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20090038585 | Hybrid Vehicle Propulsion System Utilizing Knock Suppression - A hybrid vehicle propulsion system and method of operation have been provided. As one example, the system comprises an internal combustion engine including at least a combustion chamber configured to propel the vehicle via at least a drive wheel, a motor configured to propel the vehicle via at least a drive wheel, an energy storage device configured to store energy that is usable by the motor to propel the vehicle, a fuel system configured to deliver gasoline and alcohol to the combustion chamber in varying relative amounts, a control system configured to operate the motor to propel the vehicle and to vary the relative amounts of the gasoline and alcohol provided to the combustion chamber in response to an output of the motor. | 02-12-2009 |
20090038586 | Hybrid Vehicle Propulsion System Utilizing Knock Suppression - A hybrid propulsion system for a vehicle and method of operation are provided. As one example, the system comprises an engine including at least one combustion chamber, a motor configured to selectively propel the vehicle via the drive wheel, a fuel system configured to deliver a first substance and a second substance to the combustion chamber in varying relative amounts, wherein the first substance includes a fuel and the second substance includes a greater concentration of a knock suppressing substance than the first substance; and a control system configured to operate the fuel system to vary the relative amounts of the first substance and the second substance delivered to the combustion chamber in response to an operating condition while operating the motor to propel the vehicle. | 02-12-2009 |
20100116245 | Hybrid Vehicle Propulsion System Utilizing Knock Suppression - A hybrid propulsion system for a vehicle and method of operation are provided. As one example, the system comprises an engine including at least one combustion chamber, a motor configured to selectively propel the vehicle via the drive wheel, a fuel system configured to deliver a first substance and a second substance to the combustion chamber in varying relative amounts, wherein the first substance includes a fuel and the second substance includes a greater concentration of a knock suppressing substance than the first substance; and a control system configured to operate the fuel system to vary the relative amounts of the first substance and the second substance delivered to the combustion chamber in response to an operating condition while operating the motor to propel the vehicle. | 05-13-2010 |
20100147263 | FIRST AND SECOND SPARK PLUGS FOR IMPROVED COMBUSTION CONTROL - An engine system includes two spark plugs in a cylinder of an engine. The two spark plugs have different heat ranges in order to address pre-ignition, where only a first spark plug operates during a first condition, and only a second spark plug operates during a second condition. | 06-17-2010 |
20120259498 | Hybrid Vehicle Propulsion System Utilizing Knock Suppression - A hybrid vehicle propulsion system and method of operation have been provided. As one example, the system comprises an internal combustion engine including at least a combustion chamber configured to propel the vehicle via at least a drive wheel, a motor configured to propel the vehicle via at least a drive wheel, an energy storage device configured to store energy that is usable by the motor to propel the vehicle, a fuel system configured to deliver gasoline and alcohol to the combustion chamber in varying relative amounts, a control system configured to operate the motor to propel the vehicle and to vary the relative amounts of the gasoline and alcohol provided to the combustion chamber in response to an output of the motor. | 10-11-2012 |
20130345017 | HYBRID VEHICLE PROPULSION SYSTEM UTILIZING KNOCK SUPPRESSION - A hybrid vehicle propulsion system and method of operation have been provided. As one example, the system comprises an internal combustion engine including at least a combustion chamber configured to propel the vehicle via at least a drive wheel, a motor configured to propel the vehicle via at least a drive wheel, an energy storage device configured to store energy that is usable by the motor to propel the vehicle, a fuel system configured to deliver gasoline and alcohol to the combustion chamber in varying relative amounts, a control system configured to operate the motor to propel the vehicle and to vary the relative amounts of the gasoline and alcohol provided to the combustion chamber in response to an output of the motor. | 12-26-2013 |
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20100296505 | MOBILE DEVICE POLLING FOR MEDIA CONTENT SELECTION AND PRESENTATION CONTROL - Mobile device polling is disclosed. A content polling system includes a content polling module configured to transmit a content polling request to participant mobile devices that is executable by each participant mobile device to return a content polling response to the content polling module. The content polling module is further configured to receive the content polling response from each participant mobile device that indicates an attribute of one or more media content items stored at or previously accessed via that participant mobile device. The content polling module is further configured to transmit a content selection request to a content selection module that indicates the attributes of the content polling responses. The content selection request is executable by the content selection module to return a content selection response indicating selected media content that was selected by the content selection module based on the attributes indicated by the content selection request. | 11-25-2010 |
20120252416 | MOBILE DEVICE NOTIFICATIONS - Implementations for mobile device notifications are disclosed. In one implementation, a method for a mobile device is disclosed. The method includes outputting a first notification of an event at the mobile device responsive to occurrence of the event. The method further includes discontinuing the first notification after a period of time. The method further includes receiving an indication of motion of the mobile device via a motion sensor of the mobile device after discontinuing the first notification. The method further includes outputting a second notification of the event at the mobile device after discontinuing the first notification responsive to receiving the indication of motion of the mobile device. | 10-04-2012 |
20120278875 | MEDIA CONTENT SELECTION AND PRESENTATION CONTROL - An identifier is received from each participant mobile device of a plurality of participant mobile devices within a participation region of a wireless network via a wireless access point. One or more attributes for each participant mobile device are retrieved based upon the identifier received from that participant mobile device. The one or more attributes indicate one or more media content items stored at that participant mobile device or previously accessed via that participant mobile device. An indication of the one or more attributes for each participant mobile device is output. Media content is selected based on the one or more attributes indicated for each participant mobile device. The media content is presented, for example, within the participation region. | 11-01-2012 |
20130295886 | SENSOR DRIVEN MESSAGE RETRIEVAL FOR MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device periodically polls a network server via a communications network to obtain new communications addressed to a client account according to a polling schedule. The mobile device receives an indication of a threshold change of one or more of ambient light, temperature, or proximity of an object to the mobile device via an optical sensor of the mobile device, or an indication of motion of the mobile device via a motion sensor of the mobile device. The polling schedule is advanced responsive to the indication of the threshold change of ambient light, temperature, or proximity, or the indication of motion. The mobile device outputs a notification that new communications have been received by the mobile device from the network server. | 11-07-2013 |
20140108370 | SEARCH QUERY EXPANSION AND GROUP SEARCH - Audio information is recorded in an overwriteable circular buffer of a computing device. Construction of a search query is initiated by receiving a user input. The user input includes one or more keywords forming a user-defined portion of the search query. At least a portion of the audio information recorded in the overwriteable circular buffer is processed to obtain one or more additional keywords forming an expanded portion of the search query. The portion of the audio information containing the additional keywords is received and recorded in the overwriteable circular buffer prior to receiving the user input. The search query including the user-defined portion and the expanded portion is supplied to a search engine. A response to the search query is received from the search engine. The response is generated by the search engine based on the user-defined portion and the expanded portion of the search query. | 04-17-2014 |
20140338516 | STATE DRIVEN MEDIA PLAYBACK RATE AUGMENTATION AND PITCH MAINTENANCE - An electronic device obtains a media content item that includes an audio component. The electronic device obtains inertial sensor measurements indicating physical movement of the electronic device. The electronic device selects a target tempo for presentation of the audio component in which the target tempo is based, at least in part, on the inertial sensor measurements. The electronic device presents the audio component at the target tempo while maintaining pitch of one or more frequency components of the audio component at a native pitch or within a substantially un-shifted state relative to the native pitch of the one or more frequency components. | 11-20-2014 |
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20090321159 | PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A vehicle propulsion system and a method of its operation are described. As one example, the vehicle propulsion system includes a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. The method may include: producing a motor output by selectively operating the motor to consume electrical energy stored on-board the vehicle; producing an engine output by selectively operating the engine to consume fuel stored on-board the vehicle; and increasing consumption of the fuel by the engine relative to consumption of the electrical energy by the motor as a residence time of the fuel stored on-board the vehicle increases. The residence time of the fuel stored on-board the vehicle can provide an indication of fuel degradation, enabling the duty cycle of the engine to be selectively increased to enforce fuel use conditions, particularly in the context of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle where fuel use may be less frequent. | 12-31-2009 |
20090321164 | PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A method of operating a vehicle propulsion system including a motor and an engine, the method comprising of producing a motor output by selectively operating the motor to consume electrical energy stored on-board the vehicle, the motor driving the vehicle; producing an engine output by selectively operating the engine to consume fuel stored on-board the vehicle; and increasing consumption of the fuel by the engine by operating the engine based on a residence time of the fuel stored on-board the vehicle and further based on a profile of ambient conditions over the residence time. | 12-31-2009 |
20120029751 | PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A method of operating a hybrid vehicle propulsion system includes selectively operating the engine to consume fuel stored on-board the vehicle based on a residence time of the fuel stored on-board the vehicle and further based on a profile of ambient conditions over the residence time. | 02-02-2012 |
20120178584 | PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A method of operating a hybrid vehicle propulsion system includes selectively operating the engine to consume fuel stored on-board the vehicle based on a residence time of the fuel stored on-board the vehicle and further based on a profile of ambient conditions over the residence time. | 07-12-2012 |