B60K31/18

Method and system for providing speed limit alerts

A method and system may provide speed limit alerts to users driving in vehicles. A user's client device such as a smart-phone, smart watch, or tablet computer, may provide visual, audible, and/or haptic alerts to the user when the user exceeds a posted speed limit by more than a threshold amount. For example, when the user exceeds the posted speed limit by more than the threshold amount, the user's smart-phone may play a beeping sound and may announce the posted speed limit to the user. Moreover, the user's smart-phone may display an indication of the posted speed limit and a graphic notifying the user the she has exceeded the posted speed limit by more than the threshold amount. A map of a geographic area including the user's travelled route may also be displayed, with annotated areas along the route where the user exceeded the posted speed limit by more than the threshold amount.

System and method for server based control
12316706 · 2025-05-27 · ·

A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.

Constant-speed travel apparatus

Constant-speed-travel-apparatus controlling prime-mover so that mobile-body mounted with the prime-mover travels at constant-speed, includes: function-operation-member being instructed activation of speed-maintaining-function of the mobile-body in response to operation by operator; first-speed-operation-member being instructed the travel-speed of the mobile-body in accordance with operation-amount by the operator; second-speed-operation-member being instructed change of the travel-speed by predetermined amount in response to operation by the operator in state where activation of the speed-maintaining-function has been instructed through the function-operation-member; and electronic-control-unit controlling output of the prime-mover based on the operation-amount of the first-speed-operation-member and number of times of operation of the second-speed-operation-member so that the mobile-body travels at constant-speed in the state.

Constant-speed travel apparatus

Constant-speed-travel-apparatus controlling prime-mover so that mobile-body mounted with the prime-mover travels at constant-speed, includes: function-operation-member being instructed activation of speed-maintaining-function of the mobile-body in response to operation by operator; first-speed-operation-member being instructed the travel-speed of the mobile-body in accordance with operation-amount by the operator; second-speed-operation-member being instructed change of the travel-speed by predetermined amount in response to operation by the operator in state where activation of the speed-maintaining-function has been instructed through the function-operation-member; and electronic-control-unit controlling output of the prime-mover based on the operation-amount of the first-speed-operation-member and number of times of operation of the second-speed-operation-member so that the mobile-body travels at constant-speed in the state.

IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM
20250242693 · 2025-07-31 · ·

The display system includes a lane line recognition unit configured to recognize a lane line of a traveling lane of the host vehicle based on a detection result of a camera of the host vehicle, a road edge structure recognition unit configured to recognize a road edge structure positioned outside the lane line based on a detection result of a sensor of the host vehicle, and a display control unit configured to control a display of the in-vehicle display based on recognition results of the lane line recognition unit and the road edge structure recognition unit. The display control unit is configured to display a road edge structure icon corresponding to the road edge structure on the in-vehicle display when the lane line is not recognized and the road edge structure is recognized.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL
20250274517 · 2025-08-28 ·

A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor May be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL
20250274518 · 2025-08-28 ·

A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor May be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.

System and method for server based control
12401721 · 2025-08-26 · ·

A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor May be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.

System and method for server based control
12401720 · 2025-08-26 · ·

A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.

Systems and methods for communicating with vision-impaired vehicle occupants

An occupant output system includes at least one output device adapted to provide output directed to a single passenger, an occupant monitoring system to track location and movement of the passenger within the vehicle, at least one processor configured to execute program instructions, wherein the program instructions are configured to cause the at least one processor to receive data from the occupant monitoring system, analyze the data from the occupant monitoring system to determine if the passenger is vision-impaired, analyze the data from the occupant monitoring system to determine a location of the passenger within the vehicle and an orientation of a head of the passenger, and, when the passenger is determined to be vision impaired, generate an output for the passenger on the at least one output device, based on the location of the passenger within the vehicle and the orientation of the head of the passenger.