公开(公告)号：US06377877B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-23

申请号：US09662777

申请日：2000-09-15

申请人： John R. Doner

发明人： John R. Doner

IPC分类号： G05D300

CPC分类号： B61L17/00 ,  B61L25/025 ,  B61L27/0094 ,  B61L2205/04

摘要： A system for determining the status of a railyard includes a locomotive itinerary, a computer configured with a comparator algorithm used to compare a locomotive location to the locomotive itinerary, and at least one manager console configured to communicate with the computer. Railcar information is input to the manager console and communicated to the computer, which generates a locomotive task list from the railcar information. The computer then generates a locomotive itinerary, tracks the location of the locomotive and uses the comparator algorithm to determine the schedule status of the railcar.

摘要翻译： 用于确定雷达状态的系统包括机车行程，配置有用于将机车位置与机车行程进行比较的比较器算法的计算机以及被配置为与计算机通信的至少一个管理器控制台。 轨道车信息被输入到管理员控制台并传送到计算机，该计算机从轨道车信息生成机车任务列表。 然后，计算机生成机车行程，跟踪机车的位置，并使用比较器算法来确定轨道车辆的调度状态。

公开(公告)号：US06246199B1

公开(公告)日：2001-06-12

申请号：US09634436

申请日：2000-08-08

申请人： Michael A. Porter ,  Richard H. Kruse ,  Samuel DiCesare ,  Kerry S. Berland ,  James M. Helms ,  George A. Alderton, IV

发明人： Michael A. Porter ,  Richard H. Kruse ,  Samuel DiCesare ,  Kerry S. Berland ,  James M. Helms ,  George A. Alderton, IV

IPC分类号： G05D300

CPC分类号： B60R16/037 ,  B60J7/0573 ,  B60J7/1265

摘要： This invention relates to a system and method for monitoring and controlling the operation of a motorized convertible top such that it may be extended and retracted automatically. The system and method of the present invention monitors the movement of the various components to provide fluid, simultaneous motion. It further detects and corrects improper alignments that may result in damage to the top due to overlapping elements or binding elements, and stores error information useful in diagnosing and repairing unrecoverable errors.

公开(公告)号：US06389334B1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-14

申请号：US09538278

申请日：2000-03-30

申请人： Robert Castor

发明人： Robert Castor

IPC分类号： G05D300

CPC分类号： G08G5/065 ,  B64F1/002

摘要： A method and associated device and management system for automatically guiding an aircraft to a parking position in a parking zone. The aircraft is detected by at least one video camera located in the parking zone which outputs video signals. The video signals are then supplied from the video camera to an evaluation unit, in which the current position of the aircraft is determined from the video signals. In addition, correction instructions for direction and speed of the aircraft are determined from the video signals in the evaluation unit. The correction instructions are transmitted to a control of the aircraft. Furthermore, in the evaluation unit, the video signals are processed into video sequences and non-aircraft objects are identified from the video signals. Finally, the correction instructions and the video sequences are displayed on a control monitor together with additional monitoring data.

摘要翻译： 一种用于将飞行器自动引导到停车区域中的停车位置的方法和相关联的设备和管理系统。 该飞机由位于停放区域中的至少一个摄像机检测，该摄像机输出视频信号。 然后，视频信号从摄像机提供给评估单元，其中根据视频信号确定飞行器的当前位置。 此外，根据评估单元中的视频信号确定飞机的方向和速度的修正指令。 校正指令被传送到飞行器的控制。 此外，在评估单元中，视频信号被处理成视频序列，并且从视频信号中识别非飞行物体。 最后，校正指令和视频序列与附加的监视数据一起显示在控制监视器上。

公开(公告)号：US06320342B1

公开(公告)日：2001-11-20

申请号：US09572930

申请日：2000-05-18

申请人： Nobuo Yoshioka ,  Hiroyuki Funaki ,  Kenichi Niki ,  Tokuhiro Tanaka

发明人： Nobuo Yoshioka ,  Hiroyuki Funaki ,  Kenichi Niki ,  Tokuhiro Tanaka

IPC分类号： G05D300

CPC分类号： B60J7/0573

摘要： A sunroof controlling device for controlling a sunroof lid in sliding and tilting directions without using a mechanical position switch, which is possible to automatically reset count value of the position counter of the sunroof lid according to an appearance of the error in the count value and comprises first and second switches, an actuator having an electric motor and an output shaft to be connected with the sunroof lid, and a control unit including first and second rotation signal generating means for generating first and second signals in response to rotation of an armature shaft of the electric motor, an output shaft rotation signal generating means and a roof position counting means for counting the signals generated from the first, second and output shaft rotation signal generating means, and the control unit executes an initial mode for resetting count value of the roof position counter when the count value is not a predetermined range.

摘要翻译： 一种天窗控制装置，用于在不使用机械位置开关的情况下在滑动和倾斜方向上控制天窗盖，其可以根据计数值中的误差的外观自动复位天窗的位置计数器的计数值，并且包括 第一和第二开关，具有电动机和与天窗盖连接的输出轴的致动器，以及控制单元，包括第一和第二旋转信号发生装置，用于响应于电枢轴的转动而产生第一和第二信号 电动机，输出轴旋转信号发生装置和用于对从第一，第二和第二输出轴旋转信号产生装置产生的信号进行计数的车顶位置计数装置，并且控制单元执行用于重置屋顶的计数值的初始模式 当计数值不是预定范围时的位置计数器。

公开(公告)号：US06216063B1

公开(公告)日：2001-04-10

申请号：US09074024

申请日：1998-05-06

申请人： Richard C. Lind ,  Martin J. Brenner

发明人： Richard C. Lind ,  Martin J. Brenner

IPC分类号： G05D300

CPC分类号： B64F5/60 ,  B64D2045/0085

摘要： A structured singular value (&mgr;) analysis method of computing flutter margins has robust stability of a linear aeroelastic model with uncertainty operators (&Dgr;). Flight data is used to update the uncertainty operators to accurately account for errors in the computed model and the observed range of aircraft dynamics of the aircraft under test caused by time-varying aircraft parameters, nonlinearities, and flight anomalies, such as test nonrepeatability. This &mgr;-based approach computes predict flutter margins that are worst-case with respect to the modeling uncertainty for use in determining when the aircraft is approaching a flutter condition and defining an expanded safe flight envelope for the aircraft that is accepted with more confidence than traditional methods that do not update the analysis algorithm with flight data by introducing &mgr; as a flutter margin parameter that presents several advantages over tracking damping trends as a measure of a tendency to instability from available flight data.

摘要翻译： 计算颤振边缘的结构化奇异值（μ）分析方法具有具有不确定性运算符（DELTA）的线性气动弹性模型的鲁棒稳定性。 飞行数据用于更新不确定性运算符，以准确地计算计算模型中的误差，以及由时变飞机参数，非线性和飞行异常（如测试不可重复性）引起的被测飞机的飞行器动力学观测范围。 这种基于mu的方法计算预测颤振边缘，这是相对于建模不确定性的最差情况，用于确定飞机何时接近颤振状况，并为飞行器定义扩展的安全飞行包线，该传感器比传统的更有信心接受 通过引入mu作为颤振边界参数，不会更新具有飞行数据的分析算法的方法，其具有优于跟踪阻尼趋势的几个优点，作为来自可用飞行数据的不稳定趋势的量度。

公开(公告)号：US06701226B2

公开(公告)日：2004-03-02

申请号：US10178461

申请日：2002-06-24

申请人： Satoshi Yamada ,  Kazunori Shimazaki ,  Tomio Kimura

发明人： Satoshi Yamada ,  Kazunori Shimazaki ,  Tomio Kimura

IPC分类号： G05D300

CPC分类号： B62D15/028 ,  B60T8/172 ,  B60T2201/10

摘要： A controller is provided with a CPU, an EEPROM for storing data that is unique to a vehicle and which is rewritable, and a control ROM for performing parking assistance upon parking in lateral and parking in parallel, based on a minimum turning radius Rc of the data that is unique to the vehicle, which is stored in the EEPROM, and the CPU operates based on the control program stored in the control ROM. The controller 1 calculates a yaw angle of the vehicle from an angular speed of the vehicle inputted from a yaw rate sensor and information about an operation method and operation timing in each step during the drive for parking in lateral and parking in parallel is outputted to a speaker through calculating a turning angle of the vehicle, thereby appropriately assisting a driver with parking.

摘要翻译： 控制器具有CPU，用于存储车辆唯一的且可重写的数据的EEPROM，以及用于在侧向停车和并行停车时执行停车辅助的控制ROM，其基于最小转向半径Rc 存储在EEPROM中的车辆唯一的数据，并且CPU基于存储在控制ROM中的控制程序进行操作。 控制器1根据横摆率传感器输入的车辆的角速度计算车辆的横摆角度，并且在横向停车的驱动中并行停车的各步骤中的每个步骤的信息被输出到 扬声器，通过计算车辆的转向角度，从而适当地辅助驾驶员停车。

公开(公告)号：US06548979B2

公开(公告)日：2003-04-15

申请号：US10071759

申请日：2002-02-07

申请人： Mario Boisvert ,  Randall Perrin

发明人： Mario Boisvert ,  Randall Perrin

IPC分类号： G05D300

CPC分类号： B60J7/0573 ,  H02H3/006 ,  H02H3/44 ,  H02H7/0851 ,  H02H7/0854

摘要： Disclosed is an improved system and method for sensing both hard and soft obstructions for a movable panel such as a sunroof. A dual detection scheme is employing that includes an optical sensing as the primary means and electronic sensing of motor current as a secondary means. The secondary means utilizes system empirical precharacterization, fast processing algorithms, motor parameter monitoring including both current sensing and sensorless electronic motor current commutation pulse sensing, and controller memory, to adaptively modify electronic obstacle detection thresholds in real time without the use of templates and cycle averaging techniques.

公开(公告)号：US06427243B2

公开(公告)日：2002-08-06

申请号：US09750117

申请日：2000-12-29

申请人： Kazuto Kobayashi ,  Asao Kato

发明人： Kazuto Kobayashi ,  Asao Kato

IPC分类号： G05D300

CPC分类号： F16K31/002 ,  F25B41/062 ,  F25B2341/0683 ,  F25B2500/17 ,  F25B2500/32

摘要： A thermal expansion valve 10-3 includes a passage 32 through which refrigerant enters a prism-shaped body 30 from a receiver, and a valve means 32b placed within a valve chamber 35 for controlling the opening of an orifice 32a. The refrigerant returning from an evaporator 8 travels through a passage 34 toward a compressor 4. A power element 60 that drives the valve means 32b via a heat sensing shaft 36f comprises a disk-shaped housing 36d and a diaphragm 60a placed within said housing, which constitute a pressure working chamber 36b. A working gas is filled inside said pressure working chamber 36b and sealed thereto by a plug body 60k. The diameter size of the diaphragm 60a and the whole size of the plug body 60k are reduced in order to miniaturize and reduce the weight of the thermal expansion valve as a whole.

摘要翻译： 热膨胀阀10-3包括通道32，制冷剂从接收器进入棱镜体30，阀装置32b设置在阀室35内，用于控制孔32a的开口。 从蒸发器8返回的制冷剂通过通道34朝向压缩机4.通过热传感轴36f驱动阀装置32b的动力元件60包括盘形壳体36d和放置在所述壳体内的隔膜60a， 构成压力工作室36b。 工作气体填充在压力工作室36b的内部，并由塞体60k密封。 隔膜60a的直径尺寸和塞体60k的整体尺寸减小，以便使整个热膨胀阀的重量小型化和减轻。

公开(公告)号：US06185488B2

公开(公告)日：2001-02-06

申请号：US09053619

申请日：1998-04-02

申请人： Kazuo Nomoto

发明人： Kazuo Nomoto

IPC分类号： G05D300

CPC分类号： H01L29/7802 ,  B60R21/0173 ,  G01R31/2621 ,  G01R31/2829 ,  H01L29/7803 ,  H01L29/7815 ,  H01L29/7816 ,  H01L29/7817 ,  H01L29/7826 ,  H01L29/7831

摘要： A diagnosing apparatus for a passenger protective system has transistors connected in series to both ends of a squib. Each of the transistors is made up of a plurality of transistor cells connected in parallel. A part of the transistor cells is utilized as a check transistor, which allows a small current incapable of igniting the squib to flow into the squib. The diagnosing apparatus turns on only the check transistor and detects a potential of the squib. Check transistor malfunction can be diagnosed on the basis of the detected potential. Because the check transistor is formed by a part of the transistor cells, if any trouble occurs therein, it can be considered that the power transistor formed by the remainder of the transistor cells also has any trouble. Therefore, the power transistor can be diagnosed from the detected potential of the squib.

摘要翻译： 用于乘客保护系统的诊断装置具有串联连接到爆管的两端的晶体管。 每个晶体管由并联连接的多个晶体管单元组成。 晶体管单元的一部分被用作检查晶体管，这允许小的电流不能点燃爆管流入爆管。 诊断装置仅打开检查晶体管并检测爆管的电位。 检查晶体管故障可以根据检测到的电位进行诊断。 由于检查晶体管是由晶体管单元的一部分形成的，所以如果在其中发生故障，则认为由晶体管单元的剩余部分形成的功率晶体管也是有问题的。 因此，可以从检测到的爆管电位来诊断功率晶体管。

公开(公告)号：US06591170B2

公开(公告)日：2003-07-08

申请号：US09976251

申请日：2001-10-11

申请人： Gerald J. Block ,  Albert J. Bourdon

发明人： Gerald J. Block ,  Albert J. Bourdon

IPC分类号： G05D300

CPC分类号： G08G5/0086 ,  G01C5/005 ,  G01C23/00 ,  G01S13/913 ,  G05D1/0676 ,  G08G5/025

摘要： A system for reducing nuisance alerts and warnings in a terrain awareness and warning system for an aircraft, including determining if the aircraft is within a predetermined geometric volume surrounding an airport. If the aircraft is within the geometric volume, then determining the aircraft's current projected flight path for a selected distance or time and comparing it with at least one approach volume extending from a runway at the airport towards an outer boundary of the geometric volume. If the aircraft's current projected flight path is such that the aircraft is expected to be within the approach volume and stay within the approach volume to the runway, then inhibiting selected alerts and warnings associated with non-threatening terrain.