241 |
Drive control method based on detected dielectric breakdown |
US14330623 |
2014-07-14 |
US09276397B2 |
2016-03-01 |
Jong Hu Yoon; Mi Ok Kim |
A drive control method based on detected dielectric breakdown is provided. The drive control method includes individually determining whether dielectric breakdown of high voltage components occurs according to whether a switch for electrically connecting a high voltage battery and other high voltage components is opened and a condition of each of the high voltage components when dielectric resistance of a vehicle is measured to determine that dielectric breakdown of a high voltage system occurs. An operation of the high voltage components, the dielectric breakdown of which occurs, is stopped according to a determination result, when dielectric breakdown of high voltage components, which do not affect vehicle driving among the high voltage components, occurs. |
242 |
VEHICLE DRAGGING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE INSPECTION SYSTEM |
US14582087 |
2014-12-23 |
US20160052718A1 |
2016-02-25 |
Jianmin LI; Mingliang Li; Yuanjing Li; Yulan Li; Ying Li; Tao Song |
The present invention discloses A vehicle dragging system, comprising a first dragging means and a second dragging means, which are sequentially arranged along a vehicle dragging direction, wherein in the vehicle dragging direction, the first dragging means is arranged at the upstream of the second dragging means, and a separating section is arranged between the first dragging means and the second dragging means, so that the first dragging means is separated from the second dragging means by a preset distance in the vehicle dragging direction, wherein the first dragging means comprises a first supporting plate, a first elongated traction element and a first pushing element connected with the first elongated traction element, and the first pushing element is adapted to move around the first supporting plate for pushing wheels to move along the first supporting plate, in order to drive a vehicle to advance; the second dragging means comprises a second supporting plate, a second elongated traction element and a second pushing element connected with the second elongated traction element, and the second pushing element is adapted to move along the second supporting plate for pushing wheels to move along the second supporting plate, in order to drive the vehicle to advance. |
243 |
AIRCRAFT ELECTRONIC FINGERPRINT AND MONITORING PERFORMANCE OF AN AIRCRAFT COMPONENT USING THE AIRCRAFT'S ELECTRONIC FINGERPRINT |
US14460408 |
2014-08-15 |
US20160049021A1 |
2016-02-18 |
Nicolas B. Duarte; Yu Jiao |
An initial electronic fingerprint for a vehicle and selected component of the vehicle, e.g. an aircraft windshield having a heatable member, is made. During operation of the aircraft, the initial electronic fingerprint of the aircraft and a real time electronic fingerprint of the aircraft are compared to determine the operating performance of the heatable member. The parameter that provides the performance of the component includes a time count within a predetermined time period. As the time count increases during the predetermined time period, the performance of the heatable member toward unacceptable performance increases. |
244 |
Post-drive summary with tutorial |
US14156407 |
2014-01-15 |
US09244650B2 |
2016-01-26 |
Cheryl N. Platz; John P. Hendricks; Mark O'Hanlon |
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to vehicle notifications. In aspects, while a vehicle is in motion, certain types of notifications are not presented to the driver. After the vehicle has stopped and a point appropriate for notification is occurring, a notification may be presented. The notification may assist a driver in, for example, learning features of the vehicle, improving efficiency, or in many other ways. |
245 |
System and method for adjustment response analysis |
US14154425 |
2014-01-14 |
US09243979B2 |
2016-01-26 |
Daniel Hiatt |
The present disclosure relates to a method to determine, from a measured result and an assumed adjustment set, the probability that a permutation to the assumed adjustment set was implemented or other error, such as a sensor error, is occurring. The determination of probability of a permutation of the adjustment set may be based on the error between the predicted response and the measured actual response for the assumed adjustment set and permutations of the assumed adjustment set. A number of statistical comparisons may be performed between the assumed adjustment set and the permutation sets to determine which are closer to the measured actual response. A probability value may be assigned to each adjustment set as to the likelihood of their having been implemented. |
246 |
Method and system for categorizing vehicle treatment facilities into treatment complexity levels |
US14627139 |
2015-02-20 |
US09208526B1 |
2015-12-08 |
William J. Leise |
To determine a vehicle treatment facility for treating a damaged vehicle after a crash, several treatment facilities within a predetermined distance of the damaged vehicle are categorized by treatment complexity level. Treatment facilities within the same treatment complexity level category as the damaged vehicle are ranked based on several treatment facility evaluation characteristics such as repair duration data, quality rating, availability, price schedule, location data, or a quality rating for one or more suppliers used by the treatment facility. A treatment facility is then selected for treating the damaged vehicle based on the rankings. |
247 |
COMPUTER-ASSISTED AND/OR ENABLED SYSTEMS, METHODS, TECHNIQUES, SERVICES AND USER INTERFACES FOR CONDUCTING MOTOR VEHICLE AND OTHER INSPECTIONS |
US14797669 |
2015-07-13 |
US20150317612A1 |
2015-11-05 |
William Henry COUCH |
A computer-assisted inspection system including an integrated software suite provides vehicle inspection services for various clients. Features include automatic grading, flat car part picking, easy to use, ability to run in an environment where the inspector has no constant connectivity to the network (no guaranteed access to the internet, full data replication, intermittent connectivity, synch back up), inspectors can be geographically separated (e.g., all over the country), and the system is installable over the internet to provide efficient installation to far-flung install sites. |
248 |
Apparatus and method for displaying distance to empty of vehicle |
US14485021 |
2014-09-12 |
US09175996B2 |
2015-11-03 |
Kang Ho Lee |
A method for displaying a distance to empty (DTE) of a vehicle include calculating an indicated distance to empty based on a learned fuel efficiency which is learned before starting. A target distance to empty is calculated based on an updated learned fuel efficiency which is updated until a present time. A driving mode is determined according to a difference between the indicated distance to empty and the target distance to empty. A final distance to empty is calculated according to the driving mode, and the final distance to empty is displayed. |
249 |
Computer-assisted and/or enabled systems, methods, techniques, services and user interfaces for conducting motor vehicle and other inspections |
US13550180 |
2012-07-16 |
US09103743B2 |
2015-08-11 |
William Henry Couch |
A computer-assisted inspection system including an integrated software suite provides vehicle inspection services for various clients. Features include automatic grading, flat car part picking, easy to use, ability to run in an environment where the inspector has no constant connectivity to the network (no guaranteed access to the internet, full data replication, intermittent connectivity, synch back up), inspectors can be geographically separated (e.g., all over the country), and the system is installable over the internet to provide efficient installation to far-flung install sites. |
250 |
ROTOR STATE SENSOR SYSTEM |
US14173374 |
2014-02-05 |
US20150219523A1 |
2015-08-06 |
Matthew A. White; Patrick J. Dempsey; Aaron Kellner; Joshua King |
A rotor state sensor system is provided for use with a rotor including a hub, a hub arm and a blade coupled to the hub by the hub arm. The sensor system includes sensors disposed on the hub arm to define a first plane, which emit emissions and receive reflected emissions, and which generate a signal according to the received reflected emissions, reflector plates disposed on the blade which define a second plane at locations where the emissions from the sensors are incident on the reflector plates and from which the reflected emissions are reflected towards the sensors and a computing device which receives the signal from the sensors, determines relative orientations of the first and second planes according to the received signal and determines a condition of the rotor based on the determined relative orientations. |
251 |
Method and system for accelerated object recognition and/or accelerated object attribute recognition and use of said method |
US13806490 |
2011-06-22 |
US09096228B2 |
2015-08-04 |
Ulrich Stahlin; Matthias Komar |
A method for accelerated object detection or for accelerated object attribute detection, wherein a first information item is acquired by a vehicle-to-X communication device, and describes at least one object or at least one object attribute in an evaluated data form. A second information item is acquired by at least one individual sensor or by a sensor group, and describes the at least one object or the at least one object attribute in sensor raw data form, and an object detection algorithm and/or an object attribute detection algorithm is applied to sensor raw data of the second information item. The method is defined in that a threshold value of the object detection algorithm or of the object attribute detection algorithm for detecting the at least one object or at least one object attribute described by the first information item is reduced in the sensor raw data of the second information item. |
252 |
Method and apparatus for remote e-Enabled aircraft solution management using an electronic flight bag (EFB) |
US13676885 |
2012-11-14 |
US09087419B2 |
2015-07-21 |
Robert Lewis Lentz |
A method for using an Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) located on an aircraft to communicate with a remote aircraft system data communications unit concerning aircraft systems problems and malfunctions, is disclosed. The method may include receiving aircraft systems data from one or more aircraft systems, identifying any problems or malfunctions in the aircraft systems, automatically communicating any identified problems or malfunctions in the aircraft systems to the remote aircraft system data communications unit, receiving information concerning a solution to the identified problems or malfunctions in the aircraft systems from the remote aircraft system data communications unit, and implementing the solution to the identified problems or malfunctions in the aircraft systems. |
253 |
POST-DRIVE SUMMARY WITH TUTORIAL |
US14156407 |
2014-01-15 |
US20150199162A1 |
2015-07-16 |
Cheryl N. Platz; John P. Hendricks; Mark O'Hanlon |
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to vehicle notifications. In aspects, while a vehicle is in motion, certain types of notifications are not presented to the driver. After the vehicle has stopped and a point appropriate for notification is occurring, a notification may be presented. The notification may assist a driver in, for example, learning features of the vehicle, improving efficiency, or in many other ways. |
254 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTMENT RESPONSE ANALYSIS |
US14154425 |
2014-01-14 |
US20150198505A1 |
2015-07-16 |
Daniel Hiatt |
The present disclosure relates to a method to determine, from a measured result and an assumed adjustment set, the probability that a permutation to the assumed adjustment set was implemented or other error, such as a sensor error, is occurring. The determination of probability of a permutation of the adjustment set may be based on the error between the predicted response and the measured actual response for the assumed adjustment set and permutations of the assumed adjustment set. A number of statistical comparisons may be performed between the assumed adjustment set and the permutation sets to determine which are closer to the measured actual response. A probability value may be assigned to each adjustment set as to the likelihood of their having been implemented. |
255 |
Opening/closing body inspection apparatus and opening/closing body inspection method |
US14380090 |
2013-03-05 |
US09081026B2 |
2015-07-14 |
Hirotoshi Fukagawa |
An opening/closing body inspection apparatus evaluates the closing performance of an opening/closing body open-and-closably attached to an opening/closing body support member. The apparatus includes a marker configured to be attached to the opening/closing body, a load-detecting device for detecting a load upon the opening/closing body attached to the marker, an image-capturing device for capturing an image of the movement path of the marker as the marker moves in tandem with the motion of the opening/closing body being closed by the load, an image-processing device for analyzing image data obtained by the image-capturing device, and a performance-assessing device for assessing the closing performance of the opening/closing body on the basis of the movement distance calculated by the image-processing device and the load detected by the load-detecting device. |
256 |
FAULT DETECTION AND MITIGATION IN HYBRID DRIVE SYSTEM |
US14617431 |
2015-02-09 |
US20150152861A1 |
2015-06-04 |
Michael Anthony Stoner; Thomas D. Hawkins; Douglas D. Simpson |
Fault detection and response systems and processes can be used for pumps, e.g., pump/motors used in hybrid vehicles. The fault detection systems determine when certain operating conditions, which may affect the proper operation of the system, occur. The response systems take appropriate action based on which fault conditions are triggered. Example fault detection systems and processes include detection systems for different types of leaks, sensor malfunctions, or operation errors. |
257 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A RIDE HEIGHT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE |
US14503893 |
2014-10-01 |
US20150094981A1 |
2015-04-02 |
Igor ILLG; Thomas MIRWALDT |
A method for determining a ride height of a body of a motor vehicle and includes the steps of determining wheel heights at at least four different wheels of the motor vehicle, forming different selections of in each case three of the determined wheel heights, determining a ride height of the body for each selection, comparing the determined ride heights, and determining that at least one measurement value for a wheel height is implausible if the determined ride heights differ from one another by more than a predetermined amount. |
258 |
Failsafe communication system and method |
US13774904 |
2013-02-22 |
US08983714B2 |
2015-03-17 |
Ankit Shah |
Methods and systems for analyzing failsafe conditions. One method includes receiving, at a processor, a message transmitted over a vehicle bus, wherein the message includes a data field. The method further includes accessing at least one data attribute included in a database file associated with the vehicle bus. The at least one data attribute includes at least one of (a) a safety critical attribute, (b) an automotive safety integrity level attribute, (c) a maturation time attribute, (d) a warning indicator attribute, and (e) a diagnostic trouble code attribute. The method also includes converting the data field based on the at least one data attribute. |
259 |
MECHANICAL STRAIN GAUGE SIMULATION |
US14478223 |
2014-09-05 |
US20150073730A1 |
2015-03-12 |
Paolo MESSINA; Florian DUBEAUREPAIRE; Stephane LE DROGO |
A method for the computerized simulation of mechanical deformation is provided. The method makes it possible to define a strain gauge in a model of a mechanical structure in order to calculate the deformation at said gauge. The method makes it possible to simulate at will the measurement result of a strain gauge in a mechanical structure model. |
260 |
TEST SYSTEM HAVING A COMPLIANT ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AND ITERATIVELY OBTAINED DRIVE |
US14481659 |
2014-09-09 |
US20150073601A1 |
2015-03-12 |
Peter D. Gunness; Glen C. Grenier; Steven R. Haeg; Kyle Joseph Dahlheimer |
A test system and a method includes applying a test drive signal to a physical test rig having a compliant actuator assembly for imparting loads to a test specimen. An actual response signal of the physical test rig and the test specimen to the test drive signal is obtained and an error as a function of the actual response signal and a selected response signal is calculated. If the error has not reached a selected threshold a new drive signal based on the error and a relaxation gain factor is obtained. The new drive signal is obtained and applied until the error reaches the selected threshold. |