24th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 64 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140163786 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED ABS PERFORMANCE DURING PARALLEL REGENERATIVE BRAKING - A system for improved ABS performance during parallel regenerative braking of a vehicle includes an ABS system adapted to transmit an ABS active signal; a drive shaft position sensor adapted to transmit a drive shaft position sensor signal; and a regenerative braking system adapted to inhibit parallel regenerative braking in a primary mode using the ABS signal and in a default mode using the drive shaft position sensor signal. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163787 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING OPERATION OF A HYBRID VEHICLE TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER LOCKUP CLUTCH - A method and a system for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, operation of a transmission torque converter lockup clutch is adjusted to improve engine starting control. The approach may improve engine starting and vehicle drivability. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163788 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING HYBRID VEHICLE SHIFTING - A method and a system for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, torque converter impeller torque from beginning to end of transmission shifting is adjusted in response to variable driveline inertia. The approach may improve transmission shifting and reduce driveline torque disturbances. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163789 | TRIP ORIENTED ENERGY MANAGEMENT CONTROL - An engine, electric machine and battery of a vehicle are operated such that a state of charge of the battery generally decreases and then achieves approximately a charge-depletion-to-charge-sustaining transition threshold after the vehicle has been driven a distance greater than the pure electrical range of the vehicle. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163790 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING RUNNING MODE CHANGE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A method and system for controlling a running mode change that prevent shock generated when releasing an engine clutch in changing from a running mode to another running mode. The method includes detecting, by a controller, a running mode change occurring in the hybrid vehicle and determining whether to change a state of the engine clutch from a lock-up state to an open state while the running mode change is being processed. The controller is further configured to slip-control the engine clutch to prevent torque occurring at a point in time when the engine clutch is changed to the open state from being transmitted to a driving shaft connected to the transmission, when the state of the engine clutch is determined to be changed from the lock-up state to the open state. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163791 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING HYBRID VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is a method and system for controlling a hybrid vehicle that can run a hybrid vehicle while preventing an engine stall when an engine clutch which controls power transmission between an engine and a motor is in a stuck-breakdown condition. The method of controlling a hybrid vehicle, which includes an engine clutch controlling power transmission between an engine and a motor, and a transmission clutch connecting the motor and an input shaft of a transmission, includes: determining whether the engine clutch is in a stuck-breakdown condition, and controlling the engine and the transmission clutch to maintain speed of the engine above a predetermined target idle RPM according to demand torque of the hybrid vehicle when the engine clutch is in a stuck-breakdown condition. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163792 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DRIVE TORQUE OF VEHICLE - A method and a system that control a drive torque of a vehicle in which there is a change in a torque of a predetermined magnitude when drive power of the vehicle enters a zone in which a predetermined maximum output is generated to allow a driver to feel that the drive power of the vehicle enters the maximum output zone during traveling. The method may include calculating, by a controller, a drive request torque of a vehicle and calculating drive power displayed on a drive power gauge of an instrument cluster based on the calculated drive request torque. In addition, the method may include adding, by the controller, a predetermined additional torque to the drive request torque when the calculated drive power displayed on the drive power gauge enters a predetermined zone of the drive power gauge. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163793 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ENGINE START FOR HYBRID VEHICLE WHEN A STARTER MOTOR IS IN TROUBLE - Disclosed herein is a method and system for controlling an engine start when a starter motor of a hybrid vehicle is in trouble. The method of controlling an engine start for a hybrid vehicle includes: determining whether a starter motor is in trouble when an engine start is requested, slip-controlling the transmission clutch for torque of the motor and the engine and transmission torque of the transmission to become independent of one another while starting the engine by the motor when the starter motor is in trouble, controlling the motor to generate driving power needed to start the engine when the slip-control of the transmission clutch is started, and starting the engine while controlling pressure of the engine clutch so that the driving power of the motor may be transmitted to the engine. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163794 | CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LIMITING MAXIMUM SPEED OF ENGINE AND MOTOR OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A control method and system for limiting a maximum speed of an engine and a motor of a hybrid vehicle that includes an engine clutch configured to control power transmission between the engine and the motor. The control method includes determining whether speed of the engine exceeds a predetermined maximum engine speed, determining whether speed of the motor exceeds a predetermined maximum motor speed, limiting the speed of the engine based on a predetermined engine torque profile when the speed of the engine exceeds the predetermined maximum engine speed, and limiting the speed of the motor based on a predetermined motor torque profile when the speed of the engine exceeds the predetermined maximum engine speed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163795 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - Assumed torque Tb is calculated based on an operation state of an engine when there is no abnormality in sensors, the engine is in a warm-up completion state, and a travel mode is a series mode, and actual torque Ta is calculated and friction torque Tf is calculated based on information on an actual amount of electric power generation of a generator. When the friction torque Tf is larger than an upper limit clip value, the upper limit clip value is the friction torque Tf, and when the friction torque Tf is smaller than the lower limit clip value, the lower limit clip value is the friction torque Tf, correction torque Tc is calculated, and an operation of an electronic control instrument of the engine is controlled so as to set the assumed torque Tb to the correction torque Tc. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163796 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - An ignition switch is turned on, and when an abnormality is detected in any of electronic control instruments or sensors, real failure is established, and a fail-safe process is performed. After a lapse of a predetermined period from the establishment of the real failure, fault determination is established, a failure level is sent, and a hybrid fail-safe process is performed. Then, when the abnormality is eliminated, the real failure is not established, and the fail-safe process of an engine is finished. Then, when the ignition switch is turned off and then again turned on, sending of the failure level to a hybrid control unit is stopped, and the hybrid fail-safe process is finished. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163797 | VERSATILE ELECTRIC BICYCLE SYSTEMS - The disclosure herein provides systems for a versatile electric bicycle that is configured to be easily adapted to accommodate various needs and requirements. In certain embodiments, the foregoing may provide features and/or models that are configured to be easily adapted to accommodate parts of varying dimensions, different seating configurations, and/or particular laws and regulations of different jurisdictions. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163798 | Economic Cruise Control - Economic cruise control where a response of a cruise control system used to control a powertrain is determined based at least in part on whether a driver of a vehicle system has selected to manage cruise control according to performance or efficient cruise control strategies. The performance strategy corresponding with fulfilling a request to accelerate or otherwise increase energy demands less efficiently, and in some cases more quickly, than if the request were to be fulfilled with the efficient cruise control strategy. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163799 | VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle drive control device in a vehicle has an engine and an electric motor for running, the vehicle running with at least one of the engine and the electric motor for running used as a drive power source for running, the vehicle drive control device rotating the engine remaining in a no-drive state if a vehicle speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined determination vehicle speed during vehicle running with the engine in the no-drive state, the vehicle drive control device making the determination vehicle speed higher when a gradient of a running road surface on which the vehicle is running is larger, the gradient having a positive direction corresponding to descent. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163800 | VEHICLE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a first rotating electric machine starting the internal combustion engine, a power control unit for operating the first rotating electric machine, a power storage device for supplying electric power to the power control unit, and a control device controlling the power control unit such that a voltage of the power storage device does not fall below a lower limit. When a change condition including a condition that the internal combustion engine is being operated is met, the control device sets the lower limit at a value lower than while the internal combustion engine is at a stop. Preferably, the change condition further includes a condition that a magnitude of voltage change of the power storage device is less than or equal to a first threshold value in addition to the condition that the internal combustion engine is being operated. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163801 | VEHICLE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE, AND CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICLE - A vehicle includes an engine, a battery storing electric power generated by operating the engine, and an ECU allowing the engine to stop in the state where a remaining capacity of the battery is larger than a first threshold value. When the engine is started by a factor different from a reduction in the remaining capacity of the battery in the state where the remaining capacity of the battery is smaller than the first threshold value, ECU causes the engine to operate and causes the battery to be charged until the remaining capacity of the battery increases to a second threshold value which is larger than the first threshold value. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163802 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A control device of a vehicle provided with an engine, and a fluid-operated power transmitting device provided with a lock-up clutch and configured to transmit a drive force of said engine to drive wheels, and an engine connecting/disconnecting clutch configured to selectively place a power transmitting path between said engine and said fluid-operated power transmitting device in a power transmitting state and a power cutoff state, said vehicle being able to run in an engine drive mode in which said engine is operated as a vehicle drive power source while said engine connecting/disconnecting clutch is placed in a fully engaged state, comprising: a lock-up clutch control portion configured to bring said engine connecting/disconnecting clutch from the fully engaged state into a slipping state and temporarily place the engine connecting/disconnecting clutch in the slipping state while said lock-up clutch is placed in a slipping state, when a lock-up slip control is implemented to place said lock-up clutch from a fully released state into the slipping slip and gradually bring the lock-up clutch into a fully engaged state, in response to an increase of a required amount of acceleration of said vehicle, during running of the vehicle in said engine drive mode with said engine connecting/disconnecting clutch being placed in the fully engaged state. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163803 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A hybrid vehicle is mounted with a traction motor, a power storage device for storing electric power input to and output from the traction motor, an engine, and a power generation mechanism to generate charging electric power for the power storage device by an output from the engine. An ECU sets charging/discharging electric power of the power storage device to control SOC of the power storage device to be within a predetermined range centered about a SOC control target in a running mode with the engine operating. The output from the engine set to ensure the charging/discharging electric power. The ECU sets the charging/discharging electric power such that the power storage device is discharged to an extent corresponding to a predetermined SOC higher than the lower limit SOC according to requirement power required for vehicle running, even when the SOC is lower than the SOC control target. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163804 | WORK VEHICLE - There are provided an electric storage device ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140163805 | METHOD OF MODIFYING A WORKSITE - A method is disclosed of modifying a worksite for calibrating a vehicle model used to autonomously control a first machine on the worksite. The method may include receiving a signal from the first machine indicative of an aspect of the vehicle model in need of calibration. The method may also include determining, in response to receipt of the signal, that the worksite includes a calibration site having a characteristic corresponding to the aspect of the vehicle model, and that calibrating the aspect of the vehicle model requires modifying the characteristic of the calibration site. The method may further include autonomously modifying the characteristic of the calibration site with a second machine at the worksite, and directing the first machine to the modified calibration site for autonomous calibration of the aspect of the vehicle model. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163806 | System and method for automatic guidance control of a vehicle - A system and method is provided for adaptive control of at least one parameter of an auto guidance control algorithm for a vehicle. The parameters may be varied according to a previously established look up table, or automatically adapted through the use of control logic, such as a “fuzzy logic” algorithm. The control parameters that can be adaptively controlled include steered wheel turn rate, proportional valve current gain, line acquisition rate and/or auto guidance control valve current limits. The control algorithm responds to the vehicle's operating parameters such as vehicle speed, tracking error, predicted heading, and hydraulic oil temperature to make adjustments to the auto guidance control parameters. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163807 | Method for Optimizing Vehicles and Engines used for Driving such Vehicles - A method for optimizing vehicles and engines that are used for driving such vehicles includes the steps of taking measurements during real operation of the vehicle on the road or on a roller-type test stand, or the engine on an engine test stand; parameterizing a simulation model representing the vehicle or the engine so as to be able to arithmetically determine a prediction about the measured values obtained by means of the measurements; simulating the vehicle by using the simulation model, additionally calculating at least one drivability index (DR) which results from several measured values based on an empirically determined function and which indicates the drivability of a vehicle in a specific driving mode; and optimizing the settings of the vehicle during the simulation, at least one drivability index (DR) being input into the target function or the fringe conditions of the optimization process. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163808 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING BIAS OF YAW RATE SENSOR FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is a system and method of acquiring the bias of a yaw rate sensor for a vehicle. The method includes matching, by a processor, map information based on global positioning system (GPS) information and vehicle speed information and determining a curvature of a road. The method further includes calculating, by the processor, a map based yaw degree based on the curvature of the road using steering angle information and the vehicle speed information. Additionally, the method includes acquiring, by the processor, the bias of the yaw rate sensor by comparing a measured value of the yaw rate sensor with the map based yaw degree. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163809 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND REMOTE VEHICLE MONITORING AND CONTROL FEATURES - A vehicle communication system includes a control unit in a vehicle, a vehicle data bus operable to transmit vehicle data to the control unit, and a mobile communication device having data network access. The mobile device has a self-contained mode in which the mobile communication device processes and displays the network data received via the data network and in which the control unit transmits the vehicle data to the mobile communication device. The mobile communication device also has an immersive mode in which the control unit processes the network data received via the data network and in which the control unit converts the vehicle data to audible speech and plays the audible speech in the vehicle. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163810 | Method for data transmission among ECUs and/or measuring devices - A method for accelerated data transmission among electronic control units (ECUs) and/or measuring devices in the context of motor vehicles is provided. In order to enable an accelerated data transmission, in particular fast (low) event cycle times, a low jitter and a high data throughput, the architecture of the data transmission is split up into (i) a control plane implemented in software operating on configuration, calibration and/or diagnostics data (“CD” data), and (ii) a data plane implemented in hardware transporting measurement data (“M” data) and/or prototyping data (“RP” data). | 2014-06-12 |
20140163811 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STREAMLINED REMOTE TELEMATICS AUTHORIZATION - A vehicle system providing a temporary validation authorization request for one or more processors configured to transmit a signal from the vehicle system to a server once the one or more processors are installed in the vehicle. Once the server receives the installation signal, the processor may receive an in-vehicle authorization message from the server. The in-vehicle authorization message may be accepted by a user-input acceptance transmitted to the server. The system may determine temporary validation authorization if it is determined that the user accepted the in-vehicle authorization message within a predetermined amount of time following transmission of the signal to the server indicating that the processor was installed. Once authorized, the system may initialize to allow for assembly line testing. The temporary validation authorization initializes the vehicle system for temporary communication with the server while on a vehicle manufacturing assembly line for testing to ensure a quality product. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163812 | Method and device for condition monitoring - A computer-implemented method, a computer program product and a device for the condition monitoring of a component or system, such as for an aircraft or spacecraft. The method includes: providing an optimised decision tree, the nodes of which contain attributes of an input vector, the leaves of which each contain a classification function and the connections of which between the nodes are weighted; providing an input vector derived from a data signal; implementing a condition monitoring in which the condition of the component or system is determined using the weighted decision tree and on the basis of the input vector. In addition to an item of information concerning which of the classification functions of the decision tree best corresponds to the input vector, an additional item of information concerning the probability with which the other classes of the decision tree correspond to the examined input vector is calculated and output. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163813 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND ARTICLE FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC DATA - A network of collection, charging and distribution machines collects, charges and distributes portable electrical energy storage devices (e.g., batteries, supercapacitors or ultracapacitors). Vehicle diagnostic data of a vehicle using the portable electrical energy storage device is stored on a diagnostic data storage system of the portable electrical energy storage device during use of a respective portable electrical energy storage device by a respective vehicle. Once the user places the portable electrical energy storage device in the collection, charging and distribution machine, or comes within wireless communications range of a collection, charging and distribution machine, a connection is established between the collection, charging and distribution machine and the portable electrical energy storage device. The collection, charging and distribution machine then reads vehicle diagnostic data stored on the diagnostic data storage system of the portable electrical energy storage device and provides information regarding the diagnostic data. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163814 | APPARATUS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF USER EQUIPMENT COUPLED TO A VEHICLE - Apparatus, a method and a computer program product periodically determine one or more temperature thresholds and configuration settings attributable to one or more user equipment coupled to a vehicle. The one or more determined temperature thresholds and configuration settings are sent to the one or more user equipment in a thermal management scheme message. The one or more user equipment are adapted to adjust an operational threshold in response to the received thermal management scheme message. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163815 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ADAPTIVE TURNAROUND THRESHOLD - A method includes measuring a brake temperature of an aircraft brake using a sensor; determining a brake heat sink mass of the aircraft brake using a wear measuring device; and calculating a turnaround threshold based upon the measured brake temperature and the determined brake heat sink mass. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163816 | TIRE SLIP ANGLE ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A slip angle estimation includes a tire having one or more first and second strain sensor(s) affixed to opposite respective first and second tire sidewalls. The sensors measure a tire strain in their respective sidewalls and generate a sidewall strain signal indicative of strain present within the tire sidewalls. A slip angle estimation is made by estimating the difference in the signal slope of the sensors in the opposite sidewalls. A load estimation is further made for the tire from the inner and outer sidewall strain signals and the load estimation is used in the slip angle estimation. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163817 | AUTOMOBILE WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM - An automobile comprises a front windshield and an auto-sensing windshield wiper system set on the automobile body, an optical signal transmitter device, an optical signal receiving device, and a controller. The optical signal transmitter device and the optical signal receiving device are mounted opposite to each other outside the automobile body, and the controller is mounted inside the automobile body. The optical signal receives an optical signal sent by the optical signal transmitter device and detects a light intensity value of the optical signal. The controller compares the light intensity value with a predetermined light intensity value, and when the light intensity value less than the predetermined light intensity value, the controller turns on the windshield wipers. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163818 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING KICK DOWN OF ACCELERATOR PEDAL - An apparatus and a method for controlling kick down of an accelerator pedal that includes a storage device that stores information of an tendency of the driver to operate an APS while a vehicle drives, and a control device for determining an tendency of the driver to operate the accelerator pedal based on the information of the APS operation that is input from the storage device and determining a control value to transmit a control signal to an operation device. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163819 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY OF A VEHICLE AFTER THE POWER UNIT HAS STOPPED - A method for controlling electric power supply of a motor vehicle including a power unit and an electric power supply battery, the vehicle including at least one autonomous computer, at least one master computer, and at least one slave computer, the computers connected by a data network, the autonomous computers each configured to carry out at least one task after the power unit has stopped, and the power supply to the computers being maintained for a first period of time. The control method includes: reporting absence of the autonomous computer to the master computer; interrupting the power supply of each slave computer; interrupting the power supply of the master computer; maintaining the power supply of the autonomous computer beyond the first period of time; interrupting the power supply of each autonomous computer once it has finished its task. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163820 | METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING A PNEUMATIC RIDE-HEIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM OF A CHASSIS SYSTEM - A method for monitoring and controlling a chassis pneumatic ride-height control system. Repeatedly measuring a current height of the chassis; detecting when the current height of the chassis exceeds at least one predefined height threshold. A time interval threshold is associated with the height threshold; repeatedly measuring a time interval in which the current height of the chassis exceeds the predefined height threshold; detecting when the measured lime interval exceeds the predefined time interval threshold associated with the predefined height threshold; repeatedly checking whether both the height threshold and the associated time interval threshold are exceeded, and if so, preventing the current height of the chassis from rising further and/or increasing stability of the chassis; deactivating the measures when the repeated check shows that the current height of the chassis is below the at least one height threshold and the associated time interval threshold. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163821 | METHOD FOR REDUCING THE MOVEMENTS OF LIGHT FROM A MOVABLE LIGHT SOURCE - A method for reducing the movements of light from at least one movable light source for a motor vehicle with a steering wheel, wherein a movement of the steering wheel causes a movement of the light source includes the steps of detecting a current steering wheel angle and at least one steering wheel angle change coming from the current steering wheel angle is detected over a defined time window and the steering wheel angle change is summed to form a magnitude, wherein simultaneously a number of steering wheel changes in direction is detected within the defined time window, wherein a characteristic value is allocated to each magnitude and the associated number of changes, wherein a comparison of the characteristic value with a limiting value is performed and a decision is made with reference to the comparison whether additional movement of the light source is carried out. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163822 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A STEERING ROCK FORCE FOR A STEERING DEVICE IN A VEHICLE, STEERING DEVICE AND OPEN-LOOP AND/OR CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL DEVICE FOR A STEERING DEVICE - A method for determining a steering rack force (FR) for a steering system of a vehicle, in which a first steering rack force (RFD) is ascertained as a function of at least one force that occurs in the steering system or at least one torque (tor_RA) that occurs in the steering system. So as to provide less strong feedback on the force conditions in the steering system for reasons of driving comfort, in particular when this is currently not required, it is proposed to ascertain a second steering rack force (RFC) as a function of at least one vehicle variable (v, ang_RA), which characterizes the state of movement of the vehicle, and to generate a resulting steering rack force (FR) based on the first steering rack force (RFD) and the second steering rack force (RFC). | 2014-06-12 |
20140163823 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING STEERING FEELING IN NEUTRAL GEAR POSITION OF VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is a system and method for improving a steering feeling of a driver while preventing a heavy feeling of a steering wheel or a kickback phenomenon during an eco-roll operation for improving a fuel ratio of the vehicle. The method includes determining, by a controller, an eco-roll operation condition in which a brake is disengaged, an accelerator pedal is disengaged, and a speed of the vehicle is a reference speed or higher. Furthermore, when the eco-roll operation condition is determined, the controller coverts a gear state of a transmission into a neutral gear state. The controller also controls an engine RPM to an idle RPM to start the eco-roll mode and an operation of an emergency steering system to assist steering power according to a steering input due to a driver manipulation of a steering wheel while the traveling in a neutral gear state of an eco-roll mode. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163824 | EXTERNAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is an external airbag deployment method of determining whether to deploy an external airbag. The method includes setting, by a controller, a detection area that has a predetermined range and tracking physical characteristics of objects entering the detection area. The detection area is a predetermined area located in front of a vehicle and is set by the controller based on a full deployment time of the external airbag and a relative velocity upon colliding with another object. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163825 | EXTERNAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is an external airbag deployment method. The method includes setting, by a controller, a detection area located in front. In addition, the method includes setting, by the controller, a target object from objects detected in the detection area, when an object has a relative velocity greater than a first reference, an overlap greater than a second reference, and a TTE less than a third reference, wherein TTE is a remaining time until the object collides with an airbag cushion when the external airbag is predicted to be deployed. Furthermore, the method includes determining, by the controller, whether a relative velocity and an overlap, predicted at a time when the target object is predicted to collide with the vehicle, are greater than predetermined levels and deploying the external airbag when the predicted relative velocity and overlap are greater than the predetermined levels. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163826 | TRACKED-VEHICLE CHARACTERISTIC TESTER (TCT) - The invention relates to a device and method for testing simultaneously and dynamically multiple dynamic systems of a track-based vehicle. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163827 | SHIFT CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A shift control method and system for a hybrid vehicle that may shorten shift-speed time and solve a problem in demand torque during shifting by performing pressure control, to perform connection synchronization control to a target shift-speed using speed control of a motor and to make at least one transmission clutch generate a driver's demand torque, while performing shift-control. The shift control method for a hybrid vehicle using power of an engine and/or power of a motor includes: controlling a pressure of at least one transmission clutch to shift to a target shift-speed; and controlling a speed of the motor for speeds at both ends of the at least one transmission clutch to be synchronized while being shifted to the target shift-speed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163828 | METHOD OF SEARCHNG FOR SYNC START IN AUTOMATED MANUAL TRANSMISSION - A method of searching for a sync start in an automated manual transmission includes manual transmission mechanism operated using an actuator. This method can accurately search for a sync start that acts as an important reference for the control in a shift operation so that the sync start can be used for the control of the actuator, which improves shifting response and reduces the chance of a shifting impact occurring, thereby obtaining a high quality of shifting in a reliable fashion. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163829 | METHOD OF SEARCHING FOR SYNC START IN AUTOMATED MANUAL TRANSMISSION - A method of searching for a sync start in an automated manual transmission, may include a slip preparing step of operating, in a parked position, a sleeve and a clutch restrained so as not to rotate into a slip state, an actuator operating step of moving the sleeve toward a clutch gear from a neutral position, a clutch speed determination step of determining whether or not a speed of rotation of the clutch has decreased by the actuator operating step, a stop determination step of determining whether or not a movement of the sleeve that was driven by the actuator operating step has stopped, and a first position determination step of determining a point where the clutch speed determination step determines that the speed of the rotation of the clutch has decreased and the stop determination step determines that the movement of the sleeve has stopped as the sync start. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163830 | SHIFT CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE HAVING DCT - A shift control method for a vehicle having a double clutch transmission may include determining whether or not a speed change may be between transmission gears which may be allocated to a same input shaft, determining whether or not a gear of the input shaft may be released, when the gear of the input shaft may be released, engaging working parts of a clutch of the input shaft with each other in a range before synchronization of a final target transmission gear starts. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163831 | DRIVING FORCE TRANSMISSION CONTROL APPARATUS - A driving force transmission control apparatus includes a multiple disc clutch including a plurality of outer clutch plates, and a plurality of inner clutch plates; a pressing mechanism that presses the multiple disc clutch; and a control portion that controls the pressing mechanism. The outer clutch plates and inner clutch plates are engaged with an intermediate shaft and an inner shaft respectively. The control portion makes a determination as to whether the multiple disc clutch is in a first operating condition in which the multiple disc clutch is pressed with a relative rotation speed between the intermediate and the inner shafts being equal to or higher than a predetermined value, or in a second operating condition in which the multiple disc clutch is pressed with the relative rotation speed being lower than the predetermined value, and the control portion controls the pressing mechanism based on a result of the determination. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163832 | BRAKE CONTROL - A brake control system for a motor vehicle having a plurality of wheels, brakes for applying a braking effort to one or more of the wheels, and movement sensing means for detecting movement of the vehicle. The system comprises: brake actuation means for actuating the brakes to supply a braking effort; and brake control means for controlling the brake actuation means, wherein the brake control means is arranged to determine an acceleration of the vehicle based on movement detected by the movement sensing means and to ensure that the brake actuation means supplies a braking effort if the determined acceleration exceeds a set acceleration limit. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163833 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING BRAKING OF VEHICLE - Disclosed is a system and method for controlling braking of a vehicle equipped with an electronic wedge brake on a driving wheel thereof that receives a torque of a driving motor. The method includes obtaining a driver request to decelerate when a driver engages a brake pedal. A regenerative braking torque, a frictional braking torque of the driving wheel, and a friction braking torque of a coupled driving wheel are obtained from the request in a regenerative braking entrance state. An allowable frictional braking torque is obtained from wheel speed data, and is compared with the frictional braking torque. A compensation frictional braking torque is calculated from the friction braking torque and the allowable frictional braking torque when the frictional braking torque is greater than the allowable frictional braking torque. Braking control of the coupled driving wheel is performed using a torque as a final target torque. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163834 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ELECTRO-MECHANICAL BRAKE SYSTEM VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is a control system and method for an EMB vehicle. In particular, an engine control unit (ECU) of the EMB is automatically initialized before a brake pedal signal is generated, by detecting a driver's intention to drive the vehicle and continuing to brake in a normal state when a failure of the EMB is allowed while a vehicle drives. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163835 | COMMUNICATIONS CONNECTION FOR SENSORS IN CONTROL SYSTEMS OF VEHICLES - A sensor is described for a regulating system in a vehicle, having a sensor element and an interface element. The interface element is set up for the communicative connection of the sensor element to a control device in a vehicle. The interface element is fashioned as a two-contact interface element. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163836 | Apparatus and method for automatically controlling the speed of a vehicle in a speed bump area - The speed of a vehicle is automatically controlled in a speed bump area located in the vicinity of a speed bump. Information about a speed bump is received from a navigation device, and a distance between the vehicle and the speed bump is calculated. If the calculated is less than a preset reference distance, it is determined that the vehicle is entering or has entered an area of the speed bump. Upon determining that the vehicle is in the speed bump area, a speed difference between a safe speed bump crossing speed and a current speed of the vehicle is computed, a required acceleration value is calculated based on the calculated distance to the speed bump and the speed difference, and the speed of the vehicle is controlled so that the vehicle decelerates or accelerates in accordance with the required acceleration value. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163837 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING SPEED IN SPEEDBUMP AREA - The speed of a vehicle is automatically controlled in a speed bump area located in the vicinity of a speed bump. Information about a speed bump is received from a navigation device, and a distance between the vehicle and the speed bump is calculated. If the calculated is less than a preset reference distance, it is determined that the vehicle is entering or has entered an area of the speed bump. Upon determining that the vehicle is in the speed bump area, a speed difference between a safe speed bump crossing speed and a current speed of the vehicle is computed, a required acceleration value is calculated based on the calculated distance to the speed bump and the speed difference, and the speed of the vehicle is controlled so that the vehicle decelerates or is accelerates in accordance with the required acceleration value. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163838 | OPERATIONS SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING AND EVALUATING TURBINE TEMPERATURES AND HEALTH - An operations support system is provided for an engine with a turbine having a turbine inlet. The system includes a diagnostic engine model unit configured to receive engine data from the engine and to generate diagnostics data based on the engine data, the diagnostics data including scalars. The system further includes an engine-specific model unit coupled to the diagnostic engine model unit and configured to receive the scalars from the diagnostic engine model unit and configured to generate turbine inlet temperature information for the engine using a thermodynamic model. The thermodynamic model is based on component maps associated with the engine. The system further includes a storage unit coupled to the engine-specific model unit and configured to store the turbine inlet temperature information. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163839 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING CYLINDER DEACTIVATION AND ACCESSORY DRIVE TENSIONER ARM MOTION - A control system for an engine includes a torque modifier module that selects one of a plurality of torque modifier values based on variations in an accessory load. A torque calculating module calculates a maximum torque value for operation in a cylinder deactivation mode based on the selected one of the plurality of torque modifier values. A torque control module selectively switches the engine between the cylinder deactivation mode and a cylinder activation mode based on the maximum torque value. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163840 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE ENGINE STARTING - A vehicle engine start control device in a vehicle includes a direct injection engine directly injecting fuel into a cylinder as a drive power source for running. The vehicle engine start control device is configured to start rotation of the direct injection engine when the direct injection engine is started from a stop state of the direct injection engine in which a first cylinder of a plurality of cylinders is in an expansion stroke while a second cylinder next to the first cylinder in an ignition order is located at a top dead center. Further, the device directly injects fuel into the second cylinder and ignites the fuel while a piston of the second cylinder is moving away from the top dead center toward a bottom dead center in a first expansion stroke in the second cylinder after the start of the rotation. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163841 | ENGINE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD - A diagnostic method for a reciprocating internal combustion engine with multiple cylinders includes determining a first exhaust gas percentage in an exhaust stream of the engine while cutting a fuel supply to a first cylinder of the multiple cylinders and fueling the remainder of the multiple cylinders. The method also includes determining a second exhaust gas percentage in the exhaust stream while cutting a fuel supply to a second cylinder of the multiple cylinders and fueling the remainder of the multiple cylinders, and determining a diagnostic condition of the engine as a function of the first exhaust gas percentage and the second exhaust gas percentage. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163842 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENGINE CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for adjusting operation of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle responsive to a seasonal grade of the fuel available in the vehicle's fuel tank. If the seasonal grade of fuel in the fuel tank does not correspond to the seasonal grade of fuel mandated during the time of engine operation, a fuel injection amount is adjusted to compensate for differences between seasonal grades of a fuel. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163843 | FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A drive circuit ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140163844 | STOCHASTIC PRE-IGNITION PREDICTION AND MITIGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An engine control system for a vehicle includes a timer module, a stochastic pre-ignition (SPI) mitigation module, and a boost control module. The timer module tracks a period of operation of an engine where vacuum within an intake manifold is less than a first predetermined vacuum. The SPI mitigation module generates an SPI signal when the period is greater than a predetermined period and the vacuum is less than a second predetermined vacuum. The second predetermined vacuum is less than the first predetermined vacuum. The boost control module reduces output of a turbocharger in response to the generation of the SPI signal. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163845 | HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR FILL ESTIMATION FOR CONTROLLING AUTOMATIC ENGINE STOP/START - A method of preventing an automatic engine stop includes: determining a pressure difference between an accumulator fill volume and a fluid conduit in selective fluid communication with the accumulator fill volume; determining a change in the accumulator fill volume from the determined pressure difference; adding the change in the accumulator fill volume to a previous estimate of the accumulator fill volume to determine a current estimate of the accumulator fill volume; comparing the current estimate of the accumulator fill volume to a predetermined threshold; and preventing an automatic engine stop if the current estimate of the accumulator fill volume is below the predetermined threshold. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163846 | IGNITION ENERGY CONTROL FOR MIXED FUEL ENGINE - A method of operating an engine including varying a level of ignition energy provided to the engine during an engine start is provided. For example, the ignition energy level may be varied responsive to the amount of alcohol in fuel delivered to the engine in order to improve cold engine starting with higher alcohol fuels. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163847 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM OF AN ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method of controlling a fuel supply system of an engine | 2014-06-12 |
20140163848 | Traffic Information System - A method of evaluating the driving behavior in a vehicle. The method includes determining values of a plurality of parameters of the operation of a first vehicle in a first road segment, determining values of the plurality of parameters for one or more second vehicles in a second road segment having similar properties to those of the first road segment, comparing the determined values of the first vehicle and the one or more second vehicles and providing an evaluation of the driving behavior of the first vehicle, responsive to the comparison. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163849 | METHOD OF PLANNING A ROUTE TO A DESTINATION - The present invention combines the geographical coverage possible with fixed, pre-defined route segment costs (e.g. the legal speed limit) with, wherever possible, richer time dependent costs. A user of, for example, a portable navigation device, can therefore continue route planning as before to virtually any destination in a country covered by the stored map database, but wherever possible, can also use traffic data with time-dependent costs, so that the effect of congestion with any time predictability can be accurately taken into account as an automatic, background process. It leaves the user to simply carry on driving, following the guidance offered by the navigation device, without needing to be concerned about congestion that exists now, and whether it will impact his journey. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING, DISRUPTION MANAGEMENT, AND OPTIMIZATION OF NETWORKED, SCHEDULED OR ON-DEMAND AIR TRANSPORT FLEET TRAJECTORY OPERATIONS - Disclosed are algorithms and agent-based structures for a system and technique for analyzing and managing the airspace. The technique includes managing bulk properties of large numbers of heterogeneous multidimensional aircraft trajectories in an airspace, for the purpose of maintaining or increasing system safety, and to identify possible phase transition structures to predict when an airspace will approach the limits of its capacity. The paths of the multidimensional aircraft trajectories are continuously recalculated in the presence of changing conditions (traffic, exclusionary airspace, weather, for example) while optimizing performance measures and performing trajectory conflict detection and resolution. Such trajectories are represented as extended objects endowed with pseudo-potential, maintaining objectives for time, acceleration limits, and fuel-efficient paths by bending just enough to accommodate separation. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163851 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING AT LEAST ONE ALTERNATE AIRPORT - Systems and methods for use in identifying at least one alternate airport for an aircraft. One example method includes identifying a plurality of airports based on static data associated with the plurality of airports, and identifying, at a processing device, at least one preferred airport from the plurality of airports based on dynamic data associated with at least the at least one preferred airport, wherein the static data and/or the dynamic data is associated with at least one weight that enables at least one of the plurality of airports to be identified based on a relative importance of the static data and/or the dynamic data. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163852 | METHOD FOR ALLOWING MISSIONS OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES, IN PARTICULAR IN NON-SEGREGATED AIR SPACES - A method for allowing missions of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), in particular in non-segregated air space, includes the steps of: prearranging a flight plan by an operator of an unmanned aerial vehicle; verifying, by a management and control body, that the flight plan is compatible with other flight plans of other aerial vehicles, and, if necessary, modifying the flight plan so as to prevent any collisions with the other aerial vehicles, wherein the following steps are carried out: encrypting the flight plan, by the management and control body, with a private key of the management and control body, so as to obtain an encrypted flight plan; encoding the encrypted flight plan with a public key of the unmanned aerial vehicle for which the flight plan is intended, so as to obtain an encrypted and encoded flight plan. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163853 | PLUG-IN CHARGE CAPACITY ESTIMATION METHOD FOR LITHIUM IRON-PHOSPHATE BATTERIES - A method for estimating charge capacity of a lithium iron-phosphate battery pack using data from a plug-in charge event. A laboratory-measured battery pack resistance, which is known to remain constant over a battery pack's life, can be used to determine open circuit voltage from terminal voltage during charging. Actual open circuit voltage after charging can be measured later, after the battery pack has rested for a sufficient amount of time. The two values of open circuit voltage, if taken at points on the battery pack's SOC-OCV curve which have great enough slope, provide two values of battery pack state of charge. By integrating charging current over the time interval between the two open circuit voltage readings, and using the two state of charge values, the battery pack capacity can be determined from the plug-in charge data. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163854 | DRIVE ASSIST APPARATUS - An electronic control unit of a drive assist apparatus acquires electric power source identification information for identifying a source of an electric power currently charged in a battery and electric power amount information representing an electric power amount corresponding to the source from an electric power acquisition unit, thereby recognizing a battery remaining amount SOCrg representing a green electric power, a battery remaining amount SOCj representing a privately generated green electric power, and a battery remaining amount SOCrs representing a non-green electric power. The unit presents travelable ranges each formed by connecting a group of maximum reachable points to which a PHV can reach by using each of a battery total remaining amount SOCr and the battery remaining amounts SOCrg, SOCj, and SOCrs to a user (driver) by using an information presentation unit. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163855 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF A VEHICLE - An apparatus and method for transporting a payload over a surface is provided. A vehicle supports a payload with a support partially enclosed by an enclosure. Two laterally disposed ground-contacting elements are coupled to at least one of the enclosure or support. A motorized drive is coupled to the ground-contacting elements. A controller coupled to the drive governs the operation of the drive at least in response to the position of the center of gravity of the vehicle to dynamically control balancing of the vehicle. | 2014-06-12 |
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. | 2014-06-12 |
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. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163858 | Non-Kinematic Behavioral Mapping - A system and methodology/processes for non-kinematic/behavioral mapping to a local area abstraction (LAA) includes a technique for populating an LAA wherein human behavior or other non-strictly-kinematic motion may be present. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163859 | APPARATUS FOR JUDGING PROBABILITY OF COLLISION BETWEEN VEHICLE AND OBJECT SURROUNDING THE VEHICLE - A collision judgment apparatus includes: a distance detecting unit detecting distance between a vehicle and an object; a relative speed detecting unit detecting a relative speed therebetween; a margin time calculation unit calculating a time to collision therebetween, based on the distance and the relative speed; an angle detecting unit detecting an angle of the object with respect to a running direction of the vehicle; a variation calculation unit calculating a variation of the angle over time; a setting unit setting a judgment value such that the shorter the margin time, the larger the judgment value; and a judgment unit judging that the vehicle is likely to collide with the object when the variation of the angle calculated by the variation calculation unit is lower than the judgment value set by the setting unit. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163860 | MANAGING AND DIRECTING MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM PASSENGERS - A method for managing mass transit system passengers. The method includes identifying, by a computing system of a mass transit system, a mass transit passenger entering a station of the mass transit system. The method includes receiving an entry time and day, and a location of the station entered by the identified passenger. The method includes determining, for the identified passenger, a location of an exit station, and a route between the station entered and the exit station. The method further includes determining, for the identified passenger, an available seat on a mass transit transporter of the mass transit system for the route. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163861 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: provide at least one marker to indicate the required current position in a planned journey to reach a destination of the planned journey according to a predetermined time criterion. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163862 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PARKING ASSISTANCE - An apparatus for providing parking assistance includes: a parking space searching unit that searches parking spaces around a vehicle by analyzing images and sensor-measuring values inputted from a camera and a sensor in the vehicle; a parking path range calculating unit that calculates a range available for generating parking paths for a target parking space selected from the searched parking spaces; a parking type determining unit that determines types of available parking in the calculated available range for generating parking paths and provides parking path ranges on the basis of parking paths estimated from the types of parking; and a parking assistance processing unit that provides parking assistance information for the vehicle in accordance with a target parking path range selected from the parking type-differentiated parking path ranges. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163863 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN PLANNING A TRIP - A projected route between a first location and a second location is determined. A first point-of-interest associated with a third location proximate to the projected route is determined. The first point-of-interest is presented to a user. Additionally or alternatively, a plurality of locations are identified. Each location of the plurality of locations is associated with a respective time. A point-of-interest is received from a user. The point-of-interest is associated with a point-of-interest location. A projected route including the plurality of locations and the point-of-interest location is determined based at least in part on at least one time associated with the plurality of locations. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163864 | LOCATING POSITION WITHIN ENCLOSURE - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for locating a position within an enclosure. In one example, known global coordinates (e.g., GPS coordinates of latitude/longitude) associated with the position within the enclosure may be transformed into local coordinates (e.g., x/y coordinates) for the position. The local coordinates may be used for tracking a location of the position within the enclosure. In another example, known local coordinates of the position within the enclosure may be transformed into global coordinates for the position, which may be used for tracking a location of the position within the enclosure. In another example, a blueprint image of the enclosure may be used to track a location of the position within the enclosure. In this way, location tracking may be provided for objects within indoor spaces (e.g., a mapping application may track a current position of a mobile device within a building). | 2014-06-12 |
20140163865 | Energy Mapping Systems - An energy map for a motor vehicle and an energy mapping system for making the energy map are disclosed. The energy map includes energy information related to energy consumption and energy recharging of various power sources along various roadway segments. The energy mapping system may include a navigation system for a motor vehicle comprising a GPS receiver, various energy level sensors, and an electronic control unit. A probe vehicle may be used to measure energy consumption and energy recharging for various power sources. The energy mapping system may also include a service provider. The navigation system may measure energy levels for the various power sources along various roadway segments and transmit the measurements to the service provider. The service provider may then associate differences in the measured energy levels for each of the various power sources with the various roadway segments. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163866 | Data Mining in a Digital Map Database to Identify Blind Intersections 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 blind intersection along a section of road. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where a blind intersection is located along a section of road. Then, precautionary action data is added to the database to indicate a location at which a precautionary action is to be taken about the blind intersection located along the section of road. 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 blind intersection. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163867 | Way Finder Using Proximity Events - A system adapted to provide a way finder throughout a facility is described. The system includes an array of sensors, each sensor in the array adapted to transmit a wireless beacon signal, the beacon signal including a sensor ID associated with the sensor; at least one mobile device adapted to receive the wireless beacon signal from a particular sensor from the array of sensors and generate a request for a route to a destination; and a server adapted to receive the request and generate the route based on a location of the particular sensor and a location of a destination. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163868 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INDOOR NAVIGATION METHOD - An indoor navigation method using an electronic device includes acquiring an indoor map of a specified building. The method acquires position information by reading a two dimensional (2D) bar code in the specified building using an image capturing device of the electronic device. A target location in the specified building is determined in response to receiving user input, and a predetermined direction is guided by a direction guiding device. The method marks a navigation route on the indoor map according to the acquired position information, the predetermined direction and the target location, and outputs a prompt of the marked navigation route. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163869 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING AN ATTRIBUTE OF A POINT OF INTEREST - A method of evaluating an attribute of a point of interest | 2014-06-12 |
20140163870 | DETERMINATION OF POSITION, VELOCITY AND/OR HEADING BY SIMULTANEOUS USE OF ON-DEVICE AND ON-VEHICLE INFORMATION - Systems, apparatus and methods to supplement, combine, replace, verify and calibrate in-vehicle and in-device sensors and GNSS systems are presented. A mobile device and a vehicle navigation system share sensor and GNSS information to arrive at an improved navigation solution. For example, a navigation solution computed by a vehicle may rely on a sensor signal from a mobile device. Similarly, a navigation solution computed by a mobile device may use a sensor signal or a GNSS signal from a vehicle. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163871 | GPS RECEIVING APPARATUS, A METHOD OF CONTROLLING GPS RECEIVING UNIT, AND A CONTROLLING PROGRAM - GPS receiving apparatus is provided, which comprises GPS receiving unit, which detects a position, a course data storing unit, which stores course data representing a course, along which plural transit positions are set, a motion sensor, which detects motion of a user, a moving-distance obtaining unit, which obtains a moving distance of the user based on the detected user's motion, a proximity judging unit, which judges based on the obtained moving distance, whether the user has come close to a next transit position along the course, GPS start-up controlling unit, which makes GPS receiving unit start up, when the proximity judging unit determines that the user has come close to the next transit position, and GPS stop controlling unit, which brings GPS receiving unit down, when it is determined based on the position detected by GPS receiving unit, that the user has passed through the next transit position. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163872 | NAVIGATION DEVICES - A method of creating map data, including search acceleration data arranged to increase the speed at which a route can be planned across an electronic map, which comprises a plurality of navigable segments, representing segments of a navigable route in the area covered by the map, wherein the method comprises: a) processing the navigable segments in order to generate the search acceleration data for at least some of, and generally each of, the navigable segments of the electronic map indicating whether that navigable segment is part of a minimum cost route; and b) processing the generated search acceleration data in order to compress that data wherein the compression includes computing the correlation of pairs of bits in the search acceleration data and coalescing correlated bits. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163873 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING ELECTRONIC MAP DISPLAYS WITH POINTS-OF-INTEREST INFORMATION - Methods and systems are provided for generating an electronic map display. In one implementation, a method is provided for determining a route distance based on information for a route, comparing the route distance with a distance threshold, generating a list of points of interest (POIs) when the route distance is less than the distance threshold, the list of POIs identifying POIs that are located along the route, grouping the POIs into one or more buckets based on location, calculating POI densities of the buckets based on the POIs included in each corresponding bucket, ranking the buckets based on the POI densities, providing POI information associated with the POIs included in the ranked buckets, wherein the POI information is provided based on the ranking of the buckets, and generating an electronic map display with the POI information. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163874 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING ELECTRONIC MAP DISPLAYS WITH POINTS-OF-INTEREST BASED ON DENSITY THRESHOLDS - Methods and systems are provided for generating an electronic map display. In one implementation, a method is provided for determining a route distance based on information for a route, comparing the route distance with a distance threshold, defining a search area when the route distance is less than the distance threshold, the search area including boundaries, calculating, using a processor, a points of interest (POI) density of the search area, comparing the POI density with a first density threshold and a second density threshold, adjusting the boundaries of the search area based on a result of comparing the POI density with the first density threshold and the second density threshold, identifying POIs in the adjusted search area, and providing POI information for an electronic map display, the POI information being associated with one or more POIs identified in the adjusted search area. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163875 | SEAMLESS NETWORK GENERATION - A system and method for generating a seamless road network of a large geographical area includes a plurality of GPS probe traces extending across a geographical area. The probe traces are divided into sub-sets base on criteria, such as accuracy. A plurality of threads simultaneously employ the sub-sets traces to generate an independent network of the entire geographical area. The networks generated using sub-sets having a high accuracy are preferred over networks generating using sub-sets having a lower accuracy. The independent networks are combined to form a seamless networks of road segments. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163876 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED ROUTING THAT COMBINES REAL-TIME AND LIKELIHOOD INFORMATION - A system and method for improved routing that combines real-time and likelihood information. In accordance with an embodiment, the system comprises a digital map/map information; a likelihood routing information; a route processor; wherein, when a request is received from a user/driver, or from another system, to receive a routing information, the system receives real-time information from a traffic-monitoring device or service providing real-time information; wherein the route processor adjusts the received real-time information based on the system's likelihood routing information; and wherein the routing information based on the combination of real-time and likelihood information can then be provided to the user/driver or other system in response to the original request. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163877 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A navigation system for an electric vehicle includes a telematics center, a display terminal, and a charging station. In response to a request from the display terminal, the telematics center sends a route search result, which is created based on information on an electric vehicle and the charging station and which includes base point information whose remaining battery capacity is to be confirmed, to the display terminal. The display terminal displays route guidance information, the current position, and a result of comparison between the current remaining battery capacity and the base point information to the user who is driving the electric vehicle. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163878 | IN-VEHICLE NAVIGATION APPARATUS - An in-vehicle navigation apparatus that provides guidance to a lane on which a user's vehicle should travel, among driving lanes on a route, includes a landmark information acquiring unit and a lane guide unit. The landmark information acquiring unit acquires landmark information representing an object which serves as a landmark existing along the route within a landmark acquisition range that is set between a certain point on a near side of a specific point and the specific point. The lane on which the user's vehicle should travel on the route is restricted at the specific point. The lane guide unit provides guidance to the lane on which the user's vehicle should travel in association with the object represented by the landmark information acquired by the landmark information acquiring unit. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163879 | Automated Route Determination - A preferred route may be determined from an origin location to a destination location. The determination is made by processing directed links (e.g., one-way edges) in a graph that includes one or more links and two or more nodes. The determination of a preferred route may include an estimate of the time required at one or more intersections along alternative. Individual routing preferences, such as a preference of a rural over an urban route, also may be considered. Techniques are described that may help reduce the time required to identify a preferred route, including the identification and removal of no outlet routes before processing the directed links and techniques using particular data formats. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163880 | Emphasizing Revisited Featured Locations - A method and apparatus for presenting to a user audio and/or multimedia descriptions of previously-visited featured locations, so that the same descriptions are not presented in repeated visits to the same locations. Description may be selected to fit between consecutive turn-by-turn navigation instructions. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163881 | CONTROL OF AN EXTERNAL DRIVEBOX - A system including an automotive navigation system; an external drive; a first bus for connecting the external drive with the automotive navigation system; a second bus, which is different from the first bus, for connecting the external drive with the automotive navigation system. The external drive is connectable to the automotive navigation system via the first bus and the second bus. The automotive navigation system is adapted to read data from the external drive via the first bus. The automotive navigation system is adapted to control and to monitor the external drive via the second bus. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163882 | DYNAMIC ALERTS FOR CALENDAR EVENTS - A computing device can access a calendar entry having an associated time and an associated location, in a calendar application. The computing device can dynamically determine an estimated travel time to the location associated with the calendar entry. The computing device can provide an alarm indication for the calendar entry at a time based on the estimated travel time. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163883 | SEDIMENTARY BASIN DEVELOPMENT METHOD USING STRATIGRAPHIC SIMULATION COUPLED WITH AN ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION AND DEGRADATION MODEL - The invention is a method of developing a sedimentary basin wherein the distribution and the quality of the organic matter in the sedimentary basin are determined using stratigraphic modelling representing the evolution of the sedimentary basin. The method is based on the coupling of a stratigraphic model with an organic matter production, transport and degradation model. The sedimentary basin is then developed according to the distribution and the quality of the organic matter. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163884 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE DETERMINATION OF WIND SPEEDS AND INCIDENT RADIATION PARAMETERS OF OVERHEAD POWER LINES - The present invention relates to a method and system for the determination of parameters related to the speed of wind that blows near an overhead electrical power line (single or bundle conductors). The parameters include an “effective wind speed” as well as an “effective incident radiation” acting on a power line span. The measurement is made by using the combination of mechanical vibrations and movements/positions in two or three dimensions through sensors in direct link with the power line conductor. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163885 | TERRAIN MAP UPDATING SYSTEM - A terrain mapping system is disclosed. The system has at least one sensor configured to gather a plurality of current points defining a current surface of a site and a database containing a plurality of previously-gathered points defining a previous surface of the site. The system also has a controller in communication with the at least one sensor. The controller is configured to compare a height of at least one of the plurality of the current points to a height of a corresponding at least one of the plurality of previously-gathered points and to determine if an update to the database is warranted based on the comparison. The controller is further configured to update the database if it is determined that an update is warranted. | 2014-06-12 |