Patents Examined by Majdi Alsomiri
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Veracity determination through comparison of a geospatial location of a vehicle with a provided data
Patent number: 9779449Abstract: A method, apparatus and system related to veracity determination through comparison of a geospatial location data of a vehicle with a provided data are disclosed. In one aspect, the method of a veracity server associates a provided data of an individual with a vehicle using a processor, determines the geospatial location of a vehicle, correlates a relevance of the geospatial location of the vehicle with the provided data, and determines the veracity of the provided data based on the relevance of the geospatial location of the vehicle to the provided data. The method may also comprise the usage of a geospatial circuit in the vehicle in order to transmit geospatial coordinates as well as a plurality of relevant locational information of the vehicle to the veracity server in order to make a correct veracity determination of the provided data.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2013Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Spireon, Inc.Inventors: David M. Meyer, Mark J. Behnke -
Patent number: 9764726Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling a vehicle system including an engine that is selectively shut-down during engine idle-stop conditions, the vehicle system further including a hydraulically actuated transmission component. One example method comprises, during an idle-stop engine shut-down, adjusting a hydraulic actuation of the transmission component to adjust drag torque on the engine to stop the engine.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2009Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Alex O'Connor Gibson, Roger Lyle Huffmaster, Peter John Grutter, Felix Nedorezov, Rodney Lewis Lopez
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Patent number: 9702718Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes one or more processors, a memory, an engine, a battery, and a motor. The motor is configured to utilize electrical energy stored in the battery for powering a movement of the wheels or an operation of the hybrid vehicle. A memory stores route data and corresponding vehicle operation data. The one or more processors predict, based on the route data, that the hybrid vehicle will travel on a second route after travelling on a first route. The one or more processors predict, based on the vehicle operation data, that the state of charge (SOC) of the battery will reach or exceed a threshold value during the second route. The one or more processors set a target SOC for the battery. The one or more processors discharge the electrical energy stored in the battery during the first route based on the target SOC value.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Joshua D. Payne, Mohammad E. Dufford
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Patent number: 9702711Abstract: A computer server of a social communication platform may be configured to provide a social communication platform to a first user to chat with a second user over a window displaying on a computer device of the first user; receive chat messages between the first user and second user, the chat message including a current geographical location information of the first user; select at least one candidate POI associated with the second user and based on the current geographical location information of the first user; send location information of at least one candidate POI to the first user through the window; receive from the first user a selection of a target POI from the at least one candidate POI; and send information associated with the target POI to the first user through the social communication platform.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company LimitedInventors: Wenrong Tang, Guangyuan Bai, Yan Wang, Daihua Wang
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Patent number: 9694846Abstract: An online load detection device for a self-balancing two-wheel vehicle, comprising a support platform load detection device: the support platform load detection device comprises at least a group of magnetic detection devices; each group of magnetic detection devices comprise a permanent magnet and a magnetic sensor; the permanent magnet is supported on a support platform via an elastic member; the magnetic sensor is disposed in the easing of the support platform, and is used to detect the magnetic field change caused by the relative displacement between the permanent magnet and the magnetic sensor and output a detection signal. The detection device further comprises a seat pressure sensor disposed on a seat. The detection device detects the load pressure of the support platform in a non-contact manner, and can avoid wear, judge and warn the driving attitude of a driver.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Shanghai New Century Robot Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tian Lan, Yangbin Chen
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Patent number: 9685007Abstract: A system and computer implemented method for managing a vehicle incident is disclosed. The method may include monitoring, in response to a triggering event, a first vehicle having a first vehicle state including a set of physical condition characteristics. The method may also include detecting, for the first vehicle, a vehicle incident including a change of one or more physical condition characteristics of the set of physical condition characteristics. The method may also include collecting, in response to detecting the vehicle incident for the first vehicle, incident circumstance information including a set of potential causes of the vehicle incident. In certain embodiments, the method may include providing incident data based on at least a portion of the incident circumstance information and at least a portion of the change of one or more physical condition characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William R. Dietz, William R. Holtzhauser, III, Ajit Jariwala, Francesco C. Schembari
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Patent number: 9683851Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, wherein the apparatus is caused to acquire a location estimate of a positioning device that is to determine its location inside a building, wherein the location estimate is acquired on the basis of an indoor non-magnetic field based location discovery system; access an indoor Earth's magnetic field, EMF, map of plurality of buildings, wherein the indoor EMF map represents at least one of magnitude and direction of the Earth's magnetic field affected by the local structures of a corresponding building; and select a part of the indoor EMF map on the basis of the location estimate of the positioning device, wherein the selected part of the indoor magnetic field map includes the indoor EMF map for the area in which the positioning device currently is.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: INDOORATLAS OYInventor: Janne Haverinen
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Patent number: 9677903Abstract: An event search area for searching for events of interest to the user, including a maximum off-route crow-fly distance from a user in-route travel path is established. One or more events of interest to the user is determined based on the established event search area. Each of the off-route travel paths that connect each event to the user in-route travel path is also determined. An off-route driving time and a total in-route and off-route driving time from the user in-route travel path to the applicable determined event and back are computed. The one determined off-route travel path that has a minimum computed off-route driving time and the one or more of the determined off-route travel paths that has a minimum computed total in-route and off-route driving time are identified and notified to the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: TRIP ROUTING TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.Inventor: Thomas Bouve
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Patent number: 9676381Abstract: A generation control method for a vehicle may include a deceleration driving determination step of determining whether a driving state of the vehicle is a deceleration driving state, an acceleration driving determination step of determining whether the driving state of the vehicle is an acceleration driving state when the driving state of the vehicle is not the deceleration driving state, and a constant speed driving generation step of performing constant speed driving generation when the driving state of the vehicle is not the deceleration driving state or the acceleration driving state.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Hyun Kim
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Patent number: 9681320Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for the measurement, collection, and analysis of radio signals are provided. A transport host device, including an unmanned aerial vehicle, can transport a scanning device into desired locations for autonomously collecting radio data for a wireless network, thereby enabling the rapid interrogation and optimization the wireless network, including in locations and spatial areas where previously known systems and methods have been impractical or impossible.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: PC-TEL, INC.Inventors: Brandon Johnson, James Zik, Atsushi Satoh, Buchanan Blake, Martin H. Singer
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Patent number: 9666082Abstract: A method of flight management and guidance of an aircraft executed by a flight management system FMS comprises the steps of: generating a reference trajectory, generating a short-term trajectory, periodically transmitting the short-term trajectory, generating a long-term trajectory, formatting the segments of the long-term trajectory, periodically transmitting the long-term trajectory, storing the long-term trajectory transmitted, testing the validity of the FMS sub-assembly, when the FMS sub-assembly is valid: identifying, by the autonomous guidance module, the active segment of the short-term trajectory, generating, by the autonomous guidance module, a first flight guidance order on the basis of the active segment of the short-term trajectory; when the FMS sub-assembly is not valid: identifying, by the autonomous guidance module, the active segment of the stored trajectory, generating, by the autonomous guidance module, a second flight guidance order on the basis of the active segment of the stored trajectoType: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: THALESInventors: Michel Roger, Mathieu Orvain
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Patent number: 9666051Abstract: A method of detecting that an aircraft is flying in icing conditions. A processor unit determines a real power developed by the turboshaft engine and a theoretical power that the engine can develop in theory, the theoretical power being determined using a theoretical model supplying a power as a function at least of a speed of rotation of a gas generator of the engine. The processor unit determines a difference between the real power and the theoretical power. The processor unit generates a warning to indicate the presence of icing conditions when the power difference is greater than a predetermined power threshold for a length of time longer than a time threshold, and when a temperature outside the aircraft lies between a low temperature threshold and a high temperature threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Airbus HelicoptersInventors: Regis Rossotto, Emmanuel Camhi
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Patent number: 9659499Abstract: A system and method for communicating reportable vehicle events via SMS messages. The method carried out by the system includes storing a user-provided contact at a vehicle, monitoring a plurality of vehicle conditions, detecting that one of the vehicle conditions has become a reportable vehicle condition, and sending a short-message service (SMS) message to the stored contact based on the determination, wherein the SMS message includes information associated with the reportable vehicle condition.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2008Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: General Motors LLCInventor: James W. Leyerle
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Patent number: 9651386Abstract: An apparatus and method for calculating a distance between vehicles to receive position movement information of a subject vehicle and position movement information of an object vehicle from a global positioning system and calculate a distance between the moved subject vehicle and the moved object vehicle based on a position movement distance of the subject vehicle and a position movement distance of the object vehicle at predetermined time as the sum of a vector when calculating the position movement information of the subject vehicle and the position movement information of the object vehicle over time using a dead reckoning formula.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Man-Bok Park
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Patent number: 9643593Abstract: A vehicle drive system for a vehicle including a first prime mover, a first prime mover driven transmission, and a rechargeable power source can be configured for reduced fuel consumption at idle. The vehicle drive system includes an electric motor in direct or indirect mechanical communication with the first prime mover. The control system causes fuel to be eliminated to the first prime mover while the vehicle is stopped and causes the electric motor to rotate the first prime mover at a speed, thereby reducing fuel consumption at idle for the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: POWER TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLCInventor: Joseph T. Dalum
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Patent number: 9639939Abstract: A method for vehicle positioning is provided, which includes the steps of identifying at least one vehicle in an image, obtaining identification information of each vehicle from the image, and transforming coordinates of each vehicle in the image into positioning information of the corresponding vehicle according to mapping information. The positioning information is a position of the corresponding vehicle in real world. Precise lane-level vehicle positioning can be achieved based on comparison with the identification information or the positioning information.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Yu-Chee Tseng, Lien-Wu Chen, Chia-Chen Chang, Yin-Chih Lu, Pei-Chuan Tsai
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Patent number: 9623817Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling an electrical system of a vehicle. Sensors are used to obtain first data for a first path of calculations and second data for a second path of calculations. The first path comprises a first plurality of calculations of generating a value of a parameter pertaining to the electrical system, and the second path comprises a second plurality of calculations of monitoring the electrical system with respect to the first path. A processor is coupled to the plurality of sensors, and is configured to determine whether a data frozen flag is active, perform the first plurality of calculations of the first path using the first data if the first data flag is inactive, and perform the second plurality of calculations of the second path if the first data flag is active.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2010Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Brian A. Welchko, Silva Hiti, Abbas Raftari, Jeong J. Park, Hanne Buur, Wei D. Wang, Brian R. Medema, William R. Cawthorne, Jackie L. Cui
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Patent number: 9616943Abstract: A method for increasing the aerodynamic efficiency of a vehicle includes monitoring operating condition of a vehicle, determining if a pre-selected event has occurred with respect to the operating condition of the vehicle, communicating a spacing value to a moving device and adjusting a spacing between a cab and a trailer of the vehicle based on the communicated spacing value.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLCInventors: Chad Lee Burchett, Arthur Nalson Fowler
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Patent number: 9610858Abstract: Techniques are presented for more efficient three-phase inverter control for electrified vehicles (EVs). The techniques can be executed by a controller of an EV that includes one or more processors. Specifically, the techniques include closed-loop discontinuous pulse-width modulation (DPWM) control of a three-phase inverter based on electric motor current feedback. The three-phase inverter control techniques can be further based on electric motor/rotor position feedback. Based on the feedback, the techniques can select one of a plurality of zero-voltage vectors in real-time. The selected zero-voltage vector can be used when generating duty cycles for switching of the three-phase inverter, which can result in decreased switching losses and increased efficiency of the three-phase inverter.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Baiming Shao, Bing Cheng
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Patent number: 9601923Abstract: Exemplary methods are disclosed, which may include providing a conductive component configured to conduct a current to at least two electrical systems or elements. Methods may further include determining one of the electrical elements as a low-priority system and a second one of the electrical elements as a high-priority system, measuring or estimating a current associated with the at least two electrical systems to establish the current exceeds a predetermined parameter, and deactivating the low-priority system in response to at least the determination of the current exceeding the predetermined parameter.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Brian D. Rutkowski, David J. Rutkowski