Vehicle navigator for calculating distance based on mean acceleration
    31.
    发明授权
    Vehicle navigator for calculating distance based on mean acceleration 失效
    基于平均加速度计算距离的车辆导航仪

    公开(公告)号:US5986583A

    公开(公告)日:1999-11-16

    申请号:US853720

    申请日:1997-05-09

    CPC分类号: G01C22/02 G01C21/16 G01C21/28

    摘要: In a vehicle navigator using an acceleration sensor for detecting a running distance, the precision of measuring the running distance is intended to be improved. Output data of the acceleration sensor during a predetermined time duration is stored in an output storage, and the average value or "mean acceleration" of output data is calculated by a mean acceleration calculator A running distance calculator calculates a difference between the acceleration measured with the acceleration sensor and the mean acceleration calculated by the mean acceleration calculator, and this difference is double integrated to obtain the running distance.

    摘要翻译: 在使用用于检测行驶距离的加速度传感器的车辆导航器中,旨在提高测量行驶距离的精度。 加速度传感器在预定持续时间内的输出数据被存储在输出存储器中,输出数据的平均值或平均加速度由平均加速度计算器A计算运行距离计算器计算加速度传感器 加速度传感器和平均加速度计算器计算的平均加速度,并将该差值进行双重积分以获得行驶距离。

    System and method for determining vehicle travel routes and mileage
    32.
    发明授权
    System and method for determining vehicle travel routes and mileage 失效
    确定车辆行驶路线和里程的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5974356A

    公开(公告)日:1999-10-26

    申请号:US951033

    申请日:1997-10-15

    摘要: A system and method for determining a route of travel and associated mileage of a vehicle is disclosed. The system records a vehicle's identification number, location, and odometer mileage transmitted via satellite to a fixed station. The location data is provided to a processor which determines an estimated route of travel by said vehicle using a routing program. The estimated route is comprised of a plurality of position segments, each position segment having a corresponding mileage and average expected speed. The route of travel may be checked for accuracy by comparing the estimated route mileage to the odometer mileage. If a significant difference is found, a diagnostic procedure is performed which attempts to correct the mismatch by evaluating alternate routes of travel. If the alternative route mileage agrees with the actual odometer miles within a predetermined threshold, the new route and associated mileage is used as the "true" route taken by the vehicle. The diagnostic procedure can also identify position segments where the vehicle appeared to be traveling much slower or faster than the average speed for that position segment. The mileage difference can then be allocated proportionally to each identified suspect position segment to provide an accurate estimate of the miles driven within the predetermined jurisdiction. Once the route of travel has been verified, the mileage traveled by the vehicle can be accurately determined and used for various computations. For example, state fuel-taxes may be accurately calculated from the mileage information.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于确定车辆行驶路线和相关里程的系统和方法。 系统将通过卫星传输的车辆识别号码,位置和里程计里程记录到固定电台。 位置数据被提供给处理器,该处理器使用路由程序确定所述车辆的估计行驶路线。 估计路线由多个位置段组成,每个位置段具有相应的里程和平均预期速度。 可以通过将估计的路线里程与里程计里程进行比较来检查旅行路线的准确性。 如果发现显着的差异,则执行诊断程序,其尝试通过评估替代的行进路线来校正不匹配。 如果替代路线里程与预定阈值内的实际里程表里程一致,则将新路线和相关里程用作车辆所采取的“真实”路线。 诊断程序还可以识别车辆看起来比该位置段的平均速度慢得多或更快的位置段。 然后可以按照每个确定的嫌疑人位置段按比例分配里程差,以提供在预定管辖范围内驱动的里程的准确估计。 一旦旅行路线得到验证,车辆行驶的里程可以准确地确定并用于各种计算。 例如,可以从里程信息准确地计算出国家燃油税。

    Method and apparatus for determining tax of a vehicle
    33.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for determining tax of a vehicle 失效
    用于确定车辆税的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5970481A

    公开(公告)日:1999-10-19

    申请号:US976294

    申请日:1997-11-21

    摘要: An apparatus for determining a tax for a vehicle (20) includes a positioning device (80) operable to determine a plurality of vehicle positions along a route traveled by the vehicle (20). A memory (102) stores geographic information defining a plurality of taxing regions through which the route of the vehicle (20) passes. An odometer (109) measures the distance traveled by the vehicle (20). A processor (100) is coupled to the positioning device (80), the memory (102), and the odometer (109). The processor (100) receives vehicle positions from the positioning device (80), geographic information from the memory (102), and optionally the measured distance from the odometer (109). The processor (100) determines the tax for the vehicle (20) in at least one taxing region through which the route of the vehicle (20) passes in response to the vehicle positions, the geographic information, and the measured distance.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于确定车辆(20)的税的装置包括定位装置(80),其可操作以沿着所述车辆(20)行进的路线确定多个车辆位置。 存储器(102)存储定义车辆(20)的路线通过的多个征税区域的地理信息。 里程表(109)测量车辆(20)行进的距离。 处理器(100)耦合到定位装置(80),存储器(102)和里程计(109)。 处理器(100)从定位装置(80)接收车辆位置,来自存储器(102)的地理信息,以及可选的距离里程表(109)的测量距离。 处理器(100)根据车辆位置,地理信息和测量距离来确定车辆(20)的路线通过的至少一个征税区域中的车辆(20)的税。

    Potential travel distance estimation system for electric automobiles
    34.
    发明授权
    Potential travel distance estimation system for electric automobiles 失效
    电动汽车潜在旅行距离估算系统

    公开(公告)号:US5734099A

    公开(公告)日:1998-03-31

    申请号:US778722

    申请日:1996-12-27

    摘要: A computer is responsible for information on a running speed of an electric automobile, information on a terminal voltage and a discharge current of a battery, stored data on a total capacity of the battery, and reference data for defining a minimum capacity of the battery, to generate and process data on a travel distance of the automobile during a past time interval, data on a consumed capacity of the battery during the past time interval, data on a capacity reduction rate of the battery per unit travel distance, and data on a residual capacity of the battery at a current time, and provide information on a potential travel distance of the automobile, which is displayed.

    摘要翻译: 计算机负责关于电动汽车的运行速度,电池的端子电压和放电电流的信息,关于电池的总容量的存储数据以及用于定义电池的最小容量的参考数据的信息, 在过去的时间间隔内生成和处理汽车行驶距离上的数据,关于过去时间间隔期间的电池的消耗容量的数据,关于每单位行驶距离的电池的容量降低率的数据,以及关于 电池在当前时间的剩余容量,并且提供关于显示的汽车的潜在行驶距离的信息。

    Microprocessor-controlled speedometer/odometer
    35.
    发明授权
    Microprocessor-controlled speedometer/odometer 失效
    微处理器控制的速度计/里程表

    公开(公告)号:US5714929A

    公开(公告)日:1998-02-03

    申请号:US352841

    申请日:1994-12-02

    申请人: Paul Liu

    发明人: Paul Liu

    摘要: A microprocessor-controlled speedometer/odometer including a single-chip microprocessor which is previously recorded with operation programs according to different requirements. The programs of the microprocessor are changeable in accordance with the requirements of different speedometers. Additional functions of setting adjustable limited speed, speeding warning and automatically controlling the limited speed are provided by the microprocessor to enhance the usage and accuracy of the speedometer/odometer,

    摘要翻译: 微处理器控制的速度计/里程表包括单芯片微处理器,其先前根据不同要求记录有操作程序。 微处理器的程序可根据不同速度表的要求而变化。 通过微处理器提供设定可调节限速,超速警告和自动控制限速的附加功能,增强车速表/里程表的使用和精度,

    Trip log odometer
    36.
    发明授权
    Trip log odometer 失效
    旅行日志里程表

    公开(公告)号:US5541858A

    公开(公告)日:1996-07-30

    申请号:US172562

    申请日:1993-12-21

    申请人: Ralph C. Warner

    发明人: Ralph C. Warner

    IPC分类号: G01C22/02 G01C22/00

    CPC分类号: G01C22/02

    摘要: A system for storing beginning and ending odometer readings of a plurality of individual trips made by a vehicle. The odometer readings for each trip are stored individually for future retrieval and use. The system can be directly connected to an odometer device included on the vehicle, or odometer information can be manually input by the vehicle operator. The date and other data such as the vehicle and operator identify, trip purpose, and customer identification codes, are stored for each trip. A data I/O port is provided to allow direct transfer of data from the system to a central computer where the data can be used by appropriate computer programs. The distance traveled during each trip can be calculated by a central computer, or the system can be programmed to calculate the trip distance. The apparatus is accommodated in a compact housing which slides into a cradle mounted inside the vehicle for convenient relocation from one vehicle to another or to a computer for data transfer. The apparatus is powered by the vehicle power source. The present invention provides an accurate and convenient system for logging the information associated with each trip made by a vehicle so that accurate records can be easily kept on the use of a vehicle.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于存储由车辆制造的多个单独行程的开始和结束里程表读数的系统。 每个行程的里程表读数分别存储以备将来检索和使用。 该系统可以直接连接到包含在车辆中的里程表装置,或者里程表信息可由车辆操作者手动输入。 日期和其他数据,例如车辆和操作人员识别,行程目的和客户识别代码,用于每次旅行。 提供数据I / O端口以允许从系统直接传输数据到中央计算机,数据可由适当的计算机程序使用。 在每次行程中行驶的距离可以由中央计算机计算,或者可以对系统进行编程以计算行程距离。 该装置容纳在紧凑的壳体中,该紧凑的壳体滑入安装在车辆内的支架中,以便于从一个车辆重新定位到另一个车辆或者进行数据传送的计算机。 该设备由车辆电源供电。 本发明提供了一种用于记录与由车辆执行的每次行程相关联的信息的准确和便利的系统,使得可以容易地在车辆的使用上保持准确的记录。

    Automatic revolution counting and data transmission device
    37.
    发明授权
    Automatic revolution counting and data transmission device 失效
    自动转数计数和数据传输装置

    公开(公告)号:US5524034A

    公开(公告)日:1996-06-04

    申请号:US334270

    申请日:1994-11-04

    IPC分类号: G01C22/02 G01C22/00

    CPC分类号: G01C22/02

    摘要: An automatic revolution counting and data transmission device for measuring full or partial revolutions of a shaft, processing, storing, and transmitting said revolutions and related data. An embodiment of the invention as a hubodometer for measuring rotations of a wheel uses of a housing (1), printed circuit board (3) with all electronic circuitry for counting data, data storage, and two way data communication, and an anti-rotation device. A low power radio frequency transmitter and receiver are used to receive commands and to transfer stored data to a receiving unit which may be a portable battery-powered unit or a fixed-mount unit. Such data transfer by RF link eliminates the inherent problems associated with visual readout or optical data transfer from units located where dirt grime buildup is common.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于测量轴的全部或部分转动的自动转数计数和数据传输装置,处理,存储和传送所述转数和相关数据。 本发明的一个实施例是用于测量车轮轮的使用的轮毂测量装置,该壳体(1),具有用于计数数据,数据存储和双向数据通信的所有电子电路的印刷电路板(3)和防旋转 设备。 低功率射频发射器和接收器用于接收命令并将存储的数据传送到可以是便携式电池供电单元或固定安装单元的接收单元。 通过RF链路的这种数据传输消除了与位于污垢堆积常见的单元的视觉读出或光学数据传输相关联的固有问题。

    Method and apparatus for maintaining variable data in a non-volatile
electronic memory device
    38.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for maintaining variable data in a non-volatile electronic memory device 失效
    用于在非易失性电子存储器件中维护可变数据的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5386533A

    公开(公告)日:1995-01-31

    申请号:US616521

    申请日:1990-11-21

    申请人: John O. Morris

    发明人: John O. Morris

    IPC分类号: G01C22/02 G11C16/10 G06F12/02

    CPC分类号: G11C16/102 G01C22/02

    摘要: An apparatus and method for maintaining variable data in a non-volatile electronic memory device comprises a shifter array (106) which provides a shifter value to shifter register (104). Shifter register (104) uses 8-bit column decoder (110) to specify which of a plurality of overlapping storage units in array (94) will store variable data provided from register (92). Address register (112) specifies to row decoder (116) which of two rows in shifter array (106), pointer array (118) and array (94) will be accessed by read and write operations. Pointer array (118) stores an index specifying which of the two rows contains the most recently updated variable data. Shifter register (104) uses 8-bit column decoder (108) to specify which of a plurality of adjacent storage units in pointer array (118) will store the index. OR gate (98) specifies when to replace an overlapping storage unit in array (94) and an adjacent storage unit in pointer array (118).

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在非易失性电子存储器件中维护可变数据的装置和方法包括向移位寄存器(104)提供移位器值的移位器阵列(106)。 移位寄存器(104)使用8位列解码器(110)来指定阵列(94)中的多个重叠存储单元中的哪一个将存储从寄存器(92)提供的可变数据。 地址寄存器(112)向行解码器(116)指定移位器阵列(106)中的哪一行,指针阵列(118)和数组(94)将通过读和写操作被访问。 指针数组(118)存储指定两行中哪一行包含最近更新的可变数据的索引。 移位寄存器(104)使用8位列解码器(108)来指定指针阵列(118)中的多个相邻存储单元中的哪一个将存储索引。 或门(98)指定何时更换阵列(94)中的重叠存储单元和指针阵列(118)中的相邻存储单元。

    Safety odometer apparatus for seat belt usage
    39.
    发明授权
    Safety odometer apparatus for seat belt usage 失效
    用于安全带使用的安全里程表装置

    公开(公告)号:US5119407A

    公开(公告)日:1992-06-02

    申请号:US594442

    申请日:1990-10-05

    申请人: Cenan A. Ozmeral

    发明人: Cenan A. Ozmeral

    IPC分类号: B60R22/48 G01C22/02

    摘要: Apparatus wherein a primary automotive odometer includes a drive gear with a secondary odometer including a secondary gear with the secondary gear fixedly mounted to a solenoid ram wherein the solenoid ram is coupled to a solenoid. The solenoid is selectively actuated upon coupling of a seat belt arrangement to actuate the solenoid and effect engagement of the secondary gear relative to the gear of the primary odometer for indication of seat belt usage in relationship to automative usage in terms of miles traveled.

    摘要翻译: 一种主要汽车里程表的装置包括具有次级里程表的驱动齿轮,其包括副齿轮,辅助齿轮固定地安装在螺线管柱塞上,其中螺线管压头连接到螺线管。 螺线管在联接座椅安全带装置以致动螺线管并且相对于主中程计的齿轮进行啮合时被选择性地启动,用于指示安全带的使用,这与使用行驶距离相关。

    Electronic hubodometer
    40.
    发明授权
    Electronic hubodometer 失效
    电子呼吸测量仪

    公开(公告)号:US4989222A

    公开(公告)日:1991-01-29

    申请号:US355952

    申请日:1989-05-22

    IPC分类号: G01C22/02

    CPC分类号: G01C22/02

    摘要: A hubodometer (10) for attachment to a vehicle's wheel structure for sensing a rotation of the wheel structure and for converting the sensed rotation to a distance travelled. The hubodometer comprises an outer housing (12) having a permanent magnet (28) affixed thereto for generating a magnetic field and a coupler (14) for coupling the housing to the wheel structure such that the outer housing rotates therewith. The hubodometer further comprises an anti-rotation mechanism (16) rotatably coupled within the outer housing, the mechanism having a plurality of components (18,20,22,24,30) coupled thereto, the components being stabilized against rotation thereby. The components include an electronic controller (20) and a plurality of magnetic field sensors (30). The plurality of sensors are disposed relative to the housing such that as the magnet rotates thereabout all of the plurality of magnetic field sensors do not simultaneously sense the magnetic field. In one embodiment the hubodometer is programmed via the plurality of sensors with calibration related data after the hubodometer is sealed. In another embodiment the display is powered by an output of an illumination-to-current conversion device (40 ), the device output also being coupled to the electronic controller such that illumination modulated in accordance with information is read and interpreted by the controller.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于附接到车辆车轮结构以用于感测车轮结构的旋转并用于将所感测到的旋转转换到行进距离的定心计(10)。 呼吸测量仪包括具有固定在其上以产生磁场的永磁体(28)的外壳(12)和用于将壳体联接到车轮结构的联接器(14),使得外壳随其旋转。 呼吸测量仪还包括可旋转地联接在外壳内的防旋转机构(16),该机构具有耦合到其上的多个部件(18,20,22,24,30),所述部件被稳定以防止旋转。 这些部件包括电子控制器(20)和多个磁场传感器(30)。 多个传感器相对于壳体设置,使得当磁体在其周围旋转时,所有多个磁场传感器不能同时感测磁场。 在一个实施例中,在密度测量仪之后,通过多个具有校准相关数据的传感器来对呼吸测量计进行编程。 在另一个实施例中,显示器由照明电流转换装置(40)的输出供电,装置输出还耦合到电子控制器,使得根据信息调制的照明由控制器读取和解释。