative movement of a determined object to the determined vehicle motion vector and, responsive to a difference between the determined relative movement of the object and the determined vehicle motion vector, the electronic control unit determines a misalignment of the at least one camera. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086333 | Tracking Objects In Bowl-Shaped Imaging Systems - Technologies for determining a distance of an object from a vehicle include a computing device to identify an object captured in a fisheye image generated by a fisheye camera of the vehicle. The computing device projects a contour of the identified object on a selected virtual plane that is located outside the vehicle and selected from a predefined set of virtual planes based on a location of the identified object relative to the vehicle. The computing device identifies a bottom of the projected contour on the selected virtual plane and determines an intersection point of an imaginary line with a ground plane coincident with a plane on which the vehicle is positioned. The imaginary line passes through each of the identified bottom of the projected contour and the fisheye camera. The computing device determines a location of the identified object relative to the vehicle based on the determined intersection point and the identified bottom of the projected contour. | 03-24-2016 |
20160129735 | Method And Device For Locating Wheels Of A Vehicle As Well As A Tire Pressure Monitoring System - A method and a device locate wheels of a vehicle, according to which method at least one wheel has wheel electronics. In accordance with the method, a signal is received on the vehicle side by the wheel electronics, which signal allows conclusions to be drawn about a point in time at which the wheel assumed a first rotation angle position. The signal contains a plurality of packets. At least one time interval between the packets is determined, and at least one estimated value for the at least one time interval is provided on the basis of the at least one determined time interval. | 05-12-2016 |
20160139274 | INFORMATION INDICATION APPARATUS - An information indication apparatus installed in a vehicle, includes a vehicle's information obtainment unit to obtain a position of the vehicle; another vehicle's information obtainment unit to obtain a position of the other vehicle by inter-vehicle communication; a relative position calculation unit to calculate a relative position of the other vehicle; and an indication unit to indicate one of areas, which represent ranges of directional angles as viewed from the vehicle, that includes the existence direction of the other vehicle, when the distance is less than or equal to a first threshold, and the other vehicle is traveling towards the vehicle. When the distance is less than or equal to a second threshold set to be less than the first threshold, the indication unit does not change the area to be indicated even if the existence direction of the other vehicle changes to be included in another area. | 05-19-2016 |
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20220141423 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWITCHABLE TAILGATE IMAGING AND SENSING - Switchable tailgate imaging and sensing systems and methods are disclosed herein. A vehicle may include a tailgate comprising a closed position and an open position, a first camera and a second camera configured to obtain images in a field of view, and a first proximity sensor and a second proximity configured to determine a proximity of the vehicle to objects in a sensing area. When the tailgate is in the closed position, the first camera and the first proximity sensor are used. When the tailgate is in the open position, the second camera and the second proximity sensor are used. | 05-05-2022 |