Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

SECTION I - 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 electricalapparatus 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.