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20110082623 | SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE CONTROL TO MITIGATE INTERSECTION COLLISIONS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A control system and method to mitigate intersection crashes is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes an electronic control module equipped with memory and in communication with at least one radar sensor system, at lest one environmental sensor system, at least one vehicle stability system, an operator advisory system, a brake control system, a controllable steering system, and a powertrain control system. In one embodiment, the method may include determining whether a vehicle is entering an intersection, determining whether the operator is responding correctly to the sensed conditions in the intersection, activating the controlled brakes, determining any intersection threat, determining whether any sensed threat is imminent, activating the accident mitigation adviser, reducing engine torque while in the intersection, and actuating steering and brake control systems while in the intersection. | 04-07-2011 |
20140195112 | Adaptive Active Suspension System With Road Preview - A method for controlling an active suspension includes steps of determining a dimension of a road abnormality ahead of the vehicle and comparing the dimension with a vehicle dimension. Responsive to the comparison, the abnormality is classified as one type of a plurality of predetermined types. Responsive to a height dimension of the abnormality, the abnormality is further classified as having one of a small, medium, or large severity. The suspension is controlled responsive to the type and severity. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195113 | Adaptive Crash Height Adjustment Using Active Suspensions - A vehicle crash safety system includes a pre-crash sensing system configured for gathering and/or receiving target vehicle ride-height data, and at least one actuator operatively coupled to the sensing system and configured for adjusting a height of a portion of a host vehicle responsive to a command from the sensing system. A timing of the command is responsive to an estimated dynamic response time of the at least one actuator. | 07-10-2014 |
20140244067 | ROAD GRADE AUTO-MAPPING - Road grade is modeled over a region in which a vehicle is driven on roadways having a grade that varies over a plurality of predetermined grade ranges. A succession of grade values are generated while operating the vehicle at a predetermined rate, wherein each grade value identifies a respective grade range then being encountered. A Markov chain road-grade model is updated in response to the succession of grade values, wherein the model represents respective elements of probability in a matrix of transition events from each predetermined grade range to a respective next-in-succession grade range. Each element of the matrix has a value π | 08-28-2014 |
20140244129 | EFFICIENCY-BASED SPEED CONTROL WITH TRAFFIC-COMPATIBLE SPEED OFFSETS - Vehicle apparatus includes a speed control for adjusting a vehicle powertrain of the vehicle in response to a speed setpoint. A grade estimator determines a road grade of a roadway where the vehicle is traveling. A traffic density estimator determines a density of traffic traveling on the roadway in the vicinity of the vehicle. An optimizer executes a selected control policy to periodically generate speed adjustments for applying to the speed setpoint to operate the vehicle powertrain at increased efficiency. The control policy is based on a value function providing an optimized solution for a cost model responsive to the determined road grade to generate an initial speed offset. The optimizer reduces the initial speed offset in proportion to the determined traffic density to generate the speed adjustments. The system minimizes negative impacts to overall traffic flow as well as any negative contribution to reduced fuel efficiency of surrounding traffic. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244130 | ON-BOARD REAL-TIME SPEED CONTROL SETPOINT VARIATION USING STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION - Vehicle apparatus adjusts a vehicle powertrain of the vehicle in response to a speed setpoint. An optimizer selects a control policy to periodically generate speed adjustments for applying to the speed setpoint to operate at increased efficiency. The control policy is based on a value function providing an optimized solution for a cost model and a transition probability model. The transition probability model corresponds to a driving state defined according to a plurality of dimensions including a time-of-day dimension and a geographic region dimension. The transition probability model and the control policy have inputs based on road grade and speed. The optimizer collects road grade data during routine driving of the vehicle to construct a observed transition probability model and uses divergence between the observed transition probability model and a set of predetermined transition probability models to identify a control policy for use during the routine driving. | 08-28-2014 |
20140277835 | ROUTE NAVIGATION WITH OPTIMAL SPEED PROFILE - Energy consumption of a vehicle is optimized while traveling a route assembled of road segments between a first position and a destination. A speed profile generator is located at least partially off of the vehicle and uses an energy consumption model of the vehicle together with road grade data corresponding to the route to calculate an optimal speed profile. The speed profile specifies target speeds for respective locations on the route for traversing the route with an optimized energy consumption. The speed profile generator compares energy consumption for a plurality of feasible speed profile trajectories between a maximum trajectory and a minimum trajectory in order to identify the optimal speed profile. A speed updater is responsive to a current position of the vehicle and the optimal speed profile to initiate the target speed for the current position. | 09-18-2014 |
20140330483 | ADAPTIVE ACTIVE SUSPENSION SYSTEM WITH ROAD PREVIEW - A method for controlling an active suspension is disclosed. The method includes steps of determining a dimension of a road abnormality ahead of the vehicle; comparing the dimension with a vehicle dimension; responsive to the comparison, classifying the abnormality as one type of a plurality of predetermined types; responsive to a dimension of the abnormality, further classifying the abnormality as having a severity of one type of a plurality of predetermined types; and controlling the suspension responsive to the abnormality type and severity type. | 11-06-2014 |
20150207859 | VEHICLE-SPECIFIC COMPUTATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CLOUD COMPUTING - A vehicle control and computation system interfaces a task controller in the vehicle with a vehicle-specific computation manager in a cloud network. A wireless data channel couples the task controller and the cloud network. The task controller performs operational tasks in the vehicle using data-related resources in the cloud network. Upon initiating one of the operational tasks, the task controller sends a handshake signal to the computation manager as a resource request. The computation manager calls at least one cloud-based agent from a database of predetermined agents in response to the handshake signal. The task controller completes the operational task via communication with the called agent. | 07-23-2015 |
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20130332267 | SELECTING CONTENT BASED ON DATA ANALYSIS - Apparatus and method for selecting at least one content item based on data analysis. In accordance with some embodiments, a plurality of linked web pages of a website are defined by a publisher. Each web page has a respective layout which includes associated content and at least one slot adapted to receive a content item. A total number of web pages visited by each device of the website during an associated device session in which the device requests display of one or more of the web pages on a network accessible device is accumulated. At least one content item is transferred for display on the device during each said device session. A revenue amount is identified to the publisher from said displayed content items for each different total number of web pages visited during said device sessions. | 12-12-2013 |
20140006525 | SHARING OF MESSAGING INFORMATION | 01-02-2014 |
20140068434 | ADJUSTING AUDIO VOLUME OF MULTIMEDIA WHEN SWITCHING BETWEEN MULTIPLE MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A multiple media module receives data indicating a status of a tab of a graphical user interface (GUI) presented on a user device. The multiple media module determines, based on the data indicating the status of the tab, whether the tab is active, the tab comprising a streaming media player. If the tab of the web browser is not active, the multiple media module mutes an audio component of a streaming media file playing in the streaming media player. | 03-06-2014 |
20140089072 | POSTING PURCHASE INFORMATION - Systems and methods for posting purchase information are provided. In some aspects, a representation of a set of purchases associated with a user of a social networking service is received. That content related to one or more purchases from the set of purchases is to be posted to the social networking service is determined based on a first set of rules. The content related to the one or more purchases is posted, in association with the user, to the social networking service in response to determining that the content is to be posted to the social networking service. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAMERA PHOTO ANALYTICS - A system and method for generating one or more statistics related to a photo. The system and method include collecting information describing circumstances of an event resulting in creation of a first photo taken by a camera; associating the information with the first photo, where the information includes attributes of an image included in the first photo and the camera; analyzing the information with respect to social networking information stored in one or more databases; and identifying one or more other photos related to the first photo based on results of the analysis. | 03-27-2014 |
20140095514 | Ordinal Positioning Of Content Items Based On Viewport - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for adjusting ordinal positions for content item slots in response to determining that a content item slot with a highest slot ordinal position relative to the other content item slots in a resource is not within a viewport area. Adjusting the adjusting ordinal positions of either the content item slots or content items to be served in the content item slots ensures that a content item slot in the viewport displays a content item with a highest respective ordinal position in a ranking relative to other content items is rendered in the content item slot within the viewport area. | 04-03-2014 |
20140113596 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PRIORITIZING MESSAGE THREADS - Certain embodiments of this disclosure include methods and devices for prioritizing message threads. According to one embodiment, a method is provided for detecting a current location of an electronic device; determining contact location information describing one or more locations of one or more devices associated with one or more contacts; determining respective proximities between the electronic device and the one or more devices associated with the one or more contacts based at least in part on the current location of the electronic device and the contact location information to provide contact proximity information; identifying a plurality of message threads, wherein each message thread is associated with at least one of the one or more contacts; associating a respective priority value with each message thread based at least in part on the contact proximity information; and outputting, for display, formatting information based on the respective priority values. | 04-24-2014 |
20140258436 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PRIORITIZING MESSAGE THREADS - Certain embodiments of this disclosure include methods and devices for prioritizing message threads. According to one embodiment, a method is provided for detecting a current location of an electronic device; determining contact location information describing one or more locations of one or more devices associated with one or more contacts; determining respective proximities between the electronic device and the one or more devices associated with the one or more contacts based at least in part on the current location of the electronic device and the contact location information to provide contact proximity information; identifying a plurality of message threads, wherein each message thread is associated with at least one of the one or more contacts; associating a respective priority value with each message thread based at least in part on the contact proximity information; and outputting, for display, formatting information based on the respective priority values. | 09-11-2014 |
20140295805 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AGGREGATING MISSED CALL DATA AND ADJUSTING TELEPHONE SETTINGS - Certain implementations of the disclosed technology may include systems and methods for aggregating data indicating one or more missed calls and adjusting mobile computing device settings. According to an implementation, a method is provided that includes defining, by a computing device, one or more missed call regions based at least in part on location data associated with one or more missed calls. The method includes receiving a request from a mobile computing device, and sending, to the mobile computing device and in response to the request, an indication of the one or more of the missed call regions. Another implementation can include the method of determining a location of a mobile computing device relative to one or more missed call regions. | 10-02-2014 |
20150205463 | METHOD FOR STORING FORM DATA - Systems and methods for storing data entered online are provided. In some aspects, a method includes loading a user interface with an application; receiving a first data entry at a first area on the user interface and a second data entry at a second area on the user interface; displaying the user interface with the first data entry in the first area and the second data entry in the second area; associating the first data entry with the first area and the second data entry with the second area; storing the data entries in a remote storage; detecting an interruption in the user interface; retrieving, after detecting the interruption, the stored data entries from the memory; and reproducing the user interface using the retrieved first data entry in the first area and the second data entry in the second area. | 07-23-2015 |
20150205887 | PROVIDING A PORTION OF REQUESTED DATA BASED UPON HISTORICAL USER INTERACTION WITH THE DATA - The disclosed subject matter relates to providing a portion of data based on historical user interaction with the data. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for a webpage corresponding to a search query. The method further includes selecting a portion of the requested webpage based on historical data. The historical data includes user interactions with the webpage subsequent to previous search queries. The method further includes providing the selected portion of the requested webpage, in response to the received request. | 07-23-2015 |
20150227342 | PRIORITIZE AND SORT FOR RECENTLY ADDED CONTACTS BASED ON TIME AND LOCATION - A list of contacts in an electronic device may be sorted manually based on date when the contacts are added and/or location where the contacts are added. In this regard, contacts may be sorted and/or displayed in the order in which they were added—e.g., with the newest contacts on top, and/or in alphabetical order of the locations where the contacts were added. In some instances, the contacts may be prioritized (e.g., based on user input or commands) with certain number of contacts that are most recently added and/or were added in closest proximity to the current location of the electronic device or its user being listed or displayed on top. | 08-13-2015 |