Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100123778 | Integrated Visual Display System - A motor vehicle with an integrated visual display system for displaying proximity location information on an external object while the motor vehicle is parked or moving is provided. The integrated visual display system is operable to display information from a plurality of proximity sensors on a single display screen. The plurality of proximity sensors can be part of an autonomous and/or cooperative collision warning system. | 05-20-2010 |
20120041670 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING VEHICLE TOLLS AS A FUNCTION OF FUEL CONSUMPTION - A system for assessing a toll on a vehicle traveling past a toll station in which a tag mounted on the vehicle transmits an output signal having data representative of the fuel consumption of the vehicle and the identity of an account associated with the tag. A receiver at the toll station receives the output signal from the tag and provides the received data to a processor. The processor then calculates a toll which varies as a function of the data and thus of the fuel consumption of the vehicle and then assesses that toll to the account. | 02-16-2012 |
20120059574 | VEHICLE SPEED INDICATION USING VEHICLE-INFRASTRUCTURE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - An example traffic control system includes a vehicle unit associated with a vehicle on a highway, one or more roadside units proximate the highway, and a traffic controller. The vehicle unit transmits a vehicle speed to the roadside unit, when in wireless communication range. The roadside unit transmits the vehicle speed to the traffic controller. The traffic controller receives vehicle speed data from a plurality of vehicles, and determines a suggested speed for each vehicle. The suggested speed may be correlated with an average speed of vehicles on a portion of the highway, for example the same highway portion on which vehicle is located, or a highway portion towards which the vehicle is heading. | 03-08-2012 |
20120206252 | LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEM - Devices, methods and systems are disclosed herein to describe a lane departure warning system that warns the driver that the vehicle is about to leave a current lane and enter an adjacent lane. The driver of the vehicle is identified, and a corresponding profile is accessed. The driver's pupils may be measured and compared to pupil size data stored in the accessed profile. If the difference in pupil size exceeds a certain threshold, then the vehicle may activate a passive lane departure detector that warns the driver each time the vehicle is getting too close to an adjacent lane, thus alerting the driver that the vehicle may be unintentionally drifting into the next lane. Additional driving tendencies, such as steering angles and braking force, may also be used to determine whether the driver may benefit from lane departure assistance and whether to trigger activation of the lane departure detector. | 08-16-2012 |
20130335213 | LANE DEPARTURE WARNING/ASSISTANCE METHOD AND SYSTEM HAVING A THRESHOLD ADJUSTED BASED ON DRIVER IMPAIRMENT DETERMINATION USING PUPIL SIZE AND DRIVING PATTERNS - A method/system for lane departure warning/assistance that warns the driver that the vehicle is about to leave a current lane and enter an adjacent lane. The driver is identified, and a corresponding profile is accessed. The driver's pupils may be measured and compared to pupil size baseline data stored in the accessed profile. If the difference in pupil size exceeds a pupil size baseline by more than a deviation level, the method/system may adjust a lane departure warning/assistance threshold of a lane departure detector that warns the driver each time the vehicle is getting too close to an adjacent lane, thus alerting the driver that the vehicle may drift into the next lane. Driving patterns, such as steering angles and braking force, may also be used to adjust the lane departure warning/assistance threshold and determine whether the driver may benefit from lane departure warning/assistance. | 12-19-2013 |