AXEL BERNO NIX
Pilots at Norfolk St, Bham, MI

2005004, Feb 24, 2005

Aug 21, 2003

10/646559

Thomas Odell - Whitby, CA
Axel Nix - Birmingham MI, US
Timothy Grost - Clarkston MI, US

H04Q007/20

455569200

A vehicle radio system and a method of operating the vehicle radio system are provided in accordance with the present invention. The vehicle radio system includes a radio receiver that is configured to receive a radio signal from a broadcast station, a microphone that is configured to receive an audible from an operator of the vehicle radio system and generate an audible signal from said audible and a tuning module configured to receive the radio signal from the radio receiver and the audible signal from the microphone. The tuning module includes a storage module configured to store a first phoneme string and a first channel number associated with the first phoneme string, a voice recognition engine configured to compare a phoneme in the audible signal with the first phoneme string stored in the storage module and a tuner configured to tune the radio receiver to the first channel number when the voice recognition engine identifies the phoneme as the first phoneme string.

2005015, Jul 14, 2005

Jan 13, 2004

10/756729

Thomas Forest - Macomb Township MI, US
David Proefke - Madison Heights MI, US
Axel Nix - Birmingham MI, US

H04Q001/00, G05B019/00

340005260, 340005720

Methods and apparatus are provided for insuring that a motor vehicle is being operated by an authorized operator. The apparatus includes an electronic control unit (ECU), an engine immobilizer unit, and a shared encryption key. The ECU generates a challenge by combining the output of a pseudo-random number generator and the output of a somewhat random number generator and cycling the combined number through a linear feedback shift register. The ECU sends the challenge to the immobilizer unit where it is encrypted with the shared key and sent back to the ECU as a response. The ECU uses the same key to encrypt the challenge and compares the encrypted challenge to the response. If the response matches the encrypted challenge, engine operation is enabled.

2012021, Aug 30, 2012

Jun 14, 2010

13/377673

Nikolaus Dellantoni - Sooss, AT
Bernhard Schinkowitsch - Vienna, AT
André Schoenekaes - Moembris, DE
Axel Nix - Birmingham MI, US
Niall R. Lynam - Holland MI, US

MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC. - Holly MI

H04N 7/18

348148, 348E07085

A vehicular scalable integrated control system includes a plurality of cameras, a vehicular scalable integrated control unit, and a display screen for displaying video information to a driver of the vehicle. Visual image data captured by the cameras is processed by an image processor to detect objects in the fields of view of the cameras. The control unit determines a current geographical location of the vehicle and accommodates downloading of applications, which may include a tour guide application, with the tour guide application providing information associated with various geographical locations of a selected tour area. The control unit, responsive to a determination that the current geographical location of the vehicle is at a location identified in the tour guide application for the selected tour area, controls the display screen to display information associated with the identified location of the tour guide application and the current geographical location of the vehicle.

7142978, Nov 28, 2006

May 21, 2004

10/850765

Axel Nix - Birmingham MI, US
Andrew W. Gellatly - Macomb MI, US

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

G01C 21/26

701201, 701207, 701208, 701209, 340988

Methods and apparatus are provided for generating route instructions on a turn-by-turn navigation system in a vehicle. Turn instructions can include a turn icon as well as visual and audio prompts. The turn-by-turn navigation system typically includes a dual-use disk changer configured for both audio and Map/POI disk access. Separate Map and POI database disks are typically installed in dedicated slots of the disk changer and are designed to minimize switching time, while audio disks can be installed in the remaining slots. Moreover, audio playback buffering can be employed to enable audio-to-navigation-to-audio disk switching without interrupting audio playback. The turn-by-turn navigation system can generally be produced more economically than a typical premium system with a full complement of costly features, such as a color map display, since the turn-by-turn navigation system can be configured with only those features deemed most useful to a broad-based market segment.

2005027, Dec 8, 2005

May 21, 2004

10/850792

Axel Nix - Birmingham MI, US
Andrew Gellatly - Macomb MI, US

G01C021/26

701201000, 340995160

Methods and apparatus are provided for generating route instructions on a turn-by-turn navigation system in a vehicle. Turn instructions can include a turn icon as well as visual and audio prompts. The turn-by-turn navigation system includes special routing features, such as “Where am I”, “Verification”, “Stop by”, pre-set destinations, and time-restricted road routing. The turn-by-turn navigation system can generally be produced more economically than a typical premium system having a full complement of costly features, such as a color map display. Moreover, the turn-by-turn navigation system can be configured with only those features deemed most useful to a broad-based market segment, in order to further reduce manufacturing costs.

2012000, Jan 5, 2012

Jul 5, 2011

13/176095

Axel Nix - Birmingham MI, US

MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC. - Holly MI

H04N 7/18

348148, 348E07085

A vehicular display system having a camera for producing a video signal and a display device for displaying the video signal. The display device includes an integrity check to detect a defective video signal and alert the driver if a defective video signal has been detected.

8508350, Aug 13, 2013

May 15, 2009

12/992301

Axel Nix - Birmingham MI, US
Yuesheng Lu - Farmington Hill MI, US

Magna Electronics Inc. - Auburn Hills MI

B60Q 1/00

340435, 3409322, 340438

In one aspect, a system for providing and displaying video information in a vehicle is provided. The system includes a display device having a video input, a first camera mountable at the rear of the vehicle, the first camera having a first video output, a second camera mountable at the passenger side of the vehicle, the second camera having a second video output, wherein the first video output and the second video output are connected in parallel to the video input of the display device, and a camera control device configured to keep no more than one camera activated at a time.

2010019, Aug 5, 2010

Jan 26, 2010

12/693681

Clarence Patrick McELROY - Grand Blanc MI, US
Yuesheng Lu - Farmington Hills MI, US
Axel Nix - Birmingham MI, US

H04N 7/18, B60Q 1/14

348148, 315 77, 348E07085

In a first aspect, the invention is directed to an illumination system for rearward illumination for a first vehicle. The illumination system includes a tail lamp assembly, a sensor and a controller for controlling the operation of the tail lamp assembly. If the controller determines that there are any oncoming second vehicles behind the first vehicle that are sufficiently close to the first vehicle, then the controller operates the tail lamp assembly in one mode. If the controller determines that there are no oncoming second vehicles behind the first vehicle that are sufficiently close to the first vehicle, then the controller permits the operation of the tail lamp assembly in another mode.

7546207, Jun 9, 2009

May 21, 2004

10/851035

Axel Nix - Birmingham MI, US
Andrew W. Gellatly - Macomb MI, US

GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. - Detroit MI

G01C 21/26, G01C 21/36

701211, 701 36, 3409952

Methods and apparatus are provided for generating turn instructions on a turn-by-turn navigation system. The turn instructions can include a turn icon as well as visual and audio prompts. A countdown bar is typically embedded within the turn icon to provide upcoming turn information in intuitive graphic form, in order to reduce driver distraction. The turn-by-turn navigation system can generally be produced more economically than a typical premium system having a full complement of costly features, such as a color map display. Moreover, the turn-by-turn navigation system can be configured with only those features deemed most useful to a broad-based market segment, in order to further reduce manufacturing costs.

8570374, Oct 29, 2013

Nov 13, 2009

12/618153

Laura Betham - Livonia MI, US
Matthew C. Sesti - Williamston MI, US
Neal Jonathan Todd - Chesterfield MI, US
Brian Dean Brasier - Howell MI, US
Axel Nix - Birmingham MI, US

Magna Electronics Inc. - Auburn Hills MI

H04N 7/18

348148, 3482114, 3482118

In a first embodiment, the invention is directed to a camera for mounting on a vehicle, including a lens member, an imaging element and an image processing board. The image processing board is separated sufficiently from the imaging element so as to impart relatively little heat generated during operation to the imaging element. The imaging element is positioned to receive video input from the lens member. The image processing board is configured to generate image processing board output data that relates to the video input received by the imaging element. The image processing board is positioned in a selected position to release heat along a heat path that is spaced from the imaging element. The camera may further include a vehicle interface board configured to communicate signals relating to the image processing board output data to a vehicle component.