Advanced Transportation Technology News articles from September 2002

Advanced Transportation Technology News archives from September 2002

Toyota offers full service telematics. (Traveler Information Services).
September 1, 2002... Toyota (19001 South Western Ave., Torrance, CA 90509) completed development of a subscription information network, called a GBook, that is the company's attempt to link people, cars and society anywhere, anytime. Beginning this month, the...

Honda upgrades to two way. (Traveller Information Services).
September 1, 2002... Honda Motor Co. (address) announced a two-way information network service that will be launched with the new Accord in Fall 2002. The service will be offered to users free of charge for three years, from the date of the cars initial...

Real-time traffic information added. (Traveller Information Services).
September 1, 2002... Telcontar (FourNorth Second St., Suite 1225, San Jose, CA 95113; Tel: 415/533-2720; Email: cstevenson@telcontar.com, Website: telcontar.com) announced a product designed to add real-time traffic flow and incident information with existing...

Ericsson to resell LocatioNet platform. (Iraveller Information Services).
September 1, 2002... LocatioNet Systems (440 9th Ave., 8th Fl., New York, NY 10001; Tel: 212/404-3417) and Ericsson (S - 126 25, Stockholm, Sweden) entered into a global distribution license and service agreement. Ericsson will resell and support the LocatioNet...

Displays get color coding. (Traveller Information Services).
September 1, 2002... Mobility Technologies' (Mobility, Chesterbrook Corporate Ctr., 640 Lee Rd., Ste 300, Wayne, PA 19087; Tel: 610/407-7424; Email: jsmith@traffic.com, Website: traffic.com) subsidiary Traffic Pulse Networks (TPN) will integrate its traffic data...

Broad patent claims granted. (Iraveller Information Services).(Xybenaut Corp. gets patent protection)
September 1, 2002... Xybemaut Corp. (12701 Fair Lakes Circle, Suite 550, Fairfax, VA 22033; Tel: 703/654-3637; Email: mbinko@xybernaut.com, Website: xybemaut.com) received patent protection for a method of leaving and retrieving messages and data within a...

Seeing seat occupant size in stereo. (Vehicle Systems).(camera from TRW measures automobile occupant size and position)
September 1, 2002... The efficacy of seatbelts of airbag deployment depends on the size and position of the seat occupant. Existing systems neither measure nor adapt to different size occupants. Future systems will have the ability to do both. TRW is developing...

Drawing a safety curtain on the side. (Vehicle Systems).(new airbag from Honda)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (2-1-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-Ku Tokyo 107, Japan; Tel: 334/23-1110, Fax: 334/23-0217) developed a new, rapidly deploying side curtain air bag designed to protect vehicle occupants of all sizes. As with front facing air...

TRW, Michelin offer tire pressure sensor. (Vehicle Systems).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... TRW (12025 Tech Center Dr., Livonia, MI 48150; Tel: 734/266-2616; Email: manley.l.ford@trw.com, Website: trw.com), in cooperation with Michelin (12, cours Sablon 63000 Clermont-Ferrand France; Tel: 334/7398-5900), is developing a tire...

Song selection gets voiced. (Vehicle Systems).(iSpeak from Fonix)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Fonix Corp. (180 W Election Rd., Draper, UT 84020; Tel: 801/553-6600, Fax: 801/553-6707; Website: fonix.com) released its text-to-speech (TTS) application, called iSpeak, for SSI America's (43C Rocklyn Ave., Lynbrook, NY 11563) Neo Car...

ART Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc. (Briefly Noted).(SmARTspeak XG compatible with Motorola products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... ART Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc. (43 Brodezky St., P.O. Box 39918, Tel-Aviv, 61398, Israel; Tel: 972/3-642-7242, ext. 139; Email: roy@artcomp.com, Website: artcomp.com) announced that its speech recognition product, called...

Clarity LLC. (Briefly Noted).(partnership with Innovision Design)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Clarity LLC (3290 W. Big Beaver Rd., Ste 220, Troy, MI 48084; Tel: 248/822-5122, Fax: 248/822-5123; Email: fredn@clarityco.com, Website: clarityco.com) announced a strategic marketing partnership with Innovision Design, Inc. (Texas; Tel:...

Open System controller updated. (Auto Electronics).(software from Accelerated Technology)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Accelerated Technology (1001 Ridder Park Dr., San Jose, CA 95131-2314) announced a complete OSEK product line. OSEK is an abbreviation for the German term "Offene Systeme und deren Schnittstellen fur die Elektronikim Kraftfahrzeug" (English...

Suite targets small enterprises. (Fleet Management).(Modus from Catch4 Technologies)
September 1, 2002... The ability to track and analyze fleet activity offers benefits to operators of all size fleets. However, the high cost of the packages has kept smaller fleets (80% of the market by some estimates) from realizing those benefits. Catch4...

Tracked if by land or sea. (Fleet Management).(Telenor Satellite Services provides Petroleos de Venezuela with fleet tracking )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Telenor Satellite Services (Tel: 301/214-3100; Email: sales@ telenor-usa.com) will provide fleet tracking technology to the state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela Corp. (PDVSA) for the next three years. The value of the contract is estimated to...

Virtual Look launched. (Fleet Management).
September 1, 2002... Virtual Delivery Source, Inc. (VDS, P.O. Box 81081, Conyers, GA 30013; Tel: 770/918-8566, Fax: 770/918-9879; Website: v-ds.biz) launched an order management and transportation management system called the One Look Systems. One Look opens...

Phones provide your location. (Fleet Management).
September 1, 2002... Toshiba Corp. (1-1, Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-800 1, Japan) and the company Toshiba Location Information (TLI) will begin offering a location information service for KDDI Corp.'s (2-1-15 Ohara, Kamifukuoka-shi, Saitama-ken,...

Channels shrink in size and power. (Fleet Management).
September 1, 2002... Thales Navigation (471 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95050; Email: oem@ashtech.com) introduced its A12 OEM 12-channel global positioning system (GPS) receiver. The A12 offers wide area augmentation system (WAAS) enabled accuracy. The Al2 is...

Training offered for emergency operators. (Fleet Management).
September 1, 2002... The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials International, Inc. (APCO, 351 N. Williamson Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114-1112; Website: apcointl.org) and ATX Technologies (ATX, 10010 San Pedor, Suite 200, SanAntonio, TX 78216;...

Qualcomm, Inc. (Briefly Noted).(demonstrates OmniTRACS system)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Qualcomm, Inc. (6455 Lusk Blvd.; San Diego, CA 92121; Tel: 619/587-1121; Website: qualcomm.com) demonstrated the security features of its OmniTRACS satellite-based mobile communications and tracking system. The effort was to show support and...

Radio Satellite Integrators, Inc. (Briefly Noted).(vehicle location system developed for North Carolina transit authority)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Radio Satellite Integrators, Inc. (RSI, Torrance, CA; Tel: 310/787-7700) completed an automatic vehicle location (AVL) system for The Triangle Transit Authority (TTA) of North Carolina. RSI deployed the AVL system on 75 vehicles. The system...

The Hertz Corporation. (Briefly Noted).(utilizes RLM Software product)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... The Hertz Corporation, a subsidiary of Ford (Park Ridge, NJ; Tel: 201/307-2824; Website: hertz.com) added RLM Software's (214 Lincoln St. Suite 213, Allston, MA 02134-1346; Tel: 617/787-4200; Website: rimsoftware.com) real-time technology,...

Future data flow is decentralized. (Control Systems).(Deltek works with TranSystems)
September 1, 2002... Deltek (13880 Dulles Corner Ln., Herndon, VA20171; Tel: 703/734-8606, Fax: 703/734-1146) and TranSystems (2400 Pershing Rd., Ste 400, Kansas City, MO 64108; Tel: 816/329-8600) created a system for data distribution that they believe is the...

Distributed data replicated. (Control Systems).(Solid FlowEngine from Solid Information Technology)
September 1, 2002... Solid Information Technology Corp. (444 Castro St., Suite 1010, Mountain View, CA 94041; Tel: 650/210-9100, Fax: 650/210-9300) announced the availability of its Solid FlowEngine solution on the Microsoft (One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052;...

New database comes online. (Control Systems).(from American Management Systems )
September 1, 2002... The private sector is not alone in attempting to establish and benefit from a better information flow. American Management Systems (AMS, 4050 Legato Rd., Fairfax, VA 22033; Tel: 703/267-8000, Fax: 703/267-5111; Website: ams.com) launched the...

Nestor negotiates and refinances. (Industry News).(Nestor Traffic Systems contracts)
September 1, 2002... Nestor Traffic Systems, Inc. (One Richmond Sq., Providence, RI 02906; Tel: 401/331-9640, Fax: 401/331-7319; Website: nestor.com) completed contract negotiations with four new customers for its CrossingGuard red-light enforcement products and...

Gleaning market interest online. (Industry News).(software from Compete Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Compete, Inc. (181 Newbury St., Boston, MA 02116; Tel: 617/867-7005) introduced a software product designed to glean marketing data from consumer activity at automotive Internet sites. The package is called Automotive Launch Intelligence. ...

AMI-C seeks contributors. (Industry News).
September 1, 2002... The Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration (AMI-C, 160 E. Pearson, #3108. Chicago, IL 60611; Tel: 248/322-5900; Email: Ingersoll@ami-c.org, Website: ami-c.org) is seeking contributors to its Phase III development and testing of mobile...

Cameras offer Lane Guidance. (Industry News).(AutoVue Lane Guidance system from Iteris)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Iteris, Inc. (1515 5. Manchester Ave., Anaheim, CA 92802-2907; Tel: 714/780-7281; Email: lss2@iteris.com, Website: iteris.com) announced that Cargo Transporters reported improved safety and driver satisfaction as a result of using Iteris'...

Top tier will come to Congress. (Industry News).(Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress)
September 1, 2002... At the March Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE, 755 W. Big Beaver Rd, Ste 1600, Troy, MI 48084; Tel: 248/ 273-2474; Website: sae.org) World Congress, there was a dearth of Tier One exhibitors (ATTN, April 2002). At the time of the meeting,...

Televoke, Inc. (Briefly Noted).(service in Mexico)
September 1, 2002... Televoke, Inc. (612 Howard St., Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94105; Tel: 415/908-4432; Email: info@televoke.com, Website: televoke.com) announced service in Mexico as the result of integrating location-based services from Maptuit Corp. and...

The U.S. Department of Transportations Federal Aviation Administration. (Briefly Noted).(runway visual range information offered via the Internet)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... The U.S. Department of Transportations Federal Aviation Administration (FAA, 800 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20591; Tel: 202/267-3462; Website: rvr.fly.faa.gov) has announced that it is now providing pilots with access to runway...

SmarTire Systems Inc. (Briefly Noted).(financial plan)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... SmarTire Systems Inc. (155 Wilbur Drive NE, North Canton, 0H44720; Tel 800/982-2001; Fax 330/497-0958; Tel: 800/982-2001; Email: info@smartire.com, Website: smartire.com) announced that with the assistance of its financial advisor, H.C....

The Robert Bosch Corporation. (Briefly Noted).(plans Energy Solutions Dialogue Group )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... The Robert Bosch Corporation (Postfach 10 60 50, D-70049 Stuttgart; Tel: 497/118-110) and Altarum (3520 Green Court, Suite 300; Ann Arbor, MI 48105; Tel: 734/302-4600, Fax: 734/302-4991; Website: altarum.org) announced an initiative to form...

Calendar.
September 1, 2002... October 21-23,2002. Convergence 2002, Cobo Center, Detroit, MI. Contact: Denise Freitag, Tel: 248/944-0975, Fax: 248/576-2045; Email: daf1@daimlerchrysler.com, Website:convergence2002.org. April 8-9,2003. The SecondNorth American...