The present invention reduces power consumption in the case of detecting a mobile body by using radars. Radars 34L, 34R detect the mobile body. Surrounding situation detection units 42, 44, 46, 48 detect the situations around the radars 34L, 34R. A radar control unit 50 variably controls the detection accuracy of the radars 34L, 34R according to the surrounding situations detected by the surrounding situation detection units 42, 44, 46, 48. The surrounding situation detection units 42, 44, 46, 48 can detect, for example, any one or more of the detection frequency of the mobile body, the temporal change amount of said detection frequency, the illuminance around the radars, and the temporal change amount of said illuminance, as the surrounding situation.
Provided is a vehicle interior monitoring system capable of improving the accuracy of information obtained from the inside of a vehicle interior. A vehicle interior monitoring system (1) has: a vehicle interior information acquisition unit (10) that acquires a plurality of pieces of information in a vehicle interior of a vehicle; a reliability calculation unit (15) that calculates the reliability of each of the plurality of pieces of information; and an information processing unit (18) that determines, on the basis of the reliability, which piece of information among the plurality of pieces of information is to be used as basic information, which is information serving as a basis for monitoring the vehicle interior. The vehicle interior information acquisition unit (10) includes an image information acquisition unit (11) that acquires visible light image information and infrared ray image information in the vehicle interior. The information processing unit (18) determines that the infrared ray image information is to be used as the basic information when the reliability of the infrared ray image information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and determines that the visible light image information is to be used as the basic information when the reliability of the infrared ray image information is less than the predetermined value.
H04N 23/611 - Control of cameras or camera modules based on recognised objects where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
B60R 1/29 - Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles for viewing an area inside the vehicle, e.g. for viewing passengers or cargo
B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during driveArrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
G03B 15/00 - Special procedures for taking photographsApparatus therefor
H04N 23/11 - Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensorsControl thereof for generating image signals from different wavelengths for generating image signals from visible and infrared light wavelengths
H04N 23/12 - Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensorsControl thereof for generating image signals from different wavelengths with one sensor only
H04N 23/65 - Control of camera operation in relation to power supply
To make a ghost image that is caused by a step place between a lens and a back plate inconspicuous in a configuration in which an optical axis of an infrared camera is disposed tilted relative to a normal direction of a plate face of a mirror element. A flat surface portion and a recessed surface portion are formed on the back plate disposed behind the mirror element. At least a part of a lens exposure opening is formed in an inclined surface of the recessed surface portion, the inclined surface being inclined relative to the flat surface portion. The lens of the infrared camera is disposed on the inclined surface with the optical axis titled relative to the normal direction of the flat surface portion, following the lens exposure opening.
G02B 27/00 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups ,
B60R 1/12 - Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
G02B 7/182 - Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for prismsMountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for mirrors for mirrors
G02B 27/14 - Beam splitting or combining systems operating by reflection only
An indicator provided on an outer mirror of a vehicle includes: a light transmission portion formed in a mirror surface portion of a mirror member of the outer mirror; and a light emission portion disposed on a side opposite to an exposure surface side being exposed to the outside of the mirror member in such a way that the light emission portion can emit light through the light transmission portion. The light transmission portion includes a plurality of linear transmission portions each extending in a horizontal direction and also being aligned in a vertical direction.
B60R 1/12 - Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
B60Q 1/32 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating vehicle sides
B60R 1/00 - Optical viewing arrangementsReal-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
F21S 43/20 - Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters
An inner mirror 100 according to the present invention comprises a liquid crystal optical element 102, a liquid crystal display device 103, and an imaging unit 104. The imaging unit 104 is disposed on the back surface side of the liquid crystal optical element 102, and is capable of capturing, between a visible light image and an infrared image, at least a visible light image by receiving light entering via the liquid crystal optical element 102. The liquid crystal optical element 102 has: a camera region 1021 that corresponds to the imaging unit 104 in a viewed direction X of the inner mirror 100; and a main region 1022 other than the camera region 1021. The camera region and the main region are each configured such that switching of the same is independently controllable between a reflector state and a transparent state. The liquid crystal display device 103 is disposed on the back surface side of the main region of the liquid crystal optical element 102, and has an outer shape that corresponds to the main region of the liquid crystal optical element 102 in the viewed direction X.
B60R 1/26 - Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles for viewing an area outside the vehicle, e.g. the exterior of the vehicle with a predetermined field of view to the rear of the vehicle
B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during driveArrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
G02F 1/13 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
G02F 1/133 - Constructional arrangementsOperation of liquid crystal cellsCircuit arrangements
G02F 1/1335 - Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
G02F 1/1347 - Arrangement of liquid crystal layers or cells in which the final condition of one light beam is achieved by the addition of the effects of two or more layers or cells
G09F 9/00 - Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements
A tire air filling device according to one embodiment includes a cylinder having a first opening communicating with a tire; and a weight that is provided inside the cylinder, that has an air flow hole through which air to be supplied to the tire passes, and that moves in an axial direction of the cylinder upon a receipt of a centrifugal force, to supply the air from the first opening to the tire. The tire air filling device includes a weight spring interposed between the weight and an inner surface of the cylinder; and an inclined member attached to a check valve that prevents a backflow of the air from the tire to an inside of the cylinder, and to the cylinder in a state where the cylinder is inclined with respect to the check valve.
A tire air filling device according to one embodiment includes a cylinder having a first opening communicating with a tire; and a weight that has an air flow hole through which air to be supplied to the tire passes, and that moves in an axial direction of the cylinder upon a receipt of a centrifugal force, to supply the air from the first opening to the tire. The tire air filling device includes a weight airtight member interposed between the weight and an inner surface of the cylinder; and a weight spring that biases the weight to a side opposite to the tire. The cylinder has a second opening on a side opposite to the first opening, and a cap that is detachably attached to the second opening is provided.
A water-sliding membrane includes a base layer formed on a glass substrate and a lubricating layer retained to the base layer. The base layer is formed by modifying a reactive functional-group to a surface of the substrate, the lubricating layer is configured of a polymer including a reactive functional-group that can form a covalent bond with the reactive functional-group of the base layer, and a portion of the reactive functional-group of the base layer and a portion of the reactive functional-group of the lubricating layer form the covalent bond. Moreover, the base layer includes a cyclic conjugated functional-group modified to the surface of the substrate, the lubricating layer includes a polymer having a hydrogen atom charged to δ+, and a portion of the cyclic conjugated functional-group of the base layer and a portion of the hydrogen atom charged to δ+ of the lubricating layer have π-electron interaction.
C09K 3/18 - Materials not provided for elsewhere for application to surface to minimize adherence of ice, mist or water theretoThawing or antifreeze materials for application to surfaces
A vehicle lamp for a vehicle includes a housing, and an optical system that is housed in the housing and generates image light. The housing includes a window in a partial area of a wall face of the housing. The optical system includes a lens group that generates the image light, an optical path bending mirror that bends an optical path of the generated image light, and a concave mirror that reflects the image light with the optical path bent and emits the image light to an external space from the window. In a state in which the vehicle lamp for a vehicle is installed on the vehicle, the concave mirror is disposed up to a position higher than the window.
B60Q 1/24 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments for lighting other areas than only the way ahead
F21S 41/19 - Attachment of light sources or lamp holders
[Problem] To provide an attaching structure for an in-vehicle device with improved vibration resistance, and the attaching structure. [Solution] In an orientation in which an in-vehicle device 18 is attached to an attachment base 12, a seat-side pivot center position P1 is situated at a position offset from an attachment base facing region Z2 toward the downward side of a vehicle. A screw-tip pressing position P2 is situated on the front side (upward side of the vehicle) in a slide advancing direction of the attachment base 12, with respect to a projection abutting position P3. When viewing a seat 21 equipped with a leaf spring from a direction orthogonal to a plate face of the attachment base 12, leaf-spring left and right pieces 16b, 16c are disposed at positions where at least part of a leaf-spring, left-and-right pieces facing region Z1 overlaps the screw-tip pressing position P2 or positions located farther away than the screw-tip pressing position P2 from the projection abutting position P3.
Provided is a vehicle interior monitoring system capable of improving the accuracy of information obtained from the inside of a vehicle interior. A vehicle interior monitoring system 1 has: a vehicle interior information acquisition unit 10 for acquiring a plurality of pieces of information in a vehicle interior of a vehicle; a reliability calculation unit 15 for calculating the reliability of each of the plurality of pieces of information; and an information processing unit 18 that determines, on the basis of the reliability, which piece of information among the plurality of pieces of information is basic information, which is information serving as a basis for monitoring the vehicle interior. The vehicle interior information acquisition unit 10 includes an image information acquisition unit 11 for acquiring visible light image information and near-infrared ray image information in the vehicle interior. The information processing unit 18 elects to use the visible light image information as the basic information when the reliability of the visible light image information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and elects to use the near-infrared ray image information as the basic information when the reliability of the visible light image information is less than the predetermined value.
B60W 40/08 - Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit related to drivers or passengers
[Problem] In a configuration in which an optical axis of an infrared camera is arranged to be inclined with respect to a normal line direction of a plate surface of a mirror element, to make a ghost image resulting from a stepped part between a lens and a rear plate inconspicuous, the ghost image being included in a ghost due to an image of an internal structure of an inner mirror occurring in a captured image from the infrared camera as a result of strong external light being transmitted through the mirror element and illuminating the internal structure. This improves the visibility of the captured image, or improves a recognition accuracy based on image recognition processing of the captured image, for example. [Solution] A flat surface portion 77a and a recessed surface portion 77b are formed in a rear plate 76 arranged behind a mirror element 78. At least a portion of a lens exposure opening 82 is formed in an inclined surface of the recessed surface portion 77b, the inclined surface being inclined relative to the flat surface portion 77a. A lens 72 of an infrared camera 64 is arranged following the lens exposure opening 82 such that an optical axis L1 thereof is inclined with respect to a normal line direction of the flat surface portion 77a.
B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the likeArrangement of controls thereof
An aerial display apparatus according to one embodiment is an aerial display apparatus displaying a virtual image in the air. The aerial display apparatus includes: a display apparatus irradiating with light to display information; a retroreflective member reflecting the light from the display apparatus multiple times to display a virtual image in the air; an infrared-ray transmission/reception unit transmitting and receiving infrared rays used as data through the retroreflective member; a control unit transmitting and receiving a control signal to and from each of the display apparatus and the infrared-ray transmission/reception unit; and a housing accommodating the display apparatus and the infrared-ray transmission/reception unit. The retroreflective member is mounted on an opening formed in the housing, and the display apparatus and the infrared-ray transmission/reception unit are arranged inside the housing.
G02B 30/56 - Optical systems or apparatus for producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images the image being built up from image elements distributed over a 3D volume, e.g. voxels by projecting aerial or floating images
G03B 21/10 - Projectors with built-in or built-on screen
A tire air filling device according to one embodiment includes: a cylinder; a weight which has an air flow hole and which receives a centrifugal force to move and cause air to be supplied to an inside of a tire; a first sealing member; a first spring; a first support portion; and a backflow prevention valve. The backflow prevention valve includes a slide member that slides in the air flow hole in an axial direction, a second spring that biases the slide member to a side opposite the tire, a second support portion that supports an end portion of the second spring in the axial direction; and a second sealing member interposed between an inner surface of the air flow hole and the slide member. The slide member, the second spring, and the second support portion are disposed inside the weight.
An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle safety assistance system enabling perception of a state of passengers. A vehicle safety assistance system according to the present invention assists safety of at least one passenger on board a vehicle, and includes: a monitoring unit capable of monitoring the passenger in the vehicle; a recognition unit recognizing a state of the passenger by monitoring information from the monitoring unit; and a control unit carrying out control of operation of the vehicle or notification to the passenger on basis of recognition information from the recognition unit, in which the monitoring unit includes a monitoring camera.
G06V 40/10 - Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestriansBody parts, e.g. hands
G06V 10/75 - Organisation of the matching processes, e.g. simultaneous or sequential comparisons of image or video featuresCoarse-fine approaches, e.g. multi-scale approachesImage or video pattern matchingProximity measures in feature spaces using context analysisSelection of dictionaries
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
G01J 1/42 - Photometry, e.g. photographic exposure meter using electric radiation detectors
An aerial display apparatus according to an embodiment comprises: a display apparatus 40 that emits light to display information; and an aerial image forming device that reflects light from the display apparatus 40 multiple times to display a screen including information as an aerial image. The display apparatus 40 has a light source 41 that emits light, and a panel member 45 including a transmission portion 45b that transmits the light from the light source 41, and a non-transmission portion that does not transmit the light from the light source 41. The panel member 45 has a planar portion 45s, and a recessed portion 45t that is recessed in a direction away from the aerial image forming device with respect to the planar portion 45s. The transmission portion 45b is formed in the recessed portion 45t.
G02B 30/56 - Optical systems or apparatus for producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images the image being built up from image elements distributed over a 3D volume, e.g. voxels by projecting aerial or floating images
B66B 3/00 - Applications of devices for indicating or signalling operating conditions of elevators
G09F 19/12 - Advertising or display means not otherwise provided for using special optical effects
An operation input device 10 according to an embodiment comprises: a recognition unit which recognizes whether a number 21 is pressed; and a signal output unit 52 which, when the number 21 is recognized by the recognition unit as pressed, outputs a control signal responding to the number 21 to an elevator system 1 outside the operation input device 10, and controls the operation of the elevator system 1. On an operation screen 20, a plurality of a single digit number 21 are displayed, and double pressing of the number 21 is possible. When the number 21 pressed first is X (where X is a single digit natural number) and the number 21 pressed second is Y (where Y is a single digit natural number), the recognition unit recognizes number 10 x X + Y as being pressed. The signal output unit outputs a control signal in response to number 10 x X + Y to the elevator system 1.
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
An operation detection device according to an embodiment irradiates an object with measurement light (C2) to detect an operation by the object. The operation detection device comprises a sensor unit having a sensor including a light-sending unit (6) for irradiating an object with measurement light (C2) and a light-reception unit (7) for receiving the measurement light (C2) reflected from the object; and a cover (13) covering, and in contact with, the sensor between the object and the sensor unit. The cover (13) includes a first light-passing portion (8a) through which the measurement light (C2) from the light-sending unit (6) passes, a second light-passing portion (8a) through which the measurement light (C2) reflected by the object and received by the light-reception unit (7) passes; and a wall portion (8b) partitioning the plurality of light-passing portions (8a) and being non-transmissive to the measurement light (C2) from the light-sending unit (6).
H01L 31/12 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof structurally associated with, e.g. formed in or on a common substrate with, one or more electric light sources, e.g. electroluminescent light sources, and electrically or optically coupled thereto
G09F 13/16 - Signs formed of, or incorporating, reflecting elements or surfaces, e.g. warning signs having triangular or other geometrical shape
H01H 35/00 - Switches operated by change of a physical condition
According to an embodiment of the present invention, an aerial operation device includes a display device radiating light to display information, an aerial image forming device reflecting light from the display device a plurality of times to form an aerial image and displaying an operation screen with buttons, and a sensor detecting an object F approaching any of the buttons. The display device has a sleep mode in which the operation screen is not displayed via the aerial image forming device and an operable mode in which the operation screen is displayed via the aerial image forming device. When the sensor detects the object, the display device switches from the sleep mode to the operable mode to display the operation screen in the air.
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
H01H 35/00 - Switches operated by change of a physical condition
A tire air filling device 1, according to one embodiment, comprises: a cylinder 11 that has a first opening 11r that communicates with a tire; and a weight 12 that has an air flow through-hole 12b through which air to be supplied to the tire flows, and that receives a centrifugal force and moves in an axial direction of the cylinder 11 to supply the air to the tire from the first opening 11r. The tire air filling device 1 also comprises: a weight-use airtight member 13 that is interposed between the weight 12 and an inner surface 11b of the cylinder 11; and a weight-use spring 16 that biases the weight 12 toward the opposite side of the tire. The cylinder 11 comprises a cap 52 that has a second opening 11c on the side opposite the first opening 11r, and that can be attached to/detached from the second opening 11c.
B60C 23/12 - Arrangement of tyre-inflating pumps mounted on vehicles operated by a running wheel
B60C 23/00 - Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehiclesArrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanksTyre cooling arrangements
F04B 9/06 - Piston machines or pumps characterised by the driving or driven means to or from their working members the means being mechanical the means including spring- or weight-loaded lost-motion devices
F16K 15/20 - Check valves specially designed for inflatable bodies, e.g. tyres
A tire air replenishing device 1 according to one embodiment comprises: a cylinder 11 having a first opening 11r communicating with a tire; and a weight 12 that is installed inside the cylinder 11, has an air circulation hole 12b for passing air to be supplied to the tire, and moves in an axial direction of the cylinder 11 by receiving a centrifugal force to supply the air to the tire from the first opening 11r. The tire air replenishing device 1 comprises a weight spring 16 interposed between the weight 12 and an inner surface 11b of the cylinder 11, and a tilting member 15 attached to a check valve 20, which prevents a backflow of air into the cylinder 11 from the tire, and to the cylinder 11, with the cylinder 11 being tilted with respect to the check valve 20.
B60C 23/12 - Arrangement of tyre-inflating pumps mounted on vehicles operated by a running wheel
B60C 23/00 - Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehiclesArrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanksTyre cooling arrangements
F04B 9/06 - Piston machines or pumps characterised by the driving or driven means to or from their working members the means being mechanical the means including spring- or weight-loaded lost-motion devices
F16K 15/20 - Check valves specially designed for inflatable bodies, e.g. tyres
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WATER-SLIP MEMBRANE AND ARTICLE HAVING WATER-SLIP MEMBRANE ON SURFACE
The present invention is a water-slip membrane 10 that can maintain fixed drop characteristics or greater even after a weathering test or saline spray test, the water-slip membrane comprising a base layer 14 formed on a glass base material 12, and a lubricating layer 16 held on the base layer 14. The base layer 14 is formed by modifying a reactive functional group on the surface of the glass base material 12, and the lubricating layer 16 is composed of a polymer containing a reactive functional group capable of covalent bonding with the reactive functional group of the base layer 14. A portion of the reactive functional group of the base layer 14 and a portion of the reactive functional group of the lubricating layer 16 are covalently bonded. Furthermore, the base layer 14 contains a cyclic conjugated functional group modified on the surface of the glass base material 12, and the lubricating layer 16 includes a polymer containing hydrogen atoms charged to δ+. A portion of the cyclic conjugated functional group of the base layer 14 and a portion of the hydrogen atoms charged to δ+ of the lubricating layer 16 have π-electron interaction.
C09D 5/00 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, characterised by their physical nature or the effects producedFilling pastes
C09D 201/02 - Coating compositions based on unspecified macromolecular compounds characterised by the presence of specified groups
C09K 3/18 - Materials not provided for elsewhere for application to surface to minimize adherence of ice, mist or water theretoThawing or antifreeze materials for application to surfaces
An oil-treating carrier according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a porous base material that has gas and liquid permeability and that has oil-degrading microbes supported thereon. As a result, the oil-treating carrier promotes treatment of oil that has spilled into soil, oil that has diffused on the surface of water, or oil that has turned into a mousse and has settled in water or at the bottom of the water.
This display device for vehicles is provided with a display unit that presents, to a driver, a picture of a blind spot for the driver. The display unit has: a display element that displays a picture; and a collimate optical system that enlarges an image on the display element and makes luminous flux similar to parallel light. The collimate optical system faces the display element and emits luminous flux outward of the device in a direction toward the driver.
B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the likeArrangement of controls thereof
B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during driveArrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
H04N 7/18 - Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
G02B 30/22 - Optical systems or apparatus for producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images by providing first and second parallax images to an observer’s left and right eyes of the stereoscopic type
H04N 13/239 - Image signal generators using stereoscopic image cameras using two 2D image sensors having a relative position equal to or related to the interocular distance
H04N 13/302 - Image reproducers for viewing without the aid of special glasses, i.e. using autostereoscopic displays
H04N 13/383 - Image reproducers using viewer tracking for tracking with gaze detection, i.e. detecting the lines of sight of the viewer's eyes
B60R 1/20 - Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
Provided is an operation input device according to one embodiment, wherein a calculation unit calculates a reference position of a subject from: a first position which is the position of the subject in relation to a prescribed position of a first logical area, when a first button has been pressed; a second position which is the position of the subject in relation to a prescribed position of a second logical area, when a second button has been pressed; and a third position which is the position of the subject in relation to a prescribed position of a third logical area, when a third button has been pressed.
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
A metal-salt precipitation-type element according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a film-like first electrode; a film-like second electrode that faces the first electrode; a pair of transparent substrates; spacers; and an electrolyte. The pair of transparent substrates sandwich the first electrode and the second electrode in a lamination direction in which the first electrode and the second electrode face each other. The spacers are sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode. The spacers define a space between the first electrode and the second electrode. The electrolyte is stored in the space defined by the first electrode, the second electrode, and the spacers. The first electrode, the second electrode, and the spacers are transparent.
G02F 1/161 - GasketsSpacersSealing of cellsFilling or closing of cells
G02F 1/15 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on an electrochromic effect
G02F 1/1506 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on an electrochromic effect based on electrodeposition, e.g. electrolytic deposition of an inorganic material on or close to an electrode
A reference position setting method includes: a process of displaying at least three markers on an operation surface; a process of acquiring coordinate values of a sensor coordinate system; a process of transforming the acquired coordinate value into coordinate values of a temporary coordinate system; and a process of transforming the transformed coordinate values into coordinate values of a screen coordinate system. At least one of parallel movement and rotation is performed with respect to the sensor coordinate system to transform the sensor coordinate system into the temporary coordinate system. Movement of the temporary coordinate system in a direction parallel to a plane including a second X-axis and a second Y-axis, and enlargement or reduction of the temporary coordinate system are performed to transform the temporary coordinate system into the screen coordinate system.
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
Provided is a vehicle cabin interior monitoring system for issuing alerts inside a vehicle cabin as necessary while ascertaining the situation in the vehicle cabin interior. A vehicle cabin interior monitoring system 1 includes: a vehicle cabin information acquiring unit 10 for acquiring information relating to the vehicle cabin interior of a vehicle; an information processing unit 20 for processing the information obtained by the vehicle cabin information acquiring unit 10; an output unit 40 for performing output on the basis of the vehicle cabin interior situation ascertained by means of the processing performed by the information processing unit 20; and an output control unit 30 for controlling the output unit 40 on the basis of a determination made by the information processing unit 20. The vehicle cabin information acquiring unit 10 is equipped with an image information acquiring unit 11 for acquiring an image, and a biometric information acquiring unit 12 for acquiring biometric information relating to a person in the vehicle cabin interior, wherein the output control unit 30 uses the output unit 40 to issue an alert if the information processing unit 20 determines that an alert should be issued in relation to the situation in the vehicle cabin interior.
An aerial operation device according to one embodiment comprises: a recognition unit that recognizes whether a button has been pressed on the basis of the position of a subject detected by a sensor; and a signal output unit that outputs a control signal corresponding to the button pressed by a user of the aerial operation device to equipment external to the aerial operation device to control the operation of said equipment. When the recognition unit recognizes that the subject detected by the sensor is at the position of a button, the recognition unit disables the operation of a plurality of buttons such that the output of the control signal by the signal output unit is inhibited. When the recognition unit recognizes that the subject detected by the sensor has separated from the button, the recognition unit enables the operation of said button so as to allow the output of the control signal by the signal output unit.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
G06F 3/04815 - Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
An aerial operation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with: a determination unit that determines whether a button has been pressed, on the basis of the position of an object detected by a sensor; a signal output unit that outputs a control signal to an instrument external to the aerial operation apparatus and controls the motion of the instrument; and a notification unit that notifies a user of the aerial operation apparatus about the result of determination by the determination unit. The notification unit changes a display state of the button to a first mode by controlling a display device when the determination unit has determined that the object detected by the sensor is located at a first position. The signal output unit outputs the control signal to the instrument when the determination unit has determined that the object detected by the sensor is located at a second position closer to the sensor than the first position.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
G06F 3/04815 - Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
G06F 3/04817 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance using icons
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Driving assistance system, driving assistance method, and program
Warning information that facilitates grasping an obstacle located in rear of a vehicle is provided. A driving assistance system including: a first detection section that detects an obstacle from a plurality of captured images of a rear side of a driver of a vehicle; a second detection section that detects the obstacle by analyzing a reflected wave of a measurement wave transmitted to the rear side; and an information output section that determines a direction in which the obstacle is located with respect to the vehicle on the basis of detection results of the first detection section and the second detection section, and that outputs warning information indicating the direction.
B60W 30/095 - Predicting travel path or likelihood of collision
B60W 50/14 - Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
G06V 20/58 - Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestriansRecognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
An aerial display apparatus according to an embodiment displays a virtual image in the air. The aerial display apparatus comprises: a display device that applies light and displays information; a retroreflective member that displays a virtual image in the air by reflecting light from the display device multiple times; an infrared transmission and reception unit that transmits and receives infrared light to be used as data via the retroreflective member; a control unit that transmits and receives a control signal to and from each of the display device and the infrared transmission and reception unit; and a housing that houses the display device and the infrared transmission and reception unit. The retroreflective member is attached to an opening formed in the housing, and the display device and the infrared transmission and reception unit are disposed within the housing.
G02B 30/56 - Optical systems or apparatus for producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images the image being built up from image elements distributed over a 3D volume, e.g. voxels by projecting aerial or floating images
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
H04Q 9/00 - Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
A vehicle lighting apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing, two lamp bodies, and two external cameras. The first housing and the second housing are formed separately from each other, joined to be adjacent in the front-rear direction, and arranged to cover a portion of the upper portion of a vehicle interior. The first housing includes a box portion. The second housing includes a wall portion closing a second opening portion of the box portion. An upper first end portion and a lower second end portion at the peripheral edge of the second opening portion of the box portion are joined to an upper third end portion and a lower fourth end portion of the wall portion. The first end portion and the third end portion are arranged relatively closer to the first housing side than the second end portion and the fourth end portion in the front-rear direction.
B60Q 3/51 - Mounting arrangements for mounting lighting devices onto vehicle interior, e.g. onto ceiling or floor
B60Q 3/74 - Arrangement of lighting devices for vehicle interiorsLighting devices specially adapted for vehicle interiors characterised by the purpose for overall compartment lightingArrangement of lighting devices for vehicle interiorsLighting devices specially adapted for vehicle interiors characterised by the purpose for overall compartment lighting in combination with specific lighting, e.g. room lamps with reading lamps
B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during driveArrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
B60Q 9/00 - Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups
B60R 11/00 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
A tilting mechanism of a view device for a vehicle has a configuration in which a rotating section is rotatably supported on a shaft of a fixed portion. A helical compression spring is fitted onto the shaft. A plate is attached to the free-end side of the shaft via a washer. An outer circumferential surface of the shaft and a center hole of the washer include respective different diameter portions. A gap g in a radial direction is formed between the outer circumferential surface of the shaft and an inner circumferential surface of the center hole of the washer. The tilting mechanism includes a deviation mechanism. The deviation mechanism makes the gap g become narrow or zero at the different diameter portions at at least one place, the different diameter portions facing each other, by making the washer move relative to the shaft in the radial direction.
B60R 1/06 - Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior
F16M 13/02 - Other supports for positioning apparatus or articlesMeans for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
The tire air supplementing device according to one embodiment of this invention comprises: a cylinder; a weight which includes an air communication hole and is moved by receiving a centrifugal force to thereby supply air to the inside of a tire; a first airtight member; a first spring; a first support unit; and a check valve. The check valve includes: a slide member which slides in the air communication hole in the axial direction; a second spring which biases the slide member toward the opposite side of the tire; a second support unit which supports an end of the second spring, the end being in the axial direction; and a second airtight member which is interposed between an inner surface of the air communication hole and the slide member. The slide member, the second spring, and the second support unit are arranged inside the weight.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a vehicle safety support system that can ascertain the state of occupants. This vehicle safety support system supports the safety of one or a plurality of occupants riding in a vehicle, and comprises a monitoring unit that can monitor the occupants inside the vehicle, a recognition unit that recognizes the state of the occupants using monitoring information from the monitoring unit, and a control unit that controls the operation of the vehicle or reports to the occupants on the basis of the recognition information from the recognition unit, the monitoring unit having a monitoring camera.
G08B 21/00 - Alarms responsive to a single specified undesired or abnormal condition and not otherwise provided for
G08B 21/02 - Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
G08B 21/24 - Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
G08B 25/00 - Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems
G08B 25/04 - Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems characterised by the transmission medium using a single signalling line, e.g. in a closed loop
A variable ND filter 1 according to one embodiment is provided with a first transparent electrode 2, a second transparent electrode 3 facing the first transparent electrode 2 with a space S therebetween, an electrolytic solution 4 stored in the space S, and a drive circuit 5 for applying voltage to the first transparent electrode 2 and the second transparent electrode 3. Respective interfaces 2b, 3b with the electrolytic solution 4 of the first transparent electrode 2 and the second transparent electrode 3 have a flat shape. The first transparent electrode 2 and/or the second transparent electrode 3 comprises an FTO film that transmits achromatic light.
G02F 1/1506 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on an electrochromic effect based on electrodeposition, e.g. electrolytic deposition of an inorganic material on or close to an electrode
G02F 1/1523 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on an electrochromic effect characterised by the electrochromic material, e.g. by the electrodeposited material comprising inorganic material
G09F 9/30 - Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements
An aerial imaging apparatus according to one embodiment is provided with: a display device 2 that displays information by emitting light; an aerial imaging device 3 that displays information as a virtual image K in the air by reflecting light from the display device 2 multiple times; and a line-of-sight control mask 5 that is disposed between the display device 2 and the aerial imaging device 3, and controls the line of sight of a user M that visually recognizes the virtual image K.
G02B 30/56 - Optical systems or apparatus for producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images the image being built up from image elements distributed over a 3D volume, e.g. voxels by projecting aerial or floating images
G02B 30/30 - Optical systems or apparatus for producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images by providing first and second parallax images to an observer’s left and right eyes of the autostereoscopic type involving parallax barriers
G03B 35/18 - Stereoscopic photography by simultaneous viewing
H04N 13/312 - Image reproducers for viewing without the aid of special glasses, i.e. using autostereoscopic displays using parallax barriers the parallax barriers being placed behind the display panel, e.g. between backlight and spatial light modulator [SLM]
An operation input device 1 according to one embodiment is provided with: a display device 13 which emits light H so as to display information; a midair image forming device 12 which reflects the light H from the display device 13 a plurality of times so as to display in midair a switch 11 as a virtual image; a sensor 14 which detects the face of an operator M that operates the switch 11; and a rotation unit 5 which rotates the display device 13 and the midair image forming device 12 so that the switch 11 is oriented toward the position of the face that has been detected by the sensor 14.
B60R 16/02 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric
G06T 7/521 - Depth or shape recovery from laser ranging, e.g. using interferometryDepth or shape recovery from the projection of structured light
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
An operation input device 1 according to one embodiment includes a display device15 that emits light to display information; an aerial image forming device 14 that reflects the light from the display device 15 a plurality of times to display, in the air as a virtual image, a display surface 10 with a switch 11; a sensor 12 that detects a position of a target object approaching the switch 11; and a determination unit that determines, on the basis of the position of the target object detected by the sensor 12, whether the switch 11 has been operated. An eyepoint position A, where an eye of an operator operating the switch 11 is positioned, is predetermined. The aerial image forming device 14 is disposed on a straight line that connects the eyepoint position A and the display surface 10.
E03D 9/08 - Devices in the bowl producing upwardly-directed spraysModifications of the bowl for use with such devices
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
A camera system 100 according to an embodiment is provided with a drone 105 and a camera device 1 mounted to the drone 105. The camera device 1 includes a variable ND filter, a sensor for detecting at least one of the brightness at a location where the variable ND filter is disposed, temperature, and the spectral characteristics of the variable ND filter; and a control circuit for controlling the variable ND filter. The control circuit controls the variable ND filter on the basis of at least one of the brightness, the temperature, and the spectral characteristics detected by the sensor.
The accuracy of detection of a heartbeat is increased and a time for detection of a heartbeat is shortened. A heartbeat detection device includes a heartbeat detection unit which detects a heart rate using the luminance of captured images of a part of a body surface of a user, which are captured images of a plurality of frames which have been captured in chronological order. The heartbeat detection unit computes a total luminance of the captured image of each of the frames, delays a vibrating wave representing chronological change of the total luminance at certain time intervals, and computes the heart rate using a cycle of a peak at which a difference between the vibrating wave which has not been subjected to a delay and each vibrating wave which has been subjected to a delay is reduced in a waveform of the difference.
An organic matter decomposer which contains a carrier and a microbial population carried by the carrier, wherein the carrier contains foam glass, and the microbial population includes Bacillus subtilis (BN1001 strain) (Accession number at International Depositary Authority: NITE BP-02608) and Bacillus subtilis var. natto.
A mirror display apparatus that subjects a mirror optical element to pulse voltage driving so that a reflectivity in a mirror mode can be changed by means of a duty cycle of the pulse voltage is provided. A mirror display apparatus includes a monitor display device and a mirror optical element disposed on the front side of the monitor display device. The mirror optical element includes a liquid-crystal panel with a reflection-type polarizer disposed on the back side thereof. The mirror optical element has a reflectivity and a transmissivity that are changed in respective directions opposite to each other via electric driving using a voltage applied to the liquid-crystal panel. A control circuit drives the liquid-crystal panel using a pulse voltage and performs control to change the reflectivity and the transmissivity of the mirror optical element by changing a duty cycle of the pulse voltage.
G02F 1/133 - Constructional arrangementsOperation of liquid crystal cellsCircuit arrangements
G02F 1/1335 - Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
G02F 1/137 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering
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Electric retracting unit for electric retractable door mirror for vehicle
A BSM unit according to an embodiment is attached to a side surface facing the vehicle body of a visor of an outer mirror provided to a vehicle body of a vehicle. The BSM unit includes a light source; a housing configured to accommodate the light source; and a lens configured to be attached to the housing and emit light from the light source to the outside of the housing, in which at least a portion of the lens protrudes from the side surface of the visor in an out-of-plane direction of the side surface.
A BSM unit according to an embodiment is attached to a side surface facing the vehicle body of a visor of an outer mirror provided to a vehicle body of a vehicle. The BSM unit includes: a light source; a housing; and a lens configured to be attached to the housing and emit light from the light source to the outside of the housing. The visor has an edge portion which is positioned on a rear side of the vehicle on the side surface and is surrounding a mirror of the outer mirror, at least a portion of the lens is exposed on the side surface of the visor, and a shape of the exposure portion of the lens includes a center of the exposure portion and the edge portion and is bilateral-symmetrical with respect to a cross section orthogonal to the side surface of the visor.
B60R 1/06 - Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior
B60R 1/12 - Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
F21S 43/30 - Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights characterised by reflectors
B60Q 1/26 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
A lamp unit according to an embodiment is a lamp unit that irradiates with light from a light source, and includes: a circuit board on which the light source is mounted; a housing configured to have an internal space for accommodating the circuit board; a lens configured to be attached to the housing and emit the light from the light source to the outside of the housing, wherein the housing include an insertion hole for inserting the circuit board into the internal space from the outside of the housing to which the lens is attached.
This nitrogen recovery method is for causing nitrifying bacteria to decompose an ammonia component in an ammonia-containing gas, and recovering a nitrogen component which has been contained in ammonia, as an ammonia gas decomposition product, the method involving: supplying circulating water to a microorganism decomposition tank retaining a nitrifying bacterium carrier carrying nitrifying bacteria so that the nitrifying bacterium carrier is maintained in a wet state; passing ammonia-containing gas through the nitrifying bacterium carrier in the wet state in an oxygen-containing atmosphere; dissolving, in the circulating water, an ammonia component in the ammonia-containing gas and an ammonia gas decomposition product produced by the nitrifying bacteria to continue the process of decomposing the ammonia-containing gas while the ammonia gas decomposition product is accumulated in the circulating water; and recovering, when the concentration of nitrate ions as an ammonia decomposition product in the circulating water is increased to 5000 mg/L or more and reaches a predetermined concentration, all or a portion of the circulating water as an ammonia gas decomposition product.
C12N 1/00 - Microorganisms, e.g. protozoaCompositions thereofProcesses of propagating, maintaining or preserving microorganisms or compositions thereofProcesses of preparing or isolating a composition containing a microorganismCulture media therefor
A heating apparatus for a washer fluid according to an embodiment includes a container having an accommodation space in which a washer fluid is accommodated, an inlet part configured to charge the washer fluid into the accommodation space, an outlet part configured to discharge the washer fluid from the accommodation space, a heater provided in the accommodation space, the heater being configured to heat the washer fluid, and coils wound around the heater. The coils are in a spiral shape extending about the axis of the coils and are formed of wires in contact with the heater. The coils have close contact parts at which a plurality of wires is in close contact to each other in an extending direction of an axis.
A virtual image display device according to an embodiment is a virtual image display device that displays information to a passenger on a vehicle. The virtual image display device includes a first virtual image display unit that displays a virtual image as information. The first virtual image display unit has a virtual image display portion that displays a virtual image and a rotating unit that rotates the virtual image display portion in a range in which the virtual image is visually recognizable by the passenger.
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
B60K 35/00 - Instruments specially adapted for vehiclesArrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the likeArrangement of controls thereof
G09F 19/12 - Advertising or display means not otherwise provided for using special optical effects
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
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Reference position setting method and virtual image display device
A reference position setting method according to the present disclosure is a reference position setting method for setting a reference position for recognizing whether or not an operation unit displayed as a virtual image has been operated. The reference position setting method includes: a step of displaying a marker displayed as a virtual image larger than an object approaching the marker; a step of detecting the object approaching the marker; and a step of making a color or shade of the outer edge of the marker different from a color or shade of the center of the marker after the step of detecting the object.
G06F 3/048 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
G09G 5/02 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the way in which colour is displayed
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
54.
Operation detection device and operation detection method
An operation detection device according to an embodiment is an operation detection device that detects an object approaching an operation unit. The operation detection device includes: a sensor that detects a distance from the object as a plurality of pixels; and an object detection unit that detects the object. The object detection unit specifies a first pixel corresponding to the distance that is the shortest among the plurality of pixels, scans a plurality of second pixels located around the first pixel, and detects the object when the number of second pixels for which a difference between a distance corresponding to each of the second pixels and the shortest distance is equal to or less than a predetermined value, among the plurality of second pixels, is equal to or greater than a predetermined number.
A light transmissive element includes a light transmissive area. The element includes transparent substrates including respective transparent conductive films on respective surfaces thereof. The element has a structure in which the transparent substrates are disposed so as to face each other across a gap with the transparent conductive films facing each other and the gap is filled with an electrolyte. The electrolyte contains a metal ion and is prepared so as to allow the metal ion to be reversibly deposited on a surface of a transparent conductive film via electrodeposition according to a state of applied voltage between the transparent conductive film and the transparent conductive film. In the light transmissive area, a dividing line is formed in the transparent conductive film. The transparent conductive film includes divisional areas in the light transmissive area, the divisional areas being electrically insulated from each other by the dividing line.
G02F 1/01 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
With respect to two images acquired from two video images including a mutually-overlapping area in which the two video images overlap each other, an image transformation matrix for mapping coordinate systems is sequentially generated. Coordinate transformation of at least one image of the images is performed using the generated image transformation matrix. A composite image is created by overlaying two images with the at least one image subjected to the coordinate transformation. The currently used image transformation matrix and the newly generated image transformation matrix are compared with each other. If the two image transformation matrices are similar, the coordinate transformation is performed using the currently used image transformation matrix continuously. If the two image transformation matrices are dissimilar, the coordinate transformation is performed using an image transformation matrix corrected with the newly generated image transformation matrix.
A locking pin driving mechanism includes a motor, a preceding gear, a round gear, a feed screw and a slider. The feed screw is coaxially fixed to the round gear. A locking pin is mounted in the slider. A center axis of the locking pin and a center axis of the feed screw are each disposed in parallel with a center axis of a vehicle inlet. An interaxial distance between the center axis of the vehicle inlet and the center axis of the feed screw is set to be larger than an interaxial distance between the center axis of the vehicle inlet and the center axis of the locking pin.
An operation detection device according to an embodiment includes: a display unit that displays an operation unit as a virtual image; a sensor that detects a position of an object approaching the operation unit; and a determination unit that determines whether or not the operation unit has been pressed based on the position of the object detected by the sensor. The determination unit determines that the operation unit has been pressed before the object reaches the operation unit.
An actuator device includes a locking displaceable element and a manual operation element that are displaceably disposed in a fixed portion. The locking displaceable element is displaceable to locked/unlocked positions. The manual operation element engages with the locking displaceable element and displaces the locking displaceable element to lock/unlocked positions via manual operation. The fixed portion includes locking displaceable element stoppers and manual operation element stoppers. The locking displaceable element includes locking displaceable element stopper abutment surfaces. The manual operation element includes manual operation element stopper abutment surfaces. When the manual operation element is operated, the manual operation element stopper abutment surfaces abut against the manual operation element stoppers by to stop displacement of the manual operation element before the locking displaceable element stopper abutment surfaces abutting against the locking displaceable element stoppers.
[Problem] To arrive at a configuration in which delay is reduced and an image can be outputted when image output is provided to a vehicle-mounted electronic mirror. [Solution] An input interface 16, a CPU 18, a display memory 20, a display control circuit 22, a display 24, and an output interface 26 are mounted in an electronic mirror 10. The input interface 16 inputs an image photographed by a camera 12. The CPU 18 performs a process for temporarily storing the image inputted from the input interface 16 in the display memory 20, reading the image from the display memory 20, and displaying the image on the display 24 via the display control circuit 22. The output interface 26 outputs the image inputted from the input interface 16 to the outside of the electronic mirror 10 without the intervention of the CPU 18 and the display memory 20.
H04N 7/18 - Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
B60R 1/00 - Optical viewing arrangementsReal-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
61.
Drop-off mechanism-equipped attachment structure for in-vehicle device
An attachment structure includes a support part for an in-vehicle device, a plate spring attached to the support part, and a screw screwed into the support part. The attachment base slides and is received in a space interposed between left and right plate spring pieces. The screw is fastened in this state. A screw distal end presses a front surface of the attachment base to generate an appropriate force of fitting between the attachment base and the left and right plate spring pieces and thereby the attachment base and the plate spring are elastically fitted with each other. The in-vehicle device is attached to the attachment base via the plate spring using the elastic fitting. If an external force that is equal to or exceeds a predetermined value is applied to the in-vehicle device, the elastic fitting is cancelled and the in-vehicle device drops off from the attachment base.
B60R 1/12 - Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the likeArrangement of controls thereof
B60R 11/00 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
A manual operation element includes a locking active surface and an unlocking active surface. A locking displaceable element includes a locking passive surface and an unlocking passive surface. When the manual operation element is operated in a locking direction, the locking active surface engages with the locking passive surface and displaces the locking displaceable element toward a locked position. When the manual operation element is operated in an unlocking direction, the unlocking active surface engages with the unlocking passive surface and displaces the locking displaceable element toward an unlocked position. When the locking displaceable element performs a displacement operation electrically, neither the locking active surface and the locking passive surface nor the unlocking active surface and the unlocking passive surface engage with each other in an entire area or more than half area of a displacement range of the locking displaceable element.
The present invention provides warning information by which an obstacle behind is easily understood. This driving assistance system is provided with: a first detection unit which detects an obstacle from a plurality of captured images for the rear side of a vehicle driver; a second detection unit which detects the obstacle by analyzing a reflection wave of a measurement wave transmitted to the rear side; and an information output unit which determines, on the basis of each detection result from the first detection unit and the second detection unit, a direction in which the obstacle is located with respect to the vehicle, and outputs warning information indicating the direction.
A mounting base is mounted to a windshield surface. A support stay is mounted to the mounting base via a support stay mounting leaf spring by being rotated in a direction around a rotation axis. A support stay mounting surface of the mounting base and a mounted surface of the support stay include abutment support structures. The abutment support structures bring the support stay mounting surface and the mounted surface into abutment with each other via a plurality of abutment support portions surrounding the rotation axis to make the support stay be supported on the mounting base. The abutment support portions include a first abutment support portion disposed in an angle direction toward a lower side of a circumference around the rotation axis with the rotation axis as a center.
A sensor assembling structure includes a sensor assembling void formed in a mounting base, a sensor assembling leaf spring, and mounting base-side leaf spring mounting portions formed at the mounting base. The mounting base is mounted to a windshield. The sensor assembling void receives a sensor. The sensor assembling leaf spring includes mounting base mounted portions. In a state in which the sensor is received in the sensor assembling void, the sensor assembling leaf spring is mounted to the mounting base-side leaf spring mounting portions via the mounting base mounted portions. The sensor assembling leaf spring maintains a state in which the sensor is received in the sensor assembling void.
A reference position setting method is provided with: a step for displaying at least three markers on an operation surface; a step for acquiring a coordinate value of a sensor coordinate system; a step for converting the acquired coordinate value into a coordinate value of a temporary coordinate system; and a step for converting the converted coordinate value into a coordinate value of a screen coordinate system. By performing at least one of a parallel movement and a rotation with respect to the sensor coordinate system, the sensor coordinate system is converted into the temporary coordinate system. By performing a movement in a direction parallel to a plane including a second X axis and a second Y axis with respect to the temporary coordinate system and enlargement or reduction of the temporary coordinate system, the temporary coordinate system is converted into the screen coordinate system.
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
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Collision prediction device, collision prediction method, and program
To shorten a time required to predict collision with other vehicles, a collision prediction device includes: a detection unit configured to detect each of a front, a rear, and a side of other vehicles located around a vehicle from a captured image of one frame in which surroundings of the vehicle are imaged; and a determination unit configured to determine a likelihood of collision with the other vehicles based on a detection result of the detection unit. The determination unit determines that the likelihood of collision with the other vehicle of which only the front or only the rear is detected is high in the other vehicles of which one or more of the front, the rear, and the side are detected by the detection unit.
G06K 9/00 - Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints
G06K 9/46 - Extraction of features or characteristics of the image
G06V 10/60 - Extraction of image or video features relating to illumination properties, e.g. using a reflectance or lighting model
G06V 20/58 - Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestriansRecognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
A door mirror includes a mirror housing that is provided in a side portion of a vehicle body, a camera unit that is accommodated inside the mirror housing and captures an image of a side behind the vehicle body, a cut filter that reduces a quantity of light incident on the camera unit, and a heater that is provided on a rear surface of the cut filter on the camera unit side and is capable of heating the cut filter. The camera unit is disposed such that a central axis intersects a surface direction of the cut filter. The camera unit and the heater are disposed adjacent to each other.
A cleaning device according to an embodiment is a cleaning device that cleans a light transmission member provided on a camera. The cleaning device includes a filamentary member configured to contact the light transmission member and a rotation member configured to rotate the filamentary member such that the filamentary member moves along the surface of the light transmission member with the filamentary member in contact with the light transmission member.
B60S 1/56 - Cleaning windscreens, windows, or optical devices specially adapted for cleaning other parts or devices than front windows or windscreens
B60R 1/00 - Optical viewing arrangementsReal-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
In a mirror display apparatus, a mirror optical element in which reflectance and transmittance vary in opposite directions to each other by electric driving is disposed on a front surface side of a monitor display device. An operation mode of the mirror display apparatus is switchable between a monitor mode and a mirror mode for use. A temperature sensor is installed to a mirror display apparatus. In the monitor mode, the temperature sensor is used for a temperature control of the monitor display device, or a temperature compensation control related to display quality, or the both. In the mirror mode in which the mirror optical element is in a reflectance-reduced reflection mirror state, the temperature sensor is used for a temperature compensation control of reflectance of the mirror optical element.
G02F 1/137 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering
B60R 1/08 - Rear-view mirror arrangements involving special optical features, e.g. avoiding blind spots
G09G 3/36 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source using liquid crystals
G09G 3/34 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source
G02F 1/133 - Constructional arrangementsOperation of liquid crystal cellsCircuit arrangements
73.
HEARTBEAT DETECTION DEVICE, HEARTBEAT DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
The purpose of the present invention is to increase the accuracy of detection of heart rate, and to reduce the time for detection of heart rate. A heartbeat detection device 1 is provided with a heartbeat detection unit 16 for detecting the heart rate using the luminance of captured images of a part of the body surface of a user that have been captured in a plurality of frames in chronological order. The heartbeat detection unit 16 computes a total of the luminance of the captured images of the frames, delays, by certain time intervals, a vibrating wave representing the chronological change in the total luminance, and computes the heart rate from the period of a peak at which, in a waveform of the difference between the vibrating wave before the delay and each vibrating wave after the delay, the difference is reduced.
A virtual image display device of one embodiment displays information for an occupant of a vehicle. The virtual image display device includes a first virtual image display unit for displaying a virtual image as information. The first virtual image display unit includes: a virtual image display part that displays a virtual image; and a rotation unit that rotates the virtual image display part within a range in which the virtual image is visible to the occupant.
B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the likeArrangement of controls thereof
B60K 35/00 - Instruments specially adapted for vehiclesArrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a light-transmissive element such that the light transmittance thereof can be partially changed. A light-transmissive element (10) according to the present invention has a light-transmissive area (25) that functions as a light-transmissive element. The light-transmissive element (10) includes transparent substrates (14, 16) each having a transparent conductive film (18, 20) on the surface. The light-transmissive element (10) is structured such that the transparent substrates (14, 16) are arranged opposite each across a gap (12) so that the transparent conductive films (18, 20) face each other, and an electrolyte (22) is filled in the gap (12). The electrolyte (22) contains metal ions and is prepared so that the metal ions are reversibly deposited on the surface of the transparent conductive film (18 or 20) by electrodeposition in accordance with the state of voltage application between the transparent conductive film (18) and the transparent conductive film (20). A split line (19) is formed on the transparent conductive film (18) in the light-transmissive area (25). In the light-transmissive area (25), the transparent conductive film (18) has split areas (18-1, 18-2) which are electrically insulated from each other by the split line (19).
G02F 1/1506 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on an electrochromic effect based on electrodeposition, e.g. electrolytic deposition of an inorganic material on or close to an electrode
[Problem] To suppress the flickering of a composite video due to the fact that an image conversion matrix is frequently updated when linking adjacent videos together and creating the composite video. [Solution] An image conversion matrix for correlating coordinate systems for two images acquired from two videos having mutually overlapping regions is sequentially generated. At least one of the images is coordinate-converted using the generated image conversion matrix. Two images at least one of which is coordinate-converted are superimposed one on another and a composite image is created. The currently used image conversion matrix is compared with the newly generated image conversion matrix. When the both image conversion matrices are similar, the coordinate conversion is performed using the currently used image conversion matrix continuously. When the both image conversion matrices are dissimilar, the image conversion matrix used for coordinate conversion is corrected with the newly generated image conversion matrix and coordinate conversion is performed.
H04N 7/18 - Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
B60R 1/00 - Optical viewing arrangementsReal-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
G06T 7/33 - Determination of transform parameters for the alignment of images, i.e. image registration using feature-based methods
78.
OPERATION DETECTION DEVICE AND OPERATION DETECTION METHOD
An operation detection device according to an embodiment of the present invention is for detecting an object which approaches an operation unit. This operation detection device is provided with: a sensor that detects the distance to the object as a plurality of pixels; and an object detection unit that detects the object. The object detection unit identifies a first pixel, among the plurality of pixels, that corresponds to the shortest distance, scans a plurality of second pixels positioned around the first pixel, and detects the object when at least a prescribed number of second pixels, among the plurality of the second pixels, each satisfy a condition that the difference between the shortest distance and the distance corresponding to the second pixel is equal to or smaller than a fixed value.
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an optical image forming device that can suppress ghost images and increase the visibility of aerial floating images. This optical image forming device (1) is provided with: a display device (11) that displays information by radiating light; an aerial image forming element (13) that displays a virtual image by causing multiple reflections of light from the display device (11); and a light direction regulation member (12) that is disposed on a light path from the display device (11) to the aerial image forming element (13) and regulates the direction of the light radiated from the display device (11).
An operation detection device according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with: a display unit that displays an operation unit as a virtual image; a sensor that detects the position of an object approaching the operation unit; and a determination unit that determines whether the operation unit has been pressed on the basis of the position of the object detected by the sensor. The determination unit determines that the operation unit has been pressed down before the object reaches the operation unit.
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
G06F 3/02 - Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
81.
REFERENCE POSITION SETTING METHOD AND VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE
This reference position setting method is for setting a reference position for recognizing whether an operation unit displayed as a virtual image has been operated. This reference position setting method comprises: a step for displaying a marker to be displayed as a virtual image so as to be larger than an object approaching the marker; a step for detecting the object approaching the marker; and a step for making the color or the concentration of the outer edge of the marker different from the color or the concentration of the center of the marker after the step for detecting the object.
G06F 3/0481 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
G02B 27/22 - Other optical systems; Other optical apparatus for producing stereoscopic or other three-dimensional effects
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
82.
ANION ADSORBENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANION ADSORBENT
B01J 20/04 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof comprising inorganic material comprising compounds of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals or magnesium
B01J 20/28 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof characterised by their form or physical properties
[Problem] To configure a rotation mounting structure for an onboard device such that slip-off performance deterioration can be prevented while also achieving good support for the onboard device. [Solution] A mounting base 12 is mounted to a windshield surface 11a. A support stay 14 is mounted to the mounting base 12, via a support stay mounting plate spring 18, by being rotated in the circumferential direction of a rotary shaft 19. A support stay mounting surface 12a of the mounting base 12 and a mounted surface 14a of the support stay 14 include an abutment support structure 20. The abutment support structure 20 causes the support stay mounting surface 12a and the mounted surface 14a to abut each other via a plurality of abutment support parts P1-P5 which surround the rotary shaft 19, thereby supporting the support stay 14 against the mounting base 12. The abutment support parts P1-P5 include a first abutment support part P1 that is disposed in an angular direction which faces downward around the rotary shaft 19, with the rotary shaft 19 at the center.
[Problem] To achieve good sensor installation precision and ease of installation in a sensor installation structure for a rotatable windshield-mounted vehicle inner mirror. [Solution] This sensor installation structure comprises: a sensor installation space 26 formed in a mounting base 12, a flat spring 36 for sensor installation, and a mounting base-side flat spring mount 28 formed on the mounting base 12. The mounting base 12 is mounted to a windshield 11. The sensor installation space 26 accommodates a sensor 34. The flat spring 36 for sensor installation has a part 38 for mounting to the mounting base. With the sensor 34 accommodated in the sensor installation space 26, the flat spring 36 for sensor installation is mounted to the mounting base-side flat spring mount 28 via the part 38 for mounting to the mounting base. The sensor 34 is held in the sensor installation space 26 by the flat spring 36 for sensor installation.
B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the likeArrangement of controls thereof
An image display system (1X) is provided with a first display device (10A) and a second display device (10B) for displaying an image. The image display system (1X) is also provided with an optical image-forming member (30) that forms the images displayed on the first display device (10A) or the second display device (10B) at different locations in the air. In addition, the image display system (1X) is provided with a first reflectance switching element (20A) that can switch between a transmission state and a reflection state. The image displayed on the first display device (10A) is formed in the air with the light of the image transmitted through the first reflectance switching element (20A) entering the optical image-forming member (30). The image displayed on the second display device (10B) is formed in the air with the light of the image reflected by the first reflectance switching element (20A) entering the optical image-forming member (30).
H04N 13/346 - Image reproducers using prisms or semi-transparent mirrors
H04N 13/363 - Image reproducers using image projection screens
H04N 13/395 - Volumetric displays, i.e. systems where the image is built up from picture elements distributed through a volume with depth sampling, i.e. the volume being constructed from a stack or sequence of 2D image planes
Crest-valley repeated shapes that are fitted to each other by a biasing force of a spring are disposed so as to be opposed to each other in opposed surfaces that are opposed to each other and rotate relative to each other between a view device base side and a view device rotating section side. Respective height maintaining protrusions are disposed so as to be opposed to each other in the opposed surfaces. Upon the view device rotating section being rotated from an extended position toward a forward-tilted position by an external force, respective top surfaces of the height maintaining protrusions are brought into abutment with and slide on each other in a position in which abutment between respective top surfaces of the crests of the crest-valley repeated shapes is cancelled, to maintain a height of the view device rotating section.
B60R 1/074 - Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior with remote control for adjusting position by electrically powered actuator for retracting the mirror arrangements to a non-use position alongside the vehicle
F16H 55/06 - Use of materialsUse of treatments of toothed members or worms to affect their intrinsic material properties
B60R 1/072 - Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior with remote control for adjusting position by electrically powered actuator for adjusting the mirror relative to its housing
B60R 1/076 - Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior yieldable to excessive external force and provided with an indexed use position
F16H 55/24 - Special devices for taking up backlash
F16D 43/202 - Internally controlled automatic clutches actuated entirely mechanically controlled by torque, e.g. overload-release clutches, slip-clutches with means by which torque varies the clutching pressure of the ratchet type
F16D 41/07 - Freewheels or freewheel clutches with intermediate wedging coupling members between an inner and an outer surface the intermediate members wedging by pivoting or rocking, e.g. sprags between two cylindrical surfaces
F16H 1/16 - Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion without gears having orbital motion involving only two intermeshing members with non-parallel axes comprising worm and worm-wheel
H02K 7/116 - Structural association with clutches, brakes, gears, pulleys or mechanical starters with gears
[Problem] To reduce the load applied to an electric drive mechanism when operating electrically when it is possible to electrically and manually perform a locking/unlocking operation. [Solution] A manual operation element 38 has a locking active surface 106a and an unlocking active surface 108a. A lock position-changing element 54 has a locking passive surface 111a and an unlocking passive surface 113a. When the manual operation element 38 is operated so as to change positions in the locking direction, the locking active surface 106a engages the locking passive surface 111a, and the position of the lock position-changing element 54 is changed in the direction of the locked position. When the manual operation element 38 is operated so as to change positions in the unlocking direction, the unlocking active surface 108a engages the unlocking passive surface 113a, and the position of the lock position-changing element 54 is changed in the direction of the unlocked position. When the position of the lock position-changing element 54 is changed using an electric operation when the manual operation element 38 is located in an intermediate location of the position-changing range, there is no engagement between the locking active surface 106a and the locking passive surface 111a or between the unlocking active surface 108a and the unlocking passive surface 113a in the entire region of the position-changing range of the lock position-changing element 54 or in the majority of said range.
An actuator device (28) has a manual operation element (38) and a lock position-changing element (54) positioned in a fixed part (32) so as to be capable of changing positions. The lock position-changing element (54) is capable of changing between a locked position and an unlocked position. The manual operation element (38) engages the lock position-changing element (54), and changes the lock position-changing element (54) to a locked/unlocked position via a manual operation. The fixed part (32) has lock position-changing element stoppers (90a, 90b) and manual operation element stoppers (102a, 102b). The lock position-changing element (54) has lock position-changing element stopper contact surfaces (48a, 48b). The manual operation element (38) has manual operation element stopper contact surfaces (105a, 105b). When the manual operation element (38) is operated, changes in the position of the manual operation element (38) are locked by contact of the manual operation element stopper contact surfaces (105a, 105b) with the manual operation element stoppers (102a, 102b) before the lock position-changing element stopper contact surfaces (48a, 48b) contact the lock position-changing element stoppers (90a, 90b).
A washer tank according to an embodiment includes: a first container which stores a washer fluid and retains a temperature of the washer fluid; an inflow pipe through which the washer fluid flows into a storage space in the first container; an outflow pipe through which the washer fluid flows out of the first container from the storage space; and a heating portion which heats the washer fluid, in which all the inflow pipe, the outflow pipe, and the heating portion are disposed in a lower portion of the first container.
A lock pin drive mechanism (60) has a motor (44), a front-stage gear (56), a round gear (64), a feed screw (46), and a slider (48). The feed screw (46) is coaxially secured to the round gear (64). The lock pin (36) is mounted to the slider (48). The center axis (36a) of the lock pin and the center axis (46a) of the feed screw are each positioned in parallel to the center axis (14a) of the vehicle inlet. The inter-axis distance (d1) between the center axis (14a) of the vehicle inlet and the center axis (46a) of the feed screw is set so as to be greater than the inter-axis distance (d2) between the center axis (14a) of the vehicle inlet and the center axis (36a) of the lock pin.
A washer fluid heating device according to an embodiment includes: a container which stores a washer fluid; a deflector which vertically partitions a storage space for the washer fluid into an upper space and a lower space; an inflow portion through which the washer fluid flows into a lower side of the storage space partitioned by the deflector; an outflow portion which is provided to an upper side of the storage space partitioned by the deflector to cause the washer fluid to flow out of the container; and a heating portion which is positioned in the storage space, in which, in the deflector, a plurality of holes which cause the washer fluid to pass from the lower side toward the upper side of the storage space are disposed to be substantially evenly distributed.
In order to provide accurate heart rates, this heartbeat detection device 1 is provided with: a first detection unit 11 for detecting heartbeats from an oscillation of a user's body surface detected by a sensor 2; a second detection unit 12 for extracting, from the oscillation of the user's body surface, a heartbeat oscillation which is amplitude-modulated by a resonant frequency of the human body, delaying each extracted oscillation by a predetermined time, and detecting heartbeats on the basis of the difference between each oscillation before and after the delay; and an output control unit 14 for selecting either the heartbeats detected by the first detection unit 11 or the heartbeats detected by the second detection unit 12 and determining and outputting the heart rate on the basis of the selected heartbeats.
The purpose of the present invention is to reduce the time required to predict a collision with another vehicle. This collision prediction device 1 is provided with: a detection unit 11 for detecting, from a single-frame captured image of the surroundings of a vehicle, the front, the rear, and side surfaces of other vehicles located in the surroundings of the vehicle; and a determination unit 13 for determining the possibility of collision with the other vehicles on the basis of the result of the detection by the detection unit 11. The determination unit 13 determines that the possibility of collision is higher with respect to another vehicle for which only the front or only the rear is detected, from among the other vehicles for which at least one of the front, the rear, and a side surface is detected by the detection unit 11.
B60R 21/00 - Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
Provided is a lighting device capable of minimizing damage of a joint portion between an operation switch and a substrate or the substrate itself due to a force when the operation switch is operated and improving assemblability. The lighting device includes a housing installed in a vehicle, a substrate fixed to the housing, a cover member which is fixed to the housing and presses down the substrate, a light emitting element installed on the substrate, an operation switch which is installed on the substrate and switches the light emitting element on/off by being operated in directions of coming into contact with and moving away from the substrate, and a movement restricting portion which is formed in the housing, engages with a part of the operation switch and restricts movement of the operation switch toward the substrate side.
H05K 7/14 - Mounting supporting structure in casing or on frame or rack
H05K 1/18 - Printed circuits structurally associated with non-printed electric components
B60Q 3/74 - Arrangement of lighting devices for vehicle interiorsLighting devices specially adapted for vehicle interiors characterised by the purpose for overall compartment lightingArrangement of lighting devices for vehicle interiorsLighting devices specially adapted for vehicle interiors characterised by the purpose for overall compartment lighting in combination with specific lighting, e.g. room lamps with reading lamps
B60Q 3/51 - Mounting arrangements for mounting lighting devices onto vehicle interior, e.g. onto ceiling or floor
B60Q 3/82 - Switches specially adapted for vehicle interior lighting, e.g. switching by tilting the lens
H05K 3/34 - Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits by soldering
A vehicle monitor system includes: a detection unit that detects a vehicle located on the rear lateral side of a host vehicle; a rear lateral imaging unit that images a prescribed angle range on the rear lateral side of the host vehicle; a display unit that displays an image captured by the rear lateral imaging unit; and an image processor that extracts a first image in a range of a first angle with reference to a rear side of the host vehicle from the captured image, and displays the extracted first image on the display unit, wherein when the vehicle is detected by the detection unit, the image processor extracts the first image and a second image in a range of a second angle greater than the first angle with reference to the rear side from the captured image, and displays the first and second images on the display unit.
H04N 7/18 - Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
B60R 1/00 - Optical viewing arrangementsReal-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
This screen printing device, which uses a squeegee (910) to print on a workpiece (200) having a convex surface on the surface, is provided with: a jig (400) on which the workpiece (200) is placed; a screen (300) which has a convex surface that corresponds to the convex surface on the surface of the workpiece (200) and which has a printing pattern; an attachment mechanism (800) which attaches the jig (400) so as to enable varying the distance to the screen (300); and a control unit (110) which, after printing of the top portion of the convex surface of the workpiece, moves the jig (400) away from the screen (300) by means of the attachment mechanism (800).
[Problem] To increase reaction rate when deposition of ionized material on electrodes is started in a prescribed permeation state such as a completely permeable state. [Solution] In a waiting period in which the permeation state of an electrodeposition element 2 is maintained in a prescribed permeation state such as a complete permeation state, a permeability maintaining pulse generation unit 20 generates, on the basis of a preset frequency f, duty ratio t/T, first voltage V1 and second voltage V2, a permeability maintaining pulse P pattern with the period corresponding to the frequency f and outputs the permeability maintaining pulse P pattern continuously to the electrodeposition element 2. In a dimming period in which the permeation state of the electrodeposition element 2 is maintained in a dimming state (the permeability is lowered), a deposition start voltage generation unit 21 applies a third voltage V3, which is a predetermined deposition start voltage, to the electrodeposition element 2. Thus, the metal ions are easily deposited, and diffusion speed of the metal ions can be increased.
G02F 1/163 - Operation of electrochromic cells, e.g. electrodeposition cellsCircuit arrangements therefor
G02F 1/19 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on variable-reflection or variable-refraction elements not provided for in groups
This screen printing device is provided with a screen frame (310) which has a screen (300) that has a curved surface corresponding to the curved surface of a workpiece (200); an articulated robot (600) which, while moving along the curved surfaces of the workpiece (200) and the screen (300), moves a squeegee (910) in the printing direction; a control unit (110) which controls the articulated robot (600) to perform screen printing; a jig (400) which has a curved surface corresponding to the curved surface of the workpiece (200) and on which the workpiece (200) is placed; and an attachment mechanism (800) which changes the distance between the screen (300) and the jig (400).
This screen printing device, which uses a squeegee to print on a workpiece (200) having a curved surface on the surface, is provided with: a jig (400) on which the workpiece (200) is placed and which has reference marks (410); a camera which images the reference marks (410) on the jig (400) and print lines (201) of a print pattern printed on the workpiece (200); and a control unit which analyzes printing results with an image captured by the camera.
Provided is a mirror display device including a monitor display element for emitting image light vibrating in a first direction in an image display state; and a mirror optical element provided on the display surface side relative to the monitor display element. The mirror optical element can switch reflective and transmissible states. The reflective state is that light vibrating in a first direction from an absorption-type polarization plate side is converted to vibrate in a second direction by a liquid crystal cell to be reflected by a reflection-type polarization plate, and converted to vibrate in the first direction by the liquid crystal cell to be emitted from the absorption-type polarization plate. The transmissible state is that light vibrating in the first direction from a reflection-type polarization plate side is transmitted through the cell as it is, to be emitted from the absorption-type polarization plate.
