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20080201077 | Vehicle collision detecting system - A collision detecting system includes a bumper reinforcement member, a crush box disposed between the bumper reinforcement member and a fixing member of the vehicle, a strain inducing member fixed to the crush box so as to distort in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle as the crush box is compressed between the reinforcement member and the fixing member and a strain measuring element fixed to the strain inducing member | 08-21-2008 |
20080208472 | Traffic Safety System - A vehicle safety system comprises a collision avoidance system, comprising range finding apparatus for determining a distance to an adjacent vehicle, the collision avoidance system comprising a transmitter ( | 08-28-2008 |
20080228400 | Highway safety system and method - There is provided a highway safety system for use by a vehicle for detecting a lane boundary defined by a plurality of markers, wherein each of the plurality of markers has an associated identifier. The highway safety system comprises a detection module configured to detect the associated identifier in each of the plurality of markers defining the lane boundary, wherein the detection module is further configured to receive marker detection data from the associated identifier in each of the plurality of markers defining the lane boundary. The highway safety system further comprises an alarm module for determining an alarm condition based on marker detection data provided by the detection module, wherein the alarm module is configured to generate an alert according to the alarm condition. For example, each of the plurality of markers may be a raised pavement marker, and the associated identifier may be an RFID tag. | 09-18-2008 |
20080243387 | Method for Preventing a Collision - Disclosed is a method for preventing the collision of a part ( | 10-02-2008 |
20080243388 | Autonomous driving apparatus and executing program thereof - An autonomous driving apparatus includes: an obstacle detecting unit for detecting a presence of an obstacle or judging a distance to the obstacle; a driving unit for driving a main body; and a control unit for changing a moving direction of the main body by controlling the driving unit based on obstacle information from the obstacle detecting unit, wherein the control unit has a reciprocating mode in which the main body is reciprocatively moved within a moving area while being also moved in a direction normal to a reciprocating direction. If the control unit judges that the main body is in a movement-stuck state in which movement of the main body is stuck within a movement-stuck area by an obstacle placed in the moving area, the control unit switches the reciprocating mode to an obstacle avoiding mode in which the main body escapes from the movement-stuck area. | 10-02-2008 |
20080243389 | Vehicle Collision Avoidance Equipment and Method - An object recognizing means obtains a relative physical value between a movable body and an object such as at least one of the other movable body, an object on the ground, a position on the ground, a topographical feature and a regional information around the movable body, and a safety keeping area calculator calculates an imaginary safety keeping area around the movable body from the relative physical value, and an object intrusion judging means decides as to at least one of whether or not the object is within the safety keeping area and whether or not the object will be within the safety keeping area to perform at least one of controlling for preventing a collision between the movable body and the object and outputting an alarm, when deciding the at least one of that the object is within the safety keeping area and that the object will be within the safety keeping area. | 10-02-2008 |
20080243390 | Drive assist system for vehicle - An in-vehicle drive assist system adjusts a viewing angle of a camera mounted in a vehicle using environmental information obtained from outside the vehicle. An early risk determination is thus allowed to be made in the vehicle, while maintaining reliability. | 10-02-2008 |
20080275647 | SYSTEM FOR GUIDING AN OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE DIRECTION INCLUDING SENSES FOR SUPERSONIC WAVES - An obstacle avoidance system having an ultrasonic sensor is provided. The system includes an ultrasonic sensor array having at least one ultrasonic sensor for measuring a distance to an obstacle using an ultrasonic wave, an orientation tracker for tracking a proceeding direction, an controller for receiving distance data and orientation data from the ultrasonic sensor array and the orientation tracker, respectively, and for determining an avoidance orientation based on the distance data and the orientation data, and an avoidance orientation guiding unit for informing the pedestrian of the avoidance orientation determined by the controller. The controller stores distance data for a certain number of previous frames and, if the controller determines that distance data of a first frame is noise, the distance data of the first frame is replaced with an average between the distance data of a frame prior to the first frame and the distance data of a frame after the first frame. Also, the controller calculates an amount of orientation change for a second frame using the orientation data of the orientation tracker and regards the distance data of the second frame as noise, if the calculated amount of orientation change is greater than a threshold. | 11-06-2008 |
20080281521 | Vehicle running control method for avoiding that a vehicle collides with an obstacle - A vehicle controller selects a collision avoidance route corresponding to steering of a vehicle by a driver, to control the vehicle so that the vehicle runs based on the selected collision avoidance route. Accordingly, it can be prevented that a vehicle operation being performed by the driver is disturbed, in other words, a reaction of the driver is disturbed by collision avoidance control and the driver feels discomfort with respect to the collision avoidance control. | 11-13-2008 |
20080281522 | Method for Optimizng the Display of Data Relating to the Risks Presented by Obstacles - The invention relates to a method for optimizing the display of data relating to the risks associated with obstacles. The method includes extracting from an obstacle database, a list of obstacles included in the geographic zone defined by the range, the orientation and the position of the aircraft. Obstacle related information and warning lists are received. The obstacle list is regrouped by applying to the obstacles criteria relating to the proximity of the obstacles relative to the aircraft; to the proximity of the obstacles to one another; and to their warning level. The symbology adapted to the obstacle display is generated. In particular, the invention applies to optimizing the display of warnings relating to the risks of collision with point-like or linear obstacles. | 11-13-2008 |
20080288169 | Terrain Avoidance System for Transport Aircraft - This system accompanies the “Avoid terrain” type alarms indicating to the pilot that he has passed the limit-point of success of a standard vertical avoidance maneuver either with complementary indications such as the azimuth sectors suitable for a disengagement maneuver or a predefined disengagement path, or an automatic engagement of a predefined avoidance path. To determine the limit-point, it monitors a penetration of a model of the terrain being flown over into a first protection volume ( | 11-20-2008 |
20080300787 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ON-VEHICLE CALIBRATION AND ORIENTATION OF OBJECT-TRACKING SYSTEMS - A method for simultaneously tracking a plurality of objects and registering a plurality of object-locating sensors mounted on a vehicle relative to the vehicle is based upon collected sensor data, historical sensor registration data, historical object trajectories, and a weighted algorithm based upon geometric proximity to the vehicle and sensor data variance. | 12-04-2008 |
20080300788 | VEHICULAR OPERATION ASSISTING SYSTEM - There is provided a system for immediately reflecting an intention of a driver wanting to avoid an obstacle to assistance to an avoidance operation. A vehicular operation assisting system for assisting the avoidance operation made by the driver of a vehicle in avoiding the obstacle includes an avoidance required distance calculating section for periodically calculating an avoidance required distance that is a distance required to avoid the obstacle when the obstacle is detected ahead of the vehicle, an avoidance operation determining section for periodically determining the avoidance operation with respect to the obstacle on the basis of steering maneuvers of the driver and an avoidance operation assisting degree calculating section for periodically calculating an avoidance operation assisting degree per based on the avoidance required distance calculated by the avoidance required distance calculating section and the judgment result of the avoidance operation determining section. | 12-04-2008 |
20080306691 | COLLISION PREVENTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE ON THE GROUND - The present invention relates to a collision prevention device and method for a vehicle in motion on the ground. | 12-11-2008 |
20080312830 | Using long-range dynamics and mental-state models to assess collision risk for early warning - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that for facilitating assessment of collision between a primary principal and a non-primary principal for early warning. During operation, the system periodically performs the following operations: The system obtains a current observation of the primary principal and non-primary principal. The system then assesses one or more future states for the primary and non-primary principals, respectively, based on: the current observation of the primary and non-primary principals, a dynamics model of the primary principal, and a mental-state model of a person associated with the primary principal. The system further produces one or more results which indicate an assessment of collision between the primary and non-primary principals. | 12-18-2008 |
20080312831 | Two-level grouping of principals for a collision warning system - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that hierarchically groups principals to facilitate collision warning. During operation, the system obtains information on a number of principals and constructs one or more first-level groups of principals. Within a first-level group, the system constructs one or more second-level groups, thereby facilitating an assessment of probability of collision between a second-level group and a primary principal. | 12-18-2008 |
20080312832 | Dual assessment for early collision warning - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates warning of collision between a primary principal and one or more non-primary principals. The system includes a triggering mechanism and a preliminary assessment mechanism. During operation, the triggering mechanism determines whether a trigger condition is met based on the state of the primary principal. When the trigger condition is met, the preliminary assessment mechanism generates one or more collision scenarios associated with the trigger condition, assesses a preliminary probability of collision in a collision scenario, and, based on the preliminary probability of collision in the collision scenario, activates a specialized assessment mechanism to assess a refined probability of collision in the collision scenario. | 12-18-2008 |
20080312833 | Using segmented cones for fast, conservative assessment of collision risk - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates assessment of collision between a primary principal and a non-primary principal for early warning. During operation, the system receives information which indicates a state of the primary principal and a state of the non-primary principal. The system divides future time into a number of time intervals, and estimates a number of possible future states of the primary and non-primary principals, wherein each future state corresponds to a time interval. The system further represents the possible future states of the primary or non-primary principal as one or more geometric objects in a space of which at least one dimension indicates the time. In addition, the system determines a probability of collision between the primary and non-primary principals based on the geometric objects. | 12-18-2008 |
20080312834 | Vehicle-use collision mitigation apparatus - The vehicle-use collision mitigation apparatus includes a function of calculating a TTC indicative of a time remaining before collision with a forward obstacle on the basis of the distance to this obstacle and the reference speed therebetween, a function of alarming a driver of the vehicle of presence of a risk of collision with the obstacle if the TTC is shorter than a predetermined first time, a function of increasing a braking force generated by a braking operation performed by the driver if the TTC is shorter than a predetermined second time not longer than the predetermined first time, and a function of automatically generating a braking force if the TTC is shorter than a predetermined third time shorter than the predetermined first time. The alarming function is configured to make an alarm for a driver of a following vehicle that the preceding vehicle may decelerate abruptly. | 12-18-2008 |
20080319670 | FEATURE TARGET SELECTION FOR COUNTERMEASURE PERFORMANCE WITHIN A VEHICLE - A target selection system ( | 12-25-2008 |
20080319671 | Method For Predicting Collisions With Obstacles on the Ground and Generating Warnings, Notably on Board an Aircraft - The invention notably relates to a method of detecting obstacles on the ground receiving an obstacle clearance sensor and a zone for extracting map data. The method comprises the following steps:
| 12-25-2008 |
20090005988 | Vehicle pursuit caution light - A vehicle pursuit caution light system includes at least one transmitting device and at least one receiving device. The transmitting device includes a power source, control logic, a transmitter, and an antenna. The transmitting device may also include a GPS receiver to determine the transmitting device's location or coordinate values relative to a predetermined reference point. The receiving device is configured for receiving a signal having a predetermined minimum signal strength and a predetermined frequency. The receiving device includes a power source, control logic, a receiver, a visual/audible indicator, and an antenna. The receiving device may also include a GPS receiver and a mapping display. | 01-01-2009 |
20090024323 | Collision detecting device - A collision detecting device includes a chamber member providing a chamber, a pressure sensor connected to the chamber member, and a bumper absorber absorbing an impact generated by collision of an object with the vehicle. The bumper absorber has a region, which has a thickness in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. The thickness of the region is equal to or smaller than a predetermined thickness. The region is in contact with at least a portion of the chamber member. The collision is detected based on the pressure of the chamber detected by the pressure sensor. Hereby, a collision detecting device in which the bumper absorber has sufficient rigidity, and the chamber has sufficient deformability in case of collision can be obtained. | 01-22-2009 |
20090055095 | Method for Determining the Plausibility of Objects in Driver Assistance Systems - A method for determining the plausibility of objects in driver assistance systems of motor vehicles includes the following steps:
| 02-26-2009 |
20090063052 | TRANSPORTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE TRANSPORTING SYSTEM - A transporting system is provided with: a track having a junction point; a plurality of transporting vehicles, each travelling on the track; and a transferring device which has (i) a left portion disposed on an edge on a left side of each of two track portions that are located at least before the junction point of the track with respect to a travelling direction of each transporting vehicle as a standard and (ii) a right portion disposed on an edge on a right side, and which can transfer a signal between the left portion in one of the two track portions and the right portion in another of the two track portions, and between the right portion in said one of the two track portions and the left portion in said another of the two track portions. Each of the transporting vehicle is provided with: a transmitting device for transmitting the signal through one of the right portion and the left portion, in order to prevent collision at the junction point; a first receiving device for receiving the signal through another of the right portion and the left portion; and a second receiving device for receiving the signal transmitted by the transmitting device, through said one of the right portion and the left portion, in order to confirm a transfer operation through the transferring device. | 03-05-2009 |
20090070039 | Method for determining relevant objects - Disclosed is a method for determining relevant objects in the vicinity of a motor vehicle by an environmental detection sensor. A calculation of the probable trajectory of objects is thus not necessary. The only objects that are classified as relevant are those with a greater probability of a collision despite an average driver response such as evasive action and/or braking. The probability of a collision is determined in accordance with at least two values that are calculated from vehicle and environmental data. A first value describes future evasive action or evasive action that has already been initiated and a second value describes a deceleration operation. Each of the two or more values is delimited by a threshold value, which indicates the start of a critical range. The braking devices are activated if at least one of the determined values lies in the critical range. | 03-12-2009 |
20090076728 | AIRCRAFT TERRAIN AVOIDANCE AND ALARM METHOD AND DEVICE - The device ( | 03-19-2009 |
20090093960 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE FOR A VEHICLE - A mapping module or path filtering module is arranged to identify admissible curved paths for which the vehicle is able to stop prior to reaching a detected obstacle in accordance with an observed translational velocity and an observed rotational velocity. A data processor determines a respective objective function for the candidate translational velocities and candidate rotational velocities associated with the admissible curved paths, where the objective function includes a curvature comparison term associated with the last curved path of the vehicle. A search engine or data processor selects preferential velocities, among the candidate translational velocities and candidate rotational velocities, with a superior value for its corresponding objective function. A path planning module or data processor determines the vehicular speed and trajectory for a path plan that avoids the obstacle consistent with the selected preferential velocities. | 04-09-2009 |
20090105953 | HEADWAY DISTANCE MAINTENANCE ASSISTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A headway distance maintenance supporting system may include an obstacle detector, a controller configured for determining an operation reaction force to be generated in a driving operation equipment, and an operation reaction force generator for generating the operation reaction force in the driving operation equipment. The controller is configured for controlling the operation reaction force based on the status of a detected obstacle. The operation reaction force comprises a principal operation reaction force and an auxiliary operation reaction force, the auxiliary operation reaction force being no greater than the principal operation reaction force. The controller is configured for generating the auxiliary operation reaction force before a generation of the principal operation reaction force in the driving operation equipment. | 04-23-2009 |
20090125236 | METHOD FOR REDUCING NUISANCE ALARMS FOR ANTI-COLLISION WITH OBSTACLES ON AIRCRAFT - A method for filtering anti-collision alarms for aircraft, the said aircraft comprising means for calculating its speed and extrapolated positions on its trajectory, the said extrapolated positions being calculated over a fixed maximum time period, called extrapolation time, and a topographical database of the terrain, the said database comprising, within a given perimeter, data on the density of obstacles, comprises a calculation of a weighting coefficient for the extrapolation time of the calculated extrapolated trajectories of the aircraft as a function of the density of obstacles within a surface area included within the perimeter. | 05-14-2009 |
20090125237 | Monitoring target detecting apparatus associated with collision damage reducing apparatus - A monitoring target detecting apparatus, which is associated with a collision damage reducing apparatus, includes designated obstacle detecting means, which is equipped with the vehicle, detecting an object being positioned in the moving direction and having a possibility of a collision with the vehicle to be a designated obstacle; detecting period calculating means obtaining a continuous detecting period, for which the object has been uninterruptedly detected as the designated obstacle; and monitoring target acknowledging means, according to the continuous detecting period obtained by the detecting period calculating means, deciding whether or not the designated obstacle is regarded as a monitoring target that is to be monitored by the damage reducing apparatus, and deciding whether or not the designated obstacle is regarded as an activation cause to activate the equipment activated under control by the damage reducing apparatus. | 05-14-2009 |
20090138201 | Method For Operating a Vehicle Having A Collision Avoidance System And Device For Carrying Out Such A Method - A method for operating a vehicle having a collision avoidance system including a sensor for sensing potential other parties to a collision and having an evaluator, connected to a control unit, for evaluating a risk of a collision. It is proposed that when the other party to a collision comes relatively close in the lateral direction, an actuator system is activated in order to predefine a setpoint trajectory of the vehicle in order to avoid a lateral collision. In addition, a device for operating the method is provided. | 05-28-2009 |
20090143986 | Collision Warning System - A method of estimating a time to collision (TTC) of a vehicle with an object comprising: acquiring a plurality of images of the object; and determining a TTC from the images that is responsive to a relative velocity and relative acceleration between the vehicle and the object. | 06-04-2009 |
20090143987 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING THE IMPACT BETWEEN A VEHICLE AND A PEDESTRIAN - A method predicting impact between a vehicle and a detected moving pedestrian, generating N particles representing trajectory pairs of the vehicle and the pedestrian according to a Monte Carlo method, and then evaluating the outcome of each particle so that the space of states of each particle is split into areas of varying significance depending on its present kinematic state and so that in the case of a predicted non-impact, the relationship between the significance of the particle at the present instant and its significance at the preceding instant is calculated to decide, in a case of a particle whose significance increases, to reduce it to an integer greater than 1, of particles each affected by a new weight and, in a case of a particle whose significance decreases, randomly eliminating it according to the significance relationship, its probability to endure being equal to the relationship of significance, the estimation of the probability of the predicted impact being obtained by statistics on the outcome of N particles. | 06-04-2009 |
20090171586 | Detection method for preventing automobile from colliding - A detection method for preventing an automobile from colliding is applied to an automobile. The detection method includes the following steps: step (a): providing at least two detection devices, each detection device is used to measure a predetermined information of the automobile. A one-stage linear Kalman filter in each device is used to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio of the predetermined information. In step (b): utilizing the one-stage linear filter to receive the predetermined information and obtain a corrected information from the predetermined information after the signal-to-noise ratio is enhanced. In step (c): calculating the corrected information to obtain a component information having vector components of a first direction and a second direction. In step (d): enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio to enable the component information to be a contrast information. Accordingly, the convergence time of calculating the contrast information can be substantially reduced. The position variation of the surrounding moving objects can be accurately estimated to prevent the sudden collision in a short time. | 07-02-2009 |
20090177400 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PILOTING AN AIRCRAFT - The invention concerns a system ( | 07-09-2009 |
20090187343 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSISTING IN DRIVING A VEHICLE - A method and device for assisting in driving a vehicle, particularly a motor vehicle, having a surroundings detector for detecting at least a partial area of the surroundings of the vehicle, an output device for the output of information concerning the vehicle surroundings obtained from the surroundings detection to a driver, and an evaluation unit for determining a risk level based on the vehicle-surroundings information. To facilitate driving of the vehicle, it is provided that at least a portion of the vehicle-surroundings information provided for determining the risk level, and the risk level determined by the evaluation unit are output continuously by the output device to the driver during operation of the vehicle. | 07-23-2009 |
20090192710 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLISION COURSE PREDICTION AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE AND MITIGATION - A system for collision course prediction includes a host vehicle sensor system detecting information relating to a target object including a position and a velocity relative to the host vehicle; a time-to-collision estimator control block calculating an estimated time-to-collision based on a longitudinal distance, longitudinal velocity and longitudinal acceleration of the target object relative to the host vehicle; a lateral distance estimator control block, which estimates the lateral distance between the centers of the host vehicle and target object at the estimated time-to-collision; and a collision course condition determination unit determining, at a determination instant prior to the estimated time-to-collision, a probability that the host vehicle will collide with the target object dependent at least in part upon whether the lateral distance is within a first interval, the first interval based on at least a lateral width of the host vehicle and a lateral width of the target object. | 07-30-2009 |
20090198445 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OBJECT DETECTION BASED ON DRIVER STATUS - Primary and secondary keys are adapted to be associated to primary and secondary drivers. A key ignition device is positioned on each of the primary and secondary keys and is configured to generate driver status signals indicative of whether the driver the primary driver or the secondary driver. A controller is operably coupled to the key ignition device. The controller is adapted to determine whether the driver is the primary driver or the secondary driver. The controller is adapted to generate position notification signals indicative of the position of the object with respect to the vehicle. The controller is adapted to notify the primary and secondary drivers of the position of the object. The controller is adapted to selectively control the operation of generating the position notification signals based on whether the driver is the primary driver or the secondary driver. | 08-06-2009 |
20090210157 | Device for Detecting a Moving Object - A device having at least one ultrasonic sensor for detecting a moving object, in particular, an approaching vehicle. To this end, the device is equipped with a control unit for determining the distance and/or the relative speed of the object. To prevent misinterpretations in the acquisition of measured values, relevant environmental conditions are simultaneously detected by an additional ultrasonic sensor and, as a correction value, provide the basis for the signal generation. | 08-20-2009 |
20090259400 | Vehicle collision avoidance system - A collision avoidance system for a machine is disclosed. The collision avoidance system has a first obstacle detection system. The first obstacle detection system is configured to detect a first obstacle and generate a corresponding first signal. Additionally, the collision avoidance system has an operator interface. The operator interface has a display configured to communicate visual information to an operator. In addition, the collision avoidance system has an interface module configured to detect a status of the machine and generate a corresponding second signal. The collision avoidance system also has a controller. The controller is in communication with the first obstacle detection system, the operator interface, and the interface module. The controller is configured to control the display to indicate a dangerous obstacle detection to the operator, based on the first and second signals. Additionally, the controller is configured to control the display to provide a dangerous obstacle warning to the operator, based on the first and second signals. | 10-15-2009 |
20090259401 | Vehicle collision avoidance system - A collision avoidance system for a machine is disclosed. The collision avoidance system has a first obstacle detection system. The first obstacle detection system is configured to detect a first obstacle and generate a corresponding first signal. Additionally, the collision avoidance system has an operator interface. The operator interface has a display configured to communicate visual information to an operator. The operator interface also has an input device configured to receive selections from the operator and generate a corresponding second signal. In addition, the collision avoidance system has a controller. The controller is in communication with the first obstacle detection system and the operator interface. The controller is configured to control the display to provide a first dangerous obstacle warning to the operator, based on the first signal. The controller is also configured to control the display to provide a second dangerous obstacle warning to the operator, based on the first and second signals. | 10-15-2009 |
20090259402 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING MANOEUVRES FOR A VEHICLE IN CONFLICT SITUATIONS - The present invention is directed to a system and method for identifying manoeuvres for a vehicle in conflict situations. A plurality of miss points are calculated for the vehicle and as well as object conditions at which the vehicle will miss an impact with the at least one other object by a range of miss distances. The miss points are displayed such that a plurality of miss points at which the vehicle would miss impact by a given miss distance indicative of a given degree of conflict is visually distinguishable from other miss points at which the vehicle would miss impact by greater miss distances indicative of a lesser degree of conflict. The resulting display indicates varying degrees of potential conflict to present, in a directional view display, a range of available manoeuvres for the vehicle in accordance with varying degrees of conflict. | 10-15-2009 |
20090265107 | VEHICLE DRIVE ASSIST SYSTEM - A control unit sets a front-end collision risk of a subject vehicle against a front vehicle in accordance with a time headway of the subject vehicle and a margin time to front-end collision of the subject vehicle, and a rear-end collision risk of the subject vehicle by a rear vehicle in accordance with a time headway of the rear vehicle and a margin time to rear-end collision of the subject vehicle, the margin time to rear-end collision having a larger weight than that of the margin time to front-end collision in the front-end collision risk against the front vehicle. Brake control and alarm control are performed in accordance with the front-end collision risk against the front vehicle and the rear-end collision risk by the rear vehicle. | 10-22-2009 |
20090271114 | CURB DETECTION DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - The present invention provides parking curb detection devices and methods for alerting a motor vehicle driver when a predetermined distance from a parking curb has been reached to prevent vehicle damage. An audio and/or a visible signal device alerts the vehicle driver when the correct stopping point has been reached. The present invention utilizes a triangulation led infrared sensor, a control box with digital algorithm filtering, long wave length and bandpass optical filters, and also electronic filters to largely prevent false alerts during bright sunshine conditions. | 10-29-2009 |
20090292468 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE METHOD AND SYSTEM USING STEREO VISION AND RADAR SENSOR FUSION - A system and method for fusing depth and radar data to estimate at least a position of a threat object relative to a host object is disclosed. At least one contour is fitted to a plurality of contour points corresponding to the plurality of depth values corresponding to a threat object. A depth closest point is identified on the at least one contour relative to the host object. A radar target is selected based on information associated with the depth closest point on the at least one contour. The at least one contour is fused with radar data associated with the selected radar target based on the depth closest point to produce a fused contour. Advantageously, the position of the threat object relative to the host object is estimated based on the fused contour. More generally, a method is provided for aligns two possibly disparate sets of 3D points. | 11-26-2009 |
20090312949 | Collision determination apparatus for vehicle - A collision determination apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The collision determination apparatus includes: a chamber member that is arranged in a bumper and has therein a chamber space; a main sensor that senses pressure of the chamber space; a safing sensor that senses the pressure of the chamber space independently of the main sensor; and a vehicle speed sensor that senses a speed of the vehicle. The collision determination apparatus detects an occurrence of a collision between an object and a bumper and determines whether the collision necessitates activation of the protection apparatus based on sensing results of the main sensor, the safing sensor and the vehicle speed sensor. | 12-17-2009 |
20090326819 | VICINITY ENVIRONMENT ESTIMATION DEVICE WITH BLIND REGION PREDICTION, ROAD DETECTION AND INTERVEHICLE COMMUNICATION - A vicinity environment estimation device includes neighborhood monitoring sensors that detect another vehicle, a car navigation system that acquires information about an untravelable region where a vehicle cannot travel, a vehicle-to-vehicle communication instrument that acquires information about detectable regions and results of detection of neighborhood monitoring sensors mounted in the another vehicle by wireless communication, and an ECU that estimates presence of a vehicle in the neighborhood of a host vehicle. When a blind closed region surrounded by detectable regions of the neighborhood monitoring sensors mounted in the another vehicle received by the host vehicle, detectable regions of the neighborhood monitoring sensors mounted in the host vehicle, and the untravelable region is formed, the ECU estimates the number of vehicles in the blind closed region which is not directly detectable by the neighborhood monitoring sensors, by continuously managing the entry/exist of vehicles to/from the blind closed region. | 12-31-2009 |
20090326820 | BRAKING CONTROL SYSTEM AND BRAKING CONTROL METHOD - A braking control system ( | 12-31-2009 |
20100004861 | Obstacle detecting apparatus and method - An obstacle detecting apparatus and a method thereof, which are usable in an autonomous moving robot, are provided. The obstacle detecting apparatus extracts at least one plane from measured range data, extracts at least one intersection point and at least one intersection line using at least one plane, and extracts matching data neighboring at least one intersection point and at least one intersection line from the range data. The matching data is extracted by reflecting uncertainties of the intersection point and the intersection line extracted from the measured range data. Matching is performed between the extracted matching data and model data, and an obstruction is detected by using the matching result. | 01-07-2010 |
20100010742 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - A collision avoidance system uses map information to manage power. The collision avoidance system operates at a first communications range when a vehicle is determined, based upon the map information, to be in a relatively low collision risk scenario. When the collision avoidance system determines that the vehicle is approaching a situation of increased collision risk, such as an intersection, the communications is increased. The communications range may be increased by increasing the power to the antenna system or using antenna diversity techniques. | 01-14-2010 |
20100017127 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING A POTENTIAL CONFLICT BETWEEN AIRCRAFT ON AN AIRPORT SURFACE - Methods and systems are provided for determining a potential conflict between a first aircraft and a second aircraft on an airport surface. In an embodiment, the methods include defining a first aircraft boundary around the first aircraft, based on data related to dimensions of the first aircraft, defining a second aircraft boundary around the second aircraft, based on data related to dimensions of the second aircraft, and determining a potential conflict exists between the first and the second aircraft, based on the first aircraft boundary and the second aircraft boundary. | 01-21-2010 |
20100017128 | Radar, Lidar and camera enhanced methods for vehicle dynamics estimation - A system for estimation vehicle dynamics, including vehicle position and velocity, using a stationary object. The system includes an object sensor that provides object signals of the stationary object. The system also includes in-vehicle sensors that provide signals representative of vehicle motion. The system also includes an association processor that receives the object signals, and provides object tracking through multiple frames of data. The system also includes a longitudinal state estimation processor that receives the object signals and the sensor signals, and provides a correction of the vehicle speed in a forward direction. The system also includes a lateral state estimation processor that receives the object signals and the sensor signals, and provides a correction of the vehicle speed in the lateral direction. | 01-21-2010 |
20100023264 | AIRCRAFT DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH OBSTACLE WARNING ENVELOPES - A visual display system for an aircraft is provided. The system includes a database for storing obstacle information and a processor coupled to the database and configured to construct an obstacle warning envelope for the aircraft and receive obstacle information from the database based on the obstacle warning envelope. The processor is further configured to supply display commands associated with the obstacle warning envelope and the obstacle information. The system further includes a display device coupled the processor for receiving the display commands and operable to render a three-dimensional view, including the obstacle warning envelope and the obstacle. The display device provides a warning when the obstacle is within the obstacle warning envelope. | 01-28-2010 |
20100030473 | LASER RANGING PROCESS FOR ROAD AND OBSTACLE DETECTION IN NAVIGATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - A method and system provide road and obstacle detection in navigating an autonomous vehicle. The method comprises scanning a distance ahead of the autonomous vehicle to obtain a current range scan, and obtaining navigation data, including dynamics, position, and orientation measurements of the autonomous vehicle. The current range scan is transformed to world coordinates with respect to a reference location based on the navigation data, and the transformed current range scan is input into a distance-based accumulator. The transformed current range scan is added to a variable size buffer when the autonomous vehicle is deemed to be non-stationary. A ground plane is estimated from the transformed current range scan and prior range scans stored in the variable size buffer. The estimated ground plane is represented as a constrained quadratic surface, which is classified into one or more of a traversable area, a non-traversable area, or an obstacle area for navigation of the autonomous vehicle. | 02-04-2010 |
20100030474 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - The object of the invention is to provide driving support with appropriate timing for both obstacles that can be visually recognized by the driver of a vehicle and obstacles that are visually unrecognizable to the driver. When an obstacle is detected, whether the obstacle is a first-type obstacle that is visually recognizable to the driver of a vehicle or a second-type obstacle that is visually unrecognizable to the driver is determined (S | 02-04-2010 |
20100049440 | System and Method of Addressing Nonlinear Relative Motion for Collision Probability Using Parallelepipeds - Collision probability analysis for spherical objects exhibiting linear relative motion is accomplished by combining covariances and physical object dimensions at the point of closest approach. The resulting covariance ellipsoid and hardbody are projected onto the plane perpendicular to relative velocity by assuming linear relative motion and constant positional uncertainty throughout the brief encounter. Collision potential is determined from the object footprint on the projected, two-dimensional, covariance ellipse. To accommodate nonlinear motion in accordance with the disclosed embodiments, the dimension associated with relative velocity is reintroduced by segmenting the collision tube volume into a plurality of mitered tube sections modeled as bundles of parallelepipeds in Mahalanobis space. Disclosed embodiments compute the probability of each parallelepiped as the combined object passes through the space, and sums. The method is not dependent on a specific motion propagator and is designed to handle any object shape by using pixel files of the object images. | 02-25-2010 |
20100057361 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STOCHASTICALLY PREDICTING THE FUTURE STATES OF A VEHICLE - A method for predicting future states of a vehicle including the steps of selecting a model having n states reflecting dynamic features of the vehicle; inputting noisy sensor measurements representing a current state of the vehicle to generate (2n+1) sigma points X | 03-04-2010 |
20100063736 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for avoiding a collision. A first sensor is located, for example, in a front portion of a vehicle and is configured to monitor a first area. A second sensor is located, for example, in a top portion of the vehicle and is configured to execute a 360-degree sweep of the area surrounding the vehicle. In a first position, the second sensor is retracted below an outer surface of the vehicle. In a second position, the second sensor is protracted above the outer surface of the vehicle. A controller is configured to detect a critical situation using the first sensor, detect zero or more additional critical situations using the second sensor, and initiate an evasive driving maneuver to avoid each of the critical situations. | 03-11-2010 |
20100070179 | PROVIDING AN AUTONOMOUS POSITION OF A POINT OF INTEREST TO A LIFTING DEVICE TO AVOID COLLISION - A system and method for monitoring a lifting device is disclosed. The method receives location information from a position determiner module coupled with a point of interest associated with the lifting device and determines an autonomous position of the point of interest based on the location information. The method further includes accessing position information associated with a jobsite object and monitoring the lifting device based on the autonomous position of the point of interest and based on the position information of the jobsite object to prevent collision. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070180 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFLICT DETECTION USING POSITION UNCERTAINTY - A method according to the present invention includes calculating, based on a reported position of a vehicle, a probability that an actual position of the vehicle is within a region of interest. The method further includes determining whether a threat of a collision exists between the vehicle and an object based on the probability that the actual position of the vehicle is within the region of interest and a reported position of the object. The method further includes generating an alert if it is determined a threat of a collision exists between the vehicle and the object. | 03-18-2010 |
20100076683 | CAR AND SHIP BLING SPOT-FREE COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM - A car and ship blind spot-free collision avoidance system includes a plurality of image acquiring units and detecting units externally spaced along the car or the ship, an image processing unit, at least one image display unit, and a power supply unit, all being electrically connected to a control unit. The power supply unit supplies power needed by the system to operate normally. The control unit can determine the car or the ship position and moving direction via gear position of a shift lever and turning direction of a steering wheel, and enable real-time images shot by the image acquiring units corresponding to that position or direction to be processed by the image processing unit and then synchronously displayed on a split screen of the image display unit, so as to eliminate blind spots in driving the car or steering the ship and minimize collision and other accidents. | 03-25-2010 |
20100076684 | Probabilistic lane assignment method - An improved probabilistic lane assignment method for detected objects in the scene forward of a host vehicle. Road/lane model parameters, preferably including an angular orientation of the host vehicle in its lane, are estimated from host vehicle sensor systems, taking into account measurement uncertainty in each of the constituent parameters. A probabilistic assignment of the object's lane is then assessed based on the road/lane model parameters and object measurements, again taking into account measurement uncertainty in both the road/lane model and object measurements. According to a first embodiment, the probabilistic assignment is discrete in nature, indicating a confidence or degree-of-belief that the detected object resides in each of a number of lanes. According to a second embodiment, the probabilistic assignment is continuous in nature, providing a lateral separation distance between the host vehicle and the object, and a confidence or degree-of-belief in the lateral separation distance. | 03-25-2010 |
20100076685 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING VEHICLE PATHS IN A ROAD ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for assessing vehicle paths in a road environment including a vehicle and external objects includes: determining a position and a dynamic state of the host vehicle and of each of the external objects; generating a plurality of paths that may be followed by the vehicle as it moves toward the external objects; and evaluating a cost associated with each of the paths, the cost based on a lateral acceleration experienced by the vehicle. Each path is made up of path segments, including: an initial path segment corresponding to the vehicle continuing along a selected route without consideration of the external objects, and a maneuver pair for each external object, each maneuver pair including a path segment passing to the left of the external object and a path segment passing to the right of the external object. | 03-25-2010 |
20100076686 | Method and Device for Limiting the Number of Alarms Generated by an Anti-Collision System on Board an Airplane - The invention relates to a method and device for limiting the number of alarms generated by an anticollision system on board an airplane according to which the duration of a phase of capture of a setpoint altitude by the airplane is adjusted so that a theoretical time for collision with an intruder aircraft is greater than a predetermined threshold, when the airplane is close to said setpoint altitude and air traffic exists in the environment of said airplane. | 03-25-2010 |
20100082251 | VEHICLE DRIVE ASSIST SYSTEM - A form of a travel path of an oncoming vehicle is recognized based on white-line data. A speed component of the oncoming vehicle with respect to the travel path (route) is calculated by weighting a lateral speed component orthogonal to the route and a lateral speed component following the route, with a speed correction coefficient which is set in accordance with a relative distance between a subject vehicle and the oncoming vehicle. A change in behavior of the oncoming vehicle is predicted, and a possibility of collision against the subject vehicle is determined. If it is determined that there is a possibility of collision, an alarm is output to alert a driver to the possibility of collision. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082252 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS AND DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - This driving support apparatus for a motor vehicle of the present invention includes: a road information storage device for storing road information comprising a plurality of nodes, the road information storage device being mounted in a motor vehicle; a position detection device for detecting position information, including a height, on the motor vehicle from the road information stored in the road information storage device, the position detection device being mounted in the motor vehicle; a communications device capable of exchanging the position information between itself and a communications terminal mounted in a moving object, the communications device being mounted in the motor vehicle; a height difference calculation device for calculating a height difference between the motor vehicle and the moving object from the height of the vehicle detected by the position detection device and the height of the moving object obtained by the communications device, the height difference calculation device being mounted in the motor vehicle; and a control object determination device for determining whether or not to treat the moving object as a control object based on the position information detected by the position detection device and the position information on the moving object obtained by the communications device, the control object determination device being mounted in the motor vehicle. The control object determination device eliminates, from the control object, the moving object with the height difference, calculated by the height difference calculation device, by a predetermined value or more. | 04-01-2010 |
20100094555 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND HELMET - It is an object to provide a driving support system and a display device suitable for the driving support system. According to the driving support system, change in driver's mental and physical conditions can be caught instantaneously and a warning light emission display is given within the forward sight of the driver in order to call the driver's attention. A light emitting device of the driving support system can display a far side of the display. A display may be switched between a transmission mode and a non-transmission mode by adjusting a movable polarizer. | 04-15-2010 |
20100100324 | COMMUNICATION BASED VEHICLE-PEDESTRIAN COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM - A system and method for detecting a collision is provided. The system includes a system vehicle equipped with onboard equipment directed towards gathering vehicle information necessary to predict the path of the vehicle, a roadside infrastructure having a plurality of roadside sensors selectively distributed throughout the infrastructure so as to detect objects and gather information about the detected objects necessary to predict the path of the detected objects. A path predicting circuit is in communication with the system vehicle and the roadside infrastructure. The path predicting circuit processes information from the system vehicle and roadside infrastructure to predict the path of the system vehicle and detected objects. The path predicting circuit is in communication with a path collision circuit and the predicted paths are mapped on the path collision circuit so as to determine if the system vehicle may possibly collide with a detected object. | 04-22-2010 |
20100100325 | SITE MAP INTERFACE FOR VEHICULAR APPLICATION - A system and method for transferring data between an object detection system and a collision processing circuit is provided. The object detection system includes sensors configured to provide coverage of and detect movement within a predetermined area. The object detection system further includes a path predicting circuit and a plotting circuit operable to predict and plot the location of detected objects. The system further includes a map definition of the predetermined area, a grid system plotted onto the predetermined area, and environmental information relating to the predetermined area, and a series of overlays. Each overlay is plotted with the grid system and the predicted location of the detected objects. The object detection system transmits the map definition and series of overlays to the collision processing circuit so as to determine a probability of a collision. | 04-22-2010 |
20100100326 | VIEWING DEVICE FOR AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AUDIBLE ALARM MEANS REPRESENTING AIRCRAFT PRESENTING A RISK OF COLLISION - The general field of the invention is that of synthetic vision type viewing systems SVS, for a first aircraft, said system comprising at least position sensors of said aircraft, an air traffic detection system calculating the position and the dangerousness of at least one second aircraft presenting a risk of collision with said first aircraft based on data obtained from recognition sensors, an electronic computer, a human-machine interface means and a display screen, the computer comprising means of processing different information obtained from the sensors and from the interface means. The system according to the invention also comprises a frequency synthesizer coupled to at least one loudspeaker, arranged so that, when the second aircraft is at a distance from the first aircraft that is less than a safety distance, the synthesizer generates an audible alarm representative of at least one of the parameters of said second aircraft. Furthermore, the display screen comprises a symbology representative of the operation or of the state of the frequency synthesizer. | 04-22-2010 |
20100106419 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AIDING NAVIGATION FOR AN AIRCRAFT IN RELATION TO OBSTACLES - The invention relates to a method of presenting zones at risk for an aircraft comprising a system of databases, a processor, an anticollision device and a viewing device, wherein to display on the viewing device the zones at risk in relation to the obstacles, the processor carries out the steps of: acquiring obstacle data, the data corresponding to obstacles situated in the aircraft's close displacement zone; calculating the risk of collision with each of the obstacles of the displacement zone; calculating the limits of the zones at risk of collision in the close displacement zone, these limits representing the positions from which the anticollision device might possibly produce collision alerts in relation to the obstacles if the aircraft were to steer towards the obstacle while maintaining the instantaneous flight parameters; and displaying the limits of zones at risk. | 04-29-2010 |
20100114490 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING A VEHICLE - A method for automatically controlling a vehicle, in which information about at least one area that is freely passable by the vehicle is taken into account in order to provide an evasion trajectory of the vehicle with respect to an obstacle. | 05-06-2010 |
20100114491 | ACTIVATION-DEACTIVATION PROCESS ON THE GROUND FOR AN AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC ALERT AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM - An aircraft is equipped with a traffic alert and collision avoidance system. This system includes an interrogating function to interrogate a transponder on-board another aircraft. The interrogating function is activated when the aircraft is on the ground and is located below a distance threshold in relation to a take-off/landing runway. The interrogating function is deactivated when the aircraft is on the ground and one of the two following conditions is met: (i) there is no take-off/landing runway with respect to which the aircraft is located below a distance threshold greater than the distance threshold first mentioned, and (ii) after a wait time following activation, there is no take-off/landing runway with respect to which the aircraft is located below a distance threshold at least equal to the distance threshold first mentioned. | 05-06-2010 |
20100121574 | METHOD FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT - A method for collision avoidance of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with other aircraft such as manned aircraft or another UAV is provided. The method comprises detecting an aircraft approaching a flight path of an unmanned aerial vehicle, and estimating a position, range, and velocity of the aircraft. An estimated path of the aircraft is determined from the position, range, and velocity. A new flight path is then calculated for the unmanned aerial vehicle to a waypoint to avoid the estimated path of the aircraft. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121575 | Systems and methods for aerial system collision avoidance - A ground-based data collection, fusion, analysis and communication system and method are provided to effect collision avoidance for unmanned aerial systems. These systems and methods levy minimal demands on the very strict payload size, weight, and power constraints of many unmanned aerial system platforms by providing an off-board, rather than onboard, sensor system and data fusion capability supporting data acquisition and data fusion from a full spectrum of available sensors. These systems and methods include a capability for high-speed all-source data fusion and analysis with an objective of providing advisory information to a remotely-located pilot of an unmanned aerial system in a timely enough manner for the pilot to effect evasive maneuvers in situations to avoid collision between the unmanned aerial system and conflicting aerial traffic. Additionally, evasive maneuvering commands may be provided directly to an unmanned aerial system based on collected, fused and analyzed data from multiple sources in order to effect autonomous collision avoidance maneuvering within the unmanned aerial system. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121576 | HOST-VEHICLE RISK ACQUISITION - A host-vehicle risk acquisition device includes a host-vehicle path acquisition portion that acquires a path of a host-vehicle, and an obstacle path acquisition portion that acquires a plurality of paths of an obstacle existing around the host-vehicle. A collision risk acquisition portion acquires an actual collision risk, which is a collision risk between the host-vehicle and the obstacle when the host-vehicle is in a travel state based on the path of the host-vehicle and the plurality of paths of the obstacle. An offset risk acquisition portion acquires an offset risk, which is a collision risk between the host-vehicle and the obstacle in an offset travel state, which is offset from the travel state of the host-vehicle. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121577 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL LIDAR-BASED CLEAR PATH DETECTION - A method for detecting a clear path of travel for a vehicle includes generating a datastream corresponding to a three-dimensional scan of a target area surrounding the vehicle from a vehicle LIDAR system, estimating a ground plane for a present vehicle location using the datastream corresponding to the three-dimensional scan of the target area surrounding the vehicle, and comparing the datastream corresponding to the three-dimensional scan of the target area surrounding the vehicle with the estimated ground plane to detect a clear path of vehicle travel. | 05-13-2010 |
20100131201 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR AN AIRCRAFT INCLUDING MEANS FOR DISPLAYING A NAVIGATION SYMBOLOGY DEDICATED TO OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE - The general field of the invention is, within the framework of terrain anti-collision systems for aircraft, the presentation on navigation aid displays of a simplified symbology suited to these critical situations. More precisely, the symbols comprise at least one arrow representing the direction of the ground speed vector with respect to the axis of the airplane and at least one set of straight segments representing the limit boundaries in plan view beyond which the aircraft will inevitably crash. Other symbols such as the indication of the instructed course supplement this symbology. | 05-27-2010 |
20100145618 | VEHICLE COLLISION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Vehicle collision management systems and methods for use in a first vehicle are provided. The system includes an information collection unit, an information filter, and a collision calculation unit. The information collection unit receives driving data corresponding to a second vehicle, wherein the driving data includes a position of the second vehicle, and a driving course and a velocity of the second vehicle. The information filter filters the driving data of the second vehicle according to the driving data of the second vehicle and the first vehicle. The collision calculation unit performs a collision management for the first vehicle according to the filtered driving data of the second vehicle and the first vehicle. | 06-10-2010 |
20100153013 | NAVIGATION AID METHOD, DEVICE AND PROGRAM - This disclosure provides a navigation aid device that includes a calculation time setting module for setting two or more calculation points of time for calculating trial information, a ship-concerned information acquisition module for acquiring ship-concerned information including a position of a ship concerned at every predetermined ship-concerned information acquisition time, a ship-concerned trial information calculating module for calculating ship-concerned trial information including the position of the ship concerned at each calculation point of time based on the ship-concerned information acquired at the newest information acquisition time with respect to the calculation point of time. | 06-17-2010 |
20100161225 | Method of building map of mobile platform in dynamic environment - Disclosed herein is a method of building a map of a mobile platform moving in a dynamic environment and detecting an object using a 3D camera sensor, e.g., an IR TOF camera sensor, for localization. A localization technology to separate and map a dynamic object and a static object is applied to a mobile platform, such as an unmanned vehicle or a mobile robot. Consequently, the present method is capable of accurately building map information based on the static object in a dynamic environment having a large number of dynamic objects and achieving a dynamic object avoidance or chasing function using position information acquired to build the map. | 06-24-2010 |
20100169016 | SAFE SIDE-VIEW SYSTEM FOR THE DRIVER WHEN OVER-TAKING THE VEHICLE IN THE FRONT ON A SINGLE LANE SHARED ROAD - A safe viewing system for the drivers when over-taking the vehicle in the front with out going too much into the way on the road serving the traffic in the opposite direction, especially useful on a shared road serving to and fro traffic in single lane. Here, I assume that it is a left-hand driving system while this technology can be applied to the right-hand driving system also. If there is a large vehicle in the front and the driver behind wished to overtake that vehicle, the driver has to steer the vehicle towards the right to see the traffic coming from the opposite direction. If the vehicle in the opposite direction is in very close proximity, there would be a potential for a head-on collision as the driver has to back into his lane. Through this system, the driver needs to steer a tiny bit to see oncoming traffic. | 07-01-2010 |
20100179760 | AVOIDANCE MANOEUVRE GENERATOR FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A method for automatically determining an avoidance maneuver in an automatic collision avoidance system of an aircraft. A maximum kinematic acceleration envelope is determined by determining a multitude of avoidance maneuver angle kinematic acceleration pairs in a kinematic acceleration plane, and interpolating gaps between points, thus creating a curve. The curve is called maximum kinematic acceleration envelope. The curve may also be approximated by an analytical expression. An adjusted kinematic acceleration envelope is formed in the plane by forming a new envelope. The new envelope at each point laying closer to or at the same distance from an origin as the points of the maximum kinematic acceleration envelope and such that there is only one value of the kinematic acceleration a for a given avoidance maneuver angle. An avoidance maneuver angle is received for which a suitable bank angle and a suitable normal load is to be determined. Determining The magnitude of the kinematic acceleration a corresponding to the adjusted kinematic acceleration envelope for the avoidance maneuver angle is determined by reading the envelope curve, or if the curve is an analytical expression, calculating the curve by using the analytical expression. The normal load is determined based on the kinematic acceleration, and the avoidance maneuver angle. The bank angle is determined based on the kinematic acceleration and the avoidance maneuver angle. | 07-15-2010 |
20100191467 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING OBSTACLE POSITION INDICATOR ON AIRCRAFT DISPLAY DEVICE - A flight display system is provided for deployment on a host aircraft including at least one obstacle-tracking data source. In one embodiment, the flight display system includes a display device and a controller. The controller is configured to be coupled to the obstacle-tracking data source and to receive data therefrom indicating the current position of a navigational obstacle. The controller is operably coupled to the display device and is configured to generate thereon an obstacle position indicator (OPI) graphic indicating the current position of the navigational obstacle relative to the current field of view of the display device. | 07-29-2010 |
20100217527 | OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE CONTROL DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An obstacle avoidance control device has a detector for detecting the distance between a vehicle and an obstacle and the relative speed of the vehicle with respect to the obstacle, a memory for storing a map for calculating vehicle generation force to avoid the obstacle based on a parameter set by a physical quantity determined by a component V | 08-26-2010 |
20100217528 | PATH RISK EVALUATING APPARATUS - A path risk evaluating apparatus includes a secondary collision likelihood direction evaluating unit ( | 08-26-2010 |
20100223008 | METHOD FOR PLANNING AND EXECUTING OBSTACLE-FREE PATHS FOR ROTATING EXCAVATION MACHINERY - This invention concerns the control of rotating excavation machinery, for instance to avoid collisions with obstacles. In a first aspect the invention is a control system for autonomous path planning in excavation machinery, comprising: A map generation subsystem to receive data from an array of disparate and complementary sensors to generate a 3-Dimensional digital terrain and obstacle map referenced to a coordinate frame related to the machine's geometry, during normal operation of the machine. An obstacle detection subsystem to find and identify obstacles in the digital terrain and obstacle map, and then to refine the map by identifying exclusion zones that are within reach of the machine during operation. A collision detection subsystem that uses knowledge of the machine's position and movements, as well as the digital terrain and obstacle map, to identify and predict possible collisions with itself or other obstacles, and then uses a forward motion planner to predict collisions in a planned path. And, a path planning subsystem that uses information from the other subsystems to vary planned paths to avoid obstacles and collisions. In other aspects the invention is excavation machinery including the control system; a method for control of excavation machinery; and firmware and software versions of the control system. | 09-02-2010 |
20100228482 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Apparatus and methods for assisting collision avoidance between a vehicle and an object include receiving an acoustic signal from the object using microphones supported by the vehicle, and determining a location of the object using the acoustic signal and an acoustic model of the environment, the environment including a structure that blocks a direct view of the object from the vehicle. | 09-09-2010 |
20100235099 | DRIVING ASSISTING APPARATUS - There is a driving assisting apparatus capable of reducing a feeling of discomfort of a driver by respecting the driver's operation as much as possible in a range where an obstacle can be reliably avoided by intervention control. An ECU | 09-16-2010 |
20100250137 | Analytic Launch Collision Avoidance Methodology - An analytic launch collision avoidance method includes providing a launch collision avoidance report generated by evaluating launch times for a launch vehicle and candidate satellite crossing times for a plurality of satellites based on a geometric formulation in terms of two time variables. | 09-30-2010 |
20100250138 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF DETERMINING BEARING WHEN ADS-B DATA IS UNAVAILABLE - System, method and computer program product for determining bearing using ADS-B and TCAS standard reply bearing estimates are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for determining bearing based upon ADS-B signals includes receiving ADS-B signals and standard transponder reply signals. A first bearing estimate is based on the ADS-B signal. A second bearing estimate is based on the standard transponder reply signals. A database is developed according to the first and second bearing estimates via the ADS-B and standard transponder reply signals. In one embodiment, where ADS-B signals are unavailable, associated ADS-B signals associated with the standard transponder reply previously stored in the database are used to determine bearing. | 09-30-2010 |
20100268466 | ANTI-COLLISION SYSTEM FOR RAILWAYS - An anti-collision system and method for railed vehicles are provided. This system can include a camera module, a processor, and a transceiver. The camera module is configured to record images of the environment around a first railed vehicle. The processor is configured to receive an image from the camera and extract a detected feature from the image. The detected feature is then compared to features stored in a database having an associated unique location on the rail system. Should the detected feature be found within the database, the unique location on the rail system is transmitted via a transmitter as the present location of the railed vehicle. | 10-21-2010 |
20100274486 | ONBOARD SYSTEM FOR THE PREVENTION OF COLLISIONS OF AN AIRCRAFT WITH THE GROUND WITH END-OF-CONFLICT INDICATION - The TAWS system, in addition to an FTLA function for detecting the risk of collision with the terrain, has an end-of-conflict announcement function COT which is activated after the cessation of a warning or alarm concerning the risk of collision with the ground originating from the FTLA function. This COT function, when activated, checks that the aircraft (A) is observing minimum vertical and lateral safe distances, and estimates the lower vertical speed margin with which a new ground collision risk warning will not be retriggered. After confirming the observance of the minimum safe distances, the COT function has an end-of-conflict message (“Clear of terrain”) sent with a lower vertical speed margin indication. | 10-28-2010 |
20100299067 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE AND WARNING SYSTEM - A collision avoidance and warning system for a helicopter uses a type of emitted energy, for example radio frequency radar, from a transceiver positioned to cover a selected field of view for detecting an object or pedestrian in the vicinity of the helicopter. For helicopters that include a tail rotor assembly, the selected field of view can include a region around the tail rotor assembly so that when the helicopter is running on the ground, an alarm can be issued to persons approaching the tail rotor assembly. When the helicopter is in flight, the collision avoidance and warning system can alert the pilot when a portion of the helicopter outside of the pilot's field of view is in danger of a collision with an object. | 11-25-2010 |
20100305857 | Method and System for Visual Collision Detection and Estimation - Collision detection and estimation from a monocular visual sensor is an important enabling technology for safe navigation of small or micro air vehicles in near earth flight. In this paper, we introduce a new approach called expansion segmentation, which simultaneously detects “collision danger regions” of significant positive divergence in inertial aided video, and estimates maximum likelihood time to collision (TTC) in a correspondenceless framework within the danger regions. This approach was motivated from a literature review which showed that existing approaches make strong assumptions about scene structure or camera motion, or pose collision detection without determining obstacle boundaries, both of which limit the operational envelope of a deployable system. Expansion segmentation is based on a new formulation of 6-DOF inertial aided TTC estimation, and a new derivation of a first order TTC uncertainty model due to subpixel quantization error and epipolar geometry uncertainty. Proof of concept results are shown in a custom designed urban flight simulator and on operational flight data from a small air vehicle. | 12-02-2010 |
20100305858 | NON-KINEMATIC BEHAVIORAL MAPPING - A system and methodology/processes for non-kinematic/behavioral mapping to a local area abstraction (LAA) includes a technique for populating an LAA wherein human behavior or other non-strictly-kinematic motion may be present. | 12-02-2010 |
20100318295 | Method and Device for Displaying the Limits of Flight Margins for an Aircraft - A method of displaying, for a system for anti-collision monitoring of an aircraft, the limits of flight margins in relation to obstructions located in a flight zone, and a device for displaying the limits of operational flight margins and the limits of alert zones, is provided. The operational flight margins in the flight zones not initially envisaged, and the limits of the alert zones around the trajectory of the aircraft, are presented. | 12-16-2010 |
20100324823 | VEHICLE OPERATION SUPPORTING DEVICE AND VEHICLE OPERATION SUPPORTING METHOD - When an obstacle on either of the two sides of a vehicle is detected, the future position of the vehicle after a prescribed time is predicted. When the future predicted vehicle position reaches a prescribed lateral position in the width direction of the lane, control start is determined such that obstacle avoiding control is carried out to prevent the approach of the vehicle to the obstacle. When an intention of the driver to enter the lane of the obstacle is detected, the start timing for obstacle avoiding control is shortened. | 12-23-2010 |
20100332136 | AUTONOMOUS COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES - Autonomous collision avoidance systems for unmanned aerial vehicles are disclosed. Systems illustratively include a detect and track module, an inertial navigation system, and an auto avoidance module. The detect and track module senses a potential object of collision and generates a moving object track for the potential object of collision. The inertial navigation system provides information indicative of a position and a velocity of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The auto avoidance module receives the moving object track for the potential object of collision and the information indicative of the position and the velocity of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The auto avoidance module utilizes the information to generate a guidance maneuver that facilitates the unmanned aerial vehicle avoiding the potential object of collision. | 12-30-2010 |
20110010094 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING A USER OF A VEHICLE, CONTROL DEVICE FOR A DRIVER-ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE HAVING SUCH A CONTROL DEVICE - A method for assisting a user of a vehicle, in which driving-condition variables (v, a, q, ω, n) are sensed or ascertained via sensors of the vehicle, and a camera of the vehicle covers a coverage area of a road scene at least in front of the vehicle and outputs image signals. Based on the image signals, it is determined whether a further vehicle which is outputting blinking signals is in the coverage area. As a function of the ascertained driving-condition variables (v, a, q, ω, n) of the vehicle and as a function of the determination as to whether other vehicles are indicating a change of direction, information signals, particularly warning signals, are able to be output to the user and/or an automatic driver-assistance control is able to be implemented in which control signals for interventions in a vehicle control for a longitudinal control and/or lateral control, especially a distance control, are output. In this context, in each case different possible control interventions are able to be ascertained and carried out. Furthermore, a corresponding control device and the vehicle thereby made possible are provided. | 01-13-2011 |
20110015861 | SYSTEM FOR COLLISION DETECTION BETWEEN OBJECTS - A collision detection system ( | 01-20-2011 |
20110022316 | EVASIVE AUTOPILOT SYSTEM FOR VESSELS - The present disclosure relates to an autopilot device ( | 01-27-2011 |
20110022317 | TRAVEL SUPPORTING CONTROL SYSTEM - In a travel supporting control system | 01-27-2011 |
20110035150 | SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR DYNAMIC PATH PLANNING AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE - A system and method for dynamically mapping the position and speed of objects around a vehicle for collision avoidance purposes. The method determines the velocity of the vehicle in at least two orthogonal directions along with the position of the vehicle. From this information, a distance function map of the vehicle is created in a predefined area that includes a distance value at concentric locations from the vehicle. The distance function map is combined with distance function maps from all of the objects in the predefined area to determine whether a potential collision exists between the particular vehicle and any of the other objects. | 02-10-2011 |
20110040481 | FALSE EVENT SUPPRESSION FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS - A collision warning apparatus includes sensors, output devices, memory locations, a GPS device, and a processor. The processor may receive information from the sensors. The processor may also process the information to identify a detected object as a present potential collision object. The processor may compare present GPS coordinates of the vehicle with stored vehicle GPS coordinates saved in memory, to determine whether or not the present GPS coordinates correspond to stored vehicle GPS coordinates associated with a previously identified potential collision object. If the present GPS coordinates correspond to stored vehicle GPS coordinates associated with a previously identified potential collision object, the processor is operable to suppress a potential collision warning. | 02-17-2011 |
20110040482 | LIDARS - A Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) apparatus and method are disclosed having a rotatable light source enabled to emit a light ray, the light ray being emitted at a plurality of angular intervals; a reflection device, which can be parabolic in shape, and an analysis device for calculating a position at which one or more features are present based on the angle that the light ray was emitted and the time delay associated with the received reflected light, from a feature, wherein the analysis device takes into account the reflection of the light ray from the reflection device. In this manner, light rays may be reflected from heading in one direction to improve the resolution of the LIDAR in a second direction. Furthermore, where a parabolic reflector is used, positions of features can be calculated directly in a Cartesian coordinate system. Autonomous vehicles can use a LIDAR such as described herein to improve forward looking resolution in collision avoidance systems or terrain selection systems. | 02-17-2011 |
20110054793 | ENVIRONMENT PREDICTION DEVICE - An environment prediction device can acquire sufficient information regarding the behavior of an object in the vicinity of a host-vehicle for appropriate traveling assistance. An environment prediction device | 03-03-2011 |
20110071761 | Holistic cybernetic vehicle control - Holistic cybernetic vehicle control enables the results of machine sensing and decision making to be communicated to a vehicle operator through the various senses of the operator. By providing machine advice to the operator through various vehicle functions and by integrating the machine advice with what the operator senses and perceives, holistic cybernetic control can result in much better and safer vehicle operation. The invention integrates human and machine vehicle control action to improve vehicle operation and, particularly, to avoid collision events. | 03-24-2011 |
20110077864 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE FORWARD COLLISION THREAT - A method and system operable for evaluation of an automotive vehicle forward collision threat. The presence of an oncoming vehicle in front of a host vehicle is established and a passing position of the host vehicle for the moment when the vehicles reach each other is predicted. In addition, a free passing distance for free passing of the oncoming vehicle on a first side of the host vehicle is predicted for the situation when the host vehicle is positioned in the passing position. The free passing distance is the minimum distance between the first side of the host vehicle and a road edge. A width of the oncoming vehicle is also estimated. If the free passing distance is equal to or less than a comparison value, it is decided that a forward vehicle collision threat exists. The comparison value is at least equal to the width of the oncoming vehicle. | 03-31-2011 |
20110087433 | Method of Dynamic Intersection Mapping - A motor vehicle is provided having a collision warning system that can map an upcoming road section for the motor vehicle. The system can evaluate potential paths for the road section based on vehicle travel history information through it. The system can receive the information from a transmitter proximate the road section, such as a roadside transmitter or one or more nearby vehicles having traversed the road section. The road section can include an intersection and the system can determine a lane configuration for at least a portion of it based on vehicle travel history information. The system can calculate a threat of collision for the motor vehicle with a target vehicle based on map data obtained from estimated paths or lane configurations for the road section. Methods pertaining to mapping a road section and operation of the system are also provided. | 04-14-2011 |
20110118980 | Lateral Avoidance Maneuver Solver - A system on-board an unmanned aerial vehicle for controlling a lateral maneuver to avoid a loss of separation between the unmanned aerial vehicle and an intruder into its airspace. The system receives as inputs the desired miss distance, desired bank angle, state vectors for the unmanned aerial vehicle, wind, and an intruder, and a target vector; and outputs a lateral route change which will achieve the desired miss distance and return the unmanned aerial vehicle back to path. In one embodiment, the system comprises a computer programmed with software that runs automatically and guides the unmanned aerial vehicle to perform a lateral maneuver that avoids loss of separation. In another embodiment, the software runs automatically and advises a pilot on the ground (who is flying the drone by remote control) that a maneuver is about to happen, which maneuver the pilot can either accept or reject. | 05-19-2011 |
20110118981 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT CONFLICT DETECTION AND RESOLUTION - Methods, systems, and computer program products for aircraft conflict detection and resolution are proposed. Embodiments of the present invention detect potential conflicts without a predetermined look-ahead time threshold and determine the time for issuing resolution alerts dynamically based on the relative movements of the aircraft. A method embodiment for detecting a potential airborne conflict between an ownship and at least one intruder includes, determining a relative motion trajectory of the ownship and the intruder, generating a plurality of resolution advisories based upon the determined relative motion trajectory and corresponding to respective motion dimensions of the ownship, determining an alert time for each of the plurality of RAs responsive to the corresponding motion dimension and the determined relative motion trajectory, and transmitting at least one of the plurality of RAs to at least one of the ownship or an aircraft control entity. | 05-19-2011 |
20110125405 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE RAILROAD CROSSING WARNING SYSTEM - An autonomous vehicle collision/crossing warning system provides for simple, inexpensive and decentralized installation, operation and maintenance of a reliable vehicle collision/crossing warning system. The autonomous warning system preferably utilizes a single frequency TDM radio communication network with GPS clock synchronization, time slot arbitration and connectionless UDP protocol to broadcast messages among vehicles and components in the warning system. Adaptive localized mapping of components of interest within the warning system eliminates the need for centralized databases or coordination and control systems and enables new vehicles and warning systems to be easily added to the system in a decentralized manner. Preferably, stationary warning systems are deployed as multiple self-powered units each equipped to receive broadcast messages and to communicate with the other units by a low power RF channel in a redundant Master-Slave configuration. The communication schemes are preferably arranged for low duty cycle operation to decrease power consumption. | 05-26-2011 |
20110130964 | DRIVE ASSIST APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A drive assist apparatus includes: a road-information storage unit storing road information; a traffic-signal information storage unit to store information regarding a traffic-signal change timing; a receiving unit to receive other-vehicle information; an obtaining unit to obtain host-vehicle information; a determining unit to determine whether the other vehicle becomes an obstacle to the host vehicle; and a calculating unit to calculate a recommended speed based on the host-vehicle information, the road information, and information regarding the traffic-signal change timing, when the other vehicle is determined to not become an obstacle to the host vehicle, and calculate the recommended speed based on the host-vehicle information, the road information, the information regarding the traffic-signal change timing, and an arrival delay time for avoiding an obstacle caused by the other vehicle, when the other vehicle is determined to become the obstacle to the host vehicle. | 06-02-2011 |
20110137562 | RUNNING PLAN CREATING APPARATUS - A running plan creating apparatus for creating a running plan including position information of a vehicle at each time comprises road information acquiring means for acquiring road information concerning a running path for the vehicle to run, action predicting means for predicting positions and speeds of other vehicles running about the vehicle at each time by utilizing the road information, characteristic information acquiring means for acquiring characteristic information in each of the other vehicles, risk degree estimating means for estimating respective degrees of risk of the other vehicles by utilizing the characteristic information, risk degree distribution setting means for setting a risk degree distribution at each time on the running path by utilizing the road information and the positions and degrees of risk of the other vehicles, and running plan creating means for creating the running plan of the vehicle by utilizing the risk degree distribution. | 06-09-2011 |
20110144912 | SYSTEM FOR SAFETY OF VESSEL AND METHOD FOR SAFETY OF VESSEL - The present invention relates to a system for safety of a vessel and a method for safety of the vessel, and more particularly, to a system for safety of a vessel and a method for safety of the vessel using a mobile terminal device. According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a vessel collision preventing function which is available only in high-price exclusive marine equipment by utilizing a radio communication function and a location tracking function of a mobile terminal device even to small and medium-sized vessels and furthermore, rapidly and accurately display a vessel which is in a collision risk and allow a user to specifically recognize a collision preventing alarm so as to prevent collisions of the vessels. | 06-16-2011 |
20110153212 | Device and Method for the Coherent Management of Data Deriving from Surveillance Systems of an Aircraft - A device for the coherent management of data deriving from different surveillance systems of an aircraft includes: a flight management system, the function of which is to assist the crew in following a flight plan of the aircraft and an associated trajectory; a surveillance system, the function of which is to detect any obstacles in proximity to the aircraft; a warning management system, the function of which is to detect abnormal situations and to display for the crew, where appropriate, warnings, such as potentially critical alarms or non-critical alerts, and the associated procedures to be followed when such exist; in which said flight management system, said surveillance system and said warning management system are interconnected and cooperate so that at least the warning management system has access to the flight plan of the aircraft, and is configured to display for the crew a summary of the situation when the surveillance system detects an obstacle that the aircraft should avoid according to the flight plan, and to not display, consequently, unnecessary warnings. | 06-23-2011 |
20110172919 | TURBULENCE AVOIDANCE OPERATION ASSIST DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a turbulence avoidance operation assist device that automatically generates an optimal trajectory of emergency avoidance and reports this trajectory to a pilot when distant turbulence is detected during an aircraft flight. The turbulence avoidance operation assist device in accordance with the present invention includes: means for detecting the presence of a danger region such as a turbulence region ahead of aircraft in a flight direction; means for representing the danger region as an assembly of rectangular solids when the detection means recognizes the danger region, and generating a flight trajectory by a local optimum solution of an avoidance trajectory using a convex quadratic programming method in which deviation from a reference trajectory is the smallest on the basis of an initial estimation solution obtained by a semidefinite programming method; and means for reporting the flight trajectory to a pilot. | 07-14-2011 |
20110178710 | COLLISION MITIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BRAKING A VEHICLE - A collision mitigation system for a vehicle may include a forward sensing system and at least one controller in communication with the forward sensing system. The forward sensing system may be configured to detect objects in front of the vehicle. The at least one controller may be configured to determine whether the vehicle can be steered into a path along side of the vehicle to avoid a collision with detected objects in front of the vehicle and to issue a command to brake the vehicle if the vehicle cannot be steered into the path along side of the vehicle. | 07-21-2011 |
20110178711 | HELICOPTER HAVING COLLISION AVOIDANCE APPARATUS - The invention relates to a helicopter, comprising a tail jib ( | 07-21-2011 |
20110184647 | AIRBORNE WIDEFIELD AIRSPACE IMAGING AND MONITORING - A Widefield Airspace Imaging and Navigation System to provide UASs with wide field airspace imaging and collision avoidance capabilities. An array of optical lenses are distributed throughout the aircraft to provide an unobstructed view in all directions around the aircraft. Each collection lens is coupled through an optical fiber to a camera that multiplexes the several images. A processing system is connected to the wide array imaging system, and it runs an image interpolation program for resolving a background image and for distinguishing objects that are not moving with the background. In addition, a navigation control program reads the image interpolation software and, upon detection of an approaching object, implements a rule-based avoidance maneuver by sending an appropriate signal to the existing UAS autopilot. | 07-28-2011 |
20110191025 | SENSOR UNIT SYSTEM - A sensor unit system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the sensor unit comprises a sensor unit comprising a first global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver which is configured for determining a position of the sensor unit in three dimensions. The sensor unit system further comprises a display unit comprising a second GNSS receiver. The display unit is communicatively coupled with the sensor unit via a wireless Personal Area Network (PAN) connection. The display unit and the sensor unit are physically separate entities. | 08-04-2011 |
20110224903 | MULTIPLATFORM SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANGING CORRECTION USING SPREAD SPECTRUM RANGING WAVEFORMS OVER A NETTED DATA LINK - Embodiments of a multiplatform system and method for ranging correction use spread-spectrum ranging waveforms over a netted data link. Each node may have a trajectory toward a target and may have a navigational error with respect to the trajectory. The nodes may transmit coded waveforms at one or more scheduled times for receipt by one or more of the other nodes during unused time slots on the netted data link. The nodes may correlate coded waveforms received from the other nodes to estimate a range to at least some of the other nodes. Each node may reset its navigational error and revise its trajectory based on the range estimates to the other nodes to avoid a possible collision with one or more of the other nodes. | 09-15-2011 |
20110224904 | METHOD FOR MONITORING THE SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A method for monitoring a spatial environment of a mobile device is provided. During the movement of the device along a predefined path, a three-dimensional spatial region of the spatial environment is captured by a detection device. A three-dimensional environment model is created and/or updated from the captured spatial region at cyclical intervals and is specified by spatial volumes in the spatial region occupied by objects. Actions of the device for preventing a collision with the objects and a risk of collision are determined. One of the actions is then performed if the risk of collision exceeds a predefined value. The method has the advantage that actions for collision avoidance are calculated preemptively at cyclical intervals, so that one of the actions can be performed with a short latency period in an impending collision, that is if the risk of collision exceeds the predefined value. | 09-15-2011 |
20110231095 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle control apparatus includes a first section that recognizes a lane boundary line of a lane in which a vehicle is traveling. A second section recognizes a present position of a predetermined reference point of the vehicle. A third section calculates a predicted position of the reference point, wherein the predicted position is a predetermined interval ahead of the present position. A fourth calculates an imaginary lane boundary line, wherein the imaginary lane boundary line is tangent to the lane boundary line at a point close to the predicted position. A fifth section performs a control of preventing the vehicle from deviating from the lane by controlling the vehicle depending on positional relationship between the vehicle and the lane boundary line. A sixth section selectively permits and suppresses the control depending on positional relationship among the imaginary lane boundary line, the present position, and the predicted position. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231096 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFLICT DETECTION USING DYNAMIC THRESHOLDS - Systems and methods are delineated in which dynamic thresholds may be employed to detect and provide alerts for potential conflicts between a vehicle and another vehicle, an object or a person in an aircraft environment. Current systems for airport conflict detection and alerting consider one or more alerting boundaries which are independent of the amount of traffic present at any one time or over the course of time. Because nuisance alerts rates depend to a large extent on the amount of traffic, and because alert detection thresholds are often set based on a desire to limit nuisance alerts to a specific threshold, adapting those thresholds based on, among other things, the amount of traffic can result in earlier alerting in some crash scenarios and can even result in providing an alert in a crash scenario where no alert would have otherwise been generated. | 09-22-2011 |
20110238309 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD - Provided is an object detection apparatus and an object detecting method for, with respect to an object detected by a radar, determining whether the object is an automobile and performing an appropriate collision determination based on a determination result. The apparatus comprises a radar device | 09-29-2011 |
20110246071 | COLLISION DETERMINATION DEVICE - A collision determination ECU ( | 10-06-2011 |
20110276268 | Apparatus for Determining the Orientation of Vehicles - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 11-10-2011 |
20110282581 | OBJECT AND VEHICLE DETECTION AND TRACKING USING 3-D LASER RANGEFINDER - A method and system for detecting and tracking objects near a vehicle using a three dimensional laser rangefinder. The method receives points from the laser rangefinder, where the points represent locations in space where the rangefinder senses that some object exists. An algorithm first estimates the location of a ground plane, based on a previous ground plane location, data from onboard sensors, and an eigenvector calculation applied to the point data. Next, a plan view occupancy map and elevation map are computed for stationary objects, based on point data in relation to the ground plane. Finally, dynamic objects are detected and tracked, sensing objects which are moving, such as other vehicles, pedestrians, and animals. The output of the method is a set of stationary and dynamic objects, including their shape, range, and velocity. This output can be used by downstream applications. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282582 | DYNAMIC COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The use of dynamic collision avoidance parameters in connection with automatic dependent surveillance, broadcast, as well as for other purposes in systems and methods may assist collision avoidance and/or advisory systems in properly identifying intruders for reporting to pilots. For example, a method can include monitoring for a triggering event with respect to at least one of geographic coordinates and a flight path of an aircraft. The method can also include detecting the triggering event. The method can further include altering at least one characteristic of at least one of a traffic alerting system and an advisory system based on detecting the triggering event. | 11-17-2011 |
20110288773 | LOSS OF SEPARATION AVOIDANCE MANEUVERING - A flight management system for an aircraft may determine maneuvers to avoid loss of separation between the aircraft and another aircraft. The flight management system may include a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory may store instructions that are executable by the processor to identify a potential loss of separation between the aircraft and a second aircraft. The instructions may also be executable by the processor to determine whether executing a first speed maneuver using predetermined parameters is predicted to avoid the potential LOS. The instructions may be further executable by the processor to determine parameters of a second speed maneuver when the first speed maneuver is expected to avoid the potential LOS. | 11-24-2011 |
20110288774 | FORWARD COLLISION RISK REDUCTION - A method for determining a safety zone of a foreign object for a forward collision risk reduction system. The method may include determining the type of the foreign object; setting the safety zone to a predetermined value corresponding to the type of the foreign object; determining the traffic behavior of the foreign object; determining if the traffic behavior corresponds to a species of a predetermined group of traffic behaviors; and if the traffic behavior corresponds to a species of a predetermined group of traffic behaviors, modifying the safety zone in accordance with a predetermined species function corresponding to the species. | 11-24-2011 |
20110301845 | OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE AND OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD - Provided is an object recognition device and an object recognition method that can estimate the size of an object detected by a radar, through a simple configuration. The object recognition device includes: a detection section for radiating an electromagnetic wave to an object in a forward direction of the vehicle and for detecting the object by receiving a reflected wave reflected by the object; a target information calculation section for calculating information containing a moving direction of the detected object as target information, by using a signal received by the detection section; a vehicle information calculation section for calculating information containing a moving direction of the vehicle as vehicle information, by using information obtained from the vehicle; and a processing section for estimating, based on the information indicating the moving direction of the object contained in the target information and the information indicating the moving direction of the vehicle contained in the vehicle information, from which portion of the object detected by the detection section the electromagnetic wave was reflected, and for calculating a presence area in which the object is present relative to the vehicle, in accordance with a result of the estimation. | 12-08-2011 |
20110301846 | VEHICLE PERIMETER MONITOR - A vehicle perimeter monitor includes: a shooting device mounted on a vehicle for shooting an image of an outside of the vehicle; a controller including a detector and a generator, wherein the detector sets a detection line in a shot image, and detects a change amount of brightness of a picture cell on the detection line so that the detector detects movement of a moving object along with the detection line, and wherein the generator generates information display according to a detection result of the moving object; and a display for displaying the shot image and the information display. | 12-08-2011 |
20110307175 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLISION ASSESSMENT FOR VEHICLES - Methods and systems are provided for assessing a target proximate a vehicle. A location and a velocity of the target are obtained. The location and the velocity of the target are mapped onto a polar coordinate system via a processor. A likelihood that the vehicle and the target will collide is determined using the mapping. | 12-15-2011 |
20110307176 | VEHICLE HANDLING ASSISTANT APPARATUS - A vehicle handling assistant apparatus is discloses, the vehicle handling assistant apparatus utilizes an environment acquisition means to acquire an environment signal and utilizes an environment presentation means to present the environment signal. The vehicle handling assistant apparatus also utilizes an obstacle detection means to detect an obstacle from the environment signal acquired by the environment acquisition means and output an obstacle signal. The obstacle detection means may be implemented by an infrared sensor, a radar sensor, an ultrasonic sensor or a camera. An obstacle region generation means generates an obstacle region signal from the environment signal based on the obstacle signal generated by the obstacle detection means. The obstacle region signal includes information about a position of the foot point line and a width of the obstacle region. An environment signal adjustment means adjusts the environment signal presented by the environment presentation means based on the obstacle region signal. | 12-15-2011 |
20110313664 | APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING THE MOVEMENT OF A MOBILE BODY - A movement region prediction apparatus includes a mobile body detection device that detects a mobile body around a host vehicle; a prediction device that predicts a movement region of the detected mobile body; and a degree-of-normality acquisition device that acquires degree of normality of a situation of movement of the detected mobile body. The prediction device has a plurality of movement prediction models for predicting the movement region of the mobile body, and selects a movement prediction model from the plurality of movement prediction models based on the degree of normality acquired by the degree-of-normality acquisition device, and predicts the movement region of the mobile body using the selected movement prediction model. | 12-22-2011 |
20110313665 | Method for Automatically Detecting a Driving Maneuver of a Motor Vehicle and a Driver Assistance System Comprising Said Method - The invention relates to a method for automatically detecting a driving maneuver of a motor vehicle (A), in particular an overtaking maneuver or an evasive maneuver, in which
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20120010808 | Driving Support System - A driving support system includes a lane detecting unit for detecting lanes around a vehicle, a route correcting unit for correcting a route along which the vehicle is expected to travel taking into consideration an obstacle on the route after the route has been recognized by lanes detected by the lane detecting unit, and a control unit for controlling the vehicle on the basis of the positional relation between the corrected route determined by the route correcting unit and the vehicle. | 01-12-2012 |
20120016580 | PILOTING ASSISTANCE METHOD FOR AIRCRAFT - The present invention relates to a piloting assistance method for an aircraft, the method consisting in using data from at least one active telemeter sensor (A) in order to construct a sensor safety cordon (B) for avoiding the terrain and obstacles that are overflown. The method; | 01-19-2012 |
20120016581 | Collision Warning System Using Driver Intention Estimator - A collision warning system for a subject vehicle is disclosed. The collision warning system uses data relating to the subject vehicle and a target vehicle in an algorithm to estimate the intention of the driver of the subject vehicle. The system uses historic data to improve the algorithm to obtain more accurate estimates. | 01-19-2012 |
20120029814 | COLLISION DETECTING DEVICE - An object is to be able to accurately discriminate an object of a collision. A device has a collision detection to which are connected a pressure sensor that detects pressure within a pressure chamber, and a vehicle speed sensor that detects vehicle speed, and the collision detection determines effective mass of a collided object on the basis of an integrated value obtained by integrating, at a predetermined sectional integration width, detection results of the pressure sensor, and a converted vehicle speed signal obtained by subtracting a predetermined value a from a vehicle speed signal of the vehicle speed sensor by using a predetermined vehicle speed converting map or the like. Then, when the determined effective mass exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the collided object is discriminated as a pedestrian. | 02-02-2012 |
20120035845 | Determining Locations Of Wireless Mobile Devices - In certain embodiments, an apparatus comprises an input and one or more processors. The input receives known locations of wireless mobile nodes over a wireless link. The one or more processors determine geometric features associated with the locations, and calculate an apparatus location of the apparatus from the known locations and the geometric features. | 02-09-2012 |
20120035846 | EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE SYSTEM USING SAME - An external environment recognition device for a vehicle and a vehicle system capable of assuring safety and reducing the processing load in a compatible manner are provided. An external environment recognition device | 02-09-2012 |
20120035847 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS - A technique for avoiding collisions between trains includes equipping a plurality of trains each with a transceiver and broadcasting a signal periodically from the transceiver of each train. The signal contains a unique identification of a respective train and a unique identification of a track the respective train is moving on. The transceiver of each train receives the signal broadcasted by each of the other trains within a given range. The received signals are analyzed to extract the unique identification of each other train and the unique identification of the track each other train is moving on. It is determined if the track of the train receiving the signal and any of each other trains within the given range is the same and providing an indication if the track of the recipient train and any of other train within the range is the same. | 02-09-2012 |
20120046857 | VISUAL RECOGNITION AREA ESTIMATION DEVICE AND DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE - An object of the invention is to provide a visual recognition area estimation device that can accurately estimate an area recognized by a driver in real time. The visual recognition area estimation device of the present invention calculates the visual recognition area recognized by the driver by means of the visual recognition area calculation portion | 02-23-2012 |
20120078499 | IMPACT SENSING AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION DEVICE - A system for identifying an object impacting a vehicle bumper during a collision. The system receives acceleration values from each of a plurality of sensors and calculates a center strength value based on the acceleration values. The center strength value is indicative of the amount of force that is applied to the center of the vehicle bumper. The system then determines a preliminary impact location on the vehicle bumper based at least in part on the acceleration values. A normalized intrusion value is calculated based on the center strength value, the impact location, and a bumper stiffness factor. The bumper stiffness factor is indicative of the stiffness of the bumper at the impact location. The system then identifies the object impacting the vehicle bumper based at least in part on the normalized intrusion value. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078500 | Driving support apparatus for vehicle - In a driving support apparatus for a vehicle, when a driver indicates the intension to turn by turning a turn signal switch on, vehicles traveling on a lane to which the driver intends to turn is detected based on images captured by monitoring cameras, a space to cut into between the vehicles is calculated, an entry start time of a subject vehicle is obtained based on a speed difference between a speed of the subject vehicle and a moving speed of the space to cut into, and, when the entry start time is reached, voice guidance instructing to start turning is output from an instruction unit. | 03-29-2012 |
20120083999 | DRIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM - A drive support system can provide drive support information on traveling of an own vehicle with respect to another vehicle based on positional information. The drive support system can include a drive support level determination part which changes the degree of offer of the drive support information in a stepwise manner corresponding to a traveling area of the own vehicle. An error occurrence area memory part stores an area where an error in the positional information meets or exceeds a predetermined level in advance along with map information. A degree of offer of the drive support information is limited when the own vehicle is present within an area where an error in the positional information meets or exceeds a predetermined level. | 04-05-2012 |
20120089321 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALARMING FRONT IMPACT DANGER COUPLED WITH DRIVER VIEWING DIRECTION AND VEHICLE USING THE SAME - Featured are a system and a method for alarming a front impact danger coupled with a driver viewing direction and a vehicle Such a system includes: a driver viewing direction recognition unit recognizing a driver viewing direction; an obstacle sensing unit sensing obstacles existing in directions that a driver does not view; and an engine control unit. The engine control unit receives and analyzes the driver face direction data from the driver viewing direction recognition unit to identify the driver viewing direction when the vehicle enters in the crossroads, and requests the obstacle sensing unit perform obstacle sensing for another direction than the driver's viewing direction and analyzes analyze an obstacle sensing result. Such methods advantageously warns a driver to the presence of obstacles when a vehicle enters in crossroads to prevent a traffic accident. | 04-12-2012 |
20120101713 | OPTIMAL ACCELERATION PROFILE FOR ENHANCED COLLISION AVOIDANCE - 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. | 04-26-2012 |
20120116665 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A perceived relative distance (Ds) that shows a relative distance between a host vehicle and a perception object (TA) perceived by a driver of the host vehicle is calculated on the basis of an actual relative distance (Dr) therebetween. A perceived relative velocity (Vs) that shows a relative velocity between the host vehicle and the perception object (TA) perceived by the driver is calculated on the basis of an actual relative velocity (Vr) therebetween (step ST | 05-10-2012 |
20120123671 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING POTENTIAL COLLISIONS BY AN AIRCRAFT - Systems and methods for detecting potential collisions by an aircraft are disclosed. A set of points may be detected by one or more sensors of the aircraft. The set of points may be transformed based on the speed of the aircraft relative to a speed threshold. A potential collision may be detected based on whether a transformed point is within a protective envelope relative to the aircraft. | 05-17-2012 |
20120130628 | Method for Classifying an Object as an Obstacle - A method for classifying objects into obstacles and non-obstacles for a vehicle is described. The vehicle comprises a sensor for covering the surroundings that detects stationary and moving objects in a scene in front of a vehicle. Where required, the path of the motion of the objects is tracked. The method provides one or several observers, wherein one observer classifies an object according to predetermined features and contributes to an overall classification result when there are several observers. An observer detects the path of the motion of vehicles in the surroundings of at least one stationary object and classifies the stationary object in dependence thereon. | 05-24-2012 |
20120130629 | METHOD FOR AVOIDING SIDE COLLISION OF VEHICLES - A method for avoiding side collision of vehicles at cross roads (where two or more roads meet) by utilizing a side collision prediction algorithm. The method for avoiding side collision of vehicles includes the steps of controlling the movement of the vehicle that is compliant with the traffic light and has started moving, by either rapid acceleration or deceleration when the driver of a first vehicle is unable to promptly respond to a second vehicle approaching from the side (left to right or right to left) in violation of the traffic light signal, or in cases where a collision is unavoidable, by causing the collision to occur as far away from the occupant compartment of the first vehicle as possible to minimize any injuries of the passengers in the first vehicle. | 05-24-2012 |
20120136564 | Electric Cable Management for a Mobile Machine - A method of managing movement of an electric cable that is configured to provide power to a mobile machine. The method includes determining an initial boundary of an isolation zone in which the cable lies, for a first location of the machine. The initial boundary is divided into a first static boundary and a first dynamic boundary. The first static boundary surrounds a static isolation sub-zone of the isolation zone, and the first dynamic boundary surrounds a dynamic isolation sub-zone of the isolation zone. A second dynamic boundary surrounding the dynamic isolation sub-zone is determined, based on a second location of the machine when the machine moves from the first location to the second location, such that the cable lies within the second dynamic boundary. The first static boundary is maintained when the machine is in the second location. | 05-31-2012 |
20120143486 | DISTANCE DETECTION DEVICE AND COLLISION DETERMINATION DEVICE - A collision determination ECU ( | 06-07-2012 |
20120143487 | Method And Device For Aiding The Evaluation Of A Flight Trajectory Intended To Be Followed By An Aircraft In A Constrained Environment - Method and device for aiding the evaluation of a flight trajectory intended to be followed by an aircraft in a constrained environment. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143488 | VEHICLE OR TRAFFIC CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - The invention relates to a vehicle or traffic control method and to a vehicle or traffic control system. The vehicle or traffic control method comprises the steps: a) estimating actual and/or future behavior of a first traffic participant and of a second traffic participant, respectively, the second traffic participant being different from the first traffic participant, b) estimating a trajectory to be taken by the first traffic participant and/or a trajectory to be taken by the second traffic participant, c) determining risk of collision of the first traffic participant relative to the second traffic participant by calculating information adapted for risk assessment of collision of the first traffic participant relative to the second traffic participant, and d) controlling the behavior of the first traffic participant based on the information provided after step a), step b) and/or step c). In this way a probability value is determined which indicates the plausibility that a vehicle or traffic participant might enter into collision within a certain time horizon in the future. | 06-07-2012 |
20120166073 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AVOIDING AN INTERCEPTING VEHICLE BY AN AIRBORNE MOVING BODY - The present disclosure relates to an avoidance system which comprises means for determining, from at least the value of a parameter for the movement (R, Vr) of an intercepting vehicle relative to said moving body and from the incoming direction (θo, φo) of said vehicle relative to said moving body, an order of avoidance intended for said automatic means of piloting said moving body in such a way that the latter automatically carries out a maneuver for avoiding said vehicle. | 06-28-2012 |
20120185160 | IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS AND OBSTACLE REPORT SYSTEM - In a left-hand traffic rule, a subject vehicle turns right at an intersection and then passes over a crosswalk, which is corresponded to by a pedestrian-use traffic signal. When the pedestrian-use traffic signal presents a green color as a currently indicating signal color, an obstacle report range is designated as covering both an area A and an area B so as to report an existence of an obstacle. In contrast, when the pedestrian-use traffic light presents a red color as a currently indicating signal color, an obstacle report range is designated as covering only the area A during a red light elapsed time ranging greater than a first marginal time and less than a time, which is obtained by subtracting a second marginal time from a red light cycle time. | 07-19-2012 |
20120203450 | Unmanned Aircraft with Built-in Collision Warning System - An unmanned aircraft, unmanned aviation system and method for collision avoidance during the flight operation of an unmanned aircraft are provided. The unmanned aircraft includes a lift and propulsion system and a flight control system having a flight control unit, a navigation system and an actuator system. The flight control unit has an autopilot unit. The flight control unit calculates control commands using data from the navigation system and/or the autopilot unit, which can be conveyed to the actuator system for actuating the lift and propulsion system. A collision warning system is connected with the flight control system, the collision warning system detects a collision situation and makes collision avoidance data available. A connection between the collision warning system and the autopilot unit is provided, in order to initiate an obstacle avoidance maneuver by the autopilot unit with the help of the collision avoidance data. | 08-09-2012 |
20120215436 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE CLOSE ENVIRONMENT OF AN AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to a device for monitoring obstructions for an aircraft including data storage, an anticollision device and viewing devices, wherein the monitoring device comprises a detector to detect in real-time obstructions, of terrain type and of human constructions type, in a close environment of the aircraft in a flight situation, a sensor to identify the obstructions at risk calculating identification parameters, a circuit to calculate criticality of the obstructions, a display to display both the obstructions with the identification and criticality parameters of the obstructions, and a generator of alerts to describe the situation according to a combination of the identification and criticality parameters. One or more embodiments of the invention is a monitoring system adapted for zones close to the aircraft and in the flight zones not visible to the crew. One or more embodiments of the invention applies particularly to helicopters executing low-altitude flights. It relates more particularly to military carriers such as rescue carriers. | 08-23-2012 |
20120221236 | Collision Monitoring for a Motor Vehicle - A method for collision monitoring for a motor vehicle, a predefined surrounding area being monitored. The method includes the steps of providing information on the position and direction of motion of at least one object located in the surrounding area, providing vehicle information which indicates at least one position of a vehicle component and/or a driver's intended driving direction, designating an object if it is ascertained based on the vehicle information that the object does not pose any collision risk for the motor vehicle, and signalizing a collision risk if it is recognized based on the information on position and direction of motion that a not-designated object is approaching the motor vehicle. | 08-30-2012 |
20120232779 | WORKSITE SYSTEM HAVING AWARENESS ZONE MAPPING AND CONTROL - A worksite system is disclosed. The worksite system may have an input module configured to receive at least one of a boundary and a characteristic of an awareness zone at a worksite, and at least one locating device configured to determine a position of a mobile machine and another mobile entity at the worksite. The worksite system may also have a controller in communication with the input module and the at least one locating device. The controller may be configured to track movement of the mobile machine, and to make a determination of a presence of the other mobile entity. The controller may also be configured to initiate a collision avoidance strategy in response to at least one of the mobile machine nearing or entering the awareness zone when the other mobile entity is in the awareness zone. | 09-13-2012 |
20120239286 | RADIO APPARATUS MOUNTED ON A VEHICLE - A positional information acquiring unit acquires positional information of a vehicle. An intersection predicting unit predicts an intersection, which the vehicle will enter, by associating the positional information with map information. An entrance predicting unit acquires the positional information of another vehicle included in a packet signal from a transmitting apparatus mounted on the other vehicle and associates the positional information of the other vehicle with the map information, thereby predicting whether the other vehicle enters the intersection predicted by the intersection predicting unit. When entrance of the other vehicle is predicted, an effect predicting unit predicts whether travel of the other vehicle has an effect on this vehicle based on traveling direction information of the other vehicle acquired from the packet signal. The notifying unit notifies presence of the other vehicle when presence of the effect is predicted. | 09-20-2012 |
20120259538 | VEHICLE PROXIMITY DETECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS - A system for reducing the likelihood of collision between a first vehicle and a second vehicle. Each vehicle includes a device for receiving global positioning system (GPS) signals, generating at least one of a time, position and velocity signal based on the received GPS signals, generating at least one of a time, position and velocity signal based upon the motion of the vehicle, comparing the received and generated signals, generating a corrected vehicle signal, and transmitting the corrected vehicle signal. A transportation network generates transportation network data including at least one of: network capacity data, network layout data, and network traffic data. The second vehicle's device stores the transportation network data, receives the corrected first vehicle signal, and calculates from the transportation network data and corrected first and second vehicle signals the likelihood that the positions of the first and second vehicles will coincide at some time on the transportation network. | 10-11-2012 |
20120265431 | DRIVING CONTROL DEVICE - 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. | 10-18-2012 |
20120277988 | Object Detection and Position Determination by Reflected Global Navigation Satellite System Signals - A navigation receiver mounted on a moving vehicle receives navigation signals transmitted from global navigation satellites. The navigation signals are separated into direct navigation signals, navigation signals reflected from an object, and navigation signals reflected from an environmental surface. The signal separation is based on algorithms including various combinations of signal strength, change in signal strength, delay time, spectral width, change in spectral width, and user-defined thresholds. The navigation signals reflected from an environmental surface are eliminated from further processing. The position of the navigation receiver is calculated based on the direct navigation signals. The object is detected, and the position of the object is calculated, based on the navigation signals reflected from the object. If the object is determined to lie in the path of the moving vehicle, a command can be generated to avoid collision between the moving vehicle and the object. | 11-01-2012 |
20120277989 | Collision monitoring for a motor vehicle - A method for collision monitoring for a motor vehicle, in which a surrounding area is monitored, including: providing a reference state for at least one first object situated in the surrounding area, as reference object in a first stop operation, the reference state including reference position data of the at least one first object; in a second stop operation, determining whether the motor vehicle has traveled a predefined minimum distance between the first and second stop operations, and/or whether a predefined minimum time has elapsed; if it is determined that the motor vehicle has traveled a distance that is greater than the predefined minimum distance between the first and second stop operations, and/or that a time that is greater than the predefined minimum time has elapsed, the reference state is updated with position data of at least one second object situated in the surrounding area, as reference object; if subsequent drive-off is intended, determining actual position data of the at least one second object as actual state; and detecting a potential collision when the actual state and the reference state indicate a distance of more than a predefined value. | 11-01-2012 |
20120296562 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR RAIL LINE VEHICLES - A collision avoidance system (CAS) is described that includes one or more sensor technologies, including, for example, an Ultra Wideband (UWB) sensing technology. The collision avoidance system is designed to reliably track the location and speed of vehicles and the distance between vehicles over a wide variety of track and terrain. The collision avoidance system may utilize information from a variety of sensor technologies to determine whether one or more vehicles violate speed and/or separation criteria, and may generate a warning. | 11-22-2012 |
20120303258 | Method for mapping the surroundings of a vehicle - A method for mapping surroundings of a vehicle, objects in the surroundings of the vehicle being detected with the aid of sensors and particular detected objects being described by two coordinate points and also by a position fuzziness assigned to the particular coordinate point, the coordinate points and the position fuzziness values being stored in an interface in the form of data which may be accessed by driver assistance systems of the vehicle. A method is also described for ascertaining the collision probability of a vehicle with an object, in which the surroundings of the vehicle are initially mapped using the method for mapping the surroundings of a vehicle, a travel path to be traveled by the vehicle is ascertained in a subsequent step, and the degree of overlap between the object and the travel path and also the collision probability are finally determined, taking the position fuzziness into account. | 11-29-2012 |
20120310518 | VEHICLE COLLISION AVOIDANCE APPARATUS, VEHICLE COLLISION AVOIDANCE METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - A vehicle collision avoidance apparatus, a vehicle collision avoidance method, and a computer program product thereof are provided. The vehicle collision avoidance apparatus is disposed on a vehicle and is used to prevent the vehicle from crashing into a front vehicle. There is further a back vehicle behind the vehicle. The front vehicle will transmit a warning message to the vehicle collision avoidance apparatus disposed on the vehicle when the front vehicle brakes. The vehicle collision avoidance apparatus disposed on the vehicle will send out a warning notification in response to the warning message, and transmit the warning message to the back vehicle. Similarly, the vehicle collision avoidance apparatus can also be disposed on the front vehicle and the back vehicle to execute the same operations. | 12-06-2012 |
20120310519 | ACCESSORY MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An accessory mounting system for a vehicle includes spaced apart fixing elements adhesively attached at a surface of a vehicle windshield. A frame has receiving portions that are spaced apart from one another in a manner that corresponds with the spacing apart of the fixing elements, and each of the receiving portions is configured to receive a respective and corresponding one of the fixing elements. Elongated portions of the fixing elements are at least partially received in respective and corresponding ones of the receiving portions of the frame and cooperate with the receiving portions to attach the frame at the windshield. The frame includes structure for receiving an accessory thereat. The accessory includes a camera and, when the accessory is received at the structure of the frame, the line of vision of the camera passes through an aperture existing in the frame. | 12-06-2012 |
20120323477 | Anticipatory Control of the Transverse Vehicle Dynamics in Evasive Maneuvers - A method for influencing the lateral dynamics of a vehicle in an evasive maneuver with the aid of a vehicle controller which controls the sideslip angle and/or the yaw rate of the vehicle, and which triggers an automatic control action when a predefined threshold value is exceeded. The driving situation is monitored with regard to an obstacle, and different interventions are carried out depending on the classification of the situation. This optimizes the interventions with regard to stability and comfort, so that an optimal behavior of the vehicle is achieved in all driving situations. | 12-20-2012 |
20120323478 | Object Collision Warning System and Method for a Motor Vehicle - An object collision warning system for a motor vehicle comprises a sensing means ( | 12-20-2012 |
20120323479 | RISK DEGREE CALCULATION DEVICE - A risk degree estimation device of a driving assistance device calculates the potential risk degree at a plurality of intersection points in a mesh set around a host vehicle. The risk degree estimation device changes the amount of information relating to the potential risk degree calculated for the entire region of the mesh in which the intersection points are set in accordance with at least one of the environment and state of the host vehicle. For this reason, it becomes possible to calculate the potential risk degree around the host vehicle depending on the situation. | 12-20-2012 |
20120330541 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A device for providing driving assistance for a driver of the vehicle to avoid the object of the risk subject when driving the vehicle, which includes: an object determination unit that detects the object; a collision prediction time calculation unit that calculates a time to collision which is a time indicating a degree to which the vehicle approaches to the object; an estimated risk level determination unit that determines an estimated risk level indicating a possibility of the object moving onto a predicted travelling path of the vehicle; and a driving assistance content determination unit that determines driving assistance content based on the collision prediction time and the estimated risk level. | 12-27-2012 |
20120330542 | COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT INTERSECTION COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM - A back-propagating intersection collision avoidance system is provided. The system can include a first vehicle and a second vehicle, the first and second vehicles each operable to approach an intersection at a definable velocity and acceleration. In addition, the intersection can have a collision zone in which the first and second vehicles will collide if they are present there at the same time. The first vehicle can have a processing unit with a controller and a microprocessor, the microprocessor having an algorithm with a disturbance model. The processing unit is operable to back-propagate from the collision zone a capture set as a function of a disturbance for the first and second vehicles. | 12-27-2012 |
20130006513 | VEHICLE SAFE DRIVING PROMOTION SYSTEM - A distance sensor detects a target distance from a vehicle to a target in front of the vehicle, and a vehicle speed sensor detects a vehicle speed. A controller calculates a stopping distance of the vehicle from the vehicle speed. The controller calculates a collision possibility index from the target distance and the stopping distance, and calculates a kinetic energy of the vehicle immediately before a collision with the target from the vehicle speed and the target distance. The controller warns a driver of the vehicle of the possibility of a collision and the scale of damage to be caused by the collision on the basis of the collision possibility index and the kinetic energy of the vehicle immediately before the collision. As a result, the driver is provided with information promoting safe driving which appeals to the driver forcefully. | 01-03-2013 |
20130013184 | COLLISION POSITION PREDICTING DEVICE - The present invention is intended to provide a technique which is capable of detecting a collision position of a moving object crossing a road and a subject vehicle with a higher degree of accuracy. In the present invention, in cases where the moving object crossing the road into which the subject vehicle has entered is detected at the time when the subject vehicle has turned to the right or to the left, the direction of a moving vector of the moving object is fixed to a direction which is set based on a shape of the road into which the subject vehicle has turned to the right or to the left. Then, the collision position of the moving object and the subject vehicle is predicted based on this moving vector of which the direction is fixed. | 01-10-2013 |
20130024102 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING EARTH-FIXED TRAJECTORY LAUNCHING FROM WITHIN A SPECIFIED AREA - Determining a launch window from anywhere within a specified area to avoid or minimize close approaches between a launch vehicle and orbiting space objects. A method and apparatus is disclosed for minimizing close approaches, or conjunctions between spacecraft being launched from anywhere within a specified area and other objects in space during the launch and early deployment phase of their lifetime, by defining a launch window, utilizing and identifying launch window blackout times to avoid close approaches of launch trajectories from anywhere within an area with remaining objects in space as noted in a space object catalog. | 01-24-2013 |
20130024103 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECTS ON THE SIDE - 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. | 01-24-2013 |
20130030685 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AND EVALUATING A PLANE - A method for detecting and evaluating a plane for recognition of an object includes detecting the object using a sensor disposed on a vehicle, the object being present in a direction of a relative direction of movement of the vehicle and the sensor being directed onto the plane. A distance of the sensor from at least one measuring point is determined using a control unit. A value of the determined distance is compared with a reference value so as to obtain a difference value. The difference value is delivered to an evaluation unit as at least one of an object, an obstacle, a hole, a floating particle, a defect in the plane and a measurement error. | 01-31-2013 |
20130030686 | COLLISION JUDGMENT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A correct collision judgment is realized between an obstacle and a vehicle even when the vehicle enters a curve. In a collision judgment apparatus for judging the collision between the vehicle and the obstacle based on a relative positional relationship between a subject vehicle position of the vehicle and a relative movement straight line of the obstacle with respect to the vehicle as calculated based on a plurality of pieces of the position information acquired by a position information acquiring unit in relation to the obstacle, the relative positional relationship between the relative movement straight line and the subject vehicle position is adjusted so that a distance between the relative movement straight line and the subject vehicle position is separated if it is judged that the vehicle enters an entrance to a curve as compared with a situation in which the vehicle does not enter the entrance to the curve. | 01-31-2013 |
20130030687 | ON-VEHICLE APPARATUS, PRECEDING VEHICLE POSITION DETERMINING APPARATUS, AND PRECEDING VEHICLE POSITION DETERMINING METHOD - An ECU acquires relative position information related to a relative position between a host vehicle and another vehicle (A, B, C) traveling ahead of the host vehicle, and error information related to an error in the relative position, detects the position of a preceding vehicle (A) traveling in front of the host vehicle, identifies the position of the preceding vehicle (A) by comparing the relative position based on the acquired relative position information with the detected position, and if relative position information oh a plurality of other vehicles (A, B, C) is acquired, identifies the position of the preceding vehicle (A) by comparing the relative position based on the acquired relative position information with the detected position, by using a threshold that is varied in accordance with the error information. | 01-31-2013 |
20130030688 | VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A vehicle driving assistance device according to the invention is intended to improve the reliability of driving assistance and includes a vehicle sensor that acquires vehicle behavior information about the behavior of a vehicle, an inter-vehicle communication unit that acquires other-vehicle behavior information about the behavior of another vehicle which travels in front of the vehicle, a traffic condition estimating unit that estimates traffic conditions between the vehicle and another vehicle on the basis of the vehicle behavior information and the other-vehicle behavior information, and a driving assistance unit that performs driving assistance on the basis of the estimation result of the traffic condition estimating unit. | 01-31-2013 |
20130046459 | FLIGHT STATE CONTROL DEVICE OF FLYING OBJECT - Prediction means predicts a collision risk of a flying object with at least an altitude, a flying speed, and an attitude as parameters. When the prediction means determines that the collision risk is high, flight state control means controls the flying speed, the attitude, and a flying path to control the flight state of the flying object. Therefore, when the collision risk is high, it is possible to control the maneuvering of the flying object to prevent collision and to reduce impact at the time of collision. | 02-21-2013 |
20130054128 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE MANEUVER PATH DETERMINATION WITH JERK LIMIT - In a vehicle, an optimal path curvature limited by one or more constraints may be determined. The constraints may be related to lateral jerk and one or more vehicle dynamics constraints. Based on the optimal path curvature, an optimal vehicle path around an object may be determined. The optimal vehicle path may be output to a collision avoidance control system. The collision avoidance control system may cause the vehicle to take a certain path. | 02-28-2013 |
20130060458 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINING VEHICLE SAFETY ARRANGMENTS - The present invention relates to a method for a safety system of a mining vehicle. The method comprises scanning the surroundings of the mining vehicle while the mining vehicle is driven and giving a collision warning if an obstacle is detected in a safety zone of the mining vehicle. In the system, there is stored obstacle information comprising at least location information of predetermined obstacles. Location information of the obstacle detected on the basis of the scanning is compared with the location information determined in the obstacle information. Stopping of the mining vehicle, caused by the safety system due to the detected obstacle, is prevented in response to the detected obstacle being determined safe on the basis of checking the obstacle information. | 03-07-2013 |
20130073194 | VEHICLE SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR RECOGNIZING EXTERNAL WORLDS - Preferably, an object such as a vehicle is detected regardless of a distance up to the object. A device for recognizing external worlds that analyzes an image acquired by capturing the vicinity of a self-vehicle includes: a processing area setting unit setting a first area of the image indicating a short range and a second area of the image indicating a long range, a first object detecting unit detecting the object by means of a first classifier in the set first area, a second object detecting unit detecting the object by considering even a background pattern by means of a second classifier in the set second area, a rectangular correction unit correcting a detected object rectangular shape and a time to collision (TTC) computing unit computing a prediction time up to a collision based on the detected object rectangular shape. | 03-21-2013 |
20130080044 | Automatic Docking System - An automatic docking or parking system, comprising a plurality of left side and right side distance sensing transducers to determine the distance in this application between the hull of a marine vessel and an external structure and transmit the information to a processor control unit to control the systems propulsion elements to automatically dock and maintain a vessel's predetermined distance from an external structure. | 03-28-2013 |
20130096814 | COLLISION PREVENTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE ON THE GROUND - A collision prevention device includes a device for localizing obstacles; a device for acquiring obstacle localization data; a device for localizing an equipped vehicle; and a collision prevention computer for combining the obstacle localization data coming from the device for acquiring obstacle localization data; for taking into account a description of a configuration of the equipped vehicle and the localization of the equipped vehicle; for detecting proximity conflicts between the equipped vehicle and the localized obstacles; for generating alerts in the case of proximity of the equipped vehicle and a localized obstacle; and for generating at least one solution for resolving each conflict detected. The collision prevention device further includes a presentation device for presenting warnings to a driver of the equipped vehicle. | 04-18-2013 |
20130110390 | LASER RANGING, TRACKING AND DESIGNATION USING 3-D FOCAL PLANES | 05-02-2013 |
20130124079 | MONITORING OBJECTS ORBITING EARTH USING SATELLITE-BASED TELESCOPES - An ephemeris refinement system includes satellites with imaging devices in earth orbit to make observations of space-based objects (“target objects”) and a ground-based controller that controls the scheduling of the satellites to make the observations of the target objects and refines orbital models of the target objects. The ground-based controller determines when the target objects of interest will be near enough to a satellite for that satellite to collect an image of the target object based on an initial orbital model for the target objects. The ground-based controller directs the schedules to be uploaded to the satellites, and the satellites make observations as scheduled and download the observations to the ground-based controller. The ground-based controller then refines the initial orbital models of the target objects based on the locations of the target objects that are derived from the observations. | 05-16-2013 |
20130144520 | OBJECT SENSING (PEDESTRIAN AVOIDANCE/ACCIDENT AVOIDANCE) - 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. | 06-06-2013 |
20130158852 | Method and System for Accelerated Object Recognition and/or Accelerated Object Attribute Recognition and Use of Said Method - 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. | 06-20-2013 |
20130184979 | Method and System for Detection of Motor Vehicle Movement to Avoid Collisions - A method and system prevents accidental direction selection in a motor vehicle. The driver of the vehicle is alerted that the selected direction of the vehicle via the gear shift is opposite of the direction that the driver intends for the vehicle to move. The selected direction of the vehicle by the driver is initially detected. The invention then detects the driver's physical position and any objects in the immediate area surrounding the vehicle. Based on the information gathered from these detections, there is determination made regarding the vehicle direction selected by the driver. If the determination is the likelihood of an accident/collision if the vehicle moves in the selected direction, the present invention will alert the driver. In addition, an embodiment of the present invention may also include the ability to disable the vehicle in order to avoid a collision. | 07-18-2013 |
20130184980 | MOBILE BODY - Disclosed is a mobile body which plans an avoidance operation of the mobile body and an expected avoidance operation which is expected of a mobile obstacle, thereby improving efficiency of the avoidance operation. A mobile body ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130191016 | Method and Device for the Filtering of Alerts Originating from a Collision Detection System of an Aircraft - A method and a device for the filtering of alerts originating from a collision detection system of an aircraft makes it possible, by proposing a novel condition for alert disabling, to avoid an abnormal drop of an aircraft in the case of a CFIT (controlled flight into terrain) by authorizing the output of the alert when this novel condition is not complied with. This novel condition relies on a method for thresholding the angle of approach of the aircraft (FPA for flight path angle) as a function of the altitude of the aircraft with respect to the runway and of the angle of approach specified for each runway and which is recovered via the terrain database. | 07-25-2013 |
20130231855 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HUMAN COMMANDED SYSTEMS - A method of implementing an optimal avoidance filter for interposing between a human operator issued movement commands and a corresponding machine control system of a movable machine, for the avoidance of collisions with objects. The method: includes inputting a detailed representation of objects in the vicinity of the movable machine; and formulating a hierarchical set of bounding boxes around the objects. The hierarchical set including refinement details depending on the current positional state of the movable machine, with objects closer to the machine having higher levels of refinement details. The method further includes utilizing the resultant hierarchical set as a set of constraints for a mixed integer optimisation problem to determine any alterations to the issued movement commands so as to avoid collisions with any objects. | 09-05-2013 |
20130238232 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING COLLISION BETWEEN VESSELS - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for preventing a collision between vessels. The apparatus includes a position information processing unit, an expected collision route calculation unit, an escape route calculation unit, and a control unit. The position information processing unit collects information about the position of a reference vessel using a mobile terminal and receives information about a counterpart vessel from a user. The expected collision route calculation unit calculates an expected collision route based on the information. The escape route calculation unit calculates escape routes if the possibility of a collision is above a set value. The control unit provides the escape routes, compares changes in actually measured positions of the vessels with the escape routes, and manages navigation on the results of the comparison between changes in the actually measured positions of the vessels and the escape routes. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238233 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention describe modules/logic/circuitry to receive image data identifying terrain, environment, and/or one or more objects near a vehicle, determine a projection of the one or more objects with respect to the vehicle, determine whether the one or more objects will collide with the vehicle, and in response to determining the one or more objects will collide, altering the vehicle state. In some embodiments, altering the vehicle state is based, at least in part, on a driver position with respect to the one or more objects determined to collide with the vehicle (e.g., moving the vehicle to protect the drive). In some embodiments, altering the vehicle state comprises at least one of adjusting brakes of the vehicle to alter its trajectory, adjusting a steering wheel of the vehicle to alter its trajectory and adjusting an orientation or rotational speed of a flywheel (for CMG assisted vehicles). | 09-12-2013 |
20130253815 | SYSTEM OF DETERMINING INFORMATION ABOUT A PATH OR A ROAD VEHICLE - A method of determining information relating to a path of a road vehicle, the method comprising a step a):
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20130253816 | COMMUNICATION BASED VEHICLE-PEDESTRIAN COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM - A system for detecting a pedestrian is provided. The system includes a base and a mast extending from the base, and a plurality of sensors mounted on the mast, the plurality of sensors for detecting objects and pedestrians within a predetermined range, and wherein the sensors include a GPS antenna, at least one camera, an alert mechanism, a radio with an integrated directional antenna, and a short range communication antenna. A path predicting circuit is in communication with a system vehicle and the pedestrian detection system. The path predicting circuit processes information from the system vehicle and pedestrian detection system to predict the path of the system vehicle and detected objects. The path predicting circuit is in communication with a path collision circuit and the predicted paths are mapped on the path collision circuit so as to determine if the system vehicle may possibly collide with a detected object. | 09-26-2013 |
20130261950 | RAILROAD CROSSING BARRIER ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE - A railroad crossing barrier estimating apparatus and a vehicle that incorporates therein such a railroad crossing barrier estimating apparatus are provided. When at least one of an external object the transverse width of which increases over time and an external object having a given length at a certain height from the ground is detected, the vehicle or the railroad crossing barrier estimating apparatus estimates the detected external object as a railroad crossing barrier. | 10-03-2013 |
20130261951 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - There is provided a driving support apparatus for a vehicle. A driving control unit determines whether or not a three-dimensional object ahead is a three-dimensional object having high reliability as a control object for an automatic brake control based on a condition set beforehand, when possibility of collision between the vehicle and the three-dimensional object ahead is determined to be high. When the reliability of the three-dimensional object ahead as the control object is determined to be low and the amount of increase in the accelerator opening degree is equal to or larger than a set value, the driving control unit cancels the execution of the automatic brake control. | 10-03-2013 |
20130261952 | COLLISION DETERMINATION DEVICE - A collision determination device determines the possibility of collision between a host vehicle and the other object on the basis of a shortest arrival time calculated by a shortest arrival time calculation unit and a passage time at each point of the host vehicle acquired by a vehicle route candidate acquisition unit. In this way, even if a locus to be taken by the other object is not generated, the shortest arrival time at which the other object can arrive at each point of the route candidate of the host vehicle with a predetermined first displacement is calculated, thereby determining the possibility of collision between the host vehicle and the other object. Therefore, it is possible to reduce a computational load for determining collision and to accurately determine collision between the host vehicle and the other object. | 10-03-2013 |
20130275036 | SCHEDULER FOR MONITORING OBJECTS ORBITING EARTH USING SATELLITE-BASED TELESCOPES - An ephemeris refinement system includes satellites with imaging devices in earth orbit to make observations of space-based objects (“target objects”) and a ground-based controller that controls the scheduling of the satellites to make the observations of the target objects and refines orbital models of the target objects. The ground-based controller determines when the target objects of interest will be near enough to a satellite for that satellite to collect an image of the target object based on an initial orbital model for the target objects. The ground-based controller directs the schedules to be uploaded to the satellites, and the satellites make observations as scheduled and download the observations to the ground-based controller. The ground-based controller then refines the initial orbital models of the target objects based on the locations of the target objects that are derived from the observations. | 10-17-2013 |
20130282267 | EXTRA-VEHICULAR ANTI-COLLISION SYSTEM - Device, system and method, in a vehicle communication system using a first protocol, of implementing a gateway using a distinct second protocol. Embodiments include a first protocol transmitting in a government set vehicle safety band, and a second protocol in the set of: WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular phone and cellular data. An embodiment uses a validity-testing module to prevent insecure messages on the second protocol from interfering with the first protocol. Both one-way and two-way inter-protocol message transfers are described. Embodiments use the gateway to communicate from a vehicle using the first protocol to pedestrians, bicyclists, and equipped animals using the second protocol. Embodiments use a computed and transmitted risk-of-collision value. Embodiments include a driver or operator warning responsive to the transmitted risk value. Embodiments include computation of likely future position. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282268 | ORIENTATION SENSITIVE TRAFFIC COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM - The present invention provides an Advanced Driver Assistant System (ADAS) | 10-24-2013 |
20130289868 | HOST-VEHICLE RISK ACQUISITION DEVICE AND METHOD - A host-vehicle risk acquisition device includes a host-vehicle path acquisition portion that acquires a path of a host-vehicle, and an obstacle path acquisition portion that acquires a plurality of paths of an obstacle existing around the host-vehicle. A collision risk acquisition portion acquires an actual collision risk, which is a collision risk between the host-vehicle and the obstacle when the host-vehicle is in a travel state based on the path of the host-vehicle and the plurality of paths of the obstacle. An offset risk acquisition portion acquires an offset risk, which is a collision risk between the host-vehicle and the obstacle in an offset travel state, which is offset from the travel state of the host-vehicle. | 10-31-2013 |
20130289869 | ELECTRONIC PET AND PET INTERACTION SYSTEM THEREOF - A electronic pet contains a diving device which includes a sealed main body with at least one flexible portion disposed on at least one part of the main body wherein the sealed main body is sealed from water external to the sealed main body by the at least one flexible portion together with the main body, and an actuator, directly connected to the flexible portion through a transmission shaft, wherein the actuator is adapted for controlling the air density of the diving device by pulling or pushing the flexible portion inwards or outwards through the transmission shaft respectively. The electronic pet also includes a driving device, a sensing device used to sense light, sound and contact/non-contact stimulations from an external environment, a signal transceiver device used to transceive signals to and from devices other than the electronic pet, and a processor. | 10-31-2013 |
20130311077 | OBJECT DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - An object determination apparatus includes: a sensing device that is mounted in a host vehicle, and that sends detection wave and receives the detection wave reflected from an object, and that detects the object; a detection unit that detects the state of reflection intensity of the detection wave received by the sensing device which changes with the distance to the object; and a determination unit that determines that the object is a vehicle other than the host vehicle when a peak of the reflection intensity exceeds a predetermined threshold value. Peaks of the reflection intensity change in accordance the distance to the object, but the peaks regarding vehicles tend to be higher than the peaks regarding on-road structures. Hence, by comparing a peak of the reflection intensity with the predetermined threshold value, it can be determined whether the detected object is a vehicle other than the host vehicle. | 11-21-2013 |
20130317733 | Conflict Detection and Resolution Using Predicted Aircraft Trajectories - A method of detecting conflicts between aircraft passing through managed airspace, and to resolving the detected conflicts strategically. The method may include obtaining intended trajectories of aircraft through the airspace and time constraints corresponding to time of arrival at specified locations, detecting conflicts in the intended trajectories, forming a set of the conflicted aircraft, calculating one or more revised trajectories for the conflicted aircraft such that the conflicts are resolved and the time constraints met, and advising the conflicted aircraft subject to revised trajectories of the revised trajectories. | 11-28-2013 |
20130317734 | CONFLICT DETECTION AND RESOLUTION USING PREDICTED AIRCRAFT TRAJECTORIES - A method of detecting conflicts between aircraft passing through managed airspace, and resolving the detected conflicts strategically. The method may include obtaining intended trajectories of aircraft through the airspace, detecting conflicts in the intended trajectories, forming a set of the conflicted aircraft, calculating one or more revised trajectories for the conflicted aircraft such that the conflicts are resolved, and advising the conflicted aircraft subject to revised trajectories of the revised trajectories. | 11-28-2013 |
20130325311 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MOVING-OBJECT AROUND VEHICLE - An apparatus including a processor configured to: detect a position of a vehicle and a plurality of positions of fixed objects located around the vehicle based on map coordinates; detect objects based on information measured using a distance measurement sensor disposed in the vehicle; detect a moving object among the detected objects; estimate a plurality of positions of the vehicle and the moving object after a fixed period of time based on a position, a speed, and a movement direction of the moving object; and calculate a degree of proximity risk for the moving object with respect to the vehicle based on a distance and a speed between the vehicle and the moving object. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325312 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED AWARENESS OF OBSTACLE PROXIMITY DURING TAXI OPERATIONS - Systems and methods for predicting and displaying targets based on height in relation to the wing, wingtip or other elements of the aircraft, such as engine nacelles. The location of ground obstacles is based on radar returns (from sensors deployed on the ownship), aircraft surveillance data, and/or an airport moving map database. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325313 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING DRIVING AUXILIARY INFORMATION - Disclosed herein is a device of displaying driving auxiliary information capable of providing information on an obstacle positioned on an expected path on which a vehicle will move as well as the expected path according to a steering angle. The device includes: a camera photographing a real image; a first storing unit in which a guide line image for a driving trajectory of a vehicle is divided for each steering angle and stored; a steering sensor detecting a steering angle of the vehicle; a plurality of distance sensors measuring distances to an object positioned at an outer portion of the vehicle and spaced apart from each other; and a controlling unit connected to the first storing unit, the steering sensor, and the distance sensors. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325314 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED TCAS BEARING MEASUREMENT - Systems and methods for improving bearing accuracy in a Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) environment. An interrogation signal is transmitted from an array of antenna elements. A response to the transmitted interrogation signal from a target is received at a first pair of elements of the array. The first pair of elements is separated by at most ½λ of the response signal. A processor determines coarse bearing of the received response. A second pair of elements of the array of antenna elements receives a response to the interrogation signal. The second pair of elements is separated by approximately Nλ of the response signal. N is an integer not equal to zero. A first bearing value to the target is determined based on the determined coarse bearing and the received response at the second pair of elements. The array is mounted on an aircraft or on a ground installation. | 12-05-2013 |
20130332061 | Obstacle Evaluation Technique - 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. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332062 | OBSTACLE INFORMATION SYSTEM OF A HELICOPTER - An obstacle information system and method for a helicopter with a warning information processor ( | 12-12-2013 |
20140012492 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOPERATIVE COLLISION DETECTION - A vehicle collision detection system may be configured to coordinate with collision detection systems of other vehicles. The coordination may comprise sharing sensor data with other vehicles, receiving sensor information from other vehicles, using sensor information to generate a collision detection model, sharing the collision detection model with other vehicles, receiving a collision detection model from other vehicles, and the like. In some embodiments, vehicles may coordinate sensor operation to form a bistatic and/or multistatic sensor configuration, in which a detection signal generated at a first land vehicle is detected at a sensing system at a second land vehicle. | 01-09-2014 |
20140025285 | False Warning Supression in a Collision Avoidance System - A system and method for suppressing collision warning in a host vehicle is provided. The system receives position data from a remote vehicle. The host vehicle suppresses a collision warning when a detected stationary object is in a safe-zone based on the remote vehicle position data, thereby preventing false collision warnings. | 01-23-2014 |
20140032093 | COLLISION DETECTION SYSTEM WITH A PLAUSIBIITY MODULE - A collision detection system for a vehicle includes a sensor and a camera. The sensor measures a first data set of an object relative to the vehicle. The camera measures a second data set of the object relative to the vehicle and separately measures an image-based time-to-collision with the object based on scalable differences of captured images. A fusion module matches data from the sensor and the camera and estimates a collision threat based on the matched data. A plausibility module generates a signal if the measured image-based time-to-collision is less than a calculated steering-based time-to-collision and a braking-based time-to-collision with the object. A countermeasure module actuates a countermeasure device, such as an autonomous braking system, if the collision threat exceeds an actuation threshold and the signal from the plausibility module is received, thereby statistically reducing the rate of false actuations of the countermeasure device. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032094 | Method for Detecting Critical Driving Situations of Lorries or Passenger Vehicles and Method for Avoiding Collisions - A method for detecting critical driving situations of motor vehicles, in particular for preventing collisions with an object in front of an own vehicle, has the following steps: detection of a current vehicle acceleration and a current vehicle velocity of an own vehicle; specification of an acceleration profile depending on driving variables of the own vehicle; assumption of a time progression of a foreseeable acceleration of the own vehicle based on its current acceleration; determination of a path profile of the own vehicle from the time progression of the foreseeable acceleration; acquisition of a current distance and a current relative velocity of an object in front of the own vehicle; calculation of the current absolute velocity of the object as well as of the absolute current acceleration of the object; assumption of a time progression of a foreseeable acceleration of the object based on its current acceleration; determination of a path profile of the object from the time progression of the foreseeable acceleration; comparison of the path profile of the own vehicle with the path profile of the object; and if the two path profiles intersect, determination of a probable collision time of the own vehicle with the object; establishment of a time before the probable collision time comparison of this time with the probable collision time determined; and if the probable collision time lies before the established time, issue of a warning to the driver of the own vehicle. | 01-30-2014 |
20140039785 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTATION OF PROBABLE WAKE TURBULENCE - Systems and methods for improving the presentation of wake turbulence information. A processor located on an ownship receives position, heading and type information of another aircraft and position and heading information of the ownship. The processor determines if a possible wake condition exists from the other aircraft based on at least a portion of the received information and at least one predefined threshold and generates a wake icon if a wake condition is determined to exist. The wake condition exists when the ownship's altitude is below a first threshold altitude and above a second threshold altitude, wherein the first and second threshold altitudes are based on the other aircraft's altitude. | 02-06-2014 |
20140039786 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A safety device for motor vehicles is provided having a sensor system for locating objects in the area in front of the vehicle and at least in the lateral surroundings of the vehicle, a prediction unit for detecting a risk of collision with an object coming from the side, a detection unit for detecting an area in front of the vehicle which is clear of potential collision objects, and a control unit which is configured to suppress braking of the host vehicle when a risk of collision with an object coming from the side is detected and when the area in front of the vehicle is recognized as being clear if this would presumably make a collision with the object coming from the side avoidable. A method for intervening in the longitudinal guidance of a motor vehicle is also provided. | 02-06-2014 |
20140067248 | ABSOLUTE ACCELERATION SENSOR FOR USE WITHIN MOVING VEHICLES - A communication system comprises a pointable range finder to calculate a distance between the vehicle and an object, a recorder for recording a status of the vehicle and a control device. The range finder sends a signal to the control device corresponding to the vehicle's distance from the object and the control device operates the recorder in a manner dependent upon the signal from the range finder. The recorder is able to record the event if the vehicle is an unsafe distance from the object. The unsafe distance is able to be a programmed distance. In some embodiments, the unsafe distance increases with an increase in speed of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the unsafe distance is determined by a programmable constant. In these embodiments, the unsafe distance is determined according to a speed of the vehicle, the vehicle's distance from an object and a pre-defined safe zone threshold value. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067249 | Marine Threat Monitoring and Defense System - A marine threat monitoring and defense system and method protects a target vessel in icy or other marine regions. The system uses communications, user interfaces, and data sources to identify marine obstacles (e.g., icebergs, ice floes, pack ice, etc.) near a target vessel performing set operations (e.g., a stationed structure performing drilling or production operations or a seismic survey vessel performing exploration operations with a planned route). The system monitors positions of these identified marine obstacles over time relative to the target vessel and predicts any potential threats. When a threat is predicted, the system plans deployment of support vessels, beacons, and the like to respond to the threat. For example, the system can direct a support vessel to divert the path or break up ice threatening the target vessel. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067250 | LANE CHANGE ASSIST INFORMATION VISUALIZATION SYSTEM - A lane change assist information visualization system allows a vehicle driver to change lanes with minimum effort and stress by displaying a lane change option that suits the particular lane changing situation in an intuitively understandable manner, and information on the surrounding vehicles adequate for the vehicle driver to make a reasonable decision in changing lanes. The system includes a lane change program computing device ( | 03-06-2014 |
20140081567 | AIRPORT SURFACE COLLISION-AVOIDANCE SYSTEM (ASCAS) - Systems and methods for performing airport surface collision-avoidance. A wingtip-mounted camera allows the pilot to positively ascertain that the wingtip will clear objects located in the video. An exemplary system implemented on an aircraft includes a wingtip module having a camera that generates a video stream and a communication device that transmits the generated video stream. A processor receives the video stream and generates a reticule for the video stream. A display device simultaneously presents the video stream and the reticule. The reticule includes a horizon line and is based on a focal length of a lens of the camera and height of the camera above ground. The reticule includes curved and/or straight distance lines and curved or straight travel lines. The travel line(s) correspond to at least one aircraft component or a zone of importance and are based on location of the camera and trajectory of the aircraft. | 03-20-2014 |
20140100769 | REPLENISHING A RETAIL FACILITY - A system includes storage shelves and display shelves at a retail facility. The system also includes a management module operable to determine to replenish a display shelf with an inventory item stored by a storage shelf. The management module is also operable to coordinate movement of mobile drive units to replenish the display shelf with the inventory item at an inventory restocking station. The system also includes a first mobile drive unit and a second mobile drive unit. The first mobile drive unit is operable to receive first instructions from the management module to transport the display shelf to the inventory restocking station. The second mobile drive unit is operable to receive second instructions from the management module to transport the storage shelf to the inventory restocking station. At the inventory restocking station, the display shelf receives the inventory item. | 04-10-2014 |
20140100770 | Automotive Vehicle Having Surrounding Object Pattern Generator - A vehicle includes a controller and a display. At least four sensors are coupled to the controller to detect a distant and a direction of other vehicle around the user vehicle, a surrounding object pattern generator is coupled to the controller to generate a surrounding object pattern based on the detected distant and the direction, and the surrounding pattern is displayed on the display. | 04-10-2014 |
20140129129 | RECONFIGURABLE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A processing system for a driven vehicle comprising a detector to detect an object which is in an area surrounding the driven vehicle via one or more sensors mounted on the driven vehicle, and to generate position data and size data corresponding to the detected object. The system may include a calculator to calculate an adjustment signal based on the position data and the size data. The system may also include a controller to adjust the driven vehicle's cabin height and/or the driven vehicle's wheelbase width, based on the calculated adjustment signal, such that the driven vehicle avoids colliding with the detected object. Collision may be avoided by the system via elevating the vehicle cabin above the road using an expandable suspension system. Further, an omni-directional telescoping shaft and wheel assembly system with in-wheel motors may be used for maneuvering the vehicle and/or altering the wheelbase width. | 05-08-2014 |
20140136097 | ANTI-COLLISION SYSTEM OF VEHICLE - An anti-collision system for preventing collision of a vehicle has an object detector that detects a periphery object of the vehicle; a prevention actuation portion that performs actuation for preventing the collision of the vehicle with the periphery object detected by the object detector; and an actuation timing change portion configured to change an actuation timing of the prevention actuation portion, the actuation timing being a timing of actuation of the prevention actuation portion depending on the detection of the periphery object by the object detector, the actuation timing change portion delaying the actuation timing more steeply than when accelerating the actuation timing. | 05-15-2014 |
20140142837 | OBJECT TYPE DETERMINATION APPARATUS - An object type determination apparatus mounted in a vehicle. In the apparatus, a detection unit detects an object present forward of the vehicle. A height estimation unit estimates a height of the object detected by the detection unit from a road surface. A determination unit uses the estimation result of the height estimation unit to determine, according to one of a plurality of predefined criteria, whether or not the object is an object for which a collision avoidance process is performed. A complex environment estimation unit estimates a likelihood that a complex environment is present forward of the vehicle. A criterion selection unit selects the one of the plurality of predefined criteria used by the determination unit on the basis of the estimation result of the complex environment estimation unit. | 05-22-2014 |
20140142838 | Collision Avoidance System for Aircraft Ground Operations - A ground collision avoidance system (GCAS) for an aircraft is disclosed. A radio frequency (RF) sensor senses a location of an obstacle with respect to the aircraft moving along the ground. An expected location of the obstacle with respect to the aircraft is determined from the sensed location and a trajectory of the aircraft. An alarm signal is generated when the expected location of the obstacle is less than a selected criterion. | 05-22-2014 |
20140142839 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD - The necessity of the emergency avoidance assistance is determined. In a case where the emergency avoidance assistance is determined to be necessary, emergency avoidance assistance is implemented, and in a case where the emergency avoidance assistance is determined not to be necessary, the prediction assistance is implemented. According to this configuration, it is possible to perform the assistance according to emergency level of the collision. When it is the time of emergency state, it is possible to avoid (decrease) the collision without delaying the assistance, and when it is not the time of emergency state, it is possible to avoid the future collision in advance by the highly accurate prediction. | 05-22-2014 |
20140163858 | Non-Kinematic Behavioral Mapping - A system and methodology/processes for non-kinematic/behavioral mapping to a local area abstraction (LAA) includes a technique for populating an LAA wherein human behavior or other non-strictly-kinematic motion may be present. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163859 | APPARATUS FOR JUDGING PROBABILITY OF COLLISION BETWEEN VEHICLE AND OBJECT SURROUNDING THE VEHICLE - A collision judgment apparatus includes: a distance detecting unit detecting distance between a vehicle and an object; a relative speed detecting unit detecting a relative speed therebetween; a margin time calculation unit calculating a time to collision therebetween, based on the distance and the relative speed; an angle detecting unit detecting an angle of the object with respect to a running direction of the vehicle; a variation calculation unit calculating a variation of the angle over time; a setting unit setting a judgment value such that the shorter the margin time, the larger the judgment value; and a judgment unit judging that the vehicle is likely to collide with the object when the variation of the angle calculated by the variation calculation unit is lower than the judgment value set by the setting unit. | 06-12-2014 |
20140172287 | MOBILE TERMINAL - If identification information is updated periodically, there is such a problem that when another vehicle is receiving driving support based on transmitted identification information of an own vehicle, if the identification information of the own vehicle is updated, the operation of driving support using the identification information becomes unstable because another vehicle can no longer identify the own vehicle. | 06-19-2014 |
20140180567 | VEHICLE WITH DISTANCE MONITORING DEVICE - A vehicle has a distance monitoring device, which can be switched between a first operating mode for detecting the distance to an obstacle located in travelling direction and a second operating mode for measuring a distance transversely to the travelling direction to an obstacle and outputting a signal in real time that is representative of the measured distance. | 06-26-2014 |
20140180568 | DRIVE ASSIST APPARATUS - A drive assist apparatus includes: a dead zone recognition unit that recognizes a dead zone not visible to a driver in an advancement direction of a host vehicle; a moving body information setting unit that sets, as information relating to a moving body that may jump out from the dead zone, moving body information including at least an assumed speed of the moving body; a speed region calculation unit that calculates, on the basis of the moving body information set by the moving body information setting unit, a speed region of the host vehicle, the speed region being a region in which the host vehicle may contact the moving body if the host vehicle advances in the advancement direction; and a target speed calculation unit that calculates a target speed of the host vehicle on the basis of the speed region. | 06-26-2014 |
20140195141 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A driving assistance device includes a blind spot recognition unit that recognizes a blind spot of a driver; a mobile object information setting unit that sets mobile object information; a speed zone computation unit that computes a speed zone of the host vehicle; a brake avoidance condition computation unit that computes at least one condition of a brake avoidance condition so that the host vehicle can avoid contact with the mobile object using a brake of the host vehicle and a brake avoidance condition so that the mobile object can avoid contact with the host vehicle using a brake of the mobile object; a speed zone correction unit that corrects the speed zone, based on the brake avoidance condition computed by the brake avoidance condition computation unit; and a target speed computation unit that computes a target speed of the host vehicle based on the speed zone. | 07-10-2014 |
20140200799 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control device basically includes a first risk computation unit, a second risk computing unit and a first risk adjustment unit. The first risk computation unit calculates a first risk with respect to a nearby obstacle located in a nearby detection region near a host vehicle. The second risk computing unit calculates a second risk with respect to a remote obstacle located further from the nearby detection region. The first risk adjustment unit adjusts at least one of the first and the second risks to preferentially execute a warning or vehicle control based on one of the first risk or the second risk versus a warning or vehicle control based on the other of the first risk or the second risk based on an entry state of the host vehicle of entering a planned parking place, or an exit state of the host vehicle of exiting from a parking place. | 07-17-2014 |
20140207364 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING A TRAJECTORY - A method and an arrangement are provided for determining a trajectory for a host vehicle H in order to as smoothly as possible avoid or mitigate a collision. The arrangement may include a processor and at least one of a sensor system or a communication system. The method may include identifying positions of one or more external objects in relation to the host vehicle H within a predefined distance, generating a plurality of trajectories that are valid for enabling the host vehicle H to pass any desired number of external objects, removing any trajectories intersecting with any one of the external objects, estimating lateral position, lateral velocity, lateral acceleration and the lateral jerk that will act on the host vehicle H driving along any one of the trajectories, and selecting the trajectory for which the lateral jerk acting on the host vehicle H is minimized. | 07-24-2014 |
20140214313 | Vehicle Having a Device for Influencing the Attentiveness of the Driver and for Determining the Viewing Direction of the Driver - A vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, has a device for influencing the attention of the driver. The vehicle includes a display unit for displaying information content. The vehicle includes a central operating panel associated with the display unit. The vehicle includes a system for detecting a danger in traffic. The vehicle includes a system for issuing a warning regarding a detected danger, and the vehicle further includes a computing unit. The computing unit ascertains a viewing probability of the driver looking in the direction of the display unit during an operating sequence and at a viewing point in time. The computing unit takes the interaction of the driver with the vehicle into consideration for ascertaining the viewing probability. The warning is issued as a function of the ascertained viewing probability. | 07-31-2014 |
20140222326 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD - A driving support device and a driving support method, which can appropriately determine whether driving support is necessary and perform effective driving support, are provided. A driving support device calculates TTC, which is a time required for the vehicle to arrive at an intersection point at which the vehicle and a moving object intersect in the traveling direction of the vehicle and in a direction intersecting with the traveling direction, and TTV required for the moving object to arrive at the intersection point, and performs driving support in the vehicle based on the relative relation between TTC and TTV. | 08-07-2014 |
20140236469 | ONBOARD MAP DISPLAY OF POSITIONS OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL AIRCRAFT - Onboard an individual aircraft, a map showing aircraft flying in the vicinity of the individual aircraft is displayed on a monitor. Navigation satellite technology, such as GPS, onboard the individual aircraft is used to determine the position of the individual aircraft. Via a communications network, position-indication signals indicating the determined positions of the individual aircraft and other aircraft flying in the vicinity of the individual aircraft are sent between the different aircraft. Onboard the individual aircraft, a computer processes the position-indication signals to provide display signals that enable a monitor onboard the individual aircraft to display a map showing the positions of other aircraft flying in the vicinity of the individual aircraft in relation to the position of the individual aircraft. In one embodiment, a website that communicates with the different aircraft via the Internet facilitates communication of the position-indication signals between the different aircraft. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236470 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN INSTANTANEOUS OR ANTICIPATED PROBABLE ZONE OF OCCUPANCY OF AN AIRCRAFT IN AN AIRPORT NAVIGATION ZONE - The general field of the invention is that of methods for determining safety zones surrounding an aircraft travelling or taking off from an airport zone, the safety zone being calculated at a determined instant that may be the present instant or the future instant. The method according to the invention comprises at least the following steps:
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20140236471 | COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM - A method of estimating a time to collision (TTC) of a vehicle with an object comprising: acquiring a plurality of images of the object; and determining a TTC from the images that is responsive to a relative velocity and relative acceleration between the vehicle and the object. | 08-21-2014 |
20140244151 | VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - An object of the invention is to provide, in a vehicle driving assistance system that provides assistance to avoid a collision between a host vehicle and a three-dimensional object causing an obstruction, a technique for avoiding assistance in which the host vehicle is guided to a region where the presence of a three-dimensional object is unclear. To achieve this object, according to the invention, a grid map, by which an avoidance region in which a three-dimensional object exists, an unclear region in which the existence of a three-dimensional object is unclear, and a safe region in which no three-dimensional objects exist can he distinguished, is created. When the avoidance region exists on the advancement path of the host vehicle, a route that can avoid the avoidance region and passes through the unclear region for a distance not exceeding a threshold is specified, whereupon a steering angle is controlled to cause the host vehicle to travel along the specified route, | 08-28-2014 |
20140249738 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM COLLISION AVOIDANCE - Systems and methods are operable maintain a proscribed Self Separation distance between an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and an object. In an example system, consecutive intruder aircraft locations relative to corresponding locations of a self aircraft are determined, wherein the determining is based on current velocities of the intruder aircraft and the self aircraft, and wherein the determining is based on current flight paths of the intruder aircraft and the self aircraft. At least one evasive maneuver for the self aircraft is computed using a processing system based on the determined consecutive intruder aircraft locations relative to the corresponding locations of the self aircraft. | 09-04-2014 |
20140249739 | SYSTEM FOR AIDING THE GUIDANCE OF AN AIRCRAFT TRAVELLING AROUND AN AIRPORT ZONE - The general field of the invention is that of systems for aiding the guidance of a first aircraft travelling around an airport zone. The system according to the invention comprises:
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20140249740 | Method and device for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle during a driving maneuver - A method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle during a driving maneuver, in which the surroundings laterally next to the vehicle are registered using a first sensor in the rear region and a second sensor in the front region. With the aid of distance values of the first sensor from an object, taken one after another during a short travel segment, an object edge is determined and a contact point is established which is located at the place at which a straight line, extending the object edge and a straight line bordering the registration range of the second sensor, which does not register the object, on the side of the first sensor, intersect. Also described is a device for implementing the method. | 09-04-2014 |
20140278047 | ENRICHING DRIVING EXPERIENCE WITH CLOUD ASSISTANCE - Described is a technology by which driver safety technology such as collision detection is implemented via mobile device (e.g., smartphone) sensors and a cloud service that processes data received from vehicles associated with the devices. Trajectory-related data is received at the cloud service and used to predict collisions between vehicles and/or lane departures of vehicles. To operate the service in real-time with low latency, also described is dividing driving areas into grids, e.g., based upon traffic density, having parallel grid servers each responsible for only vehicles in or approaching its own grid, and other parallel/distributed mechanisms of the cloud service. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278048 | CALCULATING TIME TO GO AND SIZE OF AN OBJECT BASED ON SCALE CORRELATION BETWEEN IMAGES FROM AN ELECTRO OPTICAL SENSOR - A method for calculating a Time To Go value between a vehicle and an intruding object. First and second images of the object are retrieved at first and second points of time. A scaling factor is selected and the second image scaled with the scale factor. The scaled image is resampled to a set position. Correlation values are calculated between the first image and the resampled scaled image for different horizontal displacements and/or different vertical displacements for the resampled scaled image. A maximum correlation value is found based on the correlation values. Selecting the scaling factor, resampling, calculating the correlation values, and finding the maximum correlation values are repeated a second predetermined number of times. A largest maximum correlation value is found among the maximum correlation values and the scale factor associated with the largest maximum correlation value. The Time To Go is calculated based on the associated scale factor. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278049 | Grid-Based Environmental Model for a Vehicle - A sensor system for sensing the environment of a motor vehicle having has an evaluation unit, wherein a grid-based environmental model is calculated and at least one discrete value of environmental data is assigned to each grid cell. Discretization is carried out by comparing the environmental data with at least one threshold value. At least one discrete value of the grid is preferably transmitted via a data transmission system to an evaluation or control unit in the vehicle. | 09-18-2014 |
20140288813 | COLLISION TARGETING FOR AN UNOCCUPIED FLYING VEHICLE (UFV) - Disclosed herein are example embodiments for collision targeting for an unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV). For certain example embodiments, at least one machine, such as a UFV, may: (i) ascertain at least one target for at least one collision to include a UFV; or (ii) execute at least one maneuver to divert a UFV at least toward at least one target to induce at least one collision to include the UFV and the at least one target. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. | 09-25-2014 |
20140288814 | INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION IN BLIND SPOT MONITORING - A device for detecting a moving object in a blind spot includes: at least one first ultrasonic sensor of a side view assist system; and a control unit for determining the distance and/or speed and/or position of the moving object. The control unit processes at least one signal of a second ultrasonic sensor of a driving assistance system for monitoring the blind spot. | 09-25-2014 |
20140288815 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE RISK OF COLLISION ON THE GROUND OF AN AIRCRAFT - This method of determining the risks of collision of an aircraft ( | 09-25-2014 |
20140288816 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD - There are provided a driving support apparatus and a driving support method in which the reliability can be improved. In the driving support apparatus, in a traveling direction of the host vehicle and a direction crossing the traveling direction, an intersection where the host vehicle and the moving object cross is predicted; a virtual TTC that it takes for the host vehicle to arrive at the intersection and a virtual TTV that it takes for the moving object to arrive at the intersection when the moving object moves in the direction crossing the traveling direction at a virtual speed which is set virtually, are respectively acquired; and the driving support in the host vehicle is implemented based on the relative relationship between the virtual TTC and the virtual TTV. | 09-25-2014 |
20140288817 | Obstacle Evaluation Technique - 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. | 09-25-2014 |
20140288818 | ACCIDENT PREVENTION SYSTEM AND A VEHICLE INCLUDING THE ACCIDENT PREVENTION SYSTEM | 09-25-2014 |
20140297170 | DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM - A driving support system detects a position of an object ahead of an own vehicle as well as predicts a course of the own vehicle. Then, a collision probability between the own vehicle and the object is determined based on the predicted course and the position of the object, and performs the driving support for avoiding collision when the collision probability is high. Further, the driving support to system measures a curvature of a target road, and when a change in the curvature is small and an accurate course prediction is possible, a determination sensitivity of the collision probability is set high so that the driving support is easy to start, otherwise the determination sensitivity of the collision probability is set low so that the driving support is difficult to start. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297171 | VEHICLE-INSTALLATION INTERSECTION JUDGMENT APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A vehicle-installation intersection judgement apparatus determines whether a target object such as a pedestrian is located ahead and to one side of the vehicle, and if so, judges whether the object is moving laterally to intersect with the advancement of the vehicle. Successive amounts of lateral displacement of the object are periodically derived, each amount is compared with a displacement threshold, a count is made of the number of times that the displacement threshold is exceeded, and the count is compared with a predetermined count threshold. The judgement concerning the target object is made based upon whether the count threshold is attained. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297172 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A safety device for motor vehicles, having a sensor system for locating objects at least on one adjacent lane next to one's own lane, and having a prediction module for predicting a degree of blocking of at least one adjacent lane, the prediction module being configured for predicting a degree of blocking of the adjacent lane by hitherto non-located objects as a function of information about located objects. Also described is a method including the operations of locating an object on the adjacent lane next to one's own lane of a motor vehicle, predicting a degree of blocking of the adjacent lane by hitherto non-located objects as a function of the performed object location. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297173 | System for alerting automobile driver when opening door - An alert system for an automobile is provided with in combination a buzzer; a lamp; two sensors each disposed in a vehicle door of either side of the automobile; two activation devices each disposed in the vehicle door of either side of the automobile and operatively connected to an inner door handle; and a controller electrically connected to the activation devices, the buzzer, the lamp, the sensors, indicator lights, and a horn. After parking the automobile, one sensor sensing a vehicle coming from behind and one side, and a vehicle door being opened by pulling the inner door handle, the activation device is activated by the inner door, a signal is generated by the activation device, and the signal is sent to the controller which instructs the buzzer to make a buzzing sound, the lamp to light, the indicator lights to flash, and the horn to sound an alarm. | 10-02-2014 |
20140303884 | AUTOMATED HAZARD HANDLING ROUTINE ACTIVATION - Disclosed herein are example embodiments for automated hazard handling routine activation. For certain example embodiments, at least one machine, such as an unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV), may: (i) detect at least one motivation to activate at least one automated hazard handling routine of the UFV; or (ii) activate at least one automated hazard handling routine of the UFV based at least partially on at least one motivation. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. | 10-09-2014 |
20140309918 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING THE RISK OF A MOVING MACHINE COLLIDING WITH PERSONNEL OR AN OBJECT - A method and system for reducing the risk of a moving machine colliding with an object involves a receiving antenna attached to the machine receiving an RF signal transmitted by a transmitting antenna attached to the object and energized by a power source. A processor operatively connected to the receiving antenna carries out a computer-implemented process under the direction of a set of program instructions stored in the memory component to determine the machine-object distance based on the strength of the RF signal at the receiving antenna. If the machine-object distance is less than a specified minimum safe distance, then the processor takes a preventative action such as actuating a sensory alarm, actuating a means for slowing the machine, or actuating an acoustic location device to more accurately determine the machine-object distance. The processor may also take a preventative action based on a state variable encoded in the RF signal. | 10-16-2014 |
20140309919 | DETECTION AND REPORTING OF INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF A VEHICLE - A system for vehicle to another party communications that includes a vehicle personality module adapted to create a vehicle personality and a communications system that utilizes the created vehicle personality for one or more communications instead of a user's profile. The one or more communications are associated with one or more of an identifier and an icon representing the vehicle personality, with this identifier and/or icon sent with at least one communication and displayable to the recipient of the communication. | 10-16-2014 |
20140316689 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ANTICOLLISION ALARMING METHOD - In a method of monitoring an actual distance between a first vehicle and a second vehicle, using a recipient electronic device which is positioned in the second vehicle positioned after the first vehicle, the recipient electronic device calculates the actual distance according to position information of the first and the second vehicles, and reminds a driver of the second vehicle to adjust a driving speed when the actual distance is less than a predetermined value. | 10-23-2014 |
20140324329 | SAFE DISTANCE DETERMINATION - A method includes, a first computer determining a stopping distance information for a first vehicle; broadcasting the stopping distance information for the first vehicle to at least one other vehicle; a second computer, in the at least one other vehicle, receiving the stopping distance information for the first vehicle determines a first distance between the at least one other vehicle and the first vehicle; and the second computer determining a proper distance for the at least one other vehicle based on the received stopping distance information of the first vehicle. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324330 | COLLISION DETERMINATION DEVICE AND COLLISION MITIGATION DEVICE - A collision determination device is mounted to an own vehicle and determines a probability of a collision with a moving object. The collision determination device determines whether or not an own vehicle will collide with a moving object that is detected within a captured image. The collision determination device determines whether or not the moving object is in a shielded state where at least a portion of the moving object is hidden behind another object or the moving object appears from behind another object. The collision determination device sets an amount of time required for the collision determining means to complete a determination related to the collision to a shorter amount of time when the moving object is in the shielded state, compared to when the moving object is not in the shielded state. | 10-30-2014 |
20140336917 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER - A vehicle controller includes: a collision preventing unit that performs a collision avoiding operation of a vehicle with an object around the vehicle, an operation of the collision preventing unit being suppressed when turning behavior of the vehicle is detected; and a control unit that controls the operation of the collision preventing unit so as not to suppress the operation of the collision preventing unit when the vehicle is decelerated. In the vehicle controller | 11-13-2014 |
20140343836 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FIRST-PARTY VEHICLE - A method for operating a first-party vehicle that is traveling in a current lane along a road that is divided into a plurality of lanes includes announcing an intended change for the first-party vehicle from the current lane to a further, adjacent lane by activation of a direction-of-travel indicator. A trajectory is calculated for the first-party vehicle that is conditional upon the intended change to the further lane in response to the announcement of the intended change to the further lane. Information is evaluated about at least one kinematic variable for a third-party vehicle so as to calculate an envisaged trajectory for the at least one third-party vehicle. A check is performed so as to determine whether the trajectory of the first-party vehicle that is conditional upon the intended change coincides with the envisaged trajectory of the at least one third-party vehicle at a future instant. | 11-20-2014 |
20140350835 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBSTACLE DETECTION FOR VEHICLES USING PLANAR SENSOR DATA - A computer-implemented method and system for automatically detecting an obstacle from a moving vehicle using a planar sensor mounted on the vehicle. | 11-27-2014 |
20140350836 | AUTOMOTIVE AUXILIARY LADAR SENSOR - A vehicle and ladar sensor assembly system is proposed which makes use of forward mounted long range ladar sensors and short range ladar sensors mounted in auxiliary lamps to identify obstacles and to identify potential collisions with the vehicle. A low cost assembly is developed which can be easily mounted within a body panel cutout of a vehicle, and which connects to the vehicle electrical and computer systems through the vehicle wiring harness. The vehicle has a digital processor which interprets 3D data received from the ladar sensor assembly, and which is in control of the vehicle subsystems for steering, braking, acceleration, and suspension. The digital processor onboard the vehicle makes use of the 3D data and the vehicle control subsystems to avoid collisions and steer a best path. | 11-27-2014 |
20140350837 | Method for an automatic intervention into an ego vehicle when traveling erroneously, in particular when traveling the wrong way - A method for an automatic intervention into an ego vehicle when it is traveling erroneously, in particular when it is traveling the wrong way, on a road, via a safety device or a safety system of the ego vehicle, the wrong-way travel of the ego vehicle on the road initially being detected, and automated backward travel being able to be carried out by the ego vehicle chronologically after the detection of the wrong-way travel. Furthermore, the invention relates to a computer program product which is configured to carry out an intervention method according to the present invention; a computing unit or a processing device, which may be a control unit or a control device for a vehicle; and a safety device or a safety system for a vehicle, in particular a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle. | 11-27-2014 |
20140350838 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, SPECIFIC OBJECT DETERMINATION DEVICE, SPECIFIC OBJECT DETERMINATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SPECIFIC OBJECT DETERMINATION PROGRAM - A vehicle control system includes: an anti-collision safety control unit executing anti-collision safety control for avoiding or alleviating a collision with an object including a reflection point on the basis of positional information about the reflection point, output from a positional information output unit; and a cancellation unit calculating an index value that increases with a duration of a state where a variation in a position of the reflection point in a direction perpendicular to a vehicle travelling direction is smaller than a predetermined amount and that, when the index value exceeds a threshold, issues a command such that the anti-collision safety control unit does not execute anti-collision safety control over the reflection point. When it is determined that the vehicle is travelling near a curve entrance, the cancellation unit increases the threshold as compared with when it is determined that the vehicle is not travelling near a curve entrance. | 11-27-2014 |
20140358418 | DRIVE ASSIST DEVICE, AND VEHICLE USING DRIVE ASSIST DEVICE - A drive assist device includes a light source that irradiates a detection target with light, a first lens having a first area through which the irradiated light from the light source passes, a second lens having a second area through which reflected light reflected from the detection target passes, and a light receiving element that receives the reflected light that passes the second lens. The first area and the second area are arranged to be in align with each other, in width direction of the drive assist device. | 12-04-2014 |
20140379247 | Use of Environmental Information to aid Image Processing for Autonomous Vehicles - An autonomous vehicle may be configured to use environmental information for image processing. The vehicle may be configured to operate in an autonomous mode in an environment and may be operating substantially in a lane of travel of the environment. The vehicle may include a sensor configured to receive image data indicative of the environment. The vehicle may also include a computer system configured to compare environmental information indicative of the lane of travel to the image data so as to determine a portion of the image data that corresponds to the lane of travel of the environment. Based on the portion of the image data that corresponds to the lane of travel of the environment and by disregarding a remaining portion of the image data, the vehicle may determine whether an object is present in the lane, and based on the determination, provide instructions to control the vehicle in the autonomous mode in the environment. | 12-25-2014 |
20150025787 | Method for monitoring and signaling a traffic situation in the surroundings of a vehicle - A method for monitoring and signaling a traffic situation in the surrounding environment of a vehicle, a sensor acquiring a surrounding environment of the vehicle, an object at risk being recognized in the acquired environment, a collision probability and a prediction reliability being determined for the recognized object at risk, and when there is a given collision probability and a low prediction reliability an action of a first type being carried out, and when there is a given collision probability and a high prediction reliability an action of a second type being carried out. The present invention further relates to a driver assistance system for carrying out the method. | 01-22-2015 |
20150032362 | VEHICLE COLLISION MONITORING METHOD - A vehicle collision monitoring method comprises preparing a host vehicle message including information pertaining to a host vehicle including a host vehicle location and a host vehicle heading, receiving a remote vehicle message including information pertaining to a remote vehicle including a remote vehicle location and a remote vehicle heading, and evaluating, using a controller, whether the host vehicle heading and the remote vehicle heading are converging paths. The evaluating includes segregating an area surrounding the host vehicle location into a plurality of sectors, determining which of the sectors is a remote vehicle sector including the remote vehicle location, and determining whether the host vehicle heading and the remote vehicle heading are converging paths based on the host vehicle location, the host vehicle heading, the remote vehicle location, the remote vehicle heading and a characteristic relating to the sector that includes the remote vehicle location. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032363 | OBSTACLE DETERMINATION DEVICE - Disclosed is an obstacle determination device ( | 01-29-2015 |
20150039218 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE VEHICLE SENSING SYSTEMS - An adaptive sensing system is configured to acquire sensor data pertaining to objects in the vicinity of a land vehicle. The adaptive sensing system may be configured to identify objects that are at least partially obscured by other objects and, in response, the adaptive sensing system may be configured to modify the configuration of one or more sensors to obtain additional information pertaining to the obscured objects. The adaptive sensing system may comprise and/or be communicatively coupled to a collision detection module, which may use the sensor data acquired by the adaptive sensing system to detect potential collisions. | 02-05-2015 |
20150046078 | DYNAMIC SAFETY SHIELDS FOR SITUATION ASSESSMENT AND DECISION MAKING IN COLLISION AVOIDANCE TASKS - A system and method provided on an ego-vehicle for assessing potential threats in a vehicle collision avoidance system, and/or to plan safety-allowed vehicle trajectories for vehicle path planning. The method includes detecting objects in a predetermined vicinity around the ego-vehicle, and determining the relative velocity or other measure between each detected object and the ego-vehicle. The method defines a virtual dynamic safety shield around each detected object that has a shape, size and orientation that is determined by predetermined properties related to the current state of traffic around the ego-vehicle. The method also defines an action grid around the ego-vehicle. The method assesses the threat level of a potential collision between each detected object based on how the shield for that object and the action grid interact. The interaction between the shields and the grid induces actions aimed at aborting collisions and allows for trajectory planning. | 02-12-2015 |
20150057918 | TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE AND TRAVEL CONTROL METHOD - A travel control device includes a side obstacle detection unit which divides a range from a lateral side to a rear side of a vehicle into plural detection angle areas, and detects, for each of the plural detection angle areas, an obstacle entering the detection angle area; a rearward movement preparation detection unit which detects the vehicle preparing to move rearward; a warning control unit which provides warning about the obstacle if the distance to the obstacle is equal to or less than an activation threshold for the warning; and a threshold control unit which, if the obstacle is detected in one or more rear side areas among the plural detection angle areas, before being detected in the other detection angle areas, raises the activation threshold so that the timing of the warning becomes earlier. | 02-26-2015 |
20150066345 | VEHICLE COLLISION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO USER-SELECTED PREFERENCES - Described embodiments include a system, method, and vehicle. A system includes a collision management algorithm that includes preferences utilizable in determining a management of a possible collision between a collision-managed vehicle and an external object. A preference includes a vehicle collision management preference inputted by a human user of the collision-managed vehicle. The system includes a damage mitigation circuit configured to determine in at least substantially real time a collision mitigation strategy applicable to the collision-managed vehicle. The collision mitigation strategy is determined in response to (i) the collision management algorithm with the inputted vehicle collision management preference incorporated therein, and (ii) a predicted likelihood of a collision between the collision-managed vehicle and a particular external object. The system includes an instruction generator circuit configured to generate collision management instruction responsive to the determined collision mitigation strategy. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066346 | VEHICLE COLLISION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO A SITUATION OF AN OCCUPANT OF AN APPROACHING VEHICLE - Described embodiments include a system, method, and vehicle. A system includes a collision management algorithm utilizable in determining a management of a possible collision between a collision-managed vehicle and an approaching vehicle. The collision management algorithm is responsive to sensor-acquired data descriptive or indicative of at least one occupant of the approaching vehicle. The system includes a damage mitigation circuit configured to determine in at least substantially real time a collision mitigation strategy applicable to the collision-managed vehicle. The collision mitigation strategy is determined in response to (i) the collision management algorithm, (ii) sensor-acquired data descriptive or indicative of at least one occupant of the approaching vehicle, and (iii) a predicted likelihood of a collision between the collision-managed vehicle and the approaching vehicle. The system includes an instruction generator circuit configured to generate a collision management instruction responsive to the determined collision mitigation strategy. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066347 | DRIVING CONCENTRATION LEVEL CALCULATING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WARNING OF VEHICLE COLLISION USING THE SAME - A driving concentration level calculating apparatus is provided and includes a controller configured to acquire an acceleration of a traveling vehicle and measure a relative velocity to a preceding vehicle. In addition, noise is removed from the acquired acceleration of the traveling vehicle and from the measured relative velocity to the preceding vehicle. A plurality of correlation values are calculated based on the acceleration of the traveling vehicle and the relative velocity to the preceding vehicle from which noise has been removed. In addition, the controller is configured to detect a time at which a maximum correlation value is calculated as a driving concentration level from among the calculated correlation values. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066348 | COLLISION PROBABILITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A collision probability determination apparatus includes a specifying means for specifying target positions on an X-Y plane, a calculation means for calculating a target path and calculating a predicted arrival position of the target on an X-axis, a determination means for determining probability of a collision between the vehicle and the target based on the predicted arrival position; and a calculation origin changing means for defining the target position specified last time as a last specified value, and defining the target position specified this time as a current specified value, and for, when detecting that the target path, whose end point is the last specified value, is a straight line and then if a difference value between X-coordinates of the last specified value and the current specified value exceeds a predetermined threshold, changing a calculation origin of the target path to the last specified value or the current specified value. | 03-05-2015 |
20150081200 | Method for Determining Trajectory of Multi-Motor Control System Avoiding Obstacle - The optimization of cost function representing a movement of the mass by the multi-motor control system from an initial point to a final point is subject to non-convex constraints due to avoidance of a region of the obstacle located between the initial point and the final point. Hence, the method determines a union of convex regions connecting the initial point with the final point, such that each convex region does not intersect the region of the obstacle, a convex constraint for each convex region and a set of switching times when the trajectory crosses boundaries of the convex regions. The method optimizes the cost function by jointly updating the positions and the set of switching times to produce an optimal trajectory of the movement. The optimizing is subject to the set of convex constraints applied independently for each corresponding convex region. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081201 | V2V SAFETY SYSTEM USING VEHICLE LOCATION AS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION - A vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication transponder for use in V2V communication, safety and anti-collision systems using only a vehicle location for vehicle ID is described. Message embodiments are free of pre-assigned permanent vehicle identification. A hybrid TMDA and CSMA protocol is used. Vehicle position is broadcast as an offset in distance units from a pre-defined geographical grid in degree units. A transponder may proxy for non-equipped vehicle. A proxy handoff and message coding for a proxy message are described. Embodiments are free of MAC and IP addresses. No central authority or road-side equipment (RSU) is required. Embodiments include equipped vehicles and V2V system using the transponder. Embodiments include equipped vehicles and V2V system using the transponder. | 03-19-2015 |
20150094943 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE ASSISTANCE DEVICE - Disclosed is a collision avoidance assistance device including: an assistance region setting unit is configured to set an assistance region in the vicinity of a vehicle based on a set lateral acceleration determined according to a vehicle speed during steering; and an assistance control unit is configured to permit collision avoidance assistance for the vehicle when an obstacle is detected within the assistance region. | 04-02-2015 |
20150106005 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AVOIDING A COLLISION BETWEEN AN AIRCRAFT ON A GROUND SURFACE AND AN OBSTACLE - The disclosed embodiments relate to methods and systems for avoiding a collision between an aircraft on the ground and an obstacle. The method includes receiving a direction signal from a sensor indicating the forward direction of the aircraft and receiving a video image from a camera representing a field of view from a wingtip of the aircraft. Using this information, a processor determines a predicted path through which the wingtip of the aircraft will travel based upon the direction signal. The video image is displayed together with an overlay representing the predicted path within the field of view. In this way, the overlay provides information to assist in preventing the aircraft from colliding with obstacles in the field of view. | 04-16-2015 |
20150142299 | STEERING RISK DECISION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING NARROW ROADS - The present invention provides a steering risk decision system and method that determine and provide a steering risk of a vehicle to a driver. The system includes an obstacle sensor that senses an obstacle to generate first sensor data and a driving state sensor senses a driving state of a vehicle to generate second sensor data. In addition, a processor extracts feature points from first sensor data to indicate the obstacle in point and line shapes and predicts a driving region of the vehicle using second sensor data. Further, the processor calculates a relationship between the vehicle and the obstacle using information for the obstacle indicated in the point and line shapes and information for the driving region to determine a steering risk of the vehicle based on the calculated result. | 05-21-2015 |
20150307092 | ROUTE EVALUATION DEVICE - Disclosed is a route evaluation device that enables traveling along a route in consideration of an operation of the driver of another vehicle, and can realize a safer traffic environment. A route evaluation device includes a route candidate generation section that generates route candidates of a host-vehicle, a route prediction section that predicts routes of another vehicle, a classification section that classifies the interference states of the route candidates of the host-vehicle and the predicted routes of another vehicle into a plurality of interference forms, and a route evaluation section that evaluates the routes of the host-vehicle on the basis of the interference forms classified by the classification section. | 10-29-2015 |
20150308270 | A PROXIMITY AWARENESS SAFETY DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A vehicle proximity awareness system in a mine, including: a magnetic field transmitter on a first vehicle for transmitting a transmit magnetic field, the magnetic field transmitter including an anti-collision capability for reducing a likelihood of the transmit magnetic field being affected by a magnetic field from a different source; a magnetic field receiver on a second vehicle for receiving the transmit magnetic field from the first vehicle to provide a receive signal; and a processor on the second vehicle for processing the receive signal, and for providing an indication to an operator of the second vehicle when the first vehicle is within a proximity of the second vehicle. | 10-29-2015 |
20150314783 | Situation Awareness Assistant For Vehicle Control - A system for informing a driver of a vehicle of a surrounding hazard and road position of the vehicle. The system includes at least one sensor configured to identify location of the hazard relative to the vehicle. A controller is configured to: receive inputs from the at least one sensor regarding location of the hazard; determine a threat potential of the hazard based on at least one of location of the hazard relative to the vehicle, speed of the vehicle, and heading of the vehicle; and send commands to a display for visually displaying the hazard to the driver based on the determined threat potential of the hazard. | 11-05-2015 |
20150325131 | PASSIVE AIRCRAFT WINGTIP STRIKE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for passively detecting aircraft wingtip strikes includes generating a digital base map represented by a plurality of aerodrome cells. A numeric value representative of the specific wingtip is assigned to each of the aerodrome cells. An index count array is generated that has a separate entry for each numeric value. A digital aircraft structure representative of an aircraft is generated, and is represented by a plurality of aircraft cells. A determination is made as to whether a portion of the aerodrome cells are or would be replaced with the plurality of aircraft cells. Each numeric value of the aerodrome cells that are or would be replaced is counted to determine a replacement count associated therewith and that is entered into the separate entry in the index count array for that numeric value. One or more potential aircraft wingtip strikes are detected based on the replacement counts. | 11-12-2015 |
20150329217 | AIRCRAFT STRIKE ZONE DISPLAY - A system is configured to generate and display information regarding a strike zone of an aircraft. In some examples, a system is configured to generate and display an image of an environment around an aircraft together with a graphical indication of a strike zone of the aircraft, where the indication is scaled to reflect the strike zone at a distance range of one or more detected objects. | 11-19-2015 |
20150336574 | DRIVE ASSIST DEVICE - A drive assist device includes an object detection unit that is configured to detect an object in front of a host vehicle, a curve detection unit that is configured to detect a curved path in front of the host vehicle, a collision determination unit that is configured to determine a collision between the host vehicle and the object, and in a case where the curved path is detected, makes it difficult to determine the object detected in the direction opposite to the curving direction as an obstacle compared to an object detected in the curving direction, and a collision determination unit that is configured to perform a collision avoidance assist on the host vehicle in a case where it is determined that the host vehicle and the obstacle may collide with each other. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339927 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LANE POSITION THROUGH INTER-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for determining lane position of vehicle through inter-vehicle communication, and more particularly an apparatus that determines lane location that personal vehicle is currently driving through using a lane information transferred from surrounding vehicles. | 11-26-2015 |
20150353084 | Method and device for monitoring a setpoint trajectory of a vehicle - A method for monitoring a setpoint trajectory of a vehicle, including the following: recording the surroundings of the vehicle, ascertaining a clearance based on the recorded surroundings and checking the setpoint trajectory for freedom from collision, based on the clearance, in order to ascertain whether traveling on the setpoint trajectory would result in a collision or not. Also described is a device for monitoring a setpoint trajectory of a vehicle and a related computer program. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356870 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A mobile communication apparatus includes an abnormality detecting unit that detects whether or not there is an abnormality on a route; and a communication unit. When second abnormality detection information which differs from first abnormality detection information that indicates the detected abnormality has been received, it is determined that whether or not the abnormalities indicated by both information items coincide with each other. If it is determined that both abnormalities coincide with each other, then whether or not it is necessary to transmit the first abnormality detection information is determined based on a positional relationship between a position of the own apparatus and an occurrence point of the abnormality at the time when the abnormality indicated by the second abnormality detection information was detected. | 12-10-2015 |
20150364047 | TERRAIN AWARENESS SYSTEM WITH OBSTRUCTION ALERTS - Current TAWS systems generally do not provide alerts based on structures or wire obstacles. Such structures and wire obstacles include transmission and electrical wires, and power lines, bridges, and buildings. The current system allows just such alerting. Such alerts are particularly useful for helicopter aircraft, which commonly fly at heights where such structures and obstacles are present near the normal flying altitude of the aircraft. Certain implementations of the system and method include a method of creating an obstacle for use in a terrain awareness warning system, including: receiving data about a first terminus of an obstacle; receiving data about a second terminus of the obstacle; constructing a virtual volume about the first and second termini and a volume therebetween; and storing the virtual volume, whereby a database may be constructed of virtual volumes for use in addition to terrain information to provide alerting on obstacles for an aircraft. | 12-17-2015 |
20150379876 | OBJECT AVOIDANCE FOR AUTOMATED AERIAL VEHICLES - This disclosure describes an automated aerial vehicle that includes one or more object detection elements configured to detect the presence of objects and an avoidance determining element configured to cause the automated aerial vehicle to automatically determine and execute an avoidance maneuver to avoid the objects. For example, an object may be detected and an avoidance maneuver determined based on a position of the object and an object vector representative of a direction and a magnitude of velocity of the object. | 12-31-2015 |
20160003943 | OBSTACLE DETECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND OBSTACLE DETECTION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An operation unit calculates a position of an obstacle with respect to a vehicle using a first distance and a second distance. The first distance is a distance to the obstacle measured by a first ultrasonic sensor (ultrasonic sensor) having a first microphone (microphone) at a first timing. The second distance is a distance to the obstacle measured by a second ultrasonic sensor (ultrasonic sensor) having a second microphone (microphone) at a second timing which is later than the first timing. | 01-07-2016 |
20160010983 | Integrated Vehicular System for Low Speed Collision Avoidance | 01-14-2016 |
20160027303 | ACTIVE DETECTION SYSTEM FOR LOW GROUND CLEARANCE VEHICLES - A vehicle ground collision prevention method involves acquiring a geometric profile of a road feature, the geometric profile defining a shape of the upper surface of the road feature, acquiring wheel diameters and inter-axle distances for a vehicle, generating an interference boundary based on the road feature geometric profile, wheel diameters and inter-axle distances, where the interference boundary is an upper envelope bounding the trajectories of all points on the road feature geometric profile as observed in a vehicle-fixed reference frame as the vehicle passes over the road feature, acquiring an underbody profile of the vehicle, the underbody profile defining the shape of the lower surface of the vehicle, calculating a ground clearance curve for the vehicle-road feature pair by comparing the underbody profile with the interference curve, determining a minimum ground clearance over the ground clearance curve, and providing information regarding the minimum ground clearance to the vehicle's driver. | 01-28-2016 |
20160049078 | Provision of an Efficient Environmental Map for a Vehicle - A method provides an environmental map for a vehicle, wherein the environmental map represents a section of the environment and includes cells which are each assigned to a subsection of the environment of the vehicle. Each cell is assigned occupancy information which is based on the probability of the presence of an object in the subsection assigned to the cell in question. The vehicle has a group of at least two driver assistance systems which are each configured to adopt an active and an inactive state and which, in the active state require occupancy information concerning sections of the environment which at least do not overlap completely. The method determines the driver assistance system(s) which is(are) in the active state; determines the section of the environment that the environmental map is intended to represent, on the basis of the section(s) about which the driver assistance system(s) in the active state require(s) occupancy information. In particular, the section of the environment that the environmental map is intended to represent includes the section(s) about which the driver assistance system or the driver assistance systems in the active state require(s) occupancy information when in the active state. | 02-18-2016 |
20160055751 | LANE DETECTION APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD FOR THE SAME - Disclosed are a lane detection apparatus and an operating method for the same, and the operating method for the lane detection apparatus includes: detecting a plurality of edges in a driving image of a vehicle expressed by Cartesian coordinates; detecting a pattern of the plurality of edges; estimating a horizontal location of the vehicle in a driving lane based on the detected pattern; setting two regions of interest in the driving image based on the horizontal location; generating two Hough spaces corresponding two regions of interest, respectively, including a plurality of counting regions, and expressed by polar coordinates; calculating a polar coordinate value of each pixel included in the edge shown in each of two regions of interest among the plurality of edges by using Hough transform that transforms the Cartesian coordinates into the polar coordinates; accumulating the count of the counting region to which the polar coordinate value belongs, with respect to two respective Hough spaces; selecting a counting region having the highest count number among the plurality of counting regions with respect to two respective Hough spaces; transforming the counting region having the highest count number into two straight lines expressed by the Cartesian coordinates, with respect to two respective Hough spaces; and detecting two transformed straight lines as a left lane and a right lane of the driving lane. | 02-25-2016 |
20160063864 | TRANSPORTER VEHICLE, DUMP TRUCK, AND TRANSPORTER VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a transporter vehicle including: a vehicle; an object detection device that detects an object at a front side of the vehicle; a collision determination unit that determines a possibility of a collision with the object based on a detection result of the object detection device; a process system that performs a process for reducing damage caused by the collision; a control unit that outputs a signal for reducing the damage caused by the collision to the process system based on a determination result of the collision determination unit; a time point data acquisition unit that acquires time point data in which the signal is output from the control unit; and an output unit that outputs process history data indicating at least a state of the process system. The output unit outputs the time point data and the process history data in association with each other. | 03-03-2016 |
20160071417 | INTER-VEHICLE COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a controller of a local vehicle receives data from a remote vehicle that indicates a location and direction of travel of a remote vehicle. The controller determines a roadway path of travel of the remote vehicle using map data and the data received from the remote vehicle. The controller determines a roadway path of travel of the local vehicle using the map data and data indicative of a location and direction of travel of the local vehicle. The controller also determines whether the roadway path of travel of the local vehicle and the roadway path of travel of the remote vehicle intersect. The controller further provides an alert, in response to determining that the roadway path of travel of the local vehicle and the roadway path of travel of the remote vehicle intersect. | 03-10-2016 |
20160075327 | PARKING ASSIST SYSTEM AND PARKING ASSIST METHOD - A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect an obstacle. The electronic control unit is configured to determine a target position of a moving path of a vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to determine the target position at a position at which the vehicle is spaced at least a predetermined distance from the obstacle higher than a first threshold and the vehicle overlaps with the obstacle lower than the first threshold. | 03-17-2016 |
20160078764 | PARKING ASSIST SYSTEM - A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect an obstacle, detect a boundary of a parking space, determine a target position to which a vehicle moves, and, when the vehicle is allowed to be located in a third area in which a first area and a second area overlap with each other, be allowed to determine the target position in the third area. The first area is an area across a limit line from the obstacle. The limit line is set substantially along an outer periphery of the obstacle at a position spaced a predetermined distance from the obstacle outward of the obstacle. The second area is an area out of the boundary. | 03-17-2016 |
20160086490 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE - A driving support device includes: a first vehicular information obtaining device that obtains a position and a moving direction of a first vehicle; a second vehicular information obtaining device that obtains a position and a moving direction of a second vehicle via a wireless communication with the second vehicle; a route intersection obtaining device that obtains an intersection between a predicted moving route of the first vehicle and a predicted moving route of the second vehicle; an end point obtaining device that obtains an end point of a unit road on a moving destination side of the first vehicle; a support determining device that determines a driving support content for a driver of the first vehicle, according to a distance between the intersection and the end point; and a warning device that warns the driver of the first vehicle according to the driving support content. | 03-24-2016 |
20160103217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHICALLY DISPLAYING NEIGHBORING ROTORCRAFT - A system and method is provided that displays graphical symbology that enables a pilot to rapidly discern (1) that a neighboring aircraft is a rotorcraft, and (2) whether the rotorcraft is hovering. The provided system and method enables a user to define hovering, by editing a position change (distance) within a predetermined time. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103218 | COLLISION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A system for detecting driver vehicle travelling in an unsafe manner comprising a radar system configured to generate a sequence of frames of radar data. A target trajectory system configured to receive the sequence of frames of radar data and to generate target trajectory data for a vehicle. An alarm system configured to receive the target trajectory data and to generate an alarm as a function of the target trajectory data, a probability of collision, a degree of erratic driving or other suitable data. | 04-14-2016 |
20160111008 | ROTORCRAFT COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD - A method of operating a rotorcraft collision avoidance system is provided. The method includes determining a unique characteristic of a detected rotorcraft, determining the actual length of a first rotor based at least in part on the determined unique characteristic of the rotorcraft, locating a major axis of the first rotor of the rotorcraft from a perspective of a home unit, from the perspective of the home unit, determining an angular extent of the major axis of the first rotor, and determining the then current distance from the home unit to the rotorcraft based at least in part on the determined actual length of the first rotor and the corresponding angular extent. | 04-21-2016 |
20160121887 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING COLLISION OBJECT OF VEHICLE - An apparatus for detecting a collision object of a vehicle senses one or more relative vehicles positioned in front of an own vehicle through sensors provided in the own vehicle and collects relative vehicle information on the sensed relative vehicles, calculates relative positions of the relative vehicles when the own vehicle and the relative vehicles arrive at the same line in consideration of prediction paths of the own vehicle and the relative vehicles, selects a collision type depending on relative velocity relationships and access angles of the relative vehicles, calculates a collision position between the own vehicle and the relative vehicles in the selected collision type, calculates collision information based on the collision position, and selects a collision object among the one or more relative vehicles based on the collision information. | 05-05-2016 |
20160133139 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED AWARENESS OF OBSTACLE PROXIMITY DURING TAXI OPERATIONS - Systems and methods for predicting and displaying targets based on height in relation to the wing, wingtip or other elements of the aircraft, such as engine nacelles. The location of ground obstacles is based on radar returns (from sensors deployed on the ownship), aircraft surveillance data, and/or an airport moving map database. | 05-12-2016 |
20160137209 | MOTION-BASED MULTI-SENSOR CALIBRATION - A method is provided for motion-based calibration of multiple sensors. A first estimated motion is determined (e.g., for a vehicle or other object) via one of the sensors while determining a second estimated motion via a second of the sensors. A calibration transform is determined and relates the orientation and position of the first sensor to the orientation and position of the second sensor based on the estimated motions received from each sensor. | 05-19-2016 |
20160144895 | DISPLAY STRATEGY FOR A PARKING ASSISTANCE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A vehicle parking assistant system which detects and displays a true distance of an object from the vehicle is disclosed. The system includes several vertically stacked LEDs integrated in a window pane of the vehicle. At least one sensor detects the distance between the motor vehicle and an object at a distance from the motor vehicle. A control unit is connected to the sensor and the LEDs. Each of the LEDs has a threshold value of the distance of the object assigned to it, and the control unit is configured to hold each of the LEDs in an inactive state While the distance exceeds the associated threshold value, and to activate the LEDs when the distance drops below the associated threshold value. | 05-26-2016 |
20160163207 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLAYING VIDEO BASED ON REAL-TIME DATA - Provided are an apparatus and method for playing a video based on real-time data. The apparatus includes a ground control unit which receives flight data including position information, speed information, and attitude information of an aircraft from at least one aircraft and a video playing unit which receives the flight data from the ground control unit and displays the flight data on a map screen. | 06-09-2016 |
20160163208 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE - A method implemented using at least one processor includes receiving a plurality of images acquired from a plurality of image sensors disposed on a vehicle configured to engage an aircraft for ground operations. The method further includes determining at least one parameter about a potential obstacle based on the plurality of images and a machine vision algorithm. The method also includes generating an alert signal based on the at least one parameter, useful for avoiding collision of the aircraft. | 06-09-2016 |
20160167580 | WARNING DEVICE | 06-16-2016 |
20160167649 | Vehicle Collision Management Responsive to Traction Conditions in an Avoidance Path | 06-16-2016 |
20160174454 | TACTILE GUIDANCE ARRANGEMENT FOR VEHICLES | 06-23-2016 |
20160176339 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE | 06-23-2016 |
20160176399 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD FOR VEHICLE | 06-23-2016 |
20160185345 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SUPPORT DEVICE - A classification determining unit determines classification of a stationary object that is detected by a stationary object detecting unit. In a case where it is determined that the stationary object is another vehicle, a judgment condition easing unit enlarges a margin area that is used when determining the need for collision avoidance support. When the margin area is enlarged, the probability for a user's own vehicle to interfere with the margin area increases. Stated otherwise, it becomes easier for a collision avoidance determining unit to determine that the collision avoidance support is needed. | 06-30-2016 |
20160185347 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE RISK OF COLLISION AT AN INTERSECTION - The invention relates to a method for assessing the risk of collision between a first vehicle approaching an intersection and at least one second vehicle driving through said intersection, said first vehicle being provided with a measurement means and a computing means. The method according to the invention is mainly characterised in that same includes the following steps: a step of determining the respective positions of said first vehicle and each second vehicle, a step of estimating the intentions of the driver of said first vehicle and of each second vehicle, a step of estimating the need for the first vehicle and for each second vehicle to stop in accordance with the results provided by the two preceding steps and the traffic rules applicable to said intersection, and a step of estimating the risk of collision between the first vehicle and each second vehicle. | 06-30-2016 |
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20170236412 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL PREEMPTION SYSTEM | 08-17-2017 |
20170236421 | TRAJECTORY DETECTION | 08-17-2017 |
20170236422 | OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE SYSTEM | 08-17-2017 |
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20190147744 | REMOTE PARK ASSIST SYSTEM | 05-16-2019 |
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