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20-11-2013 дата публикации

КОМБИНИРОВАННАЯ СИСТЕМА УПРАВЛЕНИЯ ДВИЖЕНИЕМ БЫСТРОХОДНОЙ ГУСЕНИЧНОЙ МАШИНЫ

Номер: RU0000134502U1
Автор: Держанский Виктор Борисович, Карпов Егор Константинович, Тараторкин Игорь Александрович
Принадлежит: Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования "Курганский государственный университет"

Комбинированная система управления движением быстроходной гусеничной машины, состоящая из командного органа управления поворотом - штурвала, механически соединенного с гидронасосом гидропривода, бортового компьютера управления поворотом башни и стабилизации орудия в горизонтальной плоскости, к которому подключена система «электродвигатель-редуктор-башня» и измерительный преобразователь информации о продольных поперечных скоростях и ускорениях корпуса, регистрируемых G-сенсором, и отличающаяся тем, что ко входам этого компьютера также присоединены датчик вращения вала двигателя, измерительные преобразователи данных от сенсора положения педали подачи топлива, два пульта управления - водителя и командира и избиратель режима управления, а к выходам подключены электронный канал управления насосом гидропривода системы управления поворотом и электромагниты блокировки штурвала, пультов управления и башни. РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ (19) RU (11) (13) 134 502 U1 (51) МПК B60W 30/045 (2012.01) B60W 40/10 (2012.01) B60W 10/04 (2006.01) B60W 10/10 (2012.01) B62D 55/00 (2006.01) ФЕДЕРАЛЬНАЯ СЛУЖБА ПО ИНТЕЛЛЕКТУАЛЬНОЙ СОБСТВЕННОСТИ (12) ОПИСАНИЕ (21)(22) Заявка: ПОЛЕЗНОЙ МОДЕЛИ К ПАТЕНТУ 2013114043/11, 28.03.2013 (24) Дата начала отсчета срока действия патента: 28.03.2013 (45) Опубликовано: 20.11.2013 Бюл. № 32 1 3 4 5 0 2 R U Формула полезной модели Комбинированная система управления движением быстроходной гусеничной машины, состоящая из командного органа управления поворотом - штурвала, механически соединенного с гидронасосом гидропривода, бортового компьютера управления поворотом башни и стабилизации орудия в горизонтальной плоскости, к которому подключена система «электродвигатель-редуктор-башня» и измерительный преобразователь информации о продольных поперечных скоростях и ускорениях корпуса, регистрируемых G-сенсором, и отличающаяся тем, что ко входам этого компьютера также присоединены датчик вращения вала двигателя, измерительные преобразователи данных от сенсора положения ...

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10-10-2014 дата публикации

СИСТЕМА ПОДДЕРЖКИ ВОДИТЕЛЯ АВТОМОБИЛЯ

Номер: RU0000146309U1
Автор: Мустафин Рамиль Гамилович, Мустафин Рустем Рамилевич
Принадлежит: Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования "Казанский государственный энергетический университет" (ФГБОУ ВПО "КГЭУ")

Система поддержки водителя автомобиля, содержащая соединенные с шиной входных сигналов блок определения текущих координат автомобиля с помощью приемника спутниковой системы навигации, блок электронных дорожных карт, которые содержат для каждого отрезка дороги актуальные правила дорожного движения, блок идентификации автомобиля, автомобильный датчик скорости, часы, ключ зажигания автомобиля, блок определения скорости движения автомобиля, блок определения направления движения автомобиля, причем выходы блоков определения скорости и направления движения автомобиля соединены с шиной промежуточных данных, отличающаяся тем, что в нее введены соединенные с шиной промежуточных данных блок определения актуальных на данном участке дороги правил дорожного движения, внутри которого расположены текущие координаты автомобиля, соединенный с шиной входных сигналов, блок определения максимальной разрешенной скорости на данном участке дороги, соединенный с блоком определения актуальных на данном участке дороги правил дорожного движения, блок определения нарушения актуальных на данном участке дороги правил дорожного движения, а также соединенные с шиной итоговых данных блок принудительного ограничения скорости автомобиля до максимально разрешенной на данном участке дороги скорости, блок отображения водителю актуальных на данном участке дороги правил дорожного движения, блок записи в память всех основных событий, блок беспроводной передачи в правоохранительные органы зафиксированных нарушений правил дорожного движения, при этом блок определения нарушения актуальных на данном участке дороги правил дорожного движения соединен с шиной входных сигналов и шиной итоговых данных, которая соединена с шиной входных сигналов и шиной промежуточных данных, причем ключ зажигания автомобиля выполнен в виде именного ключа зажигания автомобиля, содержащего идентификационные данные водителя. РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ (19) RU (11) (13) 146 309 U1 (51) МПК B60W 40/12 (2012.01) G07C 5/08 (2006.01) ФЕДЕРАЛЬНАЯ ...

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10-11-2014 дата публикации

Система для тренировки водительских навыков

Номер: RU0000147525U1
Автор: Мэтью Алан БОУШ, Фазаль Уррахман САЙЕД
Принадлежит: Форд Глобал Технолоджис, ЛЛК

1. Система тренировки водительских навыков для транспортного средства, которая включает в себя входное устройство, выполненное с возможностью генерировать входной сигнал с индикацией дорожных условий, устройство оповещения, выполненное с возможностью обнаружения и передачи выходного сигнала водителю, причем выходной сигнал содержит информацию о коэффициенте топливной эффективности, полученном с учетом фактической скорости транспортного средства и оптимальной с точки зрения потребления топлива скорости движения, а устройство оповещения выполнено с возможностью воздерживаться от понижения коэффициента, когда дорожные условия не гарантируют движения транспортного средства со скоростью, оптимальной с точки зрения потребления топлива.2. Система по п. 1, в которой устройство оповещения выполнено с возможностью воздерживаться от понижения коэффициента топливной эффективности, когда установлено, что изменение условий движения связано со знаком ограничения минимальной скорости, которая выше оптимальной с точки зрения потребления топлива скорости, а также когда фактическая скорость транспортного средства находится, по крайней мере, на нижнем пределе ограничения минимальной скорости.3. Система по п. 1, в которой устройство оповещения выполнено с возможностью понижать коэффициент топливной эффективности, когда установлено, что изменение условий движения связано со знаком ограничения минимальной скорости, а также когда фактическая скорость транспортного средства меньше нижнего предела ограничения минимальной скорости.4. Система обучения водителя по п. 1, в которой устройство оповещения выполнено с воз� РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ (19) RU (11) (51) МПК G07C 5/00 (13) 147 525 U1 (2006.01) ФЕДЕРАЛЬНАЯ СЛУЖБА ПО ИНТЕЛЛЕКТУАЛЬНОЙ СОБСТВЕННОСТИ (12) ТИТУЛЬНЫЙ (21)(22) Заявка: ЛИСТ ОПИСАНИЯ ПОЛЕЗНОЙ МОДЕЛИ К ПАТЕНТУ 2014107766/08, 28.02.2014 (24) Дата начала отсчета срока действия патента: 28.02.2014 (72) Автор(ы): БОУШ Мэтью Алан (US), САЙЕД Фазаль Уррахман (US) (73) Патентообладатель(и): ...

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29-10-2019 дата публикации

УСТРОЙСТВО ОГРАНИЧЕНИЯ СКОРОСТИ ДВИЖЕНИЯ ТРАНСПОРТНОГО СРЕДСТВА

Номер: RU0000193427U1
Автор: Жевнов Василий Николаевич, Сухомлинов Максим Владимирович
Принадлежит: Общество с ограниченной ответственностью "Жаворонок XXI ВЕК"

Полезная модель относится к автомобильному транспорту и может быть использована для обеспечения безопасного движения при перевозке различных грузов и людей. Устройство включает ограничитель скорости движения транспортного средства, один из входов которого имеет возможность связи с датчиком текущей скорости транспортного средства, а выход - с исполнительным механизмом транспортного средства, регулирующим скорость его движения. Устройство оснащено приемником навигационных сигналов и навигационным вычислителем, причем приемник навигационных сигналов выходом связан с навигационным вычислителем, который каналом связи подсоединен к входу ограничителя скорости. Техническим результатом является повышение безопасности эксплуатации транспортного средства.1 з.п. ф-лы, 1 ил. И 1 193427 ко РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ ВО“” 193 427 94 ФЕДЕРАЛЬНАЯ СЛУЖБА ПО ИНТЕЛЛЕКТУАЛЬНОЙ СОБСТВЕННОСТИ (12) ИЗВЕЩЕНИЯ К ПАТЕНТУ НА ПОЛЕЗНУЮ МОДЕЛЬ ММ9К Досрочное прекращение действия патента из-за неуплаты в установленный срок пошлины за поддержание патента в силе Дата прекращения действия патента: 13.03.2021 Дата внесения записи в Государственный реестр: 11.11.2021 Дата публикации и номер бюллетеня: 11.11.2021 Бюл. №32 Стр.: 1 па ДСУ ЕП

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19-01-2012 дата публикации

Device for estimating state quantity of skid motion of vehicle

Номер: US20120016646A1
Автор: Toru Takenaka
Принадлежит: Honda Motor Co Ltd

A device for estimating the state quantity of a skid motion of a vehicle is provided with an element which finds road surface reaction force model values of respective wheels and a skid motion state quantity model value using a vehicle model including a friction characteristic model between the wheels and the road surface, an element which finds the deviation between the lateral acceleration model value generated in a predetermined position of the vehicle by the resultant force of the road surface reaction force model values and the lateral acceleration detected value indicated by the output of an actual lateral acceleration detecting means, and an element which determines, as the estimated value of the skid motion state quantity, a value obtained by adding a value obtained by passing the deviation through a filter having a high-cut characteristic to the skid motion state quantity model value.

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09-02-2012 дата публикации

Method and device for evaluating a condition of a chassis of a vehicle

Номер: US20120035821A1
Автор: Dirk Hannemann
Принадлежит: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

In a method for evaluating the condition of a chassis of a vehicle equipped with a brake control system and a device for detecting trip data, at least one control signal of the brake control system is combined with at least one output signal of the device for detecting trip data to obtain a combined signal, and the condition of the chassis is evaluated on the basis of the combined signal.

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01-03-2012 дата публикации

Laser diode based self-mixing sensor for a vehicle electronic stability program

Номер: US20120053756A1
Автор: MENG Han
Принадлежит: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV

The invention is related to laser diode based self-mixing laser sensors for simplified vehicle stability control. Vehicle's side slip angle, front and rear tire slip angles, yaw rate and lateral acceleration rate are derived explicitly from self-mixing laser sensors. Three criteria based on yaw rate, turn radius and tire slip angle analysis are employed to detect the occurrence of understeer or oversteer, which enables simplified vehicle electronic stability program.

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Номер записи: 7
19-04-2012 дата публикации

Apparatus and method for providing driving information for vehicles based on high speed movement long distance impuse radio ultra wideband

Номер: US20120095673A1
Автор: Sang Joon Park, Seong Yun CHO, Yoo Seung Song, Youngwoo Choi
Принадлежит: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute ETRI

An apparatus for providing driving information for a vehicle based on high speed movement long distance impulse radio-ultra wideband (IR-UWB) is provided. The apparatus includes an IR-UWB module configured to generate a packet based on high speed movement long distance IR-UWB, transmit the generated packet, and interpret a received packet and a controller operationally coupled to the IR-UWB module. The controller is configured for the step of estimating a distance between an own vehicle and a different vehicle, estimating a relative location of the own vehicle with respect to the different vehicle based on the distance and generating driving information including the distance and the relative location.

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26-04-2012 дата публикации

Steering wheel for a vehicle and vehicle

Номер: US20120096980A1
Автор: Michael SCHIEBAHN, Ralf RATHMACHER, Thomas Schramm
Принадлежит: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

A steering wheel is provided for a vehicle with a middle section. The middle section exhibits a front side facing the driver and a rear side facing away from the driver. An input device with at least one scroll wheel is arranged in the region of the middle section. At least one first region of the scroll wheel on the front side of the middle section and a second region of the scroll wheel on the rear side of the middle section are exposed for activation purposes.

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26-04-2012 дата публикации

Optimal acceleration profile for enhanced collision avoidance

Номер: US20120101713A1
Автор: Aamrapali Chatterjee, Chad T. Zagorski, Nikolai K. Moshchuk, Shih-Ken Chen
Принадлежит: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

A system and method for providing an optimal collision avoidance path for a host vehicle that may potentially collide with a target vehicle. The method includes providing off-line an optimization look-up table for storing on the host vehicle that includes an optimal vehicle braking or longitudinal deceleration and an optimal distance along the optimal path based on a range of speeds of the host vehicle and coefficients of friction of the roadway surface. The method determines the current speed of the host vehicle and the coefficient of friction of the roadway surface during the potential collision, and uses the look-up table to determine the optimal longitudinal deceleration or braking of the host vehicle for the optimal vehicle path. The method also determines an optimal lateral acceleration or steering of the host vehicle for the optimal vehicle path based on a friction ellipse and the optimal braking.

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03-05-2012 дата публикации

Method and system for determining a reference yaw rate for a vehicle

Номер: US20120109458A1
Автор: David M. Sidlosky
Принадлежит: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

The method and system described herein may be used to determine a reference yaw rate (γ ref ) for a vehicle chassis control system, and may do so across a wide spectrum of vehicle operating conditions. These conditions may include, for example, when the vehicle is being driven: at low and high vehicle speeds, in forward and reverse directions, with front-, rear- and all-wheel steering systems, according to subtle and aggressive driving maneuvers, and on roads with flat or banked surfaces, to cite a few of the potential scenarios. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method and system take into account certain tire dynamics, such as the relaxation length (λ) of the tires, when estimating the reference yaw rate (γ ref ). Once an accurate reference yaw rate (γ ref ) is determined, the vehicle chassis control system may use this estimate to control one or more actuators that can influence the yaw rate of the vehicle. Some non-limiting examples of systems that may include such actuators are chassis systems, brake systems, steering systems, suspension systems, safety systems, stability control systems, traction control systems, torque control systems, or any other system that can affect the vehicle yaw rate. It is also possible for the method and system described herein to determine a reference lateral velocity (V yref ) for the vehicle as well.

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31-05-2012 дата публикации

Safe operation apparatus and method for moving object

Номер: US20120133528A1
Автор: Byung-Gil LEE, Hyung Kyu Lee
Принадлежит: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute ETRI

A safe operation apparatus for a moving object includes: a distraction detection unit for detecting distraction information of a user operating a moving object; a controller for collecting the distraction information from the distraction detection unit, calculating a user's distraction state value, and controlling the moving object to be automatically operated or warning of the distraction state based on the distraction state value; and an automatic operation unit for automatically operating the moving object under the control of the controller. The apparatus further includes a communication unit for transmitting the user's distraction state to a remote control center or an adjacent different moving object under the control of the controller.

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Номер записи: 12
07-06-2012 дата публикации

System and method for preventing drowsiness

Номер: US20120139733A1
Автор: Chul-Dong Lee, Hyo-Sub Choi, Sang-hyun Park, Sang-Yub Lee
Принадлежит: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE

A system and a method for preventing drowsiness are provided. The system for preventing drowsiness calculates brainwaves of a user by receiving a signal around a head of a user without contact, detects a state of the user based on the calculated brainwaves, and performs a necessary function according to the detected state of the user. Thus, convenience is increased when measuring the brainwaves of the driver using the contactless electrodes.

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14-06-2012 дата публикации

Driving work load measurement apparatus and method

Номер: US20120150412A1
Автор: Dae-Sub YOON, Hye-Sun PARK, Hyun-Suk Kim, Jong-hyun Park, Jong-Woo Choi, Kyong-Ho Kim, Yoon-Sook HWANG
Принадлежит: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute ETRI

Disclosed herein is a driving work load measurement apparatus. The driving work load measurement apparatus includes a driving work load calculation unit and a warning alarm unit. The driving work load calculation unit calculates driving work loads driving-related information collected according to driving, and calculates a total driving work load using the driving work loads and weights which are set for the respective driving work loads. The warning alarm unit provides a warning message corresponding to the total driving work load, based on control of the driving work load calculation unit.

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Номер записи: 14
21-06-2012 дата публикации

Vehicle safety sensor control device

Номер: US20120158248A1
Автор: Chun-Gi LYUH, Ik Jae CHUN, JUNG Hee Suk, Sanghun Yoon, Tae Moon Roh
Принадлежит: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute ETRI

A vehicle safety sensor control device is provided. The vehicle safety sensor control device may include a slope sensor portion sensing a slope of vehicle; a safety sensor portion sensing running safety information for a vehicle safety running; a sensing control angle generation portion sensing a sensing control angle from the sensed slope; and a safety sensor control portion controlling up and down direction angles of the safety sensor on the basis of a horizontal plane of vehicle depending on the sensing control angle.

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Номер записи: 15
05-07-2012 дата публикации

Device for estimating turning characteristic of vehicle

Номер: US20120173039A1
Автор: Takahiro Yokota
Принадлежит: Toyota Motor Corp

The device calculates a transient yaw rate of the vehicle on the basis of a standard yaw rate of the vehicle using an estimated value of a time constant coefficient of steering response, and adjusts the estimated value of a time constant coefficient of steering response on the basis of the relationship between a transient yaw rate of the vehicle and an actual yaw rate of the vehicle so that a transient yaw rate of the vehicle approaches an actual yaw rate of the vehicle.

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Номер записи: 16
05-07-2012 дата публикации

Device for estimating turning characteristic of vehicle

Номер: US20120173040A1
Автор: Takahiro Yokota
Принадлежит: Toyota Motor Corp

A device for estimating turning characteristic of a vehicle estimates a stability factor indicating the turning characteristic of a vehicle. The device for estimating the turning characteristic calculates the transient yaw rate of a vehicle involved in the relationship of a primary delay relative to the steady-state standard yaw rate of a vehicle, and calculates the deviation between the transient yaw rate of the vehicle and the actual yaw rate of the vehicle. The device for estimating the turning characteristic corrects the estimated value of the stability factor so as to approach the true stability factor by correcting the initial value of the stability factor supplied to the calculation of the standard yaw rate of the vehicle on the basis of the relationship between the deviation of the yaw rate and the lateral acceleration of the vehicle so that the transient yaw rate of the vehicle approaches the true yaw rate.

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Номер записи: 17
12-07-2012 дата публикации

Linear and non-linear identification of the longitudinal tire-road friction coefficient

Номер: US20120179327A1
Автор: Simon Yngve, Youssef A. Ghoneim
Принадлежит: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

A method of estimating a tire-road friction coefficient includes determining when the slope of a tire characteristic curve relating a utilized longitudinal friction of a tire to longitudinal slip of the tire is linear and non-linear. When the slope of the tire characteristic curve is linear, then the tire-road friction coefficient is estimated by correlating the slope of the tire characteristic curve to the tire-road friction coefficient. When the slope of the tire characteristic curve is non-linear, indicating that the tire is near or at saturation, then the tire-road friction coefficient is estimated by calculating a current utilized longitudinal friction of the tire.

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Номер записи: 18
02-08-2012 дата публикации

Driving assistant method and system for electric vehicle

Номер: US20120194346A1
Автор: Channing Chang, Cheng-Yu Wu, I-Ta Tsai, Yi-Chun Lin, Yu-Hui Lin
Принадлежит: Industrial Technology Research Institute ITRI

A driving assistant method for an electric vehicle is provided with the following steps. When the electric vehicle is started up, a battery energy safe driving region is calculated and displayed. The battery energy safe driving region is updated dynamically according to vehicle information. The vehicle information includes battery information of the electric vehicle.

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Номер записи: 19
02-08-2012 дата публикации

Control method and apparatus for a vehicle

Номер: US20120197506A1
Автор: Paul Beever, Timothy Reynolds
Принадлежит: Individual

In an aspect of the invention there is provided a control method for a vehicle travelling on a surface, the vehicle having a vehicle powertrain for generating and delivering power to the vehicle wheels, the method including: measuring one or more parameters associated with motion of the vehicle on the surface; comparing the or each of the measured parameters with a predetermined threshold for said measured parameter that is indicative of a level at which wheel slip of the vehicle may occur; and in circumstances in which one or more of the measured parameters exceeds the predetermined threshold, controlling the torque applied by the powertrain to the vehicle wheels to prevent wheel slip.

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Номер записи: 20
16-08-2012 дата публикации

Method for initializing the mass of a motor vehicle

Номер: US20120209503A1
Автор: Ingo Sauter, Joachim Staudinger, Johannes Kemler, Maik Würthner, Peter Herter
Принадлежит: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG

A method of initializing the mass of a motor vehicle after a restart, for controlling a starting process of the motor vehicle a from a standstill. During operation of the motor vehicle, its mass is computed and the determined mass values are stored and, from the stored mass values, a vehicle-specific maximum mass value and/or a vehicle-specific minimum mass value is determined. The vehicle-specific maximum mass value and/or the vehicle-specific minimum mass value, determined in this manner, is subsequently used for initializing the mass of the motor vehicle after restarting the vehicle.

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Номер записи: 21
23-08-2012 дата публикации

System and Method for Responding to Driver Behavior

Номер: US20120212353A1
Автор: Kin Fung, Timothy J. Dick
Принадлежит: Honda Motor Co Ltd

Methods of assessing driver behavior include monitoring vehicle systems and driver monitoring systems to accommodate for a driver's slow reaction time, attention lapse and/or alertness. When it is determined that a driver is drowsy, for example, the response system may modify the operation of one or more vehicle systems. The systems that may be modified include: visual devices, audio devices, tactile devices, antilock brake systems, automatic brake prefill systems, brake assist systems, auto cruise control systems, electronic stability control systems, collision warning systems, lane keep assist systems, blind spot indicator systems, electronic pretensioning systems and climate control systems.

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Номер записи: 22
04-10-2012 дата публикации

Data mining in a digital map database to identify intersections located at hill bottoms and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle

Номер: US20120253605A1
Автор: Robert Denaro
Принадлежит: Navteq BV

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, an intersection located at the bottom of a hill. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where an intersection of roads is located at the bottom of a hill and then, precautionary action data is added to the database to indicate such locations. A precautionary action system installed in a vehicle uses this database, or a database derived therefrom, in combination with a positioning system to take a precautionary action as the vehicle approaches such a location.

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Номер записи: 23
18-10-2012 дата публикации

Vehicle systems control for improving stability

Номер: US20120265402A1
Автор: II James W. Post, William Monsma, Xiaodi Kang
Принадлежит: Honda Motor Co Ltd

Improved methods of controlling the stability of a vehicle are provided via the cooperative operation of vehicle stability control systems such as an Active Yaw Control system, Antilock Braking System, and Traction Control System. These methods use recognition of road surface information including the road friction coefficient (mu), wheel slippage, and yaw deviations. The methods then modify the settings of the active damping system and/or the distribution of drive torque, as necessary, to increase/reduce damping in the suspension and shift torque application at the wheels, thus preventing a significant shift of load in the vehicle and/or improving vehicle drivability and comfort. The adjustments of the active damping system or torque distribution temporarily override any characteristics that were pre-selected by the driver.

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Номер записи: 24
18-10-2012 дата публикации

Driving control device

Номер: US20120265431A1
Автор: Kou Sato, Masahiro Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Hayakawa
Принадлежит: Nissan Motor Co Ltd

A driving control device according to the present invention activates a control for suppressing sideways movement of a vehicle towards a side object, when the side object present to the side of the vehicle as well as towards the rear of the vehicle is detected. Also, the activation of the control is suppressed when, in the absence of detection of the side object, the vehicle starts entering an adjacent lane in order to change lanes.

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Номер записи: 25
08-11-2012 дата публикации

Method of determining drive lane using steering wheel model

Номер: US20120283941A1
Автор: Eunsung Lee, Eunsup Sim, Giwook Nam, Moonbeom Heo, Wooyong KANG
Принадлежит: Korea Aerospace Research Institute KARI

Provided is a method of determining a drive lane using a steering wheel model. The method includes a step S 100 of preparing a precise digital map having an accuracy capable of differentiating a road lane; a step S 200 of estimating a vehicle location on a road using GPS information; a step S 300 of checking whether the vehicle location information is normal using a difference between variation in the azimuth angle of the vehicle obtained by using the GPS information and variation in the azimuth angle of the vehicle obtained by using the steering wheel model; and a step S 500 of determining and outputting a drive lane occupied by a running vehicle.

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Номер записи: 26
29-11-2012 дата публикации

Vehicle sensor node

Номер: US20120303221A1
Автор: Alexander Kolbe, Bernhard Schmid, Otmar Simon, Stefan GÜNTHNER, Ulrich Stählin
Принадлежит: Continental Teves AG and Co oHG

The invention relates to a sensor system including a plurality of sensor elements which are designed so that the elements detect at least partially different primary measured values and utilize at least partially different measurement principles, further including a signal processing apparatus, an interface apparatus and a plurality of functional apparatuses. The sensor elements are connected to the signal processing apparatus, which is designed so that it includes at least one of the following signal processing functions each for at least one of the sensor elements and/or the output signals thereof, an error handling, a filtering, a calculation and/or provision of a derived measured value. At least one measured value is derived from at least one primary measured value of one or more sensor elements, and all functional apparatuses are connected to the signal processing apparatus via the interface apparatus and the signal processing apparatus provides the signal processing functions.

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Номер записи: 27
06-12-2012 дата публикации

Diagnosis apparatus and diagnosis method

Номер: US20120307059A1
Автор: Kazuyuki Ozaki, Shingo Hamaguchi, Yuzuru Yamakage
Принадлежит: Fujitsu Ltd

A diagnosis apparatus includes an object extraction unit to extract one or more objects around a vehicle, a line-of-vision determination unit to determine whether or not at least one region of the object is included in a line-of-vision space centered around a line of vision of a driver of the vehicle, and a degree-of-recognition diagnosis unit to diagnose the driver's degree of recognition of the object in accordance with the determination result.

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Номер записи: 28
13-12-2012 дата публикации

Motor-vehicle driving style estimating system and method

Номер: US20120316767A1
Автор: Andrea Corti, Sergio Mattero Savaresi, Vincenzo Manzoni
Принадлежит: TELEPARKING Srl

A motor-vehicle driving style estimating system ( 100 ) of a motor-vehicle, comprising a measuring apparatus ( 1 ) of a kinematic signal representative of a motor-vehicle motion quantity trend (v(t)). The system is characterized in that it further comprises a kinematic signal low-pass filtering module ( 8 ) configured to provide a corresponding reference filtered signal associated with a reference trend of said quantity (v F (t)). Furthermore, the system comprises a kinematic signal and reference filtered signal processing module ( 2 ) configured to provide an indication of the driving style depending on a comparison of the motor-vehicle motion trend with the reference trend.

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Номер записи: 29
20-12-2012 дата публикации

Motion Control Unit for Vehicle Based on Jerk Information

Номер: US20120323445A1
Автор: Makoto Yamakado, Masato Abe, Shinya Imura
Принадлежит: HITACHI LTD

In a motion control system for a vehicle including control means for controlling a yaw moment of the vehicle; first detection means for detecting a longitudinal velocity (V) of the vehicle; second detection means for detecting a lateral jerk (Gy_dot) of the vehicle; and third detection means for detecting a yaw angular acceleration (r_dot) of the vehicle, the yaw moment of the vehicle is controlled by the control means so that a difference between the yaw angular acceleration (r_dot) detected by the third detection means and a value (Gy_dot/V) obtained by the lateral jerk (Gy_dot) of the vehicle detected by the second detection means by the longitudinal velocity (V) detected by the first detection means becomes small.

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Номер записи: 30
20-12-2012 дата публикации

Vehicle state calculating device and vehicle control device

Номер: US20120323460A1
Автор: Ryosuke Okubo
Принадлежит: Toyota Motor Corp

An actual slip ratio of a wheel is estimated from a slip ratio speed of a wheel calculated according to a running state of a vehicle based on relationship between a slip ratio of the wheel of the vehicle and the slip ratio speed of the wheel set in advance. Typically, the actual slip ratio is estimated supposing that the slip ratio of the wheel calculated according to the running state of the vehicle, when a change rate of the slip ratio speed becomes larger than a predetermined value set in advance, is a reference slip ratio determined in advance according to the relationship between the slip ratio and the slip ratio speed set in advance. Therefore, it is possible to improve control accuracy when controlling a state of the vehicle by decreasing an effect of operation by a driver and a road surface, for example.

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Номер записи: 31
27-12-2012 дата публикации

Sensor system for steering wheel for vehicle

Номер: US20120326735A1
Автор: Jeffrey Bennett, Joseph K. Krause, Leonard S. Cech
Принадлежит: TK HOLDINGS INC

A sensor system for a steering wheel of a vehicle includes a first sensor disposed within a first portion of the steering wheel to detect contact with a front left surface of the steering wheel. The sensor system includes a second sensor disposed within a second portion of the steering wheel separate from the first portion to detect contact with a front right surface of the steering wheel. The sensor system also includes a third sensor disposed within the steering wheel to detect contact with a rear surface of the steering wheel. The first, second and third sensors are configured to respectively detect touching of the front left surface, the front right, and the rear surface of the steering wheel by a hand or a non-hand part of an operator of the vehicle. The first, second and third sensors can be complex impedance sensors.

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Номер записи: 32
03-01-2013 дата публикации

Systems and methods using a mobile device to collect data for insurance premiums

Номер: US20130006675A1
Автор: Benjamin Bowne, Brian Fields, Dave Thurber, Duane Marzinzik, Eric Riley, Jufeng Peng, Lynn Wilson, Nick Baker, Nick Christopulos, Todd Wilkerson
Принадлежит: State Farm Insurance

A system and method for determining a vehicle insurance premium for a period of time based at least in part on collected vehicle operation data, the system comprising: a mobile device, comprising: one or more sensors associated with the mobile device and configured to automatically collect vehicle operation data during a data collection session; a processor; a non-transitory storage medium; a display; a transmitter; and a set of computer readable instructions stored in the non-transitory storage medium and when executed by the processor configured to allow the mobile device to collect vehicle operation data and transmit the collected vehicle operation data; and a remote processing computer, comprising: a server that receives collected vehicle operation data; a database that stores collected vehicle operation data; and a rating engine that determines a vehicle insurance premium based at least in part on collected vehicle operation data.

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Номер записи: 33
24-01-2013 дата публикации

Driver assistance method for detecting objects on the side

Номер: US20130024103A1
Автор: Marcus Schneider
Принадлежит: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

In a driver assistance method for a vehicle, to identify moving objects on the side and to avoid unnecessary collision warnings, the method includes: a) detecting an object with the aid of a first sensor; b) detecting the object with the aid of a second sensor; c) checking whether the object has left the detection area of the second sensor; and d1) discarding the distance data measured by the first sensor and the second sensor if the object has left the detection area of the second sensor; or d2) determining the position of the object from measured distance data if the object has not left the detection area of the second sensor.

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Номер записи: 34
31-01-2013 дата публикации

Lane assistance system using an in-wheel system

Номер: US20130030602A1
Автор: Ji Yoel Joeng
Принадлежит: Hyundai Motor Co

A lane assistance system using an in-wheel system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include determining a lane deviation danger of a vehicle whether a vehicle is in danger of deviating from a lane, calculating a necessary yaw rate to assist a driver in maintaining a the vehicle in the intended lane of travel, calculate a demand yaw rate through a difference between the calculated necessary yaw rate and an actual yaw rate, and calculate a distribution amount of a driving torque of torque vectoring for achieving the demand yaw rate. In doing so, the lane assistance system controls the torque selectively applied to each wheel according to the above calculations.

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Номер записи: 35
07-02-2013 дата публикации

Use of on-vehicle accelerometer to estimate vehicle grade and mass while vehicle is in motion

Номер: US20130035829A1
Автор: Richard L. Tiberg
Принадлежит: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

A system includes a grade estimation module that receives an accelerometer value and generates a grade estimate based on the accelerometer value, wherein the accelerometer value corresponds to acceleration of a vehicle and the grade estimate corresponds to a grade of the vehicle. A mass estimation module receives the accelerometer value and generates a mass estimate based on the accelerometer value, wherein the mass estimate corresponds to a mass of the vehicle. A shift control module at least one of selects and adjusts one of a plurality of shift schedules based on at least one of the grade estimate and the mass estimate and controls a transmission of the vehicle based on the one of the plurality of shift schedules.

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Номер записи: 36
28-02-2013 дата публикации

Emotion-based vehicle service system, emotion cognition processing apparatus, safe driving service apparatus, and emotion-based safe driving service method

Номер: US20130054090A1
Автор: Hyun Soon Shin, Jun Jo, Yong Kwi Lee
Принадлежит: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute ETRI

An emotion-based vehicle service system for safe driving includes a multi-emotion sensor node configured to sense emotion information of a driver and passenger in a vehicle and condition information of the vehicle. The emotion-based vehicle service system further includes an emotion cognition processing apparatus configured to analyze sensing information provided from the multi-emotion sensor node to generate emotion cognition information, and a safe driving service apparatus configured to provide an emotion-based safe driving service depending on the emotion cognition information.

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Номер записи: 37
28-02-2013 дата публикации

Vehicle generator control system and method for saving fuel

Номер: US20130054111A1
Автор: Chikung Ahn, Daekwang Kim, Hyungjun Kim, Jiyong Yu, Junyong Lee, Minyoung Jung
Принадлежит: Hyundai Motor Co

A vehicle generation controlling system for saving fuel includes a battery supplying power to electric components of a vehicle, a generator generating power by using rotational force of an engine and supplying the generated power to the battery and the electric components, and an ECU determining whether generation control is prevented by monitoring vehicle information on the vehicle and operational information on an operation of an electric product of a cooling system among the electric components and controlling the generator to prevent the generation control according to the determination. As a result, the generation control is performed based on whether an electric product of a cooling system is actuated and vehicle information on the vehicle to thereby prevent cooling performance from being deteriorated due to the generation control.

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Номер записи: 38
07-03-2013 дата публикации

Method for classification of eye closures

Номер: US20130057671A1
Автор: Daniel Levin, Lena Westervall, Peter Kronberg, Susanna Leandersson
Принадлежит: Volvo Car Corp, Volvo Technology AB

The present invention generally relates to a method for improving the reliability of a portion of physiological data from an image sensor monitoring an operator positioned in an operator compartment of a vehicle. An embodiment of the method includes receiving, from the image sensor, physiological data including information relating to at least one of eye, face, head, arms and body motion of the operator, identifying an indication of at least an eyelid closure, eye movement or head movement of the operator based on the physiological data; comparing at least one of the physiological data and a lighting condition within the operator compartment with a set of rules for a current operator status; and classifying the type of eyelid closure, eye movement and/or head movement by correlating the identified eyelid closure, eye movement and/or head movement and a result of the comparison.

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Номер записи: 39
21-03-2013 дата публикации

INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC SAFETY SYSTEM BASED ON COMPREHENSIVE STATE DETECTION AND DECISION METHOD THEREOF

Номер: US20130069773A1
Автор: Li Bin, LI Minghang, LI Ying, Li Zhibin, LIN Zongli, Ma Tao, MOU Jianchao, SHAO Rose, YAO Zhengbin
Принадлежит: BEIJING ITS-STAR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

The present invention discloses an intelligent traffic safety system based on comprehensive state detection and decision method thereof. The intelligent traffic safety system includes a person condition detection unit, a vehicle condition detection unit, a road condition detection unit, an intelligent decision unit, a driver warning unit, a current vehicle mandatory processing unit, a barrier warning unit, a pursuer warning unit and an after-crash warning unit. The person condition detection unit, the vehicle condition detection unit and the road condition detection unit are separately connected to the intelligent decision unit; the intelligent decision unit implements an intelligent traffic safety decision method based on comprehensive state detection, and respectively sends corresponding crash avoidance warnings and processing instructions to the driver warning unit, the current vehicle mandatory processing unit, the barrier warning unit, the pursuer warning unit and the after-crash warning unit connected to the intelligent decision unit. 2. An intelligent traffic safety decision method according to claim 1 , wherein {'br': None, 'i': t', '=t', '+k', '+k', 't', '+k', '+k, 'sub': dr', 're', 'alcoholicity', {'sub2': '—'}, 're', 'tiredness', {'sub2': '—'}, 're', 'ex−', 'alcoholicity', {'sub2': '—'}, 'ex', 'tiredness', {'sub2': '—'}, 'ex, '(1)(1)+(1)(1)'}, 'the non-intervention crash incurrence time constraint criterion is obtained through the following formula{'sub': re', 'ex', 'alcoholicity', {'sub2': '—'}, 're', 'alcoholicity', {'sub2': '—'}, 'ex', 'tiredness', {'sub2': '—'}, 're', 'tiredness', {'sub2': '—'}, 'ex, 'Where, tis a reaction capability of driver, tis a manipulation capability of driver, kand kseparately indicate influences of alcoholic strength on the reaction capability and the manipulation capability, kand kseparately indicate influences of fatigue degree on the reaction capability and the manipulation capability.'}4. An intelligent traffic safety ...

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Номер записи: 40
21-03-2013 дата публикации

System And Method For Improving A Performance Estimation Of An Operator Of A Vehicle

Номер: US20130073115A1
Автор: Daniel Levin, Gustav Markkula, Lena Westervall, Peter Kronberg, TRENT Victor
Принадлежит: Volvo Car Corp, Volvo Technology AB

System for improving a performance estimation of an operator of a vehicle, comprising a first module implementing a first method for estimating a performance state of vehicle operation, a second module implementing a second method for estimating at least one of a physiological and behavioural state of the operator, a device for sharing an estimated state between one of the first and the second module and the other one of the first and the second module, wherein the implemented estimation method of one of the first and the second module is adjusted based on the state of the other one of the first and the second module, thereby improving the estimation of at least one of the performance state of vehicle operation and the physiological and/or behavioural state of the operator.

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Номер записи: 41
28-03-2013 дата публикации

Inclination detection systems and methods

Номер: US20130079949A1
Автор: Drew Alan FEHR, Frank Arthur Willis, Paul Russell FRIEND
Принадлежит: Caterpillar Inc

An inclination detection system is disclosed. The inclination detection system may have an inclination angle predictor configured to calculate an a priori estimated inclination angle of the machine based on a previously estimated inclination angle, and a measurement variance calculator configured to calculate a measurement variance of the a priori estimated inclination angle based on a non-gravitational acceleration of the machine. The inclination detection system may also have an inclination angle sensor configured to measure a measured inclination angle of the machine, and an inclination angle updater configured to determine an a posteriori estimated inclination angle of the machine based on the a priori estimated inclination angle, the measurement variance of the a priori estimated inclination angle, and the measured inclination angle.

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Номер записи: 42
28-03-2013 дата публикации

Drivability evaluation target levels

Номер: US20130079989A1
Автор: John Stephen Viggers
Принадлежит: Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America Inc

The automobile described herein is configured with a system for capturing subjective and objective data related to automobile performance events. The automobile may comprise or be configured with a drivability evaluation system. This drivability evaluation system may be configured to capture subjective driver responses, monitor driver commands, and monitor automobile performance based on the driver commands. Moreover, the system may be employed in real world driving scenarios, where a driver's commands and the associated automobile responses are indicative of actual every day driving.

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Номер записи: 43
28-03-2013 дата публикации

Technique for providing measured aerodynamic force information to improve mileage and driving stability for vehicle

Номер: US20130080018A1
Автор: Seung Jin Baek
Принадлежит: Hyundai Motor Co

Disclosed is a technique for providing aerodynamic force information to improve gas mileage and driving stability of a vehicle. In particular, a plurality of pressure sensors are provided in a vehicle body and are configured to sense the pressure of air received from each of several points of the vehicle when the vehicle is driven. A first unit then calculates an air resistance value by measuring aerodynamic force data which the vehicle receives from air based on a pressure value of air sensed by the pressure sensor and driving information depending on the driving of the vehicle, and a method thereof.

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Номер записи: 44
04-04-2013 дата публикации

Parking assist system and method for varying parking area

Номер: US20130085640A1
Автор: Hong Bum Kim, Wang Gi Hong
Принадлежит: Hyundai Motor Co

Technology for a parking assist system and method for varying a parking area is provided. The parking assist system includes an occupant's build sensing unit configured to sense an occupant's build in a vehicle when parking the vehicle; a control unit configured to set a distance after parking the vehicle between the vehicle and a wall surface of a parking lot according to the occupant's build and to calculate a parking trace; and an automatic steering unit controlled by the control unit and configured to automatically control steering of the vehicle according to the calculated parking trace.

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Номер записи: 45
11-04-2013 дата публикации

Vehicle location information-based abnormal driving determination and warning system

Номер: US20130088369A1
Автор: Chung Hi Lee, Hyun Cheol Bae, Tae Young Yu
Принадлежит: Hyundai Motor Co

The disclosed system includes a first unit including at least one sensor. The first unit senses driving situations (characteristics) of a vehicle through the at least one sensor. Furthermore a second unit is configured to receive location-based information about the vehicle, and a control unit which includes an operation statistic unit calculates an acceptable range to be output by the first unit on a particular type of road based on the information detected by the sensing unit and the information received by the location second unit. The control unit also includes an abnormal driving determination unit which compares values sensed by the first unit with values calculated by the operation statistic unit to determine whether or not the vehicle is being driven in an abnormal state.

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Номер записи: 46
11-04-2013 дата публикации

SPEED AND SEVERITY TRIGGER FOR AN ACTIVE DEVICE OF A VEHICLE

Номер: US20130090780A1
Автор: Bunker Paul
Принадлежит: JAGUAR CARS LIMITED

A method of determining the category of action of an active device of a vehicle comprises repeatedly measuring a vehicle parameter indicative of a change of vehicle state, determining a rate of change of the vehicle parameter and determining a modified vehicle parameter by reference to said rate of change. A threshold is applied to said modified vehicle parameter and a trigger signal is generated for an active device of the vehicle in response to the threshold being reached and in accordance with a severity of said vehicle parameter, which may be vehicle speed related. 1. A method of determining the category of action of an active device of a vehicle , the method comprising:measuring a vehicle parameter indicative of a change of vehicle state;determining a rate of change of said vehicle parameter;modifying said vehicle parameter to a modified vehicle parameter by reference to said rate of change;applying a threshold to said modified vehicle parameter,determining a severity of said vehicle parameter, anddetermining a category of action for an active device of the vehicle according to said severity in response to said threshold being reached.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said rate of change is determined by reference to successive measurements of said vehicle parameter and a clock signal.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a category of action relates said modified vehicle parameter and said severity.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein said category of action is represented by a discrete value of a numerical range.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said category of action indicates one or more of the speed of movement of the active device claim 1 , the position of the active device and the load generated by the active device.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle parameter is selected from the group consisting of vehicle position claim 1 , vehicle speed claim 1 , vehicle braking claim 1 , change of direction of the vehicle claim 1 , and lateral acceleration ...

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Номер записи: 47
18-04-2013 дата публикации

METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DRIVING MODE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE

Номер: US20130096792A1
Автор: Kemler Johannes, Maier Alexander, Staudinger Joachim, Wurthner Maik
Принадлежит: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG

A method of controlling the driving mode of a motor vehicle, having a largely automated drive-train including a drive motor, a transmission and a separator clutch arranged between the motor and transmission, such that while driving, if certain operating conditions exist and a speed profile calculated with reference to topographical data and vehicle parameters for a road section lying ahead is suitable, the drive-train is disengaged and driving continues in a coasting mode until the occurrence of a termination signal. To enable coasting operation, the calculated speed profile for the case of immediate opening of the drive-train is determined continually at equidistant successive travel points along the driving stretch and is, in each case, evaluated in relation to lower and upper speed limits. Coasting is only enabled if, for a specified minimum number of successive travel points, the evaluation result is in each case positive. 119-. (canceled)20. A method of controlling a driving mode of a motor vehicle , having a drive-train that is largely automated and comprises a drive motor , either an incrementally or a continuously adjustable transmission and at least one separator clutch arranged between the drive motor and the transmission , such that while driving , if certain operating conditions exist and a speed profile (v(x)) calculated with reference to topographical data and vehicle parameters for a road section lying ahead is suitable , the drive-train is disengaged and driving continues in a coasting mode until an occurrence of a termination signal , the method comprising the steps of:{'sub': F', 'FS', 'FS, 'determining a calculated speed profile (v(x)) for a case of immediate disengagement of the drive-train continually at successive, equidistant travel points along a driving stretch (x);'}{'sub': F', 'FS', 'Gr', {'sub2': '—'}, 'U', 'Gr', {'sub2': '—'}, 'O, 'evaluating the calculated speed profile (v(x)) in each case in relation to a lower speed limit (v) and an ...

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Номер записи: 48
02-05-2013 дата публикации

In-vehicle internal combustion engine control device, and control method for internal combustion engine

Номер: US20130110379A1
Автор: Masashi Funada, Masaya Yamamoto
Принадлежит: Denso Corp, Toyota Motor Corp

At the time of an engine start while the vehicle is driving, when a required vehicle driving force (TRQ) is smaller than or equal to a predetermined value (TRQth), an electronic control unit ( 20 ) estimates that the degree of deformation of a mount ( 11 ) is smaller than or equal to a predetermined degree and sets a second-cycle fuel injection amount (Q 2 ) so as to be larger than a first-cycle fuel injection amount (Q 1 ) at the time of the engine start. On the other hand, when the required vehicle driving force (TRQ) is larger than the predetermined value (TRQth), the electronic control unit ( 20 ) estimates that the degree of deformation of the mount ( 11 ) is larger than the predetermined degree and sets the first-cycle fuel injection amount (Q 1 ) so as to be larger than the second-cycle fuel injection amount (Q 2 ) at the time of the engine start.

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Номер записи: 49
16-05-2013 дата публикации

Image-based vehicle maneuvering assistant method and system

Номер: US20130120576A1
Автор: Kuo-Hsiang Cheng, Long-Tai Chen, Shan-Chuan Jeng, Wei-Min Lee, Yen-Shu Chang
Принадлежит: Industrial Technology Research Institute ITRI

An image-based vehicle maneuvering assistant method and system are provided in the present invention, in which images captured by a single image sensing device is processed to determine the changes with respect time by a controller having capability of image processing and identification and distance estimation in image space for providing a complete assisting image-information while the carrier is maneuvering. By means of the presented method of the presented invention, the system is capable of generating track of the carrier, view point transformation, and identifying the characteristic object in the image so as to performing the distance estimation. The present invention may be utilized and applied in different kinds of carrier type to solve the problem of guiding of carrier maneuvering, and assist the carrier lane changing, parking assistance and blind spot detection.

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Номер записи: 50
16-05-2013 дата публикации

Arrangement and method for safeguarding driver attentiveness

Номер: US20130124046A1
Автор: Claes Olsson, Nenad Lazic
Принадлежит: Volvo Car Corp

An arrangement and a method are described for safeguarding driver attentiveness to the task of steering while operating a vehicle having a lane keeping aid system. The arrangement and method provide for measuring a pinion angle and a torsion bar torque when the lane keeping aid system is applying an overlaying steering torque. Driver applied torque is estimated from the measurements. A hands-off metric is calculated based on a relation between the measurements and the estimate. Hands-off is determined based on a comparison of the metric with a predefined threshold. The arrangement and method further provide for evaluating hands-on between torque interventions by the lane keeping aid system. An action is determined based on the determined hands-off and the evaluated hands-on and the action determined performed.

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Номер записи: 51
06-06-2013 дата публикации

Law breaking/behavior sensor

Номер: US20130144459A1
Автор: Christopher P. Ricci
Принадлежит: FLEXTRONICS AP LLC

Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure builds on integrating existing technology with new devices, methods, and systems to provide a complete vehicle ecosystem.

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Номер записи: 52
06-06-2013 дата публикации

Configurable vehicle console

Номер: US20130144463A1
Автор: Christopher P. Ricci, Tadd F. Wilson
Принадлежит: FLEXTRONICS AP LLC

Methods and systems for a configurable vehicle console are provided. Specifically, a configurable console may comprise one or more displays that are capable of receiving input from a user. At least one of these displays may be removed from the console of a vehicle and operated as a stand-alone computing platform. Moreover, it is anticipated that each one or more of the displays of the console may be configured to present a plurality of custom applications that, when manipulated by at least one user, are adapted to control functions associated with a vehicle and/or associated peripheral devices.

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Номер записи: 53
06-06-2013 дата публикации

System for inducing economic driving for vehicle

Номер: US20130144501A1
Автор: Dong Ho YANG, Sang Joon Kim, Tae Woo Kim
Принадлежит: Hyundai Motor Co

Disclosed is a technique for inducing economic driving for a vehicle. In particular, a control unit calculates a driving resistance of a vehicle based on a current rolling friction, air resistance, and a road grade of the vehicle. The an amount of air-conditioning energy consumed by the vehicle is calculated by the control unit, and in response the calculated driving resistance and air-conditioning energy are substituted into a data map to continuously calculate the optimal economic vehicle speed of the vehicle in real time. The optimal economic vehicle speed calculated by the control unit is then displayed to a driver via a display unit.

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Номер записи: 54
13-06-2013 дата публикации

Torque control method for hybrid vehicle and system thereof

Номер: US20130151045A1
Автор: Joonyoung Park
Принадлежит: Hyundai Motor Co, Kia Motors Corp

A torque control system and method for a hybrid vehicle. More specifically, an optimal torque at a driving point of an engine, a maximum torque at a steady state of the engine, optimal torques at a driving point of two motor/generators and maximum torques at a steady state of the two motor/generators are input into a control unit. Then each reduction torque ratio of the engine and two the motor/generators is calculated by the control unit, and a reduction factor based on the reduction torque ratio of the engine and the two motor/generators is determined. Next, each target torque based on the reduction factor and the optimal torques of the engine and the two motor/generators is calculated, and each torque of the engine and motor/generators is controlled according to the each target torque.

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Номер записи: 55
20-06-2013 дата публикации

Cooperative vehicle collision warning system

Номер: US20130154853A1
Автор: Wei-Peng Chen
Принадлежит: Fujitsu Ltd

According to an aspect of the invention, a traffic information communication system includes a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver may be configured to receive a message relating to traffic conditions along a thoroughfare from a communication node. The transmitter may be communicatively coupled to the receiver and may be configured to rebroadcast the message within a predetermined amount of time after receiving the message. The traffic information communication system may be implemented in a vehicle traveling along the thoroughfare.

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Номер записи: 56
04-07-2013 дата публикации

Method for Detecting a Lack of Driver Activity at the Steering Wheel of a Motor Vehicle

Номер: US20130173085A1
Автор: GANESCH Dieter
Принадлежит: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

A method detects a lack of driver activity at the steering wheel of a motor vehicle. A moment imparted by hand to the steering wheel by the driver is repeatedly measured, and if in a plurality of successive measurements the magnitude of a value of the moment imparted by hand does not exceed a threshold value, a lack of driver activity is inferred. The magnitude of the threshold value is dependent on the surface condition, in particular on the degree of unevenness, of the roadway being traveled upon. The degree of unevenness of the roadway may be derived from a measured vertical acceleration in the wheel suspension of the vehicle or from deceleration and/or acceleration signals of at least one wheel of the vehicle. 1. A method of detecting a lack of driver activity at a steering wheel of a motor vehicle , the method comprising the acts of:repeatedly measuring a moment imparted by hand to the steering wheel by a driver;in an event that in several successive measurements a magnitude amount of the moment imparted by hand does not exceed a threshold value, inferring a lack of driver activity, wherein an amount of the threshold value is a function of a surface condition of a road being traveled on.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the surface condition is a degree of unevenness of the road3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the degree of unevenness of the road is derived from a measured vertical acceleration in a wheel suspension of the vehicle.4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the degree of unevenness of the road is derived from at least one of deceleration and acceleration signals of at least one wheel of the vehicle.5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:the amount of the measured moment imparted by hand is used as a first magnitude of the moment imparted by hand;a gradient of the moment imparted by hand is taken into account as a further magnitude of the moment imparted by hand; andonly in an event that, in several successive ...

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Номер записи: 57
05-09-2013 дата публикации

VEHICLE YAW RATE CORRECTION

Номер: US20130231825A1
Автор: Chundrlik, Johnson Nathaniel, JR. William J., Wimmershoff Marc
Принадлежит: MAGNA ELECTRONICS, INC.

A control system or method for a vehicle references a camera and sensors to determine when an offset of a yaw rate sensor may be updated. The sensors may include a longitudinal accelerometer, a transmission sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, and a steering angle sensor. The offset of the yaw rate sensor may be updated when the vehicle is determined to be stationary by referencing at least a derivative of an acceleration from the longitudinal accelerometer. The offset of the yaw rate sensor may be updated when the vehicle is determined to be moving straight by referencing at least image data captured by the camera. Lane delimiters may be detected in the captured image data and evaluated to determine a level of confidence in the straight movement. When the offset of the yaw rate sensor is to be updated, a ratio of new offset to old offset may be used. 1. A method for determining a yaw rate for a road-based vehicle having a yaw rate sensor , the method comprising:(a) capturing image data representative of the environment exterior of the vehicle;(b) determining if the vehicle is moving and has a zero yaw rate at least based on processing of captured image data;(c) obtaining a first measured yaw rate from the yaw rate sensor when the vehicle is determined in step (b) to be moving and to have a zero yaw rate;(d) determining a yaw rate offset based at least in part on the measured yaw rate obtained in step (c);(e) obtaining a second measured yaw rate from the yaw rate sensor; and(f) determining a corrected yaw rate for the vehicle based on the second measured yaw rate and the yaw rate offset.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein step (b) includes:(g) determining, at least from image processing of captured image data that the vehicle is driving straight.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein step (b) further includes:(h) detecting any lane delimiters present in the exterior scene represented by the captured image data;(i) determining whether any lane delimiters detected in step (h) ...

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Номер записи: 58
19-09-2013 дата публикации

Information processing device for vehicle and database

Номер: US20130246421A1
Автор: Yuki Yamada
Принадлежит: Toyota Motor Corp

An electronic control unit (ECU) and a database (DB) of a travel assist device specify and store a deceleration end point of a vehicle on the basis of information relating to an absolute position independent from a structure on the ground. Further, the ECU and the DB of the travel assist device stores a deceleration end area which is an area within a predetermined range from the deceleration end point.

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Номер записи: 59
26-09-2013 дата публикации

Molding for a vehicle-side carrier structure for fastening a roof load carrier device, and roof carrier device for fastening a roof load carrier device with the molding

Номер: US20130249252A1
Автор: Ulrich Pfeiffer, Wolfgang Schmid
Принадлежит: Audi AG

A molding for a vehicle side carrier structure has hat least one recess for receiving a securing means of a roof load carrier device, the cross section of the molding is configured so that a roof load carrier device is only detachably fastenable to the molding by engagement of at least one securing means provided on the roof load carrier device in the at least one recess of the molding, and at least one sensor device is configured for detecting a change of a magnetic field in the region of the recess. The present invention further relates to a roof carrier arrangement with the molding according to the invention for fastening a roof load carrier device and a method for controlling a driver assist or driver stabilizing program of a vehicle.

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Номер записи: 60
03-10-2013 дата публикации

Road Surface Shape Recognition System and Autonomous Mobile Apparatus Using Same

Номер: US20130258108A1
Автор: Akira Oshima, Kenjiro Yamamoto, Ryoko Ichinose, Yoshitaka Hara, Yukihiko Ono
Принадлежит: HITACHI LTD

Disclosed is a road surface shape recognition system adapted to recognize a shape of a road surface and obstacles present thereupon, even when the road surface is illuminated with extraneous light of a plurality of wavelengths from illumination lamps, street lamps, electric signboards, and the like. The road surface shape recognition system for recognizing the shape of the road surface ahead of a vehicle includes: wavelength region calculation means for detecting the extraneous light from a plurality of areas on the road surface, and thereby determining a wavelength region of the extraneous light having the lowest intensity; irradiation means for irradiating each of the areas on the road surface selectively with light of one of a plurality of wavelength regions; irradiation control means for selecting, from the light of the plurality of wavelength regions that can be selectively irradiated from the irradiation means, light having a wavelength corresponding to the wavelength region of the weakest extraneous light, the wavelength region being determined by the wavelength region calculation means, and makes the irradiation means emit the selected light; imaging means for imaging the road surface; and road surface shape calculation means for calculating the shape of the road surface from an image that the imaging means acquires when the irradiation means is irradiating one of the areas on the road surface with the light of the wavelength selected by the irradiation control means.

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Номер записи: 61
03-10-2013 дата публикации

Control Module for a Vehicle System, the Vehicle System and a Vehicle Having this Vehicle System

Номер: US20130261875A1
Автор: Waldemar Kamischke
Принадлежит: WABCO GmbH

A control module for a vehicle system has: a lateral acceleration sensor for measuring a lateral acceleration and outputting a lateral acceleration measurement signal, a yaw rate sensor for detecting a yaw rate and outputting a yaw rate measurement signal, and a central control device for receiving the yaw rate measurement signal and the lateral acceleration measurement signal and determining a lateral acceleration of the vehicle at its center-of-gravity. The central control device determines the center-of-gravity lateral acceleration from a sensor distance of the lateral acceleration sensor from the vehicle center-of-gravity and the yaw rate measurement signal, forming a derivative over time. The central control device filters the yaw rate measurement signal with a low-pass filter and subsequently forms a derivative over time and determines the sensor distance on an up-to-date basis.

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Номер записи: 62
10-10-2013 дата публикации

Reconfigurable clear path detection system

Номер: US20130265424A1
Автор: Jinsong Wang, Wende Zhang
Принадлежит: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

A reconfigurable clear path detection system includes an image capture device and a primary clear path detection module for determining corresponding probability values of identified patches within a captured image representing a likelihood of whether a respective patch is a clear path of the road. A plurality of secondary clear path detection modules each are used to assist in identifying a respective clear path of the traveled road in the input image. One or more of the secondary clear path detection modules are selectively enabled for identifying the clear path. The selectively enabled secondary clear path detection modules are used to identify the clear path of the road of travel in the input image. A fusion module collectively analyzes the clear path detection results of the primary clear path detection module and the selectively enabled secondary clear path detection modules for identifying the clear path in the input image.

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Номер записи: 63
17-10-2013 дата публикации

PREDICTIVE POWERTRAIN CONTROL USING DRIVING HISTORY

Номер: US20130274952A1
Автор: Krupadanam Ashish S., Weslati Feisel
Принадлежит:

A method and powertrain apparatus that predicts a route of travel for a vehicle and predicts powertrain loads and speeds for the predicted route of travel. The predicted powertrain loads and speeds are then used to optimize at least one powertrain operation for the vehicle. 1. A method of controlling a vehicle powertrain , said method comprising:determining a present location of the vehicle;predicting a route of travel for the vehicle from the present location based on the current day and time;predicting powertrain loads and speeds based on the predicted route of travel; andoptimizing a powertrain operation based on the predicted powertrain loads and speeds.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the optimized powertrain operation comprises one of shift scheduling and battery control.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein predicting the route of travel comprises:determining if a next segment in a map database associated with a segment corresponding to the present location is traveled more than a predetermined threshold on a similar day and time as the current day and time; andadding the next segment to the predicted route of travel if it is determined that the next segment is traveled more than the predetermined threshold on a similar day and time as the current day and time.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the next segment is not added if additional information indicates that another segment should be added to the predicted route.5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the additional information is input from a vehicle to vehicle data source.6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the additional information is input from a vehicle to infrastructure data source.7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the additional information is input from a navigation system.8. The method of claim 1 , wherein predicting powertrain loads and speeds comprises determining route information for the predicted route of travel; anddetermining the powertrain loads and speeds for the determined route ...

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Номер записи: 64
07-11-2013 дата публикации

Zone driving

Номер: US20130297140A1
Автор: Christopher Paul Urmson, Dmitri A. Dolgov, Michael Steven Montemerlo
Принадлежит: Google LLC

A roadgraph may include a graph network of information such as roads, lanes, intersections, and the connections between these features. The roadgraph may also include one or more zones associated with particular rules. The zones may include locations where driving is typically challenging such as merges, construction zones, or other obstacles. In one example, the rules may require an autonomous vehicle to alert a driver that the vehicle is approaching a zone. The vehicle may thus require a driver to take control of steering, acceleration, deceleration, etc. In another example, the zones may be designated by a driver and may be broadcast to other nearby vehicles, for example using a radio link or other network such that other vehicles may be able to observer the same rule at the same location or at least notify the other vehicle's drivers that another driver felt the location was unsafe for autonomous driving.

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Номер записи: 65
07-11-2013 дата публикации

VEHICULAR DRIVING ASSIST APPARATUS, METHOD, AND VEHICLE

Номер: US20130297196A1
Автор: Shida Mitsuhisa
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

A driving assist apparatus for a vehicle includes an obtaining portion that obtains a speed of each of a plurality of vehicles, and a target speed calculating portion that calculates a target speed based on a plurality of speeds obtained by the obtaining portion and respective degrees of influence of the plurality of speeds on the target speed. The target speed calculation portion sets the degree of influence of a lower speed to be larger than the degree of influence of a higher speed. 1. A driving assist apparatus for a vehicle , comprising:an obtaining portion that obtains a speed of each of a plurality of vehicles; anda target speed calculating portion that calculates a target speed based on a plurality of speeds obtained by the obtaining portion and respective degrees of influence of the plurality of speeds on the target speed,wherein the target speed calculation portion sets the degree of influence of a lower speed to be larger than the degree of influence of a higher speed.2. The driving assist apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:a transmitting portion that transmits the target speed to a vehicle.3. The driving assist apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe obtaining portion obtains information relating position of each of the plurality of vehicles in association with the speed; andthe target speed calculating portion changes the degree of influence according to the position.4. The driving assist apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:a transmitting portion that selects a vehicle to which the target speed is to be transmitted and transmits the target speed to the selected vehicle.5. The driving assist apparatus according to claim 4 , whereinthe obtaining portion obtains information relating position of each of the plurality of vehicles in association with the speed; andthe transmitting portion selects the vehicle to which the target speed is to be transmitted, according to the position.6. The driving assist apparatus according ...

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Номер записи: 66
21-11-2013 дата публикации

Data Mining in a Digital Map Database to Identify Intersections Located at Hill Bottoms and Enabling Precautionary Actions in a Vehicle

Номер: US20130311047A1
Автор: Robert Denaro
Принадлежит: Navteq BV

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, an intersection located at the bottom of a hill. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where an intersection of roads is located at the bottom of a hill and then, precautionary action data is added to the database to indicate such locations. A precautionary action system installed in a vehicle uses this database, or a database derived therefrom, in combination with a positioning system to take a precautionary action as the vehicle approaches such a location.

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Номер записи: 67
12-12-2013 дата публикации

Obstacle Evaluation Technique

Номер: US20130332061A1
Автор: Jiajun Zhu, Jonathan Baldwin Dowdall
Принадлежит: Google LLC

A vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous mode may engage in an obstacle evaluation technique that includes employing a sensor system to collect data relating to a plurality of obstacles, identifying from the plurality of obstacles an obstacle pair including a first obstacle and a second obstacle, engaging in an evaluation process by comparing the data collected for the first obstacle to the data collected for the second obstacle, and in response to engaging in the evaluation process, making a determination of whether the first obstacle and the second obstacle are two separate obstacles.

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Номер записи: 68
09-01-2014 дата публикации

Motor Vehicle Collision Warning System

Номер: US20140009276A1
Автор: Andrew Backhouse, Martin Magnusson
Принадлежит: Volvo Car Corp

A motor vehicle collision warning system is described, as well as an automotive vehicle including such a motor vehicle collision warning system. The motor vehicle collision warning system is adapted for analyzing an unwound amount of a driver safety belt and adding an additional distracted reaction time to a pre-set driver reaction time based on the analysis of the unwound amount of the driver safety in order to provide a collision warning earlier than a collision warning based on the pre-set driver reaction time when a driver is determined as being distracted.

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Номер записи: 69
09-01-2014 дата публикации

Accessory system for vehicle

Номер: US20140009672A1
Автор: Joshua L. DeWard, Kenneth Schofield, Niall R. Lynam, Steven L. Brown
Принадлежит: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC

An accessory system for a vehicle includes a windshield and an accessory module. The windshield has a mounting element attached at an inner surface of the windshield, with the mounting element adapted for mounting of an accessory module thereto and demounting of the accessory module therefrom. The accessory module is adapted for mounting to and demounting from the mounting element. The accessory module accommodates a camera having a CMOS photosensor array and a lens. The CMOS photosensor array is accommodated at the accessory module separate from the lens. The CMOS photosensor array is disposed on a circuit board. The accessory module is configured so that, when mounted to the mounting element attached at the windshield, the lens has a field of view through the windshield appropriate for a driver assistance system of the vehicle.

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Номер записи: 70
09-01-2014 дата публикации

Method for operating a vehicle during coasting

Номер: US20140012478A1
Автор: Rainer BARTSCH, Udo Schulz
Принадлежит: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

A method for controlling a vehicle, including determining a speed curve on a coasting route, in order to let the vehicle on the coasting route coast from an actual speed to a setpoint speed, detecting an additional vehicle approaching the vehicle from behind on the coasting route, and raising the speed of the vehicle compared to the determined speed behavior on the coasting route, in order to produce a predetermined threshold distance from the additional vehicle.

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Номер записи: 71
16-01-2014 дата публикации

EXTENDED SMART DIAGNOSTIC CLEAT

Номер: US20140018999A1
Автор: Adams Douglas E., Di Petta Tiffany Lynn, Koester David J.
Принадлежит: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Methods and apparatus for diagnosing the condition of a vehicle. Some embodiments include providing an input to a vehicle suspension similar to an impact, and then measuring the response of the vehicle as it drives over an instrumented member. The motion of the instrumented member is recorded and corrected, and in some embodiments a fault index is calculated. The fault index can be displayed to a user to indicate a maintenance condition of the vehicles, such as a worn or broken component. 1. An apparatus for analyzing a vehicle , comprising:a first separable segment of driving surface, said first segment having a top surface adapted and configured to be driven on by a wheeled vehicle, said first segment having a cross-sectional shape adapted and configured to locally elevate a vehicle driven over said first segment;a second separable segment of driving surface, said second segment having a top surface adapted and configured to be driven on by a wheeled vehicle, said second segment being located proximate to said first segment;a motion sensor providing a signal corresponding to motion of said second segment; anda computer receiving the signal and having software that analyzes the signal.2. The apparatus of wherein said second segment is supported from the roadway by resilient material.34.-. (canceled)5. The apparatus of which further comprises means for isolating said second segment from the roadway.6. The apparatus of wherein said second segment is not attached to the roadway.7. (canceled)8. The apparatus of wherein said second segment has a length claim 1 , and the length is less than the wheelbase of the vehicle.9. The apparatus of wherein said first segment has a bottom side adapted and configured to be placed on the surface of a roadway.10. The apparatus of wherein the motion sensor is attached to said second segment.11. (canceled)12. The apparatus of wherein said first segment is sufficiently flexible to generally conform to the surface of the roadway.13. A ...

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Номер записи: 72
23-01-2014 дата публикации

Vehicle driver behavior monitoring and correlation

Номер: US20140025225A1
Автор: David L. Armitage, Gregory Froim Kushnir, Mark Alvin Mason
Принадлежит: CARTASITE LLC

What is disclosed are various methods of operating vehicle monitoring systems. One example method includes receiving activity information for a transportation vehicle, receiving mobile phone usage information associated with the transportation vehicle, and processing the activity information and the mobile phone usage information to determine behavior of a driver operating the transportation vehicle. The method could also include, in some examples, processing the activity information and the mobile phone usage information to identify the driver operating the transportation vehicle.

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Номер записи: 73
30-01-2014 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE

Номер: US20140032023A1
Автор: Cooper Jared, Houpt Paul Kenneth, KUMAR Ajith Kuttannair, McManus Brian J., Noffsinger Joseph Forrest, Peltz David Michael, Shaffer Glenn Robert, Smith Eugene A.
Принадлежит:

A method for vehicle control comprises determining a braking capability of a braking system of a rail vehicle or other vehicle, and modifying application of at least one mission parameter by a control system of the vehicle based on the determined braking capability. Braking capability may be determined by activating the braking system of the vehicle to apply a braking force on the vehicle, and concurrently, applying a level of tractive effort of the vehicle is sufficient to overcome the braking force. The braking capability is determined based on the level of tractive effort. 1. A method for vehicle control comprising:determining a braking capability of a braking system of a vehicle; andmodifying application of at least one mission parameter by a control system of the vehicle based on the determined braking capability.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the braking capability comprises:activating the braking system of the vehicle to apply a braking force on the vehicle; andconcurrently applying a level of tractive effort of the vehicle sufficient to overcome the braking force, wherein the braking capability is determined based on the level of tractive effort.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the braking system is activated when the vehicle is stopped claim 2 , and the level of tractive effort is gauged by identifying when the vehicle starts to move despite the braking force.4. The method of claim 2 , wherein:the control system comprises a vehicle safety system configured to control braking of the vehicle responsive to receiving a signal from off board the vehicle;the mission parameter comprises a default braking profile of the vehicle safety system; andthe default braking profile is modified to a modified braking profile based on the determined braking capability, wherein the modified braking profile is less conservative than the default braking profile.5. The method of claim 2 , wherein:the vehicle is controlled according to a speed profile ...

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Номер записи: 74
06-02-2014 дата публикации

DRIVER PROFILING SYSTEM AND METHOD

Номер: US20140039749A1
Автор: Heavyside Gavin, Jelbert Richard
Принадлежит: MyDrive Solutions Limited

A computer-implemented method of profiling a driver comprises: identifying events in data representing motion of a vehicle; for the events, associating an event with a profile index relating at least to a link on which the vehicle was travelling when the respective event occurred; sorting the events into groups, each group corresponding to a different profile index; determining a driver profile from the events; and characterising the driving behaviour of the driver on the basis of the driver profile. 1. A computer-implemented method of profiling a driver comprising:identifying events in data representing motion of a vehicle, the events including acceleration events and/or braking events characterised by the speed at which the vehicle was travelling when the respective event occurred;selecting one or more of the events based on a profile index associated with a respective event and on at least one attribute derived from the respective event, the profile index relating at least to a link on which the vehicle was travelling at a point during the respective event;determining a driver profile from the selected events; andcharacterising the driving behaviour of the driver on the basis of the driver profile.2. A method as claimed in wherein the attribute derived from a respective event includes at least one of: a start time of the event; a finish time of the event; a duration of the event; a start location of the event; a finish location of the event; an intermediate location of the event; a start speed; a finish speed; or a maximum rate of acceleration or braking.3. A method as claimed in wherein a profile index is derived from one or more link indexes relating to feature(s) of the link that influence the behaviour of a driver of a vehicle travelling along that link.4. A method as claimed in wherein a profile index is further derived from one or more indexes that are time-dependent and/or driver-dependent.5. A method as claimed in wherein the events further comprise one ...

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Номер записи: 75
06-02-2014 дата публикации

Method and device for monitoring a vehicle occupant

Номер: US20140039788A1
Автор: Thomas Fuehrer
Принадлежит: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

A method, a corresponding device, and a corresponding computer program for monitoring a vehicle occupant, including the following: detecting multiple objects in the vehicle surroundings with the aid of a surroundings detection device, detecting a viewing direction of the vehicle occupant with the aid of a gaze detection device, and automatically associating the detected viewing direction with one of the detected objects with the aid of an association device for a determination regarding which object of the multiple objects the vehicle occupant has viewed.

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Номер записи: 76
13-02-2014 дата публикации

Abnormality determination device and method of longitudinal acceleration sensor

Номер: US20140046532A1
Автор: Kaiji Itabashi, Takashi Saito
Принадлежит: Toyota Motor Corp

The running control device and method according to the present invention are those for determining abnormality of a longitudinal acceleration sensor which detects vehicular longitudinal acceleration that is used in a vehicle running control. An integrated value of a vehicular longitudinal acceleration that is detected by the longitudinal acceleration sensor is calculated, and determination whether or not the longitudinal acceleration sensor is abnormal is conducted on the basis of the integrated value and a vehicle speed based on vehicle wheel speeds. The calculation of the integrated value is initiated when a situation where the vehicle speed based on vehicle wheel speeds is zero and the increasing rate of the detected vehicular longitudinal acceleration is equal to or larger than a reference value for the increasing rate continues for a period which is equal to or larger than a reference value for the initiation of calculation.

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Номер записи: 77
13-02-2014 дата публикации

Vehicle with a safety system involving prediction of driver tiredness

Номер: US20140046546A1
Автор: Alexandra Frid, Fredrich Claezon, Fredrik ÅSTRÖM, Peter Kollegger
Принадлежит: Individual

A vehicle ( 2 ) has a tachograph ( 4 ) which generates a tachograph signal ( 6 ) containing information about current clock time and the times of the vehicle's movements, a driver's report input unit ( 8 ) generates a signal ( 10 ) containing information about driving and rest times for the driver, including monitoring ( 12 ) of driver activity which generates an alertness signal ( 14 ) containing information about the driver's activity in the vehicle. A safety system ( 18 ) has a control unit ( 20 ) and an alertness modelling unit ( 22 ) which calculates a current and a predicted tiredness values (KSS) for the driver based on the tachograph signal ( 6 ) and/or the driver's report signal ( 10 ). The tiredness values are conveyed to a control unit which determines control signals ( 24 ) for the vehicle's driver support systems.

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Номер записи: 78
27-02-2014 дата публикации

System for recognizing surroundings of vehicle

Номер: US20140055641A1
Автор: Min Gwan JO
Принадлежит: Mando Corp

Provided is a system for recognizing surroundings of a vehicle, and more particularly, a system for recognizing surroundings of a vehicle in which a camera and an illumination measurement photo diode system receive power from one vehicle interface connector, and a calculation processing device corrects brightness of a peripheral image of a vehicle photographed by the camera using illumination information measured by the illumination measurement photo diode system to more accurately recognize surroundings of the vehicle. The system for recognizing surroundings of a vehicle includes a camera mounted on the vehicle and configured to output image information obtained by photographing an image around the vehicle, an illumination measurement photo diode system configured to measure illumination of vehicle surroundings to output illumination information, a calculation processing device configured to receive the image information from the camera and receive the illumination information from the illumination measurement photo diode system to generate and output vehicle surroundings information, and a storage unit configured to receive and store the vehicle surroundings information generated by the calculation processing device.

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Номер записи: 79
06-03-2014 дата публикации

Avm system of vehicle for dividing and managing camera networks and avm method thereof

Номер: US20140063253A1
Автор: Hyo Sub CHOI, Sang Hyun Park, Sang Yub Lee, Soo Young MIN
Принадлежит: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE

The vehicle AVM system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first camera network constructed of some of the cameras configuring the AVM system; a second camera network constructed of some of the cameras configuring the AVM system; and a processor configured to create a first image from the images created by the cameras configuring the first camera network, and to create a second image from the images created by the cameras configuring the second camera network. Accordingly, by installing more number of cameras in an AVM system of a vehicle than the number of cameras in a general vehicle and thus removing dead zones according to vehicle characteristics, it becomes possible to perform smooth networking and prevent image delay, thereby preventing accidents due to dead zones and image delay.

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Номер записи: 80
13-03-2014 дата публикации

Method and device for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle

Номер: US20140074338A1
Автор: Michael Fausten, Stefan Nordbruch
Принадлежит: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

A method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle is described, together with a corresponding device, a corresponding vehicle, and a corresponding computer program. The driver assistance system is configured to autonomously safely park the vehicle when activated. While the vehicle is traveling, an activation intent for the driver assistance system is detected, whereupon the driver assistance system is activated and the vehicle is autonomously safely parked with the aid of the activated driver assistance system.

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Номер записи: 81
20-03-2014 дата публикации

System and method for preventing vehicle from rolling over in curved lane

Номер: US20140081542A1
Автор: Chi-Chun Yao, Chun-Hsiung Chen, Jin-Yan Hsu, Tsung-Hua Hsu, Yi-Feng Su
Принадлежит: Automotive Research and Testing Center

The present invention proposes a system and method for preventing a vehicle from rolling over in curved lane. The road images captured by the image capture devices are used to calculate road information. The road information together with the vehicular dynamic information, such as the speed and acceleration of the vehicle are used to predict the rollover angle and lateral acceleration of the vehicle moving on the curved lane. The height of the gravity center and critical rollover speed of the vehicle moving on the curved lane are worked out and used to define a vehicular rollover index. If the vehicular rollover index exceeds a preset value, the system warns the driver or directly controls the speed of the vehicle to prevent the vehicle from rolling over in the curved lane.

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Номер записи: 82
27-03-2014 дата публикации

Wading vehicle water level display

Номер: US20140085066A1
Автор: Anthony Jones, Ashutosh Tomar, Edward Hoare, Sebastian Paszkowicz, Simon Thomson, Thuy-Yung Tran
Принадлежит: Jaguar Land Rover Ltd

A vehicle ( 100 ) comprising a wading information display ( 1020 ), a memory and a processor, the memory containing a program configured to run on the processor to calculate the maximum wading depth of the vehicle from the measured suspension travel, and to display the maximum wading depth on the display. The display may also show a dual wading depth, an advisory wading speed, and vehicle inclination.

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Номер записи: 83
27-03-2014 дата публикации

Parking camera system and method of driving the same

Номер: US20140085474A1
Автор: Sangyong Lee
Принадлежит: LG Innotek Co Ltd

The present invention relates to a parking camera system and a method of driving the same, the system including a plurality of cameras equipped with a vehicle, an image synthesizer for synthesizing images photographed by the plurality of cameras, and an estimated travel trajectory generating and overlaying processor for generating an estimated travel trajectory of the vehicle by receiving steering angle information of the vehicle, and synthesizing the estimated travel trajectory of the vehicle with the images synthesized by the image synthesizer.

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Номер записи: 84
03-04-2014 дата публикации

Interactive attentiveness enhancement

Номер: US20140091917A1
Автор: Daniel Oeschger, Felix Wulf, Oliver Pink
Принадлежит: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

A method for interactive attentiveness enhancement of a vehicle driver includes steps of determining that a driver assistance function for semiautomatic control of the motor vehicle is active, detecting a stimulus which may be experienced by the vehicle driver upon an observation of the surroundings of the motor vehicle, detecting an input of the vehicle driver in response to the stimulus, determining a game result based on the input and the stimulus, and outputting a notice concerning the game result.

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Номер записи: 85
07-01-2021 дата публикации

Methods and apparatus to control vehicle steering

Номер: US20210000005A1
Автор: William Daniel Robinson
Принадлежит: Deere and Co

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed that control vehicle steering. An example apparatus includes: a path acquisition interface configured to obtain, via a user interface a sampling interval; and a controller configured to, during acquisition mode: determine a steering angle of a wheel of the vehicle based on a trigonometric function including a distance associated with a turn radius of the front wheel; and cause, utilizing the steering angle, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver to travel from a first position to a second position, the GNSS receiver located at the first position at a first sampling time and the second position at a second sampling time, the first sampling time and the second sampling time differing by the sampling interval.

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Номер записи: 86
07-01-2021 дата публикации

Agricultural Lane Following

Номер: US20210000006A1
Автор: Bertucci David E., Cafiero Igino C., Chun Austin, Donnellan Aubrey C., Ellaboudy Ameer, Nguyen Thuy T.
Принадлежит:

Systems and methods for agricultural lane following are described. For example, a method includes accessing range data captured using a distance sensor connected to a vehicle and/or image data captured using an image sensor connected to a vehicle; detecting a crop row based on the range data and/or the image data to obtain position data for the crop row; determining, based on the position data for the crop row, a yaw and a lateral position of the vehicle with respect to a lane bounded by the crop row; and based on the yaw and the lateral position, controlling the vehicle to move along a length of the lane bounded by the crop row. 1. A system comprising:a distance sensor connected to a vehicle, wherein the distance sensor is configured to output range data reflecting distances of objects with respect to the vehicle;actuators configured to control motion of the vehicle; and access range data captured using the distance sensor;', 'detect a crop row based on the range data to obtain position data for the crop row;', 'determine, based on the position data for the crop row, a yaw and a lateral position of the vehicle with respect to a lane bounded by the crop row; and', 'based on the yaw and the lateral position, control, using one or more of the actuators, the vehicle to move along a length of the lane bounded by the crop row., 'a processing apparatus configured to2. The system of claim 1 , in which the crop row includes multiple plants and processing apparatus is configured to:detect plants of the crop row based on the range data, and associate plants of the crop row with respective positions;fit a line to the respective positions of plants of the crop row; anddetermine the yaw and the lateral position based on the line.3. The system of claim 1 , in which the crop row includes a raised planting bed and processing apparatus is configured to:detect one or more edges of the raised planting bed based on the range data, and associate the one or more edges of the raised ...

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Номер записи: 87
06-01-2022 дата публикации

TECHNIQUE FOR EFFICIENT RETRIEVAL OF PERSONALITY DATA

Номер: US20220000406A1
Автор: GIERSCH Daniel
Принадлежит:

A technique for enabling efficient retrieval of a digital representation of personality data of a user () by a client device () from a server () is disclosed, wherein the digital representation of the personality data is processed at the client device () to provide a user-adapted service to the user (). A method implementation of the technique is performed by the server () and comprises storing a neural network being trained to compute personality data of a user based on input obtained from the user (), receiving, from the client device (), a request for a digital representation of personality data for a user (), and sending, to the client device (), the requested digital representation of the personality data of the user (), wherein the personality data of the user is computed using the neural network based on input obtained from the user (). 1. A method including a retrieval of a digital representation of personality data of a user by a client device from a server , the method being performed by the server and comprising:storing a neural network trained to compute personality data of a user based on input obtained from the user;receiving, from the client device, a request for a digital representation of personality data for a user; andsending, to the client device, the requested digital representation of the personality data of the user, the digital representation of the personality data of the user being processed at the client device to provide a user-adapted service to the user, wherein the personality data of the user is computed using the neural network based on input obtained from the user, and wherein the method further comprises:receiving feedback characterizing the user;updating the neural network based on the feedback; andsending, to the client device, a digital representation of updated personality data of the user, wherein the updated personality data of the user is computed using the updated neural network.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ...

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Номер записи: 88
02-01-2020 дата публикации

OPERATION APTITUDE JUDGMENT DEVICE AND OPERATION APTITUDE JUDGMENT METHOD

Номер: US20200000391A1
Автор: HATO Jumpei
Принадлежит: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

An operation aptitude judgment device includes a perception difficulty space detection unit that detects a perception difficulty space in which a perception object as an object that the user should perceive when the user performs a planned operation is difficult for the user to perceive based on vicinal object information acquired from a vicinal object detection device that detects a vicinal object existing in a vicinity of the user; a user perception movement detection unit that detects a user perception movement, as a movement of the user when the user tries to perceive the perception object, based on user movement information acquired from a user movement detection device that detects a movement of the user; and an operation aptitude level calculation unit that calculates the operation aptitude level of the user based on the perception difficulty space and the user perception movement. 115-. (canceled)16. An operation aptitude judgment device that judges an operation aptitude level indicating in how suitable condition a user is to perform a planned operation that should be carried out , the operation aptitude judgment device comprising:a perception difficulty space detection unit to detect perception difficulty space in which a perception object as an object that the user should perceive when the user performs the planned operation is difficult for the user to perceive based on vicinal object information acquired from a vicinal object detection device that detects a vicinal object existing in a vicinity of the user, and importance of the perception difficulty space;a user perception movement detection unit to detect a user perception movement, as a movement of the user when the user tries to perceive the perception object, a counter-obstruction perception movement as a user perception movement when the user tries to perceive a potential perception object as a perception object that can exist in the perception difficulty space, and a level of the counter- ...

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Номер записи: 89
07-01-2016 дата публикации

DOZING PREVENTION METHOD, AND DOZING PREVENTION DEVICE

Номер: US20160000343A1
Автор: ISHIMARU Sonoko, JINBO Naoki, MATSUI Mariko, SHINOZAKI Ryo
Принадлежит: UNION TOOL CO.

A method for preventing dozing off, comprising the steps of: a measurement step measuring human heartbeats; a decision step (S to S) generating a trigger, hereinafter referred to as a “drowsiness trigger”, for indicating occurrence of drowsiness when a state in which a time interval between adjacent heartbeats, hereinafter referred to as a “heartbeat interval”, is longer than the previous heartbeat interval consecutively occurs; and a warning step (S) giving a warning to prevent dozing off when the drowsiness trigger is generated. 114-. (canceled)15. A method for preventing dozing off , comprising the steps of:a measurement step measuring human heartbeats;a decision step generating a trigger, hereinafter referred to as a “drowsiness trigger”, for indicating occurrence of drowsiness when a state in which a time interval between adjacent heartbeats, hereinafter referred to as a “heartbeat interval”, is longer than the previous heartbeat interval consecutively occurs; anda warning step giving a warning to prevent dozing off when the drowsiness trigger is generated.16. The method according to claim 15 , whereinin the decision step, the drowsiness trigger is generated when the state in which the heartbeat interval is longer consecutively occurs not less than four times.17. The method according to claim 16 , whereinin the decision step, the drowsiness trigger is generated when the state in which the heartbeat interval is longer consecutively occurs and a difference between the first heartbeat interval and the last heartbeat interval in the heartbeat intervals consecutively occurring not less than four times exceeds a predetermined time.18. The method according to claim 17 , whereinthe predetermined time is not less than 60 ms.19. The method according to claim 15 , whereina R-R interval which is an interval between R waves in an electrocardiographic signal is used as the heartbeat interval.20. The method according to claim 16 , whereina R-R interval which is an interval ...

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Номер записи: 90
06-01-2022 дата публикации

METHOD FOR SECURING A STARTING MOVEMENT OF A SEMI-AUTOMATED OR FULLY AUTOMATED VEHICLE

Номер: US20220001856A1
Автор: Schmid Roland
Принадлежит:

A method for securing a starting movement of a semi-automated or fully automated vehicle, the vehicle including at least one imaging sensor, which is configured to capture images of a close-up range of the vehicle. A recognition of objects in the close-up range of the vehicle is carried out. A starting movement of the vehicle is prevented if an object has been recognized. 114-. (canceled)15. A method for securing a starting movement of a semi-automated or fully automated vehicle , the vehicle including at least one imaging sensor , the imaging sensor including a near-field camera which is configured to capture images of a close-up range of the vehicle , the method comprising the following steps: a) capturing an instantaneous image of the close-up range of the vehicle using the imaging sensor and recognizing objects located in the close-up range of the vehicle by comparing the instantaneous image with a previously stored comparison image, an at risk object in the close-up range being deduced when the comparison indicates that a structure of the comparison image is not completely visible, but is covered in parts by an object, and/or', 'b) temporally successively capturing at least two instantaneous images using the imaging sensor and recognizing moving objects in the close-up range of the vehicle by comparing the temporally successively captured images and evaluating optical flow or another differential method, and/or', 'c) changing a spatial position of the imaging sensor and capturing at least two images at respectively different spatial positions of the imaging sensor and recognizing objects in the close-up range of the vehicle by analyzing changes, by using a structure-from-motion analysis, of the images captured at the different positions of the imaging sensor; and, 'carrying out a recognition of objects in the close-up range of the vehicle prior to a starting movement of the vehicle when the vehicle is stationary by carrying out a combination of at least two of ...

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Номер записи: 91
06-01-2022 дата публикации

VEHICLE PLATOONING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD

Номер: US20220001865A1
Автор: PARK Seung Jin
Принадлежит: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.

Disclosed is a vehicle platooning control apparatus including a vehicle speed setter configured to set a target speed of a platooning group based on driving-speed-based fuel economy data of a vehicle included in the platooning group, a distance setter configured to set a separation distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle based on the target speed set by the vehicle speed setter, and a driving controller configured to control driving of the vehicle based on the target speed set by the vehicle speed setter or the separation distance set by the distance setter. 1. A vehicle platooning control apparatus comprising:a vehicle speed setter configured to set a target speed of a platooning group based on driving-speed-based fuel economy data of a vehicle included in the platooning group;a distance setter configured to set a separation distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle based on the target speed set by the vehicle speed setter; anda driving controller configured to control driving of the vehicle based on the target speed set by the vehicle speed setter or the separation distance set by the distance setter.2. The vehicle platooning control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle speed setter is further configured to set a driving speed of the platooning group having a maximum fuel economy as the target speed of the platooning group.3. The vehicle platooning control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a monitor configured to monitor driving data of the vehicle and to generate the driving-speed-based fuel economy data based on the monitored driving data.4. The vehicle platooning control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the distance setter is further configured to set the separation distance based on a speed profile of each vehicle included in the platooning group driven at the target speed and a respective preceding vehicle of the each vehicle at a time of abrupt braking.5. The vehicle platooning control ...

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Номер записи: 92
06-01-2022 дата публикации

DRIVER MONITORING SYSTEM AND DRIVER MONITORING METHOD

Номер: US20220001874A1
Автор: Hara Kenichiroh, KUSAKABE Takanori, Nishimura Naoki, SAWAI Shunichiroh, YOSHIDA Tomoyuki
Принадлежит:

A driver monitoring system includes an automated driving controller that allows hands-off operation in which a driver releases hands from a steering wheel of a vehicle, and controls an automated steering driving in which the vehicle is automatically steered, and a request notification controller that notifies a hands-on request for prompting the driver of the vehicle to perform a hands-on operation to hold the steering wheel, or a surrounding confirmation request for prompting the driver to perform a surrounding confirmation operation to confirm a surrounding condition. During the automated steering driving, the request notification controller is configured to notify the hands-on request or the surrounding confirmation request again when an elapsed time from notification of the hands-on request or the surrounding confirmation request exceeds a criterion time. 1. A driver monitoring system comprising:an automated driving controller that allows hands-off operation in which a driver releases hands from a steering wheel of a vehicle, and controls an automated steering driving in which the vehicle is automatically steered; anda request notification controller that notifies a hands-on request for prompting the driver of the vehicle to perform a hands-on operation to hold the steering wheel, or a surrounding confirmation request for prompting the driver to perform a surrounding confirmation operation to confirm a surrounding condition,wherein during the automated steering driving, the request notification controller is configured to notify the hands-on request or the surrounding confirmation request again when an elapsed time from notification of the hands-on request or the surrounding confirmation request exceeds a criterion time.2. The driver monitoring system according to claim 1 , further comprising a steering touch sensor for detecting a steering information of the steering wheel claim 1 ,wherein during the automated steering driving, the request notification ...

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Номер записи: 93
06-01-2022 дата публикации

DRIVE PLANNING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DRIVE PLANNING AND DRIVE PLANNING METHOD

Номер: US20220001876A1
Автор: KIRIKI Jumpei, Uejima Taiyo
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

A drive planning device has a processor configured to assess whether or not there is a problem with the driver and to assess whether or not a predetermined condition has been met based on information for the surrounding environment of a vehicle, and to create a first driving plan in which the vehicle is moved to the shoulder and stopped when it has been assessed that there is a problem with the driver and the predetermined condition has been met, or to create a second driving plan in which the vehicle is stopped in the traffic lane in which the vehicle is traveling when it has been assessed that there is a problem with the driver and the condition assessment unit has assessed that the predetermined condition has not been met. 1. A drive planning device comprising a processor configured to:assess whether or not there is a problem with the driver;assess whether or not a predetermined condition has been met based on information for the surrounding environment of the vehicle; andcreate a first driving plan in which the vehicle is moved to the shoulder and stopped when it has been assessed that there is a problem with the driver and the predetermined condition has been met, or create a second driving plan in which the vehicle is stopped in the traffic lane in which the vehicle is traveling when it has been assessed that there is a problem with the driver and it has been assessed that the predetermined condition has not been met.2. The drive planning device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to assess that the predetermined conditions have been met when the vehicle is traveling in a traffic lane bordering the shoulder and no other objects are detected traveling on the shoulder from behind the vehicle and approaching the vehicle.3. The drive planning device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to assess that the predetermined condition has not been met when at least one other object is detected traveling on the shoulder from ...

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Номер записи: 94
06-01-2022 дата публикации

DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD

Номер: US20220001878A1
Автор: SAKATA Takuya, SANO Masataka, YAMAUCHI Koichiro
Принадлежит:

The driver assistance system comprises a detector, a navigator, a stimulator, and a voice interactor. The detector detects wakefulness reduction of a driver or absent-minded driving by the driver. The navigator navigates a vehicle based on map information. The stimulator continuously or intermittently applies stimulation to the driver. The voice interactor interacts with the driver by voice. The navigator searches for a resting facility on a route from the map information in response to a detection of the wakefulness reduction or the absent-minded driving. The voice interactor executes a first interaction of proposing navigation to the resting facility by the navigator in response to the detection of the wakefulness reduction or the absent-minded driving, and executes a second interaction of proposing application of stimulation by the stimulator after an execution of the first interaction and during a period until the vehicle arrives at the resting facility. 1. A driver assistance system comprising:a detector configured to detect wakefulness reduction of a driver or absent-minded driving by the driver;a navigator configured to navigate a vehicle based on map information;a stimulator configured to continuously or intermittently apply stimulation to the driver; anda voice interactor configured to interact with the driver by voice,wherein:the navigator is configured to search for a resting facility on a route from the map information in response to a detection of the wakefulness reduction or the absent-minded driving; andthe voice interactor is configured to execute a first interaction of proposing navigation to the resting facility by the navigator in response to the detection of the wakefulness reduction or the absent-minded driving, and execute a second interaction of proposing application of stimulation by the stimulator after an execution of the first interaction and during a period until the vehicle arrives at the resting facility.2. The driver assistance system ...

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Номер записи: 95
06-01-2022 дата публикации

Tire Selection Methods and Systems

Номер: US20220001879A1
Автор: Alcantarilla Jonathan, Benedetti Roberto, Bortolotto Valerio, Lust Jeroen, Tecca Federico, Verheijen Paul Roeland
Принадлежит:

There is disclosed a method, for determining a suitable tire for use on a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises an electronic device capable of collecting driving data relating to the driving of the vehicle. The method comprises obtaining driving data (), from the electronic device, relating to the driving of the vehicle, and determining, from the driving data, an amount of driving performed on at least one of a plurality of different road types (). The method further comprises forming a road type driving profile () comprising one or more road types and the associated determined amount of driving performed thereon and selecting, from a plurality of different tires, a suitable tire () for the vehicle based on at least the road type driving profile. 2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the driving data comprises positional data relating to the driving of the vehicle claim 1 , and wherein the method further comprises using the positional data to determine the amount of driving performed on at least one of the plurality of different road types.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein selecting the suitable tire comprises selecting a tire from a tire database in which each of the plurality of tires is known for predominant use on one or more particular road types.4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the driving data comprises positional data relating to the driving of the vehicle and wherein the method further comprises matching the positional data to map data claim 1 , representing a road network and including a road type designation for each road segment in the road network claim 1 , to determine the one or more road types driven on by the vehicle.5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the driving data comprises positional data and wherein the method further comprises determining claim 1 , using the positional data claim 1 , a damage factor and/or a wear factor for the vehicle claim 1 , and wherein selecting a suitable tire for the vehicle is ...

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Номер записи: 96
06-01-2022 дата публикации

TECHNIQUE FOR EFFICIENT RETRIEVAL OF PERSONALITY DATA

Номер: US20220001880A1
Автор: GIERSCH Daniel
Принадлежит:

A technique for enabling efficient retrieval of a digital representation of personality data of a user () by a client device () from a server () is disclosed, wherein the digital representation of the personality data is processed at the client device () to provide a user-adapted service to the user (). A method implementation of the technique is performed by the server () and comprises storing a neural network being trained to compute personality data of a user based on input obtained from the user (), receiving, from the client device (), a request for a digital representation of personality data for a user (), and sending, to the client device (), the requested digital representation of the personality data of the user (), wherein the personality data of the user is computed using the neural network based on input obtained from the user (). 1. A method including a retrieval of a digital representation of personality data of a user by a client device from a server , the method being performed by the server and comprising:storing a neural network trained to compute personality data of a user based on input obtained from the user;receiving, from the client device, a request for a digital representation of personality data for a user; andsending, to the client device, the requested digital representation of the personality data of the user, the digital representation of the personality data of the user being processed at the client device to provide a user-adapted service to the user, wherein the personality data of the user is computed using the neural network based on input obtained from the user,wherein the input obtained from the user corresponds to digital scores reflecting answers to questions regarding at least one of personality, goals and motivations of the user and wherein each digital score is used as input to a separate input node of the neural network when computing the personality data of the user using the neural network.2. The method of claim 1 , ...

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Номер записи: 97
06-01-2022 дата публикации

MOTOR VEHICLE CONTROL MODULE AND METHOD, COMPRISING AN EVALUATION OF REAR WHEEL SPEED BASED ON THE FRON WHEELS ONLY

Номер: US20220001881A1
Автор: Patrão Carqueijò Alex, Witte Lennart
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An evaluation of the speed of movement of a rear wheel of a motor vehicle on the ground, in particular on the inside of a bend, is made exclusively according to the speeds of the front wheels, in situations in which a direct measurement is not possible or in order to accurately evaluate occurrences of wheel lock-up or wheel slip. The invention can be applied to improving the braking setpoints when cornering. 18-. (canceled)12) The evaluation module according to claim 11 , S=1.15 claim 11 , S2=1.4 claim 11 , wherein Kis linear between Sand Sand K=0.6 at S.13) A device for controlling braking of an automobile claim 9 , comprising the evaluation module according to .15) The method for controlling an automobile according to claim 14 , wherein antilock braking is decided if said evaluations are lower than a reference speed of the automobile claim 14 , multiplied by a constant coefficient of less than 1.16) The method for controlling an automobile according to claim 15 , wherein the reference speed is an average of the front wheel speed evaluations. The invention is directed to a module as well as a method for controlling an automobile, wherein the speed of the rear wheels is evaluated by the speeds of the front wheels only.Under some circumstances, such as lock or skid, the ground travel speed of a wheel, and especially a rear wheel, cannot be determined by directly measuring its rotational speed. It is also possible that the measurement may fail after damage to the dedicated device. This is why it is contemplated with this invention to carry out an indirect evaluation of the ground travel speed of a rear wheel of a running automobile, by resorting to evaluations of the speeds of the steering wheels, typically front wheels.The evaluation of rear wheel speed thus obtained may be used for various applications. One of them could be a braking decision aid, or on the contrary an anti-lock braking decision aid, for the rear wheels.The speed evaluation in question relates to ...

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Номер записи: 98
06-01-2022 дата публикации

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING CONTROL, DEVICE, MEDIUM AND SYSTEM

Номер: US20220001882A1
Автор: ZHANG Hao, ZHANG Zhuhua
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A method and apparatus for driving control, a device, a medium and a system are provided. An embodiment of the method includes: receiving, at a conveyance located in a first geographic region, a first message from a device platform subsystem associated with the conveyance, the first message including information related to a first regional platform subsystem, and the first regional platform subsystem including a driving-related message related to the first geographic region; and sending a second message to the first regional platform subsystem, the second message including conveyance-related information of the conveyance. Then, receiving, from the first regional platform subsystem, a driving-related message associated with the conveyance in the first geographic region, where the driving-related message associated with the conveyance is determined based on the conveyance-related information and is used for a driving control on the conveyance in the first geographic region. 1. An electronic device , comprising:one or more processors; anda storage apparatus, configured to store one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement operations, the operations comprising:receiving, at a conveyance located in a first geographic region, a first message from a device platform subsystem associated with the conveyance, the first message including information related to a first regional platform subsystem, and the first regional platform subsystem including a first driving-related message related to the first geographic region;sending a second message to the first regional platform subsystem, the second message including conveyance-related information of the conveyance; andreceiving, from the first regional platform subsystem, a second driving-related message associated with the conveyance in the first geographic region, wherein the second driving-related message associated with the ...

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06-01-2022 дата публикации

NOTIFICATION LOCATION SETTING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR NOTIFICATION LOCATION SETTING, AND NOTIFICATION LOCATION SETTING METHOD

Номер: US20220001888A1
Автор: Hashimoto Ryuta, ITO Yuma
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

A notification location setting device comprises a notification device, and a processor configured to set on a traveling road a notification location where the driver is to be notified of a control switching request for switching operation of the vehicle from automatic control to manual control, based on the shape of a width-varying zone where the width of the traveling road varies before a merging location, in a case where a merging location where the traveling road on which the vehicle is traveling within a traveling route toward the destination location of the vehicle merges with another road, and to notify the driver of the control switching request via the notification device when the vehicle has not entered the other road at the notification location. 1. A notification location setting device comprising:a notification device; and set on a traveling road a notification location where the driver is to be notified of a control switching request for switching operation of the vehicle from automatic control to manual control, based on the shape of a width-varying zone where the width of the traveling road varies before a merging location, in a case where a merging location where the traveling road on which the vehicle is traveling within a traveling route toward the destination location of the vehicle merges with another road, and', 'notify the driver of the control switching request via the notification device when the vehicle has not entered the other road at the notification location., 'a processor configured to'}2. The notification location setting device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to set the notification location on the traveling road to be further away from the merging location with a smaller degree of decrease in the width of the width-varying zone toward the merging location.3. The notification location setting device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine a split location on the traveling ...

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