Universal Serial Bus Cable With Active Signal Conditioning Circuitry

    公开(公告)号:US20170199829A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-13

    申请号:US14990237

    申请日:2016-01-07

    CPC classification number: G06F13/102 G06F13/4068 G06F13/4282

    Abstract: A Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable assembly is configured to interconnect a USB device, such as a smartphone or digital music player, disposed within a motor vehicle with a USB hub disposed within the motor vehicle, such as in the vehicle's infotainment system. The USB cable assembly includes a first connector configured to interface with the USB hub, a second connector configured to interface with the USB device, and a plurality of wire cables interconnecting the first connector and the second connector. The USB cable assembly further includes a signal conditioning circuit in communication with the first connector, the second connector and the plurality of wire cables. The signal conditioning circuit is disposed intermediate the first connector and the second connector.

    AUTOMATED VEHICLE ROUTE SELECTION BASED ON OCCUPANT INTEREST

    公开(公告)号:US20170191838A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-06

    申请号:US14987230

    申请日:2016-01-04

    Abstract: A navigation system suitable to use on an automated vehicle includes an occupant-detection device and a memory. The occupant-detection device is used to determine a degree-of-interest of an occupant of a vehicle. The degree-of-interest is determined with regard to a route traveled by the vehicle. The memory used to store an interest-score of the route. The interest-score is based on the degree-of-interest exhibited by the occupant while traveling the route. The system may include a controller. The controller is in communication with the occupant-detection device and the memory. The controller is configured to operate the vehicle. The controller selects a preferred-route from a plurality of possible-routes. The preferred-route is characterized by a maximum-value of a prior-score associated with each one of the plurality of possible-routes.

    AUTOMATED VEHICLE HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE SYSTEM BASED ON GLANCE-DIRECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20170177076A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-22

    申请号:US14977874

    申请日:2015-12-22

    Inventor: DOUGLAS A. SRAIL

    Abstract: A human-machine interface (HMI) system used to indicate a vehicle-feature based on glance-direction of an occupant of the vehicle includes a camera and a controller. The camera is used to capture a sequence-of-images of an occupant of a vehicle. The controller is configured to determine a plurality of glance-directions from the sequence-of-images, define a plurality of glance-zones based on the plurality of glance-directions, one glance-zone for each glance-direction, define an intersection-zone based on an intersection of two or more of the glance-zones, determine an outlier-count based on how many of the plurality of glance-zones do not intersect with the intersection-zone, and select a vehicle-feature in the vehicle indicated by the occupant, said vehicle-feature located at a location inside the vehicle that corresponds to the intersection-zone, said vehicle-feature indicated by the operator when the outlier-count during the pause-interval is less than a paused-threshold.

    METHOD FOR REDUCING SPATIAL GAPS IN SNAP LOCKING FEATURES

    公开(公告)号:US20170175790A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-22

    申请号:US14972738

    申请日:2015-12-17

    CPC classification number: F16B17/00 F16B5/0664 Y10T403/581

    Abstract: A method of closing a spatial gap between a first mating surface of a first snap locking feature defined by a first part and a second mating surface of a second snap locking feature defined by a second part. This method includes the steps of attaching the first and second parts to one another by sliding the first and second snap locking features over one another until the first mating surface is proximate the second mating surface and deforming a portion of the first part to fabricate a protrusion that contacts the second part and urges the second part in a direction effective to place the first and second mating surfaces into direct contact with one another.

    RESIDUE CANCELLATION FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLE MIMO RADAR

    公开(公告)号:US20170160380A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-08

    申请号:US14962092

    申请日:2015-12-08

    Abstract: A Pseudo-Random Phase Modulation (PRPM) multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) radar system suitable for use on an automated vehicle includes a first transmit-antenna that transmits a first transmit-signal generated by a first PRPM-code, a second transmit-antenna that transmits a second transmit-signal generated by a second PRPM-code, a receive-antenna used to detect a first reflected-signal arising from the first transmit-signal and a second reflected-signal arising from the second transmit-signal, and a controller. The controller is in communication with the receive-antenna and is operable to generate the first PRPM-code and the second PRPM-code. The controller is configured to generate a first sub-channel-output based on a down-converted-signal from the receive-antenna and the first PRPM-code, generate a second sub-channel-output based on the down-converted-signal from the receive-antenna and the second PRPM-code, determine a first residue-signal based on the second sub-channel-output, and determine a first residue-removed-signal by subtracting the first residue-signal from the first sub-channel-output.

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