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Class 701
DATA PROCESSING: VEHICLES, NAVIGATION, AND RELATIVE LOCATION
Class Definition:
This class provides for electrical computers, digital data
processing systems, and data processing processes for
transferring data between a plurality of computers or
processes wherein the computers or processes employ the data
before or after transferring and the employing affects the
transfer of data therebetween. More specifically, this
class provides for the following subject matter:
A. This class is for electrical apparatus and corresponding
methods for performing data processing operations in which
there is a significant change in the data or for performing
calculation operations wherein the electrical data processing
system or calculating computer functions to indicate a
condition of a vehicle, to regulate the movement of a
vehicle, to monitor the operation of a vehicle, or to solve a
diagnostic problem with the vehicle.
B. This class also provides electrical apparatus and
corresponding methods wherein the electrical data processing
system or calculating computer function to determine the
course, position, or distance traveled.
C. This class further provides electrical apparatus and
corresponding methods wherein the electrical data processing
system or calculating computer functions to determine the
relative location of an object (e.g., person or vehicle) and
may include communication of the determined relative location
to a remote location.
Class 701 is structured into three main divisions:
A. Vehicle control, guidance, operation or indication.
B. Navigation.
C. Relative location.
See Subclass References to the Current Class, below, for the
location of subclasses for each of the main divisions.
LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
A. VEHICLE CONTROL, GUIDANCE, OPERATION, OR INDICATION
1. This class includes subject matter directed to
significant data processing or calculation in determining the
control, monitoring, guidance, and condition for one or more
of the components or subsystems associated with a vehicle.
2. This class does not include subject matter wherein
significant details of the mechanical construction of the
component or subsystem within a vehicle are disclosed and
claimed. Examples of subject matter not included are
detailed mechanical structure of a transmission, internal
combustion engine, power steering, suspension, and braking
systems, each in conjunction with a nominally recited
computer implemented function. See Search Class notes below
for appropriate class.
3. This class also does not include subject matter wherein
the data processing or calculation is employed solely for the
purpose of manipulating or controlling robotic arm movement.
See Search Class notes below for Class 395.
B. NAVIGATION
1. This class is limited to significant data processing or
calculating operation to provide navigation information to
either a vehicle or an operator.
2. This class does not include subject matter wherein
significant details of the display device and/or technique in
displaying the determined navigation information are
disclosed and claimed. See the Search Class notes below in
References to Other Classes for Class 340.
C. RELATIVE LOCATION
1. This class includes subject matter directed to
significant data processing or calculation for determining
the relative location of an object and may include
communicating the determined relative location to a remote
location for further processing and/or use.
2. This class does not include subject matter wherein
significant details of the communication device and/or the
technique of communicating are disclosed and claimed. See
the Search Class notes below in References to Other Classes
for Classes 340 and 375.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
1 through 124, for vehicle control, guidance, operation or
indication.
200 through 226, for navigation.
300 through 302, for relative location.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, appropriate subclasses,
especially subclass 232 for aircraft or marine ground speed
indicator, subclasses 268+ for celestial navigational
instruments, subclasses 316+ for a magnetic field sensitive
device (compass, flux valve) utilized to monitor a
directional gyroscope by orienting the gyroscope in the
direction of the magnetic meridian, and subclasses 318+ for a
gyroscope utilized to (a) indicate direction or (b) maintain
the equilibrium of a directional indicator or datum structure
with respect to a reference plane (plurality of
coordinates).
73, Measuring and Testing, appropriate subclass for a process
or apparatus for making a measurement of any kind or for
making a test of any kind especially 11.04 for the testing
of a shock absorber device, subclasses 116+ for motor or
engine testing, subclasses 121+ for brake testing excluding
data processing techniques, and subclasses 178+ for
navigational instruments.
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, 473 for a system to
manually control a transmission.
91, Motors: Expansible Chamber Type, subclass 473 for
condition responsive control of a drive transmission.
92, Expansible Chamber Devices, 12.1 for displacement
control of plural cylinders arranged in parallel, radial, or
conical relationship with a rotary transmission axis.
104, Railways, appropriate subclass for railway rolling stock
and track, especially subclass 284 for sensing or
controlling railway position or attitude with respect to a
guide way.
105, Railway Rolling Stock, appropriate subclass for wheeled
transportation equipment for a railway, especially subclass
4.4 for train having a wheel steering provision and 453 for
body suspension and springs.
116, Signals and Indicators, subclass 31 for a vehicle
steering wheel position indicator.
123, Internal-Combustion Engine, 319 for engine speed
regulators responsive to vehicle acceleration or
deceleration, subclasses 350+ for electrical sensing or
regulating of engine speed, subclasses 395+ for an engine
speed regulator responsive to (a) an engine parameter, or (b)
an environmental condition to alter the present engine speed
without regard to the resulting engine speed, subclasses
406.12+ for electronic spark ignition timing control,
subclasses 406.24+, 406.59 for speed responsive engine
control, subclasses 406.25, 406.36, 406.5+, 492, and 493 for
acceleration/deceleration condition responsive means,
subclasses 406.53+ and 491 for the starting or cold running
condition of an engine, subclass 429 for a combustion chamber
means combined with air-fuel mixture forming means,
subclasses 438+ for a charge forming device which includes an
electronic control system for carburetor fuel metering,
subclasses 478+ for a fuel injection system having an
actuator circuit (e.g., engine condition responsive
electronic circuit actuates injector valve), subclass 479 for
backup and fail-safe systems, subclass 480 for fuel injection
which includes a microprocessor, subclass 486 for digital
memory addressed by an engine parameter, subclasses 531+ for
a charge forming device using auxiliary air or gas to inject
fuel, subclasses 568.21+ for the electrical control of an
e.g.r. valve for a charge forming device, subclasses 575+ for
a means of forming a mixture of a diverse supply of fuel and
an oxidant, subclasses 585+ for a charge forming device
having auxiliary air or oxygen added to combustible mixture,
subclasses 672+ for exhaust gas sensing, and subclass 690 for
a charge forming device with fail-safe, backup, or
malfunction means including an exhaust gas condition
responsive means.
180, Motor Vehicles, appropriate subclasses for control
devices in combination with vehicle structure especially 6.2
for steering by driving systems, subclasses 65.1+ for
electric vehicles, per se, subclasses 167+ for a motor
vehicle with a means for controlling an operation responsive
to electromagnetic radiation, magnetic force, or sound waves
received from a source, or reflected from an object or
surface, located apart from vehicle, subclasses 170+ for
speed responsive means combined with vehicular structure,
subclass 197 for antispin, traction control, and
antiskid/antilock systems combined with vehicular structure,
subclasses 234+ for steering of four wheel drive vehicles,
subclasses 271+ for a vehicle with means for promoting safety
of vehicle, its occupant, or load, or an external object,
steering; subclass 315 for manually controlling the motor or
driving mechanism with transmission control, subclasses 337+
for a vehicle drive train or transmission, subclass 408 for a
vehicle having each wheel steerable, subclasses 421+ for
condition modulated, and subclass 443 for electric power
assist steering.
187, Elevators, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for
vehicle, subclass 231 for industrial lift truck steering by
a walking attendant and 343+ for cushioning contact of load
support.
188, Brakes, appropriate subclasses for brake control which
includes specific structure to the brakes especially subclass
350 for brakes in combination with a steering gear control.
192, Clutches and Power-Stop Control, 3.51 for transmission
control and clutch control, subclasses 215+ for control of
transmission and brake, and subclass 137 for a safety device
in which the power-transmitting connections are disabled in
response to the transmission guard striking an extraneous
object.
244, Aeronautics, 3.1 for missile control, 3.18 for
celestial navigation, subclasses 17.17, 50, and 51 for
aircraft steering, subclasses 75+ for aircraft control, and
subclasses 158+ for spacecraft control.
246, Railway Switches and Signals, 182 for the automatic
actuation of signals and changeable exhibitors upon the cab
or train or for stopping it or controlling its speed, usually
by cooperation with means not on the train, but not
disclosing a complete block system having speed-control means
which is inoperative below but operative above predetermined
speeds when predetermined points are reached.
250, Radiant Energy, 203.1 for a means for illuminating a
photocell in accordance with the relative position of the
photoelectric cell and an object, and having means for
causing the photoelectric cell to follow the object under the
control of said illumination.
267, Spring Devices, 2 for vehicle spring suspension
devices.
280, Land Vehicles, appropriate subclasses, particularly 5.5
for a general utility land vehicle including an active
suspension system having a regulatable elastic means which is
caused to alter its elasticity property in response to a
force encountered while the vehicle is in surface traversing
motion; subclasses 6.15+ for a general utility land vehicle
including means, interposed between the vehicle body,
chassis, or frame and running gear thereof, for altering
height or levelness of the vehicle body, chassis, or frame;
subclass 47.22 for a handle-propelled tiltable vehicle
stabilized by the attendant or article and having a spring
suspension; subclasses 124.1+ for a suspension arrangement
for a general utility land vehicle, in particular subclasses
124.125+ for a land vehicle suspension arrangement including
a wheel separately supported upon an individual stub axle;
subclass 402 for a single end suspension of a transported
articulated land vehicle; subclasses 676+ for a general
utility land vehicle having an equalized frame, tandem axles,
and a suspension arrangement; subclasses 734+ for an
inflatable passenger restraint or confinement (e.g., air bag)
or attachment responsive to a vehicle condition; subclasses
757+ for an attachment relating to antiskid or antislide;
subclass 787 for a land vehicle frame of the single
longitudinal beam type with spring suspension means; and
subclass 788 for a land vehicle frame with resilient means
for suspension.
303, Fluid-pressure Brake and Analogous Systems, 22.6 for
railway vehicle load control, subclasses 122+ for
speed-controlled vehicle with failure responsive means,
subclasses 139+ for traction control which includes structure
related to fluid-pressure brakes, subclass 141 for speed and
traction control by regulating the engine torque, subclasses
146+ for yaw control which includes structure related to
fluid-pressure brakes, subclasses 149 for speed control with
a split coefficient of friction, 163 for speed control using
a slip ratio as related to fluid-pressure brakes, and 167 for
vehicle speed control by regulating brake pressure not having
a positive recitation of data processing steps.
307, Electrical Transmission or Interconnecting Systems, 9.1
for vehicle mounted systems (e.g., safety devices).
318, Electricity: Motive Power Systems, 580 for vehicular
guidance systems with single axis control using a positional
servo system, subclass 582 for vehicular guidance systems
with celestial navigation, and subclasses 588+ for marine
vehicular guidance systems with single axis control.
340, Communications: Electrical, 436 for a system designed
to indicate contact between the vehicle and an external
object, subclasses 438+ for monitoring or solving diagnostic
problems associated with vehicle operation, subclasses 451+
for means responsive to vehicular brake conditions and
indication thereof which exclude data processing techniques,
subclass 465 for indicator of steering or turning, subclass
507 for a fail-safe responsive indicating system, subclass
903 for a vehicle collision alert system, subclasses 907+ for
electrical signaling in a vehicle or traffic environment,
subclasses 933+ for vehicles which are controlled by traffic
conditions, subclasses 945+ for a flight condition indicating
system excluding data processing technique, subclasses 984+
for nautical vehicles, subclass 951 for airport landing
guidance systems which do not include data processing
techniques, subclasses 988+ for vehicle position indication,
and subclass 990 and 995 for vehicle position indication with
a map display.
342, Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and
Devices, 1 for radar navigation systems, 42+ for radar
transmitter and receiver system, 71 for return control signal
for braking or steering, 72 for safety device, 357 for
sending or receiving radio wave energy which is characterized
by some quality that varies according to the relative
direction or position of a satellite used to locate the
position of an object, 385+ for radio wave energy for
direction finding receivers, and 450+ for an apparatus for
determining the position in space of an object, vehicle or
atmospheric condition by the reception of signals not having
distinctive bearing or position determinative
characteristics.
348, Television, 113 for a picture signal generator or
reproducer is used with a steerable vehicle to permit control
of the vehicle from a remote location or to provide an
indication in the vehicle of its position as an aid in the
guidance of the vehicle.
353, Optics: Image Projectors, 11 for a projector especially
adapted to project an image of a map or navigation chart, an
image of a target onto a map or chart, or a target which
represents a vehicle such as an aircraft onto a screen.
356, Optics: Measuring and Testing, 3 for optical range
finders and 27+ for velocity or height measuring.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclass
238 for electrical speed signal circuitry used for antispin
and antilock/antiskid detection and which does not include
significant data processing.
365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval, appropriate
subclass for particular memory device.
375, Pulse or Digital Communications, 219 for transceivers,
237+ for modulation techniques, 295+ for transmitters, and
316+ for receivers.
382, Image Analysis, appropriate subclass for an apparatus or
corresponding method for the automated analysis of an image
or recognition of a pattern, especially subclass 104 for
vehicle or traffic control.
395, Information Processing System Organization, 1 for a
system or method capable of performing one or more of the
functions of recognition, speech signal processing, knowledge
processing (e.g., propositional logic, reasoning, learning,
self-improvement), complex operations of a manipulator (e.g.,
robot control), or inexact reasoning (e.g., fuzzy logic) and
artificial intelligence with details of the artificial
intelligence system, subclass 3 for fuzzy logic hardware,
subclasses 10+ for a knowledge processing system, subclasses
50+ for an expert system, subclass 900 relating to fuzzy
logic, subclasses 902+ for applications of artificial
intelligence with details of the artificial intelligence
system, and subclasses 905 and 913 wherein artificial
intelligence is used in applications related to vehicle
control and diagnostics respectively.
434, Education and Demonstration, subclass 1 for training in
the use of radar or sonar detecting or range finding,
subclasses 30+ for aircraft training per se, and subclasses
111, 186, and 239+ relating to training or instructions in
the area of navigation.
440, Marine Propulsion, subclass 53 for a means effecting or
facilitating movement of propulsion unit or a segment of the
propulsion unit (e.g., tilting or steering) and subclasses
84+ for engine, motor, or transmission control means.
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, appropriate subclass
for structure or an attachment peculiar to a mooring buoy,
marker buoy, container buoy, or other buoy; structure or an
attachment peculiar to a raft, to rafting, and guiding of
floating logs; water rescue apparatus or other aquatic
devices.
475, Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components,
subclass 43 for a transmission with speed or torque
responsive clutch.
477, Interrelated Power Delivery Controls Including Engine
Control, subclass 5 and 6 for plural engines having clutch
control, subclass 8 for an electric engine with clutch
control, subclasses 15+ for an electric engine with
transmission control, subclass 31 for continuously variable
transmission with a gas turbine engine, subclasses 34+
wherein the operation of an engine regulates or is regulated
by the operation of a transmission, subclass 39 for a
continuously variable friction transmission with clutch
control, subclasses 57, 62, and 70+ for transmission control
and clutch control, subclasses 166+ for clutch control, per
se, and 182+ for engine brake control responsive to engine
speed.
700, Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications, subclasses 245-264 for robotic arm control.
714, Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery,
799 for general testing of programming digital data
systems.
GLOSSARY:
The terms below have been defined for purposes of
classification in this class and are shown in underlined type
when used in the class and subclass definitions. When these
terms are not underlined in the definitions, the meaning is
not restricted to the glossary definitions below.
ANTILOCK OR ANTISKID
A process of controlling a vehicle to enhance the braking
performance during deceleration of the vehicle by
manipulating the brake pressure.
ANTISPIN
A process of controlling a vehicle to enhance the
driveability of the vehicle during starting or acceleration
of the vehicle by manipulating at least one of (1) brake
pressure, (2) engine torque, and (3) transmission torque.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
Computer emulation of aspects of human intelligence such as
speech recognition, deduction, inference, creative response,
the ability to learn from past experience, and the ability to
make reasonable inferences from incomplete information.
Examples of AI include expert systems, neural networks, and
fuzzy logic.
ATTITUDE
Orientation of a vehicle with respect to a reference plane.
An example in an automobile would be orientation of the
vehicle body relative to the road surface whereas in
aeronautics it may define the orientation of the aircraft
relative to the earth.
BRAKE-SLIP
The slippage of a wheel caused by the braking operation
during deceleration of the vehicle.
CALCULATING OPERATIONS
Arithmetic and/or some limited logic operations performed
upon or with signals representing numbers or values.
DATA PROCESSING
For the purpose of this class, data processing is defined as
a systematic operation on data in accordance with a set of
rules which results in a significant change in the data.
DRIVE SLIP
The slippage of a wheel caused by the driving condition
during acceleration of the vehicle.
FUZZY LOGIC
A form of AI in which variables can have degrees of
truthfulness or falsehood represented by a range of values
between 1 (true) and 0 (false). The outcome of an operation
using fuzzy logic can be expressed as a probability rather
than as a certainty (e.g., inexact reasoning).
NAVIGATION
The determination of a course, position, or distance
traveled.
SLIP
Loss of adhesion or friction between an object and a surface.
An example in a vehicle would be the reduction of friction
between a wheel and a road surface (e.g., wheel slippage).
VEHICLE
Any means in or by which someone or something is carried or
conveyed. This term includes, but is not limited to,
automobiles, aircraft, spacecraft, blimps, trains,
motorcycles, bicycles, watercraft, and submarines.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
1
VEHICLE CONTROL, GUIDANCE, OPERATION, OR INDICATION:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter wherein the electrical data processing system
or calculating computer functions to indicate a condition or
position of a vehicle, to regulate the movement of a vehicle,
to monitor the operation of a vehicle, or to solve a
diagnostic problem with the vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
200 for navigational systems, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
180, Motor Vehicles, for control devices in combination with
vehicle structure.
318, Electricity: Motive Power Systems, 580, for vehicular
guidance systems with single axis control.
340, Communications: Electrical, 22 for electrical signaling
in a vehicle or traffic environment, 438+ for monitoring or
solving diagnostic problems associated with vehicle
operation.
703, Data Processing: Structural Design, Modeling,
Simulation, and Emulation, subclass 8 for computer to
simulate a vehicle.
Subclass:
2
Remote control system:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein regulation of the
vehicle is based on a signal transmitted from a location not
physically connected to, but received by, the system or
computer.
Subclass:
3
Aeronautical vehicle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer is designed to
control, guide, or operate an airborne or space vehicle
(e.g., helicopter, airplane, spacecraft, blimp, etc.).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
244, Aeronautics, 3.1 for missile control, subclasses 158+
for spacecraft control, and subclasses 75+ for aircraft
control.
Subclass:
4
Altitude or attitude control or indication:
This subclass is indented under subclass 3. Aeronautical
vehicle control or indication wherein the data processing
system or calculating computer functions to control or
maintain the orientation of an airborne or space vehicle with
respect to a reference plane.
Subclass:
5
Rate of change (e.g., ascent, descent):
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Altitude or
attitude control or indication wherein the data processing
system or calculating computer is designed to control or
indicate change in the orientation of an aeronautical vehicle
as a function of time.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
16 for the control or indication of a vehicle or its
function as it performs the act of landing (e.g., engaging
the ground).
Subclass:
6
Angle of attack:
This subclass is indented under subclass 5. Rate of change
control or indication wherein the data processing system or
calculating computer is designed to control or indicate a
specified angular relationship defined as the acute angle
between the chord of an airfoil and the line of relative air
flow or horizontal.
Subclass:
7
Air speed or velocity measurement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Altitude or
attitude control or indication further comprising a means to
determine vehicle airspeed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, appropriate subclass for a process
or apparatus for making a measurement of any kind or for
making a test of any kind.
Subclass:
8
Threshold or reference value:
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Altitude or
attitude control or indication further comprising a
predetermined or operator determined altitude or attitude
setting.
Subclass:
9
Warning signal or alarm:
This subclass is indented under subclass 8. Altitude or
attitude control or indication further comprising a means to
alert the aeronautical vehicle operator of a condition
relative to the predetermined or operator determined altitude
or attitude setting.
Subclass:
10
Compensation for environmental conditions:
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Altitude or
attitude control or indication further comprising
meteorological correction means.
Subclass:
11
Auto pilot:
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Altitude or
attitude control or indication further comprising an
automatic flight control system.
Subclass:
12
Inner/outer loop:
This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Automatic
flight control system further comprising a stability control
loop (i.e., inner loop) which controls the attitude, or
altitude of the aeronautical vehicle, with respect to
attitude or altitude reference signals provided by a full
pilot authority control loop (i.e., outer loop).
Subclass:
13
Spacecraft or satellite:
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Altitude or
attitude control or indication specific to an aeronautical
vehicle adapted to be placed in an orbit or which
substantially operates outside the earth's atmosphere.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
226 for the navigation of a vehicle within a space orbit or
path,
Subclass:
14
Flight condition indicating system:
This subclass is indented under subclass 3. Aeronautical
vehicle wherein a condition significantly affecting aircraft
flight is indicated.
(1) Note. Included here are such conditions as wind shear,
air speed, etc.
(2) Note. Excluded here is altitude indication.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
4 for altitude indication of an aircraft.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
340, Communication: Electrical, 945 for a flight condition
indicating system excluding data processing technique.
Subclass:
15
With indication or control of take-off:
This subclass is indented under subclass 3. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the data
processing system or calculating computer controls,
indicates, or monitors the vehicle or its functions as it
performs the intended act of disengaging from the ground.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, subclass 178 for takeoff and
landing monitors.
Subclass:
16
With indication or control of landing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 3. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the data
processing system or calculating computer controls,
indicates, or monitors the vehicle or its functions as it
performs the intended act of engaging the ground.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
5 for the indication or control of the altitude or attitude
rate of change for an aeronautical vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, subclass 178 for takeoff and
landing monitors
340, Communications: Electrical, 933 for vehicles which are
controlled by traffic conditions.
Subclass:
17
I.L.S. or radar guidance:
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Indication or
control of landing wherein an instrument landing system or
radio detecting and ranging equipment are employed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
343, Communications: Radio Wave Antennas, 5 for radar
transmitter and receiver.
Subclass:
18
Profile of descent:
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Indication or
control of landing wherein the characteristic of the
vehicle's ground approach, such as a glide slope, is
employed.
Subclass:
19
Railway vehicle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer is designed to
control, guide, or operate a vehicle, or its components,
confined to a predetermined path defined by a track or rail.
(1) Note. This subclass does not include art wherein the
railway speed or velocity is controlled. See search note
below.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, subclass 287, 338, 532.1, and
651 for indication means.
104, Railways, appropriate subclass for railway rolling stock
and track.
105, Railway Rolling Stock, appropriate subclass for wheeled
transportation equipment for a railway.
246, Railway Switches and Signals, 182 for railway vehicle
speed control systems.
295, Fluid-pressure Brake and Analogous Systems, 22.6 for
railway vehicle load control.
Subclass:
20
Railway vehicle speed control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 19. Railway vehicle
wherein the electrical data processing system or calculating
computer functions to regulate the velocity of a vehicle
confined to a track or rail.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
246, Railway Switches and Signals, especially subclass 182
for train speed control means which are actuated by agencies
not on the train or by wheel derailment or defects in train
structure and mechanism.
Subclass:
21
Marine vehicle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer is designed to
control, guide, or operate a vehicle designed for water
traffic.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, subclass 232 for a marine speed
indicator.
318, Electricity: Motive Power Systems, subclass 588, for
marine vehicular guidance systems with single axis control.
440, Marine Propulsion, especially subclass 84 for engine,
motor, or transmission control means.
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices appropriate subclass
for structure or an attachment peculiar to a mooring buoy,
marker buoy, container buoy, or other buoy; structure or an
attachment peculiar to a raft, to rafting, and guiding of
floating logs; water rescue apparatus or other aquatic
devices.
Subclass:
22
Electric vehicle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer is designed to
control, guide, or operate a vehicle wherein the prime mover
is powered by an electrical current.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
180, Motor Vehicles, 65.1 for electric vehicles, per se.
318, Electricity: Motive Power Systems, 139 for a motor
generator used in an electric vehicle.
Subclass:
23
Automatic route guidance vehicle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer is designed to
control, guide, or operate an autonomous or unmanned vehicle
(e.g., AGV).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
200 for a navigational system.
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180, Motor Vehicles, 167 for a motor vehicle with a means
for controlling an operation responsive to electromagnetic
radiation, magnetic force, or sound waves received from a
source, or reflected from an object or surface, located apart
from vehicle.
318, Electricity: Motive Power Systems, 580 for a vehicular
guidance systems with single axis control using a positional
servo system.
348, Television, 113 for a picture signal generator or
reproducer used with a steerable vehicle to permit control of
the vehicle from a remote location or to provide an
indication in the vehicle of its position as an aid in the
guidance of the vehicle.
Subclass:
24
On-board computer interact with a host computer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Automatic route
guidance vehicle having two processing units, one of which is
the primary controller communicating with a second controller
physically mounted to the vehicle.
Subclass:
25
Storage or planning of route information:
This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Automatic route
guidance vehicle wherein the electrical data processing
system or calculating computer is also capable of retaining
in a memory device a path of travel or developing a path of
travel.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
202 for a static means to determine a travel course prior to
the departure of the vehicle.
Subclass:
26
Modification or correction of route information:
This subclass is indented under subclass 25. Planned or
stored route information wherein the electrical data
processing system or calculating computer is further capable
of manipulating data associated with a traveled path to alter
the vehicle's route.
Subclass:
27
Artificial intelligence (e.g., fuzzy logic):
This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Automatic route
guidance vehicle wherein the electrical data processing
system or calculating computer is designed to control, guide,
or operate the vehicle by the logical manipulation of a value
of a predetermined function of antecedent and consequent
operations corresponding to the coordinate location of the
vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
395, Information Processing System Organization, Cross
Reference Art Collections 902+, for applications of
artificial intelligence, and in particular cross reference
art collection 905 wherein artificial intelligence is used in
applications related to vehicles.
Subclass:
28
Having image processing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Automatic route
guidance vehicle wherein the electrical data processing
system or calculating computer is designed to control, guide,
or operate the vehicle by information received as an optical
signal.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
348, Television, 113 for a picture signal generator or
reproducer used with a steerable vehicle to permit control of
the vehicle from a remote location or to provide an
indication in the vehicle of its position as an aid in the
guidance of the vehicle.
382, Image Analysis, appropriate subclass for an apparatus or
corresponding method for the automated analysis of an image
or recognition of a pattern.
Subclass:
29
Vehicle diagnosis or maintenance indication:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer is designed to
evaluate, monitor, or indicate the performance, operating
condition, or servicing need of a vehicle.
Subclass:
30
Indication of maintenance interval:
This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Vehicle
diagnosis or maintenance indication wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer determines and
communicates to an interested party, a need for vehicle
servicing based on a constraint parameter (e.g., time,
operating condition or vehicle millage).
Subclass:
31
Self-test:
This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Vehicle
diagnosis or maintenance indication wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer functions to
check the diagnostic equipment or elements within said
system, absent any external device.
Subclass:
32
Vehicle or device ID:
This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Vehicle
diagnosis or maintenance indication wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer generates a
signal identifying the vehicle (i.e., make, model, year of
manufacture, etc.) or vehicular component to be diagnosed.
Subclass:
33
Plural processors or external processor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Vehicle
diagnosis or maintenance indication wherein the diagnosis or
indication process is facilitated by multiple processors or a
remote processor.
Subclass:
34
Detection of faulty sensor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Vehicle
diagnosis or maintenance indication wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer functions to
identify a malfunction of a vehicle sensor.
Subclass:
35
With data recording device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Subject matter
in which the sensed vehicular condition parameter or
diagnostic result is stored in a recording medium.
Subclass:
36
Vehicle subsystem or accessory control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer is designed to
control, guide, or operate a secondary vehicle structure.
(1) Note. This subclass is inclusive of such systems as air
conditioning, power steering, seat adjustment, and
suspension.
Subclass:
37
Suspension control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Vehicle
subsystem or accessory control wherein the electrical data
processing system or calculating computer is designed to
control the resilient mechanism, used primarily for ride
stability, located between the ground engaging means and the
vehicle frame.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, 11.04 for testing of shock
absorber device.
105, Railway Rolling Stock, subclass 453 for body suspension
and springs.
180, Motor Vehicles, appropriate subclass, especially 337
for a vehicle suspension system in combination with a drive
train or transmission.
187, Elevators, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for
Vehicle, 187 for cushioning contact of load support.
267, Spring Devices, 2 for vehicle spring suspension
devices.
280, Land Vehicles, appropriate subclasses, particularly 5.5
for a general utility land vehicle including an active
suspension system having a regulatable elastic means which is
caused to alter its elasticity property in response to a
force encountered while the vehicle is in surface traversing
motion; subclasses 6.15+ for a general utility land vehicle
including means, interposed between the vehicle body,
chassis, or frame and running gear thereof, for altering
height or levelness of the vehicle body, chassis, or frame;
subclass 47.22 for a handle-propelled tiltable vehicle
stabilized by the attendant or article and having a spring
suspension; subclass 124.1+ for a suspension arrangement for
a general utility land vehicle, in particular subclasses
124.125+ for a land vehicle suspension arrangement including
a wheel separately supported upon an individual stub axle;
subclass 402 for a single end suspension of a transported
articulated land vehicle; subclasses 676+ for a general
utility land vehicle having an equalized frame, tandem axles,
and a suspension arrangement; subclass 787 for a land vehicle
frame of the single longitudinal beam type with spring
suspension means; and subclass 788 for a land vehicle frame
with resilient means for suspension.
Subclass:
38
Attitude change suppressive control (e.g., antiroll or
antipitch):
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Suspension
control the electrical data processing system or calculating
computer is designed to control a vehicle with respect to
movement about a lateral axis or movement with respect to a
lateral axis.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
104, Railways, subclass 284 for sensing or controlling of
railway position or attitude with respect to a guide way.
280, Land Vehicles, appropriate subclasses, particularly 5.5
for a general utility land vehicle including an active
suspension system which alters its elasticity during travel
to control the attitude of the vehicle.
Subclass:
39
Fail-safe system:
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Suspension
control wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer is designed to detect an abnormality in
operating conditions and carry out the appropriate sequence
of instructions to stabilize the system.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
708, Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and
Calculating, 530 for an electric digital calculating
computer having a specialized function of error detection or
correction.
714, Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery,
2 for apparatus fault recovery and fail-safe shutdown.
Subclass:
40
Artificial intelligence (e.g., fuzzy logic):
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Suspension
control wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer is designed to control, guide, or
operate the vehicle by the manipulation of a value of a
predetermined function of antecedent and consequent
operations corresponding to the state of the suspension
system.
Subclass:
41
Steering control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Vehicle
subsystem or accessory control wherein the electrical data
processing system or calculating computer is designed to
control or monitor either (a) a direction of travel, b) the
yaw of a vehicle, or (c) a force applied to or exerted by a
vehicle navigational system.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
105, Railway Rolling Stock, subclass 4.4 for train having a
wheel steering provision.
114, Ships, 144 for ship steering mechanisms.
116, Signals and Indicators, subclass 31 for a vehicle
steering wheel position indicator.
180, Motor Vehicles, appropriate subclass, especially 6.2
for steering by driving systems and 234+ for steering of four
wheel drive vehicles, 408+ for a vehicle having each wheel
steerable, 410 for condition modulated steering, and 443+ for
electric power assist steering.
187, Elevators, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for
vehicle, subclass 231 for industrial lift truck steering by
a walking attendant.
188, Brakes, subclass 350 for brakes in combination with a
steering gear control.
244, Aeronautics, subclass 17.17, 50, and 51 for aircraft
steering.
280, Land Vehicles, appropriate subclass for steering a
vehicle.
340, Communications: Electrical, subclass 465 for indicator
of steering or turning.
342, Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices
(e.g., radar, radio navigator), appropriate subclass
especially subclass 71 for return control signal for
steering.
440, Marine Propulsion, subclass 53 for a means effecting or
facilitating movement of propulsion unit or a segment of the
propulsion unit (e.g., tilting or steering).
Subclass:
42
Feedback, transfer function or proportional and derivative
(P&D) control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Steering
control wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer utilizes a response signal corresponding
to the status of the steering system, to regulate or monitor
the steering operation or where the system shifts from
proportional control to a combination of proportional and
derivative control.
Subclass:
43
Fail-safe system:
This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Steering
control wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer is designed to detect an abnormality in
operating conditions and carry out the appropriate sequence
of instructions to stabilize the steering system.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
340, Communication: Electrical, subclass 507 for a fail-safe
responsive indicating system.
708, Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and
Calculating, 530 for an electric digital calculating
computer having a specialized function of error detection or
correction
714, Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery,
2 for a fail-safe fault recovery apparatus.
Subclass:
44
Artificial intelligence (e.g., fuzzy logic):
This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Steering
control wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer is designed to control, guide, or
operate the vehicle by the manipulation of a value of a
predetermined function of antecedent and consequent
operations corresponding to the state of the steering system
or by inexact reasoning implemented using set membership
functions.
Subclass:
45
Control of vehicle safety devices (e.g., airbag, seat-belt,
etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Vehicle
subsystem or accessory wherein the electrical data processing
system or calculating computer is designed to control or
monitor a system dedicated for the protection or security of
a vehicle, its passengers, or cargo.
(1) Note. This subclass includes art related to the control
of air bags, seat belts, restraint systems, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
180, Motor Vehicles, 271 for a with means for promoting
safety of vehicle, its occupant, or load, or an external
object.
280, Land Vehicles, 734 for an inflatable passenger
restraint or confinement (e.g., air bag) or attachment
responsive to a vehicle condition.
340, Communication: Electrical, 436 for a system designed to
indicate contact between the vehicle and an external object
and 903 for a vehicle collision alert system.
Subclass:
46
By integrating the amplitude of the input signal:
This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Vehicle safety
device control further comprising activation of the safety
device responsive to an input integrated signal exceeding a
predetermined system condition threshold value.
Subclass:
47
By frequency or waveform analysis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Vehicle safety
device control further comprising activation of the safety
device responsive to a vibratory electric signal, having
various frequency components, indicating an unsafe vehicle
condition.
Subclass:
48
Cooperative or multiple control (e.g., suspension and
braking):
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Vehicle
subsystem or accessory wherein the electrical data processing
system or calculating computer is designed to control or
monitor more than one subsystem or accessory, each being in
direct or indirect communication with the other.
Subclass:
49
Vehicle equipment position control (e.g., seat, mirror, door,
window, headrest or headlamp):
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Vehicle
subsystem or accessory wherein the electrical data processing
system or calculating computer is designed to control or
monitor the location, orientation, or movement of an
apparatus.
Subclass:
50
Construction or agricultural vehicle type (e.g., crane,
forklift):
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter
providing control of a vehicle used in construction or
farming and particularly the control of a special purpose
implement associated with such a vehicle.
(1) Note. This subclass includes control of the boom of a
crane, the fork of a forklift, etc.
Subclass:
51
Transmission control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer functions to
regulate or monitor the operation of the transmission.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
87 for control of transmission torque to regulate the
antispin behavior of a vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, 473.1 for a system to
manually control a transmission.
91, Motors: Expansible Chamber Type, subclass 473 for
condition responsive control of drive transmission.
92, Expansible Chamber Devices, 12.1 for displacement
control of plural cylinders arranged in parallel, radial, or
conical relationship with rotary transmission axis.
180, Motor Vehicles, subclass 336 for manually controlling
the motor or driving mechanism with transmission control and
337+ for a transmission mechanism.
192, Clutches and Power-Stop Control, 3.51 for transmission
control and clutch control and 215+ for control of
transmission and brake.
440, Marine Propulsion, 84 for an engine, motor, or
transmission control means.
477, Interrelated Power Delivery Controls Including Engine
Control, 15 for an electric engine with transmission
control, 31 for a continuously variable transmission with a
gas turbine engine, and 34+ wherein the operation of an
engine regulates or is regulated by the operation of a
transmission.
Subclass:
52
Semiautomatic control (e.g., switchable between automatic and
manual):
This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Transmission
control wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer functions in concert with a selectable
mode transmission (e.g., gear ratio selected manually by the
vehicle operator or automatically according to operating
conditions of the transmission system).
Subclass:
53
And other vehicle control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Transmission
control wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer is designed to integrally control the
transmission in conjunction with another vehicle control
system.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
87 for antispin control by regulating the torque of a
transmission.
95 for regulating vehicle speed by transmission shift
control.
Subclass:
54
Engine output control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Integrated
control system wherein the electrical data processing system
or calculating computer further comprises a means to regulate
the output torque, power, or speed of the vehicle power
plant.
Subclass:
55
By changing shift map, schedule, or pattern:
This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Transmission
control wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer regulates the gear selection of the
transmission by selecting or modifying a stored set of
schemes used for proper gear selection.
Subclass:
56
Having a plurality of preset maps, schedules, or patterns:
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Transmission
control having multiple stored gear selection schemes.
Subclass:
57
Fuzzy logic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Transmission
control wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer is designed to control or regulate the
transmission by inexact reasoning implemented using set
membership functions.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
395, Information Processing System Organization, subclass 3
for fuzzy logic hardware, 10+ for a knowledge processing
system, and 50+ for an expert system, and Cross Reference Art
Collection 900 relating to fuzzy logic.
Subclass:
58
Adaptive control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Transmission
control wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer is designed to compensate, in the course
of its operation, for variations in operating characteristics
of the vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
700, Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications, subclasses 28-55 for a control which seeks to
optimize a system's performance criterion (e.g., efficiency,
consumption, or profit).
Subclass:
59
Model or learning means (e.g., neural network):
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Adaptive
control wherein stored historical data, or data relating to
present operating conditions, is used to modify the operating
parameters of the transmission.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
395, Information Processing System Organization, Cross
Reference Art Collection 905 for applications using
artificial intelligence with details of the artificial
intelligence system for vehicle control.
700, Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications, subclass 29 for a data processing control
system having a mathematical model.
Subclass:
60
Feedback control (e.g., closed loop):
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Adaptive
control wherein input for the compensation means is a
response signal corresponding to the status of the
transmission system.
Subclass:
61
Using a transmission ratio as feedback control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Feedback
control wherein the response signal is determine to be the
ratio between the transmission input and output shaft
speeds.
Subclass:
62
Fail-safe control (e.g., preventing a gear shift):
This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Transmission
control wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer is designed to detect an abnormality in
operating conditions and carry out or modify the appropriate
sequence of instructions to stabilize operation of the
transmission.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
708, Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and
Calculating, 530 for an electric digital calculating
computer having a specialized function of error detection or
correction
Subclass:
63
Responsive to faulty sensor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 62. Fail safe
control wherein the abnormal condition exist in a device for
detecting an operating characteristic of the vehicle.
Subclass:
64
Indicating a completion of a shift or a shift to be
completed:
This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Transmission
control further comprising a means to exhibit the completion
of a particular shift or to alert the operator of the proper
timing to optimize shift execution.
Subclass:
65
Responsive to road, external, or ambient condition:
This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Transmission
control wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer is designed to compensate, in the course
of its operation, for variations in conditions external to
the vehicle.
Subclass:
66
Time regulated operations:
This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Transmission
control wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer is designed to either receive or deliver
instructional signals at a particular point in time, or
within a set time period, for synchronizing the operation of
a transmission with the operation of a secondary mechanism.
Subclass:
67
Clutch control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer functions to
control or monitor the operation of the device which enables
the coupling of two working parts in such a way as to permit
connection or disconnection at will, without the necessity of
bringing both parts to rest.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
192, Clutches and Power-Stop Control, 3.51 for clutches and
power-stop control.
475, Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components,
subclass 43 for a transmission with speed or torque
responsive clutch.
477, Interrelated Power Delivery Controls Including Engine
Control, subclass 5 and 6 for plural engines have clutch
control, 8 for an electric engine with clutch control, 39 for
a continuously variable friction transmission with clutch
control, 57, 62, and 70+ for transmission control and clutch
control, and 166+ for clutch control, per se.
Subclass:
68
Adaptive control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 67. Clutch control
wherein the electrical data processing system or calculating
computer is designed to compensate in the course of its
operation for variations in operating characteristics.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
58 for adaptive transmission control.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
700, Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications, subclasses 28-55 for a control which seeks to
optimize a system's performance criterion (e.g., efficiency,
consumption, or profit).
Subclass:
69
Control of power distribution between vehicle axis or wheels
(e.g., four wheel drive vehicle):
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer functions to
regulate vehicle movement by the connection, disconnection,
or transfer of power from a vehicle propelling means to a
mechanism having separate outputs driven simultaneously by a
member of a planetary gear transmission.
Subclass:
70
Indication or control of braking, acceleration, or
deceleration:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer functions to
regulate the increase or decrease in speed of a vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, 121 for brake testing excluding
data processing techniques.
188, Brakes, for brake control which includes specific
structure to the brakes; in particular, 137 for an
electrically controlled braking system and 182 for
fluid-pressure and electric-operated brakes.
303, Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake System, 121 for
speed control which includes specific structure to
fluid-pressure brakes.
340, Communications: Electrical, subclass 52 for means
responsive to vehicular brake conditions and indication void
data processing techniques.
Subclass:
71
Antiskid, antilock, or brake-slip control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 70. Braking,
acceleration, or deceleration control wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer utilizes
information received concerning vehicle speed, wheel speed,
or any derivatives thereof in determining activation of the
appropriate speed altering action to control an undesired
sliding, binding, or engagement of a vehicle, or its wheel,
due to wheel deceleration.
(1) Note. Skid control is a process of controlling the
vehicle to enhance the braking performance during the
deceleration of the vehicle by manipulating the brake
pressure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
82 for undesired vehicle wheel spinning control wherein such
spinning is caused by excessive wheel acceleration.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
180, Motor Vehicles, subclass 197 for traction control
systems combined with vehicular structure.
280, Land Vehicles, 757 for an attachment relating to
antiskid or antislide.
303, Fluid-Pressure Brake and Analogous Systems, 139 for
traction control which includes specific structure to
fluid-pressure brakes.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclass
238 for electrical speed signal circuitry used for
antiskid/antilock detection void of significant data
processing techniques.
Subclass:
72
During cornering or turning of vehicle:
Antiskid or antilock control under 71 wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer regulates the
speed of a vehicle when a lateral acceleration or yaw
condition is detected or sensed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
303, Fluid-Pressure Brake and Analogous Systems, 146 for
specific structure to fluid-pressure brakes including yaw
control.
Subclass:
73
On split coefficient surface (m):
Antiskid or antilock control under 71 wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer regulates the
brake pressure of a vehicle when it is sensed to experience a
varying degree of adhesion along the traveled surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
303, Fluid-Pressure Brake and Analogous Systems, subclass 149
for speed control with a split coefficient of friction.
Subclass:
74
Having particular means to determine a reference value for
wheel slippage or pseudo-vehicle speed:
Antiskid or antilock control under 71 wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer employs a
technique to calculate a value associated with a velocity or
velocity variation gradient for use in determining a skidding
or locking condition.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
303, Fluid-Pressure Brake and Analogous Systems, subclass 163
for speed control using a slip ratio as related to
fluid-pressure brakes.
Subclass:
75
Correction or modification:
This subclass is indented under subclass 74. Determining
means further comprising a substitution means or compensation
means for changing the reference value or pseudo vehicle
speed.
Subclass:
76
Fail-safe system:
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Antiskid or
antilock control wherein the electrical data processing
system or calculating computer is designed to detect an
abnormality in operating conditions and carry out the
appropriate sequence of instructions to stabilize vehicle
braking, acceleration, or deceleration.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
303, Fluid-Pressure Brake and Analogous Systems, 122.02 for
antilock brake failure with warning.
340, Communication: Electrical, subclass 507 for a fail-safe
responsive indicating system.
708, Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and
Calculating, 530 for an electric digital calculating
computer having a specialized function of error detection or
correction
714, Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery,
2, for a fail-safe fault recovery apparatus.
Subclass:
77
Artificial intelligence (e.g., fuzzy logic):
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Antiskid or
antilock control wherein the electrical data processing
system or calculating computer is designed to indicate
information or control the vehicle by the manipulation of a
value of a predetermined function of antecedent and
consequent operations corresponding to the state of the
braking, acceleration, or deceleration of the vehicle.
Subclass:
78
Control of brake pressure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Antiskid or
antilock control wherein the electrical data processing
system or calculating computer is designed to control the
braking, acceleration, or deceleration of a vehicle by
regulation of a fluid pressure exerted by the braking
system.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
188, Brakes, appropriate subclasses for a means of retarding
the motion of or stopping machines, including vehicles.
303, Fluid-Pressure Brake and Analogous Systems, subclass 167
for vehicle speed control by regulating brake pressure not
having a positive recitation of data processing steps.
Subclass:
79
Having speed variation responsive means (e.g., acceleration,
deceleration):
This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Brake pressure
control wherein the control of the brake pressure is
regulated by the change in velocity or a change in the sensed
velocity of the vehicle.
Subclass:
80
Having coefficient of friction or road condition determining
means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Brake pressure
control wherein the control of the brake pressure is
regulated by variations in the gradient or texture of the
traveling surface.
Subclass:
81
Four wheel drive, electric, or heavy vehicles:
This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Brake pressure
control wherein the control of the brake pressure is
specifically designed for vehicles characterized as one of
either (a) having driving means in direct connection with
four wheels of the vehicle, (b) having an electrical prime
mover, or (c) vehicles catagorize as large machinery (i.e.
heavy duty).
Subclass:
82
Antispin, traction control, or drive slip control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 70. Braking,
acceleration or deceleration control wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer utilizes
information received concerning vehicle speed, wheel speed,
or any derivative thereof in determining activation of the
appropriate speed altering action to control an undesired
rotation of a vehicle's wheel due to wheel acceleration.
(1) Note. Spin control is the process of controlling the
vehicle to enhance the driveability of the vehicle during
starting or acceleration of the vehicle by manipulating at
least one of (a)brake pressure, (b) engine torque, or (c)
transmission torque.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
71 for undesired vehicle wheel skidding or locking control
wherein such skidding or locking is caused by excessive wheel
deceleration.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
180, Motor Vehicles, subclass 197 for antispin systems
combined with vehicular structure.
303, Fluid-Pressure Brake and Analogous Systems, 91 for
antispin control which includes specific structure to
fluid-pressure brakes.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclass
238 for electrical speed signal circuitry used for antispin
detection and which does not include significant data
processing techniques.
Subclass:
83
Control of brake pressure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. antispin,
traction control or drive slip control wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer is designed to
control the braking, acceleration, or deceleration of a
vehicle by regulation of a fluid pressure exerted by the
braking system.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
188, Brakes, appropriate subclasses for a means of retarding
the motion of or stopping machines, including vehicles.
303, Fluid-Pressure Brake and Analogous Systems, subclass 167
for vehicle speed control by regulating brake pressure not
having a positive recitation of data processing steps.
Subclass:
84
Control of engine torque:
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. antispin,
traction control, or drive slip control wherein the
electrical data processing system or calculating computer is
designed to control the braking, acceleration, or
deceleration of a vehicle by regulation of the engine output
power.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
110 for internal-combustion engine control or indication
wherein a digital or programmed data processing system is
designed to include the regulation of the vehicle speed,
acceleration or deceleration.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, 320 for engine speed
regulators responsive to vehicle acceleration or
deceleration.
303, Fluid-Pressure Brake and Analogous Systems, subclass 141
for speed and traction control by regulating the engine
torque.
477, Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine
Control, 182 for engine brake control responsive to engine
speed.
Subclass:
85
Having throttle valve positioning:
This subclass is indented under subclass 84. Engine torque
control wherein the engine torque control is implemented by
varying the cross-sectional area of fuel flow by partially
closing or opening a damper, gate, or other flow regulator.
Subclass:
86
Having fuel cutting or ignition timing retarding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 84. Engine torque
control wherein the engine torque control is implemented by
the regulation of fuel supply to the engine or by the
adjustment of the ignition timing.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
110 for internal-combustion engine control or indication
wherein a digital or programmed data processing system is
designed to restrict fuel flow in response to a sense a stop
condition or an emergency condition of the engine.
Subclass:
87
Control of transmission torque:
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Antispin,
traction control, or drive slip control wherein the
electrical data processing system or calculating computer is
designed to control the braking, acceleration, or
deceleration of a vehicle by regulation of power transfer to
a driving mechanism.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
192, Clutches and Power-Stop Control, subclass 137 for a
safety device in which the power-transmitting connections are
disabled in response to the transmission guard striking an
extraneous object.
Subclass:
88
Restricting differential operation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Antispin,
traction control, or drive slip control wherein the
electrical data processing system or calculating computer is
designed to control the braking, acceleration, or
deceleration of a vehicle by independently regulating the
output torque to the wheels of the vehicle.
Subclass:
89
Four wheel drive vehicle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Antispin,
traction control, or drive slip control wherein the
electrical data processing system or calculating computer is
designed to control the braking, acceleration, or
deceleration of a four wheel drive vehicle.
Subclass:
90
Having particular slip threshold, target slip ratio, or
target engine torque determining means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Antispin,
traction control, or drive slip control wherein the
electrical data processing system or calculating computer
further is capable of determining a reference parameter and
utilizing said parameter to determine the undesired condition
of excessive wheel spinning due to vehicle acceleration.
Subclass:
91
Integrated with antiskid or other vehicle control system
(e.g., cruise control, suspension):
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Antispin,
traction control, or drive slip control wherein the
electrical data processing system or calculating computer
operates in conjunction with another vehicle control system
to effectively control the undesired condition of excessive
wheel spinning due to vehicle acceleration.
Subclass:
92
Fail-safe system:
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Antispin,
traction control, or drive slip control wherein the
electrical data processing system or calculating computer is
designed to detect an abnormality in operating conditions and
carry out the appropriate sequence of instructions to
stabilize traction control.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
303, Fluid-Pressure Brake and Analogous Systems, 122 for
speed controlled vehicle with failure responsive means.
340, Communication: Electrical, subclass 507 for a fail-safe
responsive indicating system.
708, Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and
Calculating, 530 for an electric digital calculating
computer having a specialized function of error detection or
correction.
714, Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery,
2, for a fail-safe fault recovery apparatus.
Subclass:
93
Vehicle speed control (e.g., cruise control):
This subclass is indented under subclass 70. Braking,
acceleration, or deceleration control wherein the electrical
data processing system or calculating computer is designed to
maintain vehicle velocity at a specified value.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
110 for internal-combustion engine speed control by digital
processing techniques.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, 350 for electrical sensing
or regulating of engine speed.
180, Motor Vehicles, 170 for a vehicle with speed responsive
means.
Subclass:
94
Having gradient responsive control to suppress hunting,
overshooting, or undershooting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 93. Vehicle speed
control further comprising a means to regulate the shift in
response to an impulsive momentary change in vehicle speed
caused by the slope, or change in the slope, of a traveling
surface.
Subclass:
95
By transmission shifting control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 94. Gradient
response wherein the means to regulate the impulsive
momentary change in vehicle speed is executed by varying the
gear ratio as a means to transfer power to a driving
mechanism.
Subclass:
96
Having inter-vehicle distance or speed control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 93. Vehicle speed
control wherein vehicle velocity is regulated in response to
a detected velocity or a measured separation of a second
vehicle relative to a first vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
300 for determining a spacial relationship between two
vehicles.
Subclass:
97
Fail-safe system:
This subclass is indented under subclass 93. Vehicle speed
control wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer is designed to detect an abnormality in
operating conditions and carry out the appropriate sequence
of instructions to stabilize vehicle speed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
303, Fluid-Pressure Brake and Analogous Systems, 122 for
speed controlled vehicle with failure responsive means.
340, Communication: Electrical, subclass 507 for a fail-safe
responsive indicating system.
708, Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and
Calculating, 530 for an electric digital calculating
computer having a specialized function of error detection or
correction.
714, Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery,
2, for a fail-safe fault recovery apparatus.
Subclass:
98
Artificial intelligence (e.g., fuzzy logic):
This subclass is indented under subclass 93. Vehicle speed
control wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer is designed to indicate information or
control the vehicle by the manipulation of a value of a
predetermined function of antecedent and consequent
operations corresponding to vehicle speed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
395, Information Processing System Organization, 1 for a
system or method capable of performing one or more of the
functions of recognition, speech signal processing, knowledge
processing (i.e., propositional logic, reasoning, learning,
self-improvement), complex operations of a manipulator (e.g.,
robot control), or inexact reasoning (e.g., fuzzy logic) and
Cross Reference Art Collections 902+ for applications using
artificial intelligence with details of the artificial
intelligence system.
Subclass:
99
With indication or control of power plant (e.g.,
performance):
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the data
processing system or calculating computer controls,
indicates, or monitors the prime mover of the vehicle.
(1) Note. This subclass includes the performance of a power
plant.
Subclass:
100
Gas turbine, compressor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 99. Indication or
control of power plant wherein the power plant is a gas
turbine which may include a compressor.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
415, Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps, 13 for control
means responsive to condition sensing.
Subclass:
101
Internal-combustion engine:
This subclass is indented under subclass 99. Indication or
control of power plant wherein the power plant is an
internal-combustion engine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, wherein significant
structure of an internal-combustion engine is claimed, in
particular, 406.12 for electronic timing control; and
subclasses 438+ for a charge forming device which includes an
electronic control system.
Subclass:
102
Digital or programmed data processor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 101.
Internal-combustion engine controlled digitally or by a
programmed data processor.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, 406.12 for electronic
ignition timing control.
Subclass:
103
Control of air/fuel ratio or fuel injection:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Control system
wherein the digital or programmed data processing system is
designed to control the air/fuel ratio or the injection of
fuel based on engine operating conditions or environmental
conditions.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, subclass 406.45 for
electronic control of combustible mixture or a constituent
thereof, subclass 480 for fuel injection which includes a
microprocessor, and subclass 486 for digital memory addressed
by an engine parameter.
Subclass:
104
Controlling fuel quantity:
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Control system
wherein the air/fuel ratio or fuel injection is controlled by
modifying the supply of fuel to the combustion engine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, 406.45 for electronic
control of combustible mixture or a constituent thereof,
subclass 429 for a combustion chamber means combined with
air-fuel mixture forming means, subclasses 478+ for a fuel
injection system having an actuator circuit (e.g., engine
condition responsive electronic circuit actuates injector
valve), and subclasses 575+ for a means of forming a mixture
of a diverse supply of fuel and an oxidant.
Subclass:
105
Controlling timing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Control system
wherein the air/fuel ratio or fuel injection is controlled in
response to the synchronization operation associated with the
combustion or the ignition.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, 406.11 for spark ignition
timing control.
Subclass:
106
Artificial intelligence (e.g., fuzzy logic):
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Control system
wherein the digital or programmed data processing system is
designed to indicate information or control the air/fuel
ratio or fuel injection by the manipulation of a value of a
predetermined function of antecedent and consequent
operations corresponding to the operating conditions of the
combustion engine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
395, Information Processing System Organization, 1 for a
system or method capable of performing one or more of the
functions of recognition, speech signal processing, knowledge
processing (i.e., propositional logic, reasoning, learning,
self-improvement), complex operations of a manipulator (e.g.,
robot control), or inexact reasoning (e.g., fuzzy logic), and
Cross Reference Art Collections 902+ for applications using
artificial intelligence with details of the artificial
intelligence system.
Subclass:
107
Fail-safe system:
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Control system
wherein the digital or programmed data processing system is
designed to detect an abnormality in operating conditions and
carry out the appropriate sequence of instructions to
stabilize the air/fuel ratio or fuel injection operation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, 395 for an engine speed
regulator responsive to (a) an engine parameter or (b) an
environmental condition to alter the present engine speed
without regard to the resulting engine speed, subclasses
406.13+ for a spark ignition timing regulator which includes
upon detecting failure in a circuit or circuit element (a)
shifts operation (1) into a substitute circuit or (2) to a
substitute mechanism to accomplish the same function or (b)
indicates functioning of the circuit or circuit element
outside of accepted parameters, subclass 479 for a fail safe
fuel injector system, and subclass 690 for a charge forming
device with fail-safe, backup, or malfunction means including
an exhaust gas condition responsive means.
708, Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and
Calculating, 530 for an electric digital calculating
computer having a specialized function of error detection or
correction.
Subclass:
108
Exhaust gas circulation (EGC):
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Control system
wherein the air/fuel ratio or fuel injection is controlled in
response to a change in the exhaust gas system.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, 568.21 for the electrical
control of an e.g.r. valve for a charge forming device and
subclasses 672+ for a charge forming device including an
exhaust gas sensing means.
Subclass:
109
Detection of O[subscrpt]2[end subscrpt] concentration:
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Control system
wherein the exhaust gas circulation is controlled or modified
in response to a sensed oxygen content in the exhaust gas.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, 531 for a charge forming
device using auxiliary air or gas to inject fuel and 585+ for
a charge forming device having auxiliary air or oxygen added
to combustible mixture.
Subclass:
110
Speed, acceleration, deceleration:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.
Internal-combustion engine control or indication wherein the
digital or programmed data processing system is designed to
include the regulation of the vehicle speed, acceleration, or
deceleration.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
84 for the control of engine torque for the purpose of
controlling the antilock/antiskid of a vehicle.
93 for vehicle speed control.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, 406.24 for regulating
means responsive to sudden variations in the rate of rotation
of the engine output shaft, subclasses 406.59+ for speed
responsive timing control and subclasses 406.25, 406.36,
406.5+, 492, and 493 for acceleration/deceleration responsive
means.
Subclass:
111
Vibration, roughness, knock:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.
Internal-combustion engine control or indication wherein the
digital or programmed data processing system is designed to
control or sense vibration, roughness, or knocking condition
of the engine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, 116 for motor or engine testing.
123, Internal Combustion Engines, subclass 406.16 for a
knock control malfunction response system, subclass 406.21
for a closed loop feedback control of spark timing responsive
to engine knocks, subclass 406.24 for a closed loop feedback
control system responsive to instanteous changes in the
engine speed (e.g. roughness, unstable combustion, etc.) and
subclass 406.5 for acceleration and deceleration electronic
ignition timing control.
Subclass:
112
Engine stop, fuel shutoff:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.
Internal-combustion engine control or indication wherein the
digital or programmed data processing system is designed to
restrict fuel flow in response to a sense a stop condition or
an emergency condition of the engine.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
86 for control of an antiskid or antilock condition by
cutting the fuel supply thus controlling the engine torque.
Subclass:
113
Starting, warmup:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.
Internal-combustion engine control or indication wherein the
digital or programmed data processing system is designed to
sense or control the starting condition or warmup condition
of the engine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, 406.53 and 491 for the
starting or cold running condition of an engine.
Subclass:
114
Backup, interrupt, reset, or test:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.
Internal-combustion engine control or indication wherein the
digital or programmed data processing system includes
specific structure to function as either a backup,
interruption, reset, or test circuit.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, subclass 479 for backup
systems.
714, Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery,
724, for general digital logic testing.
Subclass:
115
Specific memory or interfacing device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.
Internal-combustion engine control or indication wherein the
digital or programmed data processing system includes
specific structure to function either as data storage or as
an information interconnecting device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
123, Internal Combustion Engines, subclass 406.33 for a
learning system responsive to engine knocking and subclass
406.6+ for speed responsive timing control having a counter
or addressable memory.
365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval, appropriate
subclasses for memory devices.
Subclass:
116
With indication or control to maintain fixed position:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the data
processing system or calculating computer controls or
indicates a particular fixed position of a vehicle with
respect to a particular reference.
Subclass:
117
Traffic analysis or control of surface vehicle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the data
processing system or calculating computer controls or
indicates the organized movement of surface vehicles.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
340, Communications: Electrical, 933 for vehicles which are
controlled by traffic conditions.
Subclass:
118
With determination of traffic density:
This subclass is indented under subclass 117. Traffic
analysis or control of surface vehicle which includes a
determination of the number of vehicles per unit of time that
pass a particular point.
Subclass:
119
With determination of traffic speed:
This subclass is indented under subclass 117. Traffic
analysis or control of surface vehicle which includes a
determination of a distance traveled per unit time for the
traffic.
Subclass:
120
Traffic analysis or control of aircraft:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the data
processing system or calculating computer controls or
indicates the organized movement of aircraft along particular
routes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
340, Communications: Electrical, subclass 951 for airport
control systems which do not include data processing
techniques.
Subclass:
121
With speed control or order:
This subclass is indented under subclass 120. Traffic
analysis or control of aircraft wherein the data processing
system or calculating computer controls or indicates the
velocity of the aircraft.
Subclass:
122
With course diversion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 120. Traffic
analysis or control of aircraft wherein the data processing
system or calculating computer controls or indicates
departure from prior course of flight.
Subclass:
123
With indication of fuel consumption rate or economy of
usage:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the data
processing system or calculating computer controls or
indicates the amount of fuel consumed per unit time or most
economical fuel consumption rate or distance available for a
given amount of fuel.
Subclass:
124
Determining balance or center of gravity (e.g., load
distribution of vehicle):
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Vehicle control,
guidance, operation, or indication wherein the data
processing system or calculating computer functions to
determine the weight distribution of a vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, 65.01 for measuring and
determining the center of gravity, per se, subclasses 66+ for
determination of the amount of unbalance of a rotor, and
subclass 172 for weight distribution on a human foot.
Subclass:
200
NAVIGATION:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter wherein the electrical data processing system
or calculating computer functions to determine a course,
position, or distance traveled.
(1) Note. In Class 116, Signals and Indicators, Digest 43,
there exists an unofficial collection of art relating to
navigation devices.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
300 for an electrical data processing system or a
calculating computer to determine the relative location
between two points.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, appropriate subclasses,
especially 300 for celestial navigational instruments.
73, Measuring and Testing, 178 for navigation.
244, Aeronautics, subclass 3.18 for celestial navigation.
318, Electricity: Motive Power Systems, subclass 582 for
vehicular guidance systems with celestial navigation.
340, Communications: Electrical, 988 for vehicle position
indication.
342, Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices
(e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation), for specific structure to a
radar device, in particular, 385 for radio wave energy for
direction finding receivers; and subclasses 1 through 205 for
radar navigation systems.
348, Television, 113 for a picture signal generator or
reproducer which is used with a steerable vehicle to permit
control of the vehicle from a remote location or to provide
an indication in the vehicle of its position as an aid in the
guidance of the vehicle.
353, Optics: Image Projectors, 11 for a projector especially
adapted to project an image of a map or navigation chart, an
image of a target onto a map or chart, or a target which
represents a vehicle such as an aircraft onto a screen.
356, Optics: Measuring and Testing, subclass 3 for optical
range finders and subclasses 27+ for velocity or height
measuring.
434, Education and Demonstration, subclass 111, 186, and 239+
relating to training or instructions in the area of
navigation; subclass 1 for training in the use of radar or
sonar detecting or range finding and subclasses 30+ for
aircraft training, per se.
Subclass:
201
Determination of travel data based on the start point and
destination point:
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Navigation
system wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer functions to compute, establish, or
indicate travel information associated with the distance
measured from a present position to a terminating position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25 for and automatic route guidance system including the
storage or planning of route information.
Subclass:
202
Route pre-planning:
This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Determination
of travel data further comprising a static means to determine
a travel course prior to the departure of the vehicle.
Subclass:
203
Great circle route:
This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Determination
of travel data wherein the course lies along the shortest
line between two points on the surface of a sphere.
Subclass:
204
Determination of E.T.A.:
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Navigation
system wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer functions to determine the time of arrival at a
destination.
Subclass:
205
Determination of along-track or cross-track deviations:
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Navigation
system wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer functions to determine the deviation of a present
position from a desired position in a direction parallel to
or perpendicular to the course.
Subclass:
206
Employing way point navigation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Navigation
system wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer functions to determine the position relative to an
intermediate point between origin and destination.
Subclass:
207
Employing position determining equipment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Navigation
system wherein the electrical data processing system or
calculating computer functions to compute, establish, or
indicate the location of a vehicle based on the information
provided by the position determining device.
Subclass:
208
For use in a map data base system:
This subclass is indented under subclass 207. Positioning
determining equipment wherein the vehicle position
information is utilized in conjunction with a map information
processing data system.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
340, Communications: Electrical, subclass 990 and 995 for
vehicle position indication with a map display.
Subclass:
209
Including route searching or determining device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Map data base
system further capable of processing stored electrical data
corresponding to locations within a given geos:graphical area
to determine a path of travel between a point of origin and a
destination point.
Subclass:
210
Route correction, modification, or verification:
This subclass is indented under subclass 209. Route
searching system wherein the electrical data processing
system or calculating computer is designed to either (a)
alter the path of travel, (b) determine a supplemental path
of travel, (c) provide instructions to resume to the original
path of travel, or (d) validate vehicle position or course.
Subclass:
211
Having audio or visual route guidance:
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Map data base
system further comprising audio or visual information
providing directional instructions to follow a chosen path.
Subclass:
212
Having variable map scale:
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Map data base
system further capable of being responsive to a predetermined
condition to adjust either (a) the s:graphical representation
of a particular geos:graphic region to an appropriate level
of detail or (b) the s:graphical representation of the
vehicle to a specified orientation.
Subclass:
213
Using Global Positioning System (GPS):
This subclass is indented under subclass 207. Position
determining equipment wherein the electrical data processing
system or calculating computer receives positional data via
communication with satellites dedicated to a world wide
navigational tracking system.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
342, Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices
(e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation), subclass 357 for sending or
receiving radio wave energy which is characterized by some
quality that varies according to the relative direction or
position of a satellite used to locate the position of an
object and 450+ for an apparatus for determining the position
in space of an object, vehicle, or atmospheric condition by
the reception of signals not having distinctive bearing or
position determinative characteristics.
Subclass:
214
Means to improve accuracy of position or location:
This subclass is indented under subclass 213. Global
positioning system wherein the electrical data processing
system or calculating computer utilizes a secondary or
supplemental means to more exactly indicate a vehicle's
locale.
Subclass:
215
Having multiple GPS antennas or receivers (e.g., differential
GPS):
This subclass is indented under subclass 214. Method of
correcting position data having a plurality of devices to
collect information from satellites associated with a world
wide navigational system.
Subclass:
216
Having a self-contained position computing means (e.g., dead
reckoning):
This subclass is indented under subclass 214. Method of
correcting position data having a secondary system for
independently calculating or indicating vehicle location for
the substitution, modification, or verification of the GPS
position data.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
217 for specific secondary system used.
Subclass:
217
Using dead-reckoning apparatus:
This subclass is indented under subclass 207. Navigation
system wherein position is determined from course and
distance made from the last known position and known or
estimated drift.
Subclass:
218
With R-O (D.M.E. and path) or Tacan equipment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 207. Navigation
system having either Tacan or distance and bearing measuring
equipment.
Subclass:
219
With Loran or Shoran or Decca equipment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 207. Navigation
system wherein a position is determined from hyperbolic lines
of position.
Subclass:
220
With inertial sensor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 207. Navigation
system having a means to sense a force caused by
acceleration.
Subclass:
221
With correction by noninertial sensor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 220. Inertial
sensor having a means for correction by sensing a noninertial
property.
Subclass:
222
With star tracker:
This subclass is indented under subclass 207. Navigation
system further comprising a means to determine the position
of the stars.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
250, Radiant Energy, subclass 203 for a photocell following
a star.
364, Electrical Computers and Data Processing Systems,
subclass 516 for object detection and tracking via radiant
energy.
Subclass:
223
With radar or optical ground scanner:
This subclass is indented under subclass 207. Navigation
system further comprising a means to scan the ground by radar
or optically.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
342, Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices
(e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation), 42 for radar transmitter
and receiver system.
Subclass:
224
With indicated course correction (compass deviation):
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Navigation
system further comprising a means of notification for
modified or corrected course.
Subclass:
225
Determining range without range measurement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Navigation
system wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer functions to determine a travel distance
indirectly.
Subclass:
226
Space orbits or paths:
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. navigation
system wherein the course, path, or position is outside the
atmosphere of a planet.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
13 for the control of a spacecraft or satellite.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
244, Aeronautics, 158 for spacecraft.
Subclass:
300
RELATIVE LOCATION:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter wherein the data processing system or
calculating computer functions to determine the location of
one object with respect to a secondary object or point.
Subclass:
301
Collision avoidance:
This subclass is indented under subclass 300. Relative
location wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer functions to determine the relative movement between
points for collision avoidance.
Subclass:
302
Course to intercept:
This subclass is indented under subclass 300. Relative
location wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer functions to determine an indication or control
action to bring the two points together.
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Last Modified: 6 October 2000