A consumer-based bill management and payment system is configured to receive, analyze, manage and pay electronic billing statements received from the biller over the Internet The system includes a notification manager that detects when the electronic bill arrives and notifies the consumer The bill is stored in memory with other unpaid electronic bills According to another aspect of the invention, the system has a cashflow analyzer that enables the consumer to coordinate the unpaid electronic bills according to different payment schedules for a bill payment cycle (eg, a month) The goal of the manipulation is to permit the consumer to analyze how the different payment schedules affect the consumer's cashflow with an aim toward minimizing overdraft during the bill payment cycle The cashflow analyzer can automatically compute an optimized payment schedule that minimizes overdraft of the consumer's account, while maximizing the balance to generate the most interest When the consumer desires to pay a particular bill, the bill is presented to the consumer through a graphical user interface (UI) The bill management and payment system supports a payment analyzer to enable the consumer to determine how much of the electronic bill to pay The payment analyzer provides a venue to challenge certain items on the bill

Consumer-based system and method for managing and paying electronic billing statements

A system and methods for implementing education online by providing institutions with the means for allowing the creation of courses to be taken by students online, the courses including assignments, announcements, course materials, chat and whiteboard facilities, and the like, all of which are available to the students over a network such as the Internet. Various levels of functionality are provided through a three-tiered licensing program that suits the needs of the institution offering the program. In addition, an open platform system is provided such that anyone with access to the Internet can create, manage, and offer a course to anyone else with access to the Internet without the need for an affiliation with an institution, thus enabling the virtual classroom to extend worldwide.

Internet-based education support system and methods

The present invention relates to modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator, compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using such modulators.

Modulators of atp-binding cassette transporters

A stability control system 24 for an automotive vehicle as includes a plurality of sensors 28-37 sensing the dynamic conditions of the vehicle and a controller 26 that controls a distributed brake pressure to reduce a tire moment so the net moment of the vehicle is counter to the roll direction. The sensors include a speed sensor 30 , a lateral acceleration sensor 32 , a roll rate sensor 34, and a yaw rate sensor 20. The controller 26 is coupled to the speed sensor 30, the lateral acceleration sensor 32, the roll rate sensor 34, the yaw rate sensor 28. The controller 26 determines a roll angle estimate in response to lateral acceleration, roll rate, vehicle speed, and yaw rate. The controller 26 changes a tire force vector using brake pressure distribution in response to the relative roll angle estimate.

Roll over stability control for an automotive vehicle

A vehicle includes a control system that is used to control a vehicle system. The control system determines a roll condition in response to a yaw rate sensor and a pitch rate sensor without having to use a roll rate sensor. A relative roll angle, relative pitch angle, global roll angle, and global pitch angle may also be determined. A safety system may be controlled in response to the roll condition, roll angle, or the pitch angles individually or in combination.

Integrated vehicle control system using dynamically determined vehicle conditions

A traction control device for a vehicle decreases the driving torque for a driving wheel connected to a power source through an automatic transmission in response to the detection of an excessively slipping tendency of the driving wheel at the time of acceleration of the vehicle. In the traction control device, the shifting motion of the automatic transmission is predicted by a shifting predicting means based on operational parameters of the power source and a shifting characteristic of the automatic transmission. The operational parameters of the power source are assumed by an foreseeing means based on values before shifting of the operational parameters of the power source and operational parameters of the vehicle as well as gear shift positions detected before and after shifting by a gear shift position detecting means. An actuator for changing the driving torque for the driving wheel is operated by a driving torque control section for determining a control quantity of driving torque based on detection values before shifting and assumed values after shifting of the operational parameters of the power source. As a result, the driving wheel speed is stabilized immediately at the completion of the shifting operation of the automatic transmission.

Traction control device for vehicle

The longitudinal force operating on the whole vehicle is computed by the processor control and divided among the separate wheels w.r.t their comparative loadings. The latter is determined when stationary and is corrected w.r.t the dynamics of the vehicle. Motion sensors monitor the longitudinal movement of the vehicle as well as lateral movements. The longitudinal forces can be simple braking forces and controlled by separate brake pressures. The system can be extended to torque control for the driven wheels. The control computes the position of the centre of mass and computes the effects on the vehicle motion changes due to the position of the centre-of-mass (gravity). ADVANTAGE - Improved vehicle handling, improved braking and safety.

Braking and acceleration control for vehicle - involves computing individual longitudinal forces operating on wheel and optimising braking distribution or torque distribution

A target torque is determined in a target torque determination device on the basis of an accelerator operation amount detected by an accelerator operation amount detector and power source output detected by a power source output detector. A target driving force is determined in a target driving-force determination device on the basis of driving force detected by a driving-force detector and the target torque. A target acceleration is determined in a target acceleration determination device on the basis of a travel resistance detected by a travel resistance detecting device and the target driving force. The operation of an actuator is controlled on the basis of an acceleration detected by an acceleration detecting device and the target acceleration. Thus, it is possible to provide a power source output control in accordance with the travel resistance, while simultaneously taking into consideration the current state of the power source and the responsiveness thereof.

Power source output control system of vehicle with travel resistance detector

A total longitudinal force which is a sum total of the longitudinal forces applied to the plurality of wheels is detected or determined, and the longitudinal forces applied to the wheels are controlled on the basis of a front wheel-side target wheel longitudinal force and a rear wheel-side target wheel longitudinal force determined by distribution of the total longitudinal force at predetermined distribution proportions. When the slipping of a wheel is detected, the distribution proportions are changed, so that the target wheel longitudinal force is larger on one of the front and rear wheel sides in which more wheels are in non-slipping states.

Process for controlling wheel longitudinal force in vehicle

A system providing an interactive virtual model or 'white body' builder ('WBB') interconnected with different groups involved in an enterprise centric activity related to the design, simulation, and evaluation of mechanical components. Mesh, assembly and evaluation data of predetermined components, after a virtual assembly or test and evaluation, becomes available for design input and refinement to all participating members associated in a task group through a network in which a continually updated master database is maintained.

Kenji Akuzawa

Papers

Traction control device for vehicle

Braking and acceleration control for vehicle - involves computing individual longitudinal forces operating on wheel and optimising braking distribution or torque distribution

Power source output control system of vehicle with travel resistance detector

Process for controlling wheel longitudinal force in vehicle

White body modeling and virtual evaluation system for mechanical assemblies