Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Avanti R&d, Inc.

Ngk Spark Plug Company, Limited

Other

Jigen Labs, LLC

Azapa R&d Americas, Inc.

Go Yuasa

Masashi Tsuzuki

Michael J Ramirez

Keiji Takeda

Yasuhiro Konishi

Masaki Sato

Mike Ramirez

Morihisa Iwamoto

Dustin Gyurina

Tadahiro Suzuki

A computer vision system used for a vehicle having a camera system including an AI camera having a capability of recognizing 1) surrounding environment, 2) moving objects at the surrounding environment, 3) a parking location and direction, and a capability of setting a non-recognition area, wherein numbers of the moving objects passing through the non-recognition area are more than a predetermined number in a predetermined period, a controller including software programs for controlling functions of the AI camera, a battery and a server designed to communicate to the camera system for processing the data from the camera system via the communication device, wherein the software programs include a function for allowing the AI camera to recognize the surrounding environment between the parking location of the vehicle to the non-recognition area, and wherein the software programs further include a function for controlling power from the battery to the camera system.

Computer vision system used in vehicles

An environmental assessment system for correlating environmental data with traffic data having, a traffic/environment system including a) a traffic count system for obtaining the traffic data of moving objects on a road, and classifying the moving objects into several vehicle types, b) an environmental sensor system including a particulate matter (PM) sensor for measuring PM concentration and/or a carbon dioxide (CO) concentration sensor, c) a microphone for obtaining sound signals originated from the moving objects on the road, d) a communication device and e) a microcomputer/memory for running computer programs, the computer programs including a function for adding a time stamp showing a time onto the traffic data, and a sever having functions for correlating the traffic data with the environmental data, wherein the traffic count system is arranged to classify the traffic data by referring to the sound signals obtained by the microphone.

Apparatus and method for correlating environment data with traffic data

A traffic system for predicting a traffic signal switching timing comprises a camera sensor including a) a camera for capturing images of traffic signal lights along a traffic lane, b) a CPU for running computer programs for analyzing the images of the traffic signal lights and the moving objects, wherein the traffic signal switching timing includes a yellow, red and green lighting time of each the traffic signal lights, c) a sound sensor for obtaining sound signals originated from the moving objects, and d) a communication interface for sending and receiving data associated with the traffic signal switching timing to/from other camera sensors; and a server for providing traffic information including the traffic signal switching timing to drivers of the moving objects, the sever being arranged to receive and sends the data to/from the camera sensor.

Traffic system for predicting and providing traffic signal switching timing

A sensor platform being installed on a vehicle traveling on a road or a sports training device, the sensor platform including, a sensor unit configured by an acceleration sensor for capturing environmental data transmitted from an object to be surveyed, a data selector/variable filter for selecting necessary data or limiting data frequency of the environmental data transmitted from the sensor unit, a sound sensor for capturing sound signals from the object to be surveyed, and a processing unit for running computer programs including algorithms for controlling the sensor unit and the data selector/variable filter, processing output data from the data selector/variable filter and the sound sensor, and setting a threshold level, wherein the processing unit processes the output data from data selector/variable filter when the sound signal level is more than the threshold level.

Sensor platform improvement utilizing sound sensor analysis

An apparatus for forecasting preferred selections from a menu of a restaurant comprises a) a face recognition system including at least two cameras, b) a point of sales system (POS) including a portable terminal linked thereto and c) a server for running algorithms comprising steps of: receiving the demographic profiles of the customers; obtaining environmental information including weather information and event information from relevant websites via internet; obtaining the transaction data of the customers from the POS; correlating the inputted orders including types of dishes from the customers with demographic profiles of the customers and the environmental information to accumulate correlated data into database in the server; selecting the preferred selections from the database based on a criterial to narrow down a number of the preferred selections; and transferring the selected preferred selections to the portable terminal via the POS.

Digital information gathering and analyzing method and apparatus

An information sharing system including a plurality of on-vehicle diagnosis terminals and one or more of display terminals sharing diagnostic information over wireless communication. The respective terminals store, in a storing unit, data sets, also stored in another terminal with which communication was established, and a stored clock time. The terminals include a communication-establishing unit that includes a searching unit and an establishing unit. The searching unit is configured to search an planned-connection terminal capable of establishing communication with the terminal, and that does not yet have a stored clock time, or the stored clock time that is stored in the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal and from which a predetermined time has passed, and the establishing unit is configured to establish communication with the planned-connection terminal.

Information sharing system, on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, and display terminal

A battery state display system includes: a plurality of electric vehicles, each of the plurality of electric vehicles being configured to be driven by a battery containing battery fluid; and a display terminal. The display terminal includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with the plurality of electric vehicles; a display configured to display an image including a state of the battery of each of a plurality of electric vehicles on the display of the display terminal; and a processor configured to: control the display terminal to display on the display a battery state indication for each of the electric vehicles, the battery state indication including: a charge state indication representing a charge state of the battery; and a fluid amount indication relating to an amount of the battery fluid of the battery.

Battery state display system

An interactive audio communication system includes a server for operating the interactive audio communications, a first computing device for operating a first application program, and a second computing device for operating a second application program, wherein the second application program includes the steps of receiving audio inputs from a user via the second microphone, transforming the audio inputs to text strings and transmitting the data of the audio inputs and/or the text strings to the first computing device, wherein the first application program running on the first computing device includes the steps of, receiving the data of the audio inputs and/or the text strings, displaying the text strings together with an audio mark if the text strings are received together with the data of the audio inputs on the first display.

Interactive audio communication system

A method for establishing a communication between a first communication device in a first vehicle and a second communication device in a second vehicle, the method including the steps of, determining whether a mobile phone service is available, obtaining, a current position information of the first vehicle, setting, by the first communication device, a communication mode of the first communication device into an access point mode, transmitting, by the first communication device, ID information and the current position information of the first vehicle, recording, by the second communication device, the ID information and the position information of the first vehicle, transmitting, by the second communication device, the ID information of the first vehicle and position information of the second vehicle via a mobile phone to a service authority, when the second communication device fails to receive the position information of the first vehicle.

Method for establishing high-speed communication protocol and device thereof

An information sharing system () including a plurality of on-vehicle diagnosis terminals () and one or a plurality of display terminals () and sharing diagnostic information over wireless communication. The terminals () include a first determination unit S, Sand a second determination unit S, Sconfigured to determine whether or not predetermined times T, Thave passed from stored clock times C, Cat which data sets DS are acquired from the any of the other terminals (). When the predetermined times have passed, new data sets DS are acquired and the storing into an other-vehicle data storing unitB and a data storing unitA is performed. When the predetermined times have not passed, new wireless communication is established with communication units () of the terminals () capable of establishing wireless communication.

Systems and methods for improved vehicle navigation using mobile communication device (e.g., phone) technology as a means for transmitting vehicle route data that has been updated as a result of changed or changing traffic conditions. A mobile communication device is connected between a vehicle and a remote server. Traffic information from both broadcast and mobile network sources is analyzed by the server, a difference(s) therebetween is detected, and the difference(s) is compared to a predetermined difference value. If the detected difference exceeds the predetermined difference value, difference information is extracted and used to produce updated route data, which is then transmitted via the mobile communication device to the vehicle. The transmission of updated route data is limited to only situations where there is a sufficient change in traffic conditions, and the data transmitted is preferably limited to only difference data so as to avoid exceeding mobile communication device plan limits.

System and method for controlling the transmission of traffic information to a vehicle navigation system

A vehicle route guidance system is provided that may dynamically determine one or more possible destinations within a predetermined distance of a current location of a vehicle having the vehicle route guidance system. The vehicle route guidance system may determine respective routes to the one or more possible destinations and may access price information with respect to the one or more possible destinations. For each of the one or more possible destinations, the vehicle route guidance system may estimate a cost of fuel to be consumed by the vehicle to reach respective ones of the one or more possible destination based on received traffic information, a respective route, and vehicle fuel consumption information. The vehicle route guidance system may provide information for guiding the vehicle to one of the one or more possible destinations having a lowest total overall cost.

Dynamic route guidance

A method of receiving information for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The method includes retrieving stored traffic information from a database and determining a communication period for receiving current traffic information from a service provider based on the stored traffic information. The method also includes receiving current traffic information simultaneously with other non-traffic information when the non-traffic information is being requested in order to limit the number of instances of communication with the service provider.

Method of retrieving information for a motor vehicle

A communicating device may determine a lack of wireless network coverage. The communicating device may repeatedly send a message via a narrow-band communication medium. One or more other communicating devices may receive the message via the narrow-band communication medium. Later, when a communicating device that received the message has the wireless network coverage, the message may be transmitted to an originally intended recipient via the wireless network. The intended recipient may send a reply message to one or more communicating devices via the wireless network. When a communicating device that received the reply message no longer has the wireless network coverage, the communicating device may send the reply message via the narrow-band communication medium to one or more other communicating devices. The communicating device, that originally sent the message, may receive the reply message and may present information from the reply message to a user.

Universal messaging

An operating device for controlling a display screen, which includes a rotatable operating member of cylindrical shape, and a slidable operating member having a cylindrical tip portion located above an upper end of the rotatable operating member. The diameter of an upper surface of the slidable operating member cylindrical tip portion is reduced relative to a diameter of a lower surface of the cylindrical tip portion, and the diameter of the lower surface of the slidable operating member cylindrical tip portion is equal to or less than a diameter of an upper surface of the rotatable operating member. An operating device is provided which prevents a misoperation in slide operation and rotation operation and improves operability.

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