Patents Examined by Thomas Black
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Patent number: 8718875Abstract: A vehicle motion control apparatus suppresses strangeness feeling in a driver when a signal from a sensor which detects an operated state quantity of a vehicle and a motional state quantity thereof is abnormal. The vehicle motion control apparatus includes a control unit, and sensors. An actual-state-quantity obtaining unit outputs a vehicle-body actual slip angle and an actual yaw rate to a deviation calculating unit. A reference dynamic-characteristic model calculating unit calculates a vehicle-body reference slip angle and a reference yaw rate using a dynamic-characteristic model and outputs those to the deviation calculating unit. A virtual external-force calculating unit feeds back a virtual external force to the reference dynamic-characteristic model calculating unit based on a deviation output by the deviation calculating unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoji Mori, Yuuji Sakaki, Noriaki Suzuki, Teppei Komori
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Patent number: 8718931Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for cross checking required navigation performance procedures. A required navigation performance procedure in a flight management system is executed in an aircraft. A global positioning system signal in an electronic flight bag or other independent data processing system located onboard the aircraft is received while executing the required navigation performance procedure. A current position of the aircraft based on the global positioning system signal is presented on a moving map. A set of containment lines on the moving map are displayed to indicate whether deviations from the required navigation performance procedure have occurred.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Robert C. Belcher
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Patent number: 8712625Abstract: An automatic search system and a method for assisting a mobile apparatus to search for a matching device are provided. The automatic search method includes the following steps. First, N sets of consecutive images are captured at N time points respectively when the mobile apparatus moves along a first direction. The N is a positive integer greater than 1. Next, the N sets of consecutive images are received, and several image features of the N sets of images are compared, so as to determine accordingly whether the matching device exists in the first direction. If it is determined that the matching device exists, a route signal and an adjustment signal are generated. Next, according to the route signal, the mobile apparatus is controlled to move to an adjacent position of the matching device. Also, according to the adjustment signal, the mobile apparatus is controlled to be combined with the matching device.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: National Tsing Hua UniversityInventors: Hung-Yin Tsai, Ming-Hwei Perng, Yen-Wen Huang, Yen-Po Lin
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Patent number: 8712677Abstract: Navigation devices, methods, and programs acquire a reference position related to the traveling of a host vehicle and acquire a host vehicle condition at the reference position. The devices, methods, and programs accesses a travel information storage unit that stores travel sequences. The stored data for each travel sequences includes at least one position along the travel sequence, operation information that specifies a vehicle operation at each stored position, and vehicle condition information that specifies a vehicle condition at each stored position.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Miura, Junichi Nonomura
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Patent number: 8712653Abstract: A transmission control system for regulating operation of an automatic transmission of a vehicle includes a first module that provides a predetermined shift schedule including upshift and downshift lines and a second module that offsets each of the upshift and downshift lines by an offset amount to provide modified upshift and downshift lines when a deceleration of the vehicle exceeds a threshold deceleration. A third module regulates operation of the automatic transmission based on the modified upshift and downshift lines.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2007Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Inventors: Jayson S. Schwalm, David W. Wright, Christopher A. Spangler, Andriy Nikitin
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Patent number: 8712632Abstract: An approach is provided for complementing various devices and/or instruments by utilizing augmented reality and providing an adaptive user interface to a user at a user device. A user device determines one or more information items associated with at least one instrument panel of at least one vehicle. Then the user device determines one or more representations of the one or more information items and causes, at least in part, a presentation of the one or more information items at the user device, wherein the user device may complement and/or may be substituted for the at least one instrument panel.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: NAVTEQ B.V.Inventor: Marko Tapio Tuukkanen
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Patent number: 8712619Abstract: A vehicle is equipped with a battery configured so as to be rechargeable, a motor generator configured so as to generate the driving force of the vehicle by use of electric power stored in the battery, a switch configured so as to switch between generation of a command for extending the use period of the battery and stop of generation of the command, and an ECU for controlling the state of charge of the battery. The ECU sets the control range of SOC of the battery. When the switch stops generation of the command, the ECU sets the control range to a first range. Meanwhile, when a command is generated by the switch, the ECU sets the control range to a second range narrower than the first range.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2009Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hidetoshi Kusumi, Sumikazu Syamoto, Kazumasa Arai
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Patent number: 8712613Abstract: A control device controlling a hybrid vehicle drive apparatus that includes an internal combustion engine, a rotary electric machine drivingly connected to a wheel and a clutch selectively drivingly connecting the internal combustion engine with the rotary electric machine. The control device performs control such that, when a start request of the internal combustion engine is issued in the state in which the clutch is released and combustion of the internal combustion engine is stopped, a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is raised to a rotational speed of the rotary electric machine by transmitting driving torque of the rotary electric machine to the internal combustion engine by increasing a torque transfer capacity of the clutch, and, after the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is synchronized with the rotational speed of the rotary electric machine, the combustion of the internal combustion engine is started.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Yoshida, Yomei Hakumura, Saoto Tsuchiya, Hiroaki Kioka
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Patent number: 8712649Abstract: A transmission controller permits a 2-1 shift, in which a gear position of a subtransmission mechanism is changed from a second speed to a first speed, when an accelerator pedal has been depressed to or above a predetermined opening. The gear position of the subtransmission mechanism is changed from the second speed to the first speed when an actual through speed ratio passes a mode switch line from a High side to a Low side while the 2-1 shift is permitted in the subtransmission mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignees: Jatco Ltd, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tateki Jozaki, Hideaki Suzuki, Ryousuke Nonomura, Mamiko Inoue, Seiichiro Takahashi, Tatsuo Ochiai, Masato Koga, Masaaki Uchida, Ryoji Kadono
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Patent number: 8712634Abstract: The different advantageous embodiments provide an apparatus comprising a number of landing gear components for a vehicle, a number of systems, and a number of processor units. The number of systems is configured to generate data about the number of landing gear components and the vehicle. The number of processor units is configured to monitor the data and manage health of the number of landing gear components.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: David A. Followell, Jeanne C. Maggiore, Wayne R. Majkowski
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Patent number: 8712644Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus including a braking force applying device of a hydraulic type, capable of applying a braking force to each of a plurality of wheels. A hydraulic pressure controlling device controls a hydraulic pressure of the braking force applying device such that each of the wheels is not locked. A hydraulic pressure increasing or decreasing period changing device changes an increasing or decreasing period of the hydraulic pressure controlled by the hydraulic pressure controlling device. A controlling device controls the hydraulic pressure increasing or decreasing period changing device to change the increasing or decreasing period of the hydraulic pressure corresponding to each of the wheels in contact with a road surface having a high road surface friction coefficient, from that where a left-right braking force difference is not generated, to where the left-right braking force difference is generated by the hydraulic pressure controlling device.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshitaka Fujita, Mitsutaka Tanimoto, Go Inoue
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Patent number: 8712609Abstract: A method is provided for displaying information on a display device of an aircraft. The method comprises determining graphics data for visual aids that represent missed approach data; incorporating the graphics data into a user interface that is in perspective view; and generating the user interface for display on the display device of the aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Navin Kadavil, Anil Kumar Songa, Prashant Prabhu, Ravindra Jayaprakash, Sadguni Venkataswamy
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Patent number: 8712618Abstract: To include a power converter that drives an induction machine and a control unit that controls the, power converter. The control unit includes a drive stopping unit. The drive stopping unit includes a secondary-resistance-temperature detecting unit that detects temperature rise of a secondary resistance of the induction machine based on a current (a d-axis-current detection value and a q-axis-current detection value, or a d-axis current command and a q-axis current command) detected by the induction machine, an inverter angular frequency calculated based on the current, and speed information of an electric vehicle detected by an external-speed-information detecting unit, and the drive stopping unit also includes a drive-stopping-signal output unit that outputs a drive stopping signal for stopping a driving operation of the power converter based on the speed information ?train of an electric vehicle and an output (deviation) from the secondary-resistance-temperature detecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2009Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masaki Kono, Hideo Okayama
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Patent number: 8712633Abstract: Provided is a vehicle data providing apparatus supporting to easily generate vehicle internal communication data at the development stage of a product to perform a test. According to an aspect, there is provided a vehicle data providing apparatus including: a vehicle data analyzer configured to analyze a vehicle data file that is used in a vehicle, and to provide a reference data graph about reference data included in the vehicle data file; a vehicle data changing unit configured to receive a user input signal for changing the reference data, and to change related data associated with the reference data based on the reference data graph; and a test data file generator configured to generate a vehicle data file for test, including the changed reference data and the changed related data.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Dong-Myung Sul, Byung-Yun Lee, Young-Ii Choi, Byung-Sun Lee
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Patent number: 8712665Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for providing unchoked control of gas turbine fuel control valves. According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for active control of a gas flow control valve. The method may include receiving a desired fuel command and an inlet pressure parameter, and determining a gas flow gain based at least in part on the inlet pressure parameter. The method may also include determining a valve flow coefficient based at least in part on the desired fuel command and the gas flow gain, and controlling the gas flow control valve based at least in part on the valve flow coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Scott William Szepek, Michael John Mariani, Robert Loeven
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Patent number: 8706320Abstract: A measuring device for an aircraft is provided in order to determine physical properties of aerosol particles in real time. The device includes a heating device that separates volatile and solid aerosol particles, and a particle sensor that measures acquired data. The physical properties of the solid aerosol particles are determined with an analyzer. The determined analytical data is forwarded to other internal aircraft systems via a communication interface. Due to the formation of a measuring data or analytical data network with several airliners equipped with the measuring device, accurate and up-to-date information on the particle pollution, for example, along flight paths, can be obtained and used for defining no-fly zones, if so required.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventor: Roland Kelm
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Patent number: 8706373Abstract: An aftermarket amplifier of acceleration signal (FIG. 2, box A), which is mounted between the potentiometer of the acceleration pedal (FIG. 2, box B) and the electronic control unit (FIG. 2, box C) and is programmed to control and to modify the signals from the accelerator pedal. The amplifier improves the acceleration of a car and overcomes the problems occurring during overreacting. The amplifier measures the signals from the acceleration pedal, calculates the change of the angle of the potentiometer of acceleration speed (angular speed) and multiplies the signals from the acceleration pedal by a value which is determined by the angular speed of the potentiometer of the accelerator pedal. Additionally, the amplifier includes a function of a cruise control, which can be controlled with a single control switch (FIG. 2, box F).Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Inventors: Stamatios Boulekos, Dimitrios Panagopoulos
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Patent number: 8706331Abstract: A two wheeled vehicle with a first wheel and a second wheel includes a first electrical motor operable to drivingly rotate the first wheel and a second electrical motor operable to drivingly rotate the second wheel. The vehicle also includes a controller operable to independently control the first and second electrical motors to drive rotation of the first and second wheels independent of each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: BOXX Corp.Inventor: Eric Vaughn Meyers
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Patent number: 8706392Abstract: A collision determination ECU (1) includes: a first information generation section (101) that acquires time information from a timer (4) every predetermined time period PA, and associates own vehicle time information representing an own vehicle time, which is the acquired time information, with own vehicle identification information, to thereby generate first output information; a transmission control section (102) that transmits the generated first output information by broadcasting; a reception control section (103) that receives own vehicle time information representing an own vehicle time and own vehicle identification information, which are included in first output information from an other vehicle VCB, as other vehicle time information representing an other vehicle time and other vehicle identification information, respectively; a reception time acquisition section (104) that acquires reception time information representing a reception time from the timer (4), when the first output information is receivType: GrantFiled: May 7, 2009Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shin Koike
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Patent number: 8706358Abstract: A braking control system includes sensors for detecting pressure applied to a brake pedal. The system can also include a pressure sensor capable of detecting the hydraulic pressure of the braking system. The system can also include a position sensor for detecting a position of the brake pedal. The pressure applied to the brake pedal is compared to either the hydraulic pressure or the pedal position. If the resulting measurements are not correlated properly, braking countermeasures are applied. Braking countermeasures can include engine braking, regenerative braking, hydraulic assist, and brake pad assist.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: David S. DeWitt