Patents Examined by Helal A Algahaim
  • Method and a device for generating artificial driving noises of a vehicle
    Patent number: 9189452
    Abstract: A device and a method for generating artificial driving noises for a motor vehicle, and to a computer program for carrying out the method is provided. Environmental conditions, objects and/or other road users are recorded via an environmental sensor unit. Depending thereupon and, as required, depending upon vehicle-internal information driving noises are generated with special properties. In this way other road users can be alerted to otherwise quietly driving vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Uwe Hahne
  • Method for operating a driver assistance system and driver assistance system
    Patent number: 9187089
    Abstract: A method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle combination is provided. The vehicle combination includes a tractor vehicle and at least one trailer, and the driver assistance system is designed to automatically actuate at least one element of the vehicle combination. The method comprises the following: At least a first parameter characterizing a potentially unstable driving condition of the trailer is detected. A determination is made as to whether an unstable driving condition of the trailer is imminent. If it is determined that an unstable driving condition of the trailer is imminent, a calculation is made of a position of the trailer and the at least one element is automatically actuated at a point in time when the trailer is positioned in the longitudinal direction of the tractor vehicle and directly in line behind the tractor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Uwe Hahne
  • Method and device for verifying the consistency of the sideslip probes of an aircraft
    Patent number: 9189453
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for verifying the consistency of the values (?1,?2,?3) given by the sideslip probes (1,2,3) of an aircraft and to a device implementing this method. This method is noteworthy in that it consists in consolidating the values of two sideslip probes by using the value of the incidence ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Frédéric Tost, Christoph Heinen
  • Two-wheeled motor vehicle and control device therefor
    Patent number: 9189454
    Abstract: A two-wheeled motor vehicle includes a control device and is configured such that a radius of curvature of a cross-section of a tire mounted on one of the front wheel and the rear wheel is larger than a radius of curvature of a cross-section of a tire mounted on the other wheel. The control device includes a sensor arranged to detect a rotation speed of the one wheel, a sensor arranged to detect a rotation speed of the other wheel, and a turn determining section programmed to determine that the vehicle is turning based on a condition that a value corresponding to a bank angle of the vehicle is higher than a threshold. The value corresponding to the bank angle of the vehicle is a value indicating the relative amount of the rotation speed of the one wheel relative to the rotation speed of the other wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Fukushima, Hiroyuki Inoue
  • Working vehicle
    Patent number: 9181681
    Abstract: The working vehicle may include a working apparatus in which an attachment is attachably mounted, a flow rate limitation setting means to set the maximum flow rate of hydraulic oil, an engine revolution sensor, a cam plate angle sensor, a valve opening degree sensor to measure a present flow rate of the hydraulic oil, a switching valve to switch between a single acting type and a double acting type, a display, a main controller to connect the flow rate limitation setting means, the engine revolution sensor, the cam plate angle sensor, the valve opening degree sensor, the switching valve, and the display apparatus. The maximum flow rate and the present flow rate, which are set by the flow rate limitation setting means, may be simultaneously displayed on the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Okazaki, Nagahiro Ogata, Mitsuhiro Takahashi
  • Driving force control system for vehicle
    Patent number: 9180880
    Abstract: A driving force control system for a vehicle, which is configured to control a driving force of a vehicle by calculating an actual value of a stability factor of a running vehicle based on a detection value of a predetermined sensor, and adjusting the calculated actual value of the stability factor toward a target value of the stability factor determined depending on a travelling condition of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Okumura, Souichirou Shimura
  • Vehicle dynamic control apparatus and vehicle dynamic control system using the same
    Patent number: 9180862
    Abstract: A vehicle dynamic control apparatus is designed to control a plurality of controlled objects based on a first parameter associated with a motion of a vehicle in a same direction to fulfill a request value of a second parameter associated with the motion of the vehicle in the same direction and outputted from a control requester. The vehicle dynamic control apparatus includes an availability obtainer configured to obtain an availability of the first parameter of each of the controlled objects, and to output the availability of the first parameter of each of the controlled objects to the control requester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, ADVICS CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Tokimasa, Junpei Tatsukawa, Yasuhiko Mukai, Masaki Maruyama, Masatoshi Hanzawa, Hirofumi Nitta, Yuichi Mizutani
  • Transportation system including a hovering vehicle
    Patent number: 9180856
    Abstract: A transportation system is disclosed. The transportation system has a vehicle that is self-powered and configured to generate an air cushion on a trackless lane having a substantially flat surface. The vehicle is configured to move over the substantially flat surface on the air cushion. The transportation system also has a guidance system configured to guide the vehicle between peripheries of the trackless lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: LTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: John Goelet
  • Drive control apparatus of hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 9180867
    Abstract: A drive control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle, in which a motor torque instruction value operator of controller calculates a torque instruction value of each of a plurality of motor generators by using a torque balance equation including a target engine torque which is obtained from a target engine operation point and an electric power balance equation including a target charge/discharge power. Thus, control of the plurality of motor generators in the case where there is a charge/discharge to/from a battery can be performed, and both of assurance of a target drive force and assurance of a target charge/discharge can be satisfied in consideration of an operation point of an internal combustion engine (engine operation point).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki Ito, Masaaki Tagawa, Masakazu Saito, Hitoshi Ohkuma
  • Guiding method for aircraft docking process
    Patent number: 9177483
    Abstract: A guiding method for aircraft docking process, which is used to detect an aircraft when docking to a stop line along a J-line on apron, includes steps as followed. According to response distances of different positions from a laser scanner, a distance between the aircraft and the stop line and offset angle during the docking process are detected. To show the distance and offset angle on a data display panel as guiding reference when a pilot of the aircraft operates the aircraft. The guiding method further has a waiting stage, a positioning stage, and a distinguishing stage and a guiding stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Unibase Information Corp.
    Inventor: Cheng-Hsiang Lin
  • Ballast delivery and computation system and method
    Patent number: 9175998
    Abstract: A method, performed by a computer having a processor and system memory, for calibrating a tie height of a ballast profiling rail vehicle having a remote sensing system, includes traversing the rail vehicle along a first calibration section of railroad track at a calibration speed, detecting, using the remote sensing system, a plurality of height to tie measurements in the first calibration section, establishing a rolling median average of the height to tie measurements, and determining a calibration tie height relative to the rail vehicle based upon the rolling median average.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Georgetown Rail Equipment Company
    Inventors: H. Lynn Turner, Nathan Bachman, William C. Shell, Brian Van Voorst, David Rozacky, Carlos Martinez, Charles W. Aaron, John Shackleton, Joel Scott Howard, Jonathan Paul Schewe
  • Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and vehicle control system
    Patent number: 9174643
    Abstract: When a preceding vehicle in front of a host vehicle reduces speed, other vehicles between the preceding vehicle and a system-mounted vehicle successively reduces speed. An ECU and an ACC control the traveling of the system-mounted vehicle on the basis of prediction information of speed reduction propagation when the system-mounted vehicle reduces speed such that the system-mounted vehicle and an ordinary vehicle immediately in front of the system-mounted vehicle have a predetermined relative positional relationship. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the speed reduction propagation between the preceding vehicle and the system-mounted vehicle in advance, making it possible to more effectively suppress congestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Makoto Aso
  • Analysis of network packets using a generated hash code
    Patent number: 9178814
    Abstract: A technique for analyzing network packets includes receiving, by a network processor, a network packet having a packet header including address and control information. A set of bytes are extracted, using the network processor, from the packet header and a set of input bits for generating a hash code are derived, using the network processor, from the set of bytes. Finally, the hash code is generated using the input bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Claude Basso, Jean L. Calvignac, Natarajan Vaidhyanathan, Fabrice Verplanken
  • Navigation system
    Patent number: 9177471
    Abstract: A system provides a description of a road segment using location reference points. The system may receive traffic information about a road segment along a road. The system may determine two sets of location reference points based on the traffic information. The system may generate a description of the road segment based on the two determined sets of location reference points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventor: Ole Hinz
  • Method and system for vehicle data collection
    Patent number: 9176924
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes roadway map updating using vehicle performance and location information from plural vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: AutoConnect Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • Assistance with piloting of an aircraft in a stall
    Patent number: 9174742
    Abstract: An intuitive display including a visual representation of a maximum admissible angle of attack on a pitch scale giving the crew of an aircraft a visual recognition of an imminent stall, or of a stall, together with real assistance with piloting during the stall until the aircraft has come out of the stall completely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus (SAS)
    Inventor: Harry Nelson
  • Drive support apparatus
    Patent number: 9174615
    Abstract: A drive support apparatus is disclosed, which includes a sonar sensor that transmits an ultrasonic wave to an object outside of a vehicle to obtain, based on a reflected wave thereof, object information related to a distance to the object; a controller that permits a first drive force limitation control when the distance to the object is longer than or equal to a predetermined distance, and permits at least one of a second drive force limitation control and an intervention brake control when the distance to the object is shorter than the predetermined distance, wherein a limitation level in the second drive force limitation control is higher than that in the first drive force limitation control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshihiro Takagi
  • Vehicle driving force control device
    Patent number: 9175610
    Abstract: An electronic control unit adjusts drive force generated by an engine in accordance with the amount of manipulation of an accelerator pedal. When the manipulation amount of the accelerator pedal meets a predetermined condition, the electronic control unit executes drive force limiting control for limiting the drive force generated by the engine and changes the degree of limiting of the drive force during the execution of the drive force limiting process according the gradient of the road surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Takagi, Motonari Ohbayashi, Yuki Minase, Shinya Kodama, Toshihiro Takagi
  • Mobile carriage system with no rails for guidance system
    Patent number: 9169069
    Abstract: A mobile storage system that includes a guidance system controlling the movement of each of a plurality of movable carriages along a support surface. The mobile storage system includes a guidance system having a magnetic strip positioned on the support surface. One or more magnetic sensors are positioned on each of the mobile carriages and generally aligned with the magnetic strip positioned on the floor. The magnetic sensors detect the magnetic strip and a control unit controls the operation of a pair of drive motors to move the carriages along, the mobile strip while maintaining proper alignment. The guidance system thus eliminates the need for any floor mounted rails to guide the movement of the individual mobile carriages along the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Spacesaver Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew O. Servant, Brian Patrick Bourke, Eric James Wipperfurth, Steven Mark Lehmann
  • System and method of transforming movement authority limits
    Patent number: 9168936
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of transforming movement authority limits for a train traveling in a track network, which includes determining authority of tracks associated with a switch, based at least partially on authority data and/or train authority data for the train, and providing authority on a switch leg of the switch based at least partially on the authority of the associated tracks. The computer-implemented method also includes determining authority of tracks associated with switches on at least two tracks, based at least partially on authority data and/or train authority data for the train, and providing authority on a crossover track between the at least two tracks based at least partially on the authority of the associated tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Wabtec Holding Corp.
    Inventors: Ann K. Grimm, Phillip A. Burgart, James H. Moore, Rebecca W. Dreasher