Abstract: A control system (10) for an automotive vehicle (50) coupled to a countermeasure system having a countermeasure includes an object sensor system (18) generating an object signal, an object distance signal, an object azimuth position signal, and object relative velocity signal. The control system (10) further includes an object classifier coupled to the object sensor system (18) generating an object classification signal in response to the object signal and a controller coupled to the object sensor object classifier for activating the countermeasure (42) in response to the object distance, object azimuth position, relative velocity and the object classification signal.

Abstract: An automatic shift controller for a vehicle which controls a gear-shifting mechanism to engage one of several gear trains. A sub-clutch connects and disconnects so that one of the gear trains, other than a first-speed gear train and a reverse gear train, is engaged or disengaged. By use of a controller, 1) when the vehicle is parked, then the reverse gear is engaged, the main clutch is engaged, and the sub-clutch is disengaged, and 2) when preparation for engine start-up is started in a state wherein the vehicle is parked, then the main clutch is disengaged and the sub-clutch is engaged.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to ensure that the amount of time a construction machine has been operated by each operator can be managed. A further object is to ensure that an administrator can learn without delay, in real time, and accurately that a service person has performed services on a construction machine, and to ensure that work instructions are imparted to a service person, and service person performance management and labor management are performed easily and accurately. Another object is to ensure that the attachment situation of a construction machine can be learned accurately and in real time such that customer requests can be dealt with promptly. Another object is to ensure that communication messages can be displayed on the limited space of a monitoring panel display screen together with information which is necessary for driving.

Abstract: A method is provided capable of improving the precision of estimating a vehicle body sideslip angle and values associated with the vehicle body sideslip angle using a simple and inexpensive method. The sideslip angle differential value unit calculates a vehicle body sideslip angle differential value by substituting a front wheel cornering power, which varies depending on the lateral acceleration output from the lateral acceleration sensor, detected values of the sensors, fixed physical quantities of the vehicle and known values, and the vehicle body sideslip angle calculated during the previous processing into a formula obtained by eliminating the rear wheel cornering power from an equation of equilibrium for the moment of the vehicle around the vertical axis and the equation of equilibrium for the force in the lateral direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for collecting data for a geographic database is disclosed. Engine load value and position data are collected using a vehicle traveling in a geographic region. A location of a road grade change point is identified corresponding to a change in the engine load value data. The geographic database is updated to indicate the road grade.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and program product are provided to obtain a shortened holding pattern exit path for an aircraft from its current position (CP) in or entering a holding pattern to an allowed exit point (EP) of the holding pattern. The flight management system (FMS) determines which segment of the holding pattern the aircraft is currently on, i.e., A, B, or C defines in terms of the holding pattern turn points (TP1, TP2, TP3, TP4) and the waypoint (SP) which is symmetrical to the desired EP. The FMS compares the aircraft CP with EP and SP location and directs turns at the appropriate waypoints to give the shortest allowed exit pathway. Both Type I and Type II holding pattern entries are accommodated.

Abstract: A miniature, unmanned aircraft for acquiring and/or transmitting data, capable of automatically maintaining desired airframe stability while operating by remote directional commands. The aircraft comprises a fuselage and a wing, a piston engine and propeller, a fuel supply, at least one data sensor and/or radio transceiver, a microprocessor disposed to manage flight, a radio transceiver for receiving remotely generated flight direction commands, a GPS receiver, a plurality of control surfaces and associated servomechanisms, for controlling flight stabilization and direction, roll, pitch, yaw, velocity, and altitude sensors. The microprocessor uses roll, pitch, yaw, and altitude data to control attitude and altitude of the aircraft automatically, but controls flight direction solely based on external commands. The aircraft does not exceed fifty-five pounds.

Abstract: A vehicle speed control system for a vehicle with an engine and an automatic transmission is comprised of a coast switch for decreasing a set vehicle speed and a controller connected with the coast switch. The controller controls a vehicle speed at the set vehicle speed by controlling the engine and the automatic transmission, and maintains a gear ratio of the automatic transmission at the gear ratio set at the moment before decreasing the set vehicle speed when the coast switch is being operated to decrease the set vehicle speed. Therefore, even if the throttle opening is opened to accelerate the vehicle, the engine rotation speed is never radically increased under such a transmission condition. This prevents the engine from generating noises excessively.

Abstract: There is provided a navigation system using a wireless communication system and a route guidance method thereof. In the navigation system, an information center searches out an optimum route between a present vehicle position and a destination referring to map data in its map database and generates route guidance data. A navigation terminal inside the vehicle calculates the present position of the vehicle, transmits the vehicle's current position information to the information center, receives the route guidance data, and announces a notification message. A wireless communication network connects the information center to the navigation terminal wirelessly.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for integrated control, access, and presentation of flight information within the cockpit. Cockpit instrument systems and methods are provided which include a first cockpit instrument panel which has a first display proximately located to a first bezel. The first display is operable to present navigational data, communication data, and flight information data including airspeed, attitude, and altitude. The systems and methods further include a second cockpit instrument panel located adjacent to the first cockpit instrument panel. The second cockpit instrument panel has a second display proximately located to a second bezel. The second display is operable to present navigational data, communication data, and flight information data including detailed engine parameters.

Abstract: A method and device are provided to determine a location corresponding to an entry in a database stored in an electronic device; determine a current position of the electronic device; obtain navigational information from the current position to the location; and provide the navigational information to a user.

Abstract: A method of forecasting the comfort performance in a vehicle equipped with a test mounted assembly in a selected position, traveling at speed V over smooth ground, with a maximum speed Vmax, by establishing a vehicle transfer function where the assembly has a tire with N substantially identical irregularities on its circumference, regularly distributed to excite the vehicle in a range of frequencies, measuring the forces at the wheel center, and multiplying the forces by the vehicle transfer function to forecast the noise and vibrations.

Abstract: A restraint system having a restraint device for protecting at least one passenger and a method for controlling a restraint system. The system and method act so as to to transform using a wavelet transformation, a signal measured by an acceleration sensor into a frequency range and in order to determine from the transformed signal the optimal triggering time point for the restraint device. For this purpose, the wavelet-transformed signal, on the one hand, is used for determining features in order to determine a crash type, and, on the other hand, to determine the braking acceleration energy. If the braking acceleration energy lies above a preestablished threshold value and if the identified crash type requires a triggering of the restraint system, then the restraint system is triggered.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for integrated control, access, and presentation of flight information within the cockpit. Cockpit instrument systems and methods are provided which include a first cockpit instrument panel which has a first display proximately located to a first bezel. The first display is operable to present navigational data, communication data, and flight information data including airspeed, attitude, and altitude. The systems and methods further include a second cockpit instrument panel located adjacent to the first cockpit instrument panel. The second cockpit instrument panel has a second display proximately located to a second bezel. The second display is operable to present navigational data, communication data, and flight information data including detailed engine parameters.

Abstract: A system for tracking a fleet of vehicles, such as trucks or aircraft, includes a set of vehicle processing systems associated with each vehicle. Each vehicle processing system receives a travel route matrix from a remote server, and generates periodic vehicle position information which is compared with a propagating wave associated with different segments, or corridors, of the matrix. When the vehicle position is determined to lie outside the propagating wave and a geo-corridor at a particular point in time, alerts are sent to the server notifying the server of same. Corrective action can then be taken, such as remotely disabling the vehicle, or alerting a fleet manager.

Abstract: A data display firmware improvement for a scan tool adds the capability to view in a single presentation data uploaded from a motor vehicle's onboard diagnostic (OBD) computer synchronized with data from external test apparatus. The data display algorithms permit viewing of OBD data, including certain real-time oscilloscope-like waveforms, and allow viewing test results from compatible instruments, such as exhaust gas analyzers, including capturing realtime OBD signals, holding them until delayed events such as gas analyzer test results become available, then displaying the events on a common display as though available simultaneously in real time. The present invention further permits acquisition of communication links with external test equipment for which exact protocols and port configurations may not be uniquely specified. The firmware upgrade is downloadable to existing products.

Abstract: A system for providing information to a drive of a vehicle, including information providing apparatus and information presenting apparatus. Information providing apparatus includes means for storing information data about a facility with a parking lot, means for measuring vehicle speed of the vehicle traveling into the parking lot, means for selecting an objective information data to be provided to the driver from the stored information data on the basis of the vehicle speed measured, and means for transmitting the objective information data selected to the vehicle. Information presenting apparatus includes means for receiving the objective information data transmitted, means for storing the objective information data received, means for sensing vehicle speed, means for selecting an information data from the stored objective information data on the basis of the vehicle speed sensed, and means for presenting the information data selected to the driver in a predetermined form.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for permitting a user to define a plurality of different predetermined proximities corresponding respectively with a plurality of different mobile vehicles in relation to a location, for monitoring travel data associated with the plurality of mobile vehicles, and for notifying one or more communications devices associated with the user based upon the different predetermined proximities associated with the vehicles.

Abstract: A communication navigation system is provided with a communication center apparatus (3) and a communication navigation terminal (5), which perform two-way communication on a communication network (1, 2). The communication center apparatus for providing map information is provided with: a search device (74) for searching for a recommendation route with respect to the request of route search from the communication navigation terminal; and a wireless device (73) for wirelessly transmitting guidance position information including information indicating a direction or a route to be advanced and/or information indicating a location of each one of a plurality of guidance positions located on the recommendation route. The communication navigation terminal is provided with a display processing device (43) for displaying the recommendation route by connecting the plurality of guidance positions by interpolation according to the content of the received guidance position information.

Abstract: A control system and method maintains a constant engine idle speed during a garage shift of an automatic transmission-equipped vehicle with a torque converter. An engine control module or other processor identifies when transmission input clutch fill occurs. The engine control module increases engine output based on the transmission input clutch fill and before a decrease in engine idle speed occurs. The engine control module latches a turbine speed and a speed ratio (turbine speed/engine speed). The engine control module declares transmission input clutch fill if the latched turbine speed minus a current turbine speed is greater than the first calibration constant or if the latched speed ratio minus a current speed ratio is greater than the second calibration constant. The engine control module increases the engine output after waiting a first time delay after the transmission clutch fill.