Abstract: In some implementations of the present disclosure, a frame and a surface panel having a panel body, which is a glass plate, are integrated together by a insert molding method. The frame is formed from an elastomer. An inner-surface tight-contact surface formed as part of an inner surface support portion of the frame has a tight-contact edge portion positioned on the same side as the center of the surface panel. The tight-contact edge portion is formed at a position at which the tight-contact edge portion overlaps both a decorative layer and an adhesion functional resin layer. As a result, it is possible to restrain stress from being exerted directly on the decorative layer from the tight-contact edge portion.

Abstract: A press-contact guide, a restraining guide, and a latching mechanism are provided between a housing of a device body and a cover. A restraining projection provided on the cover is inserted into an introduction opening to cause a press-contact projection to be pressed into contact with a press-contact slide part. In this state, the cover is slid in a latching-force-acting direction. Then, the cover moves with a restraining projection being restrained by the restraining guide and cause a projecting latch to latch into a receiving hole. When such a latched state is established, the cover and the housing go out of contact with each other at the press-contact guide and the restraining guide.

Abstract: A speaker unit on the left side and a speaker unit on the right side are included in a case positioned behind a listener. Sound generation openings and bass-reflex ports are formed in the case on the left side and right side. From each sound generation opening, sound pressure generated forward by the relevant speaker unit is output. Each bass-reflex port communicates with an air chamber to which sound pressure behind the speaker unit is transmitted. With each sound generation opening, the opening dimension in the up-down direction is larger than the opening dimension in the horizontal direction. With each bass-reflex port, as well, the opening dimension in the up-down direction is larger than the opening dimension in the horizontal direction.

Abstract: One form of an in-vehicle communication support device has: a speech recognition unit configured to recognize a speech by a first occupant according to input information from at least one of a camera or a microphone attached in the vehicle; a target position identification unit configured to identify the sitting position of a second occupant, who is a target for the speech by the first occupant; and a notification unit configured to notify the identified second occupant that a speech has been made for the second occupant. When the first occupant speaks to the second occupant, only the second occupant, who is the target for the speech, is notified. Thus, an occupant notices that the occupant is being spoken to, without occupants irrelevant to the conversation being unnecessarily notified.

Abstract: In implementations of an audio system, when overheating of a speaker is detected, a controller controls first and second selectors to input an audio signal output by an audio source device to a cooling processing section and cause output of the cooling processing section to be output to the speaker. In the cooling processing section, a mixer mixes an audio signal obtained by removing a low-frequency component from the input audio signal by a high-pass filter with a cooling signal at an infrasonic frequency generated by a cooling signal generator and adjusted with a gain by a gain adjuster. An audio signal obtained by mixing the audio signal with the cooling signal is output from the cooling processing section via a nonlinear inverse filter. A gain setting section sets the gain such that power of the cooling signal matches power of the low-frequency component extracted by a low-pass filter.

Abstract: An inductive-load control circuit includes a circuit board on or in which a controller and a driving circuit are disposed, an inductive load disposed at a location apart from the circuit board and connected to the driving circuit of the circuit board, a detection resistor group included in the driving circuit and connected in series with the inductive load, and a temperature measuring element. The detection resistor group includes resistors. The temperature measuring element is disposed between the resistors. The controller and the driving circuit are supplied with electric power by a power supply. The driving circuit controls the electric power supplied by the power supply and applies the electric power to the inductive load. The circuit board has a signal ground connected to the controller and a power ground connected to the detection resistor group of the driving circuit. The temperature measuring element is connected to the power ground.

Abstract: An electromagnetic drive device includes a permanent magnet attached to a surface of a first yoke facing a second yoke; and first and second excitation coils to generate magnetic flux when being energized. The second yoke includes a base, and a first protruding part protruding from the base toward the first yoke, between the first and second excitation coils. The permanent magnet includes a first region; and second and third regions positioned on respective sides of the first region. The first region is magnetized to be a first pole, and the second region and the third region are magnetized to be second poles. The first region is opposite to the first protruding part, a boundary between the first and second regions is opposite to the first excitation coil, and a boundary between the first and third regions is opposite to the second excitation coil.

Abstract: A proximity detection system includes a proximity sensor that is a capacitive sensor mounted on a mounting position on a robot, the proximity sensor being configured to detect proximity between the mounting position and an object; and a shield signal output unit configured to apply a shield signal for preventing the proximity sensor from detecting proximity of another position of the robot other than the mounting position.

Abstract: A vehicle display apparatus includes: a transparent display that is installed on a window glass of a vehicle and displays an image of content which is a display target; a mask layer that is disposed to overlap the transparent display and is capable of changing a visibility of a display region of the image from outside the vehicle; and a mask setting unit that sets a visibility of the mask layer depending on details of the content.

Abstract: A rear side of a vibration part of a speaker is covered by a cover member, and a duct is provided at the cover member. The cover member has a recessed portion, and an air flow path is formed inside the recessed portion. A circuit part is mounted on an outer surface of the cover member, and a heat sink provided in the air flow path is connected to the circuit part to allow heat conduction. Due to vibration of the vibration part, an airflow in the air flow path is accelerated and thus the effect of dissipating heat from the heat sink is increased.

Abstract: A myoelectric sensor mounting member includes a mounting portion that is mounted on a measurement site of a living body, and a holding portion that is capable of holding a myoelectric sensor at an optional rotational angle.

Abstract: An operation device includes a movable part having an operating surface on which a contact operation is performed by an living body, a vibration exciter attached to the movable part at a position other than the operating surface, and configured to excite the movable part in a first direction along the operating surface, and in a second direction intersecting the operating surface, a base part, and an elastic support, provided between the movable part and the base part, and configured to elastically support the movable part with respect to the base part. The movable part provides a tactile sensation to the living body making the contact operation when excited in the first direction by the vibration exciter, and generates a sound from the operating surface when excited in the second direction by the vibration exciter.

Abstract: A capacitance type input apparatus includes a plurality of touch switches; and a determining unit configured to determine which one touch switch among the plurality of touch switches a touch operation is performed on, based on outputs of the plurality of touch switches. The determining unit performs a first comparison of comparing a first threshold used for determining whether the touch operation has been performed, with each of the outputs of the plurality of touch switches, performs a second comparison of comparing an output that is higher than the first threshold among the outputs of the plurality of touch switches, with a plurality of comparison thresholds that are greater than first threshold and that are different from each other, and determines which one touch switch among the plurality of touch switches the touch operation is performed on, based on a comparison result of the first or second comparison.

Abstract: An operation input device to be mounted on a vehicle includes a support part to be attached to the vehicle, an operating member supported by the support part and configured to be operated by a person, an operation sensing part configured to sense an operation on the operating member, a tactile feedback generating part provided inside the operating member and configured to give tactile feedback to the person, and a control part configured to control the tactile feedback generating part to produce the tactile feedback when the operation is sensed in the operation sensing part, the operating member is provided so as to extend from the support part in a first direction intersecting the traveling direction of the vehicle, and the operating member is restricted so as not to rotate in a swing operation in which a direction intersecting the first direction serves as the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A capacitive sensor has: one or more front-side electrodes including at least one detection electrode; an elastic dielectric body disposed below the front-side electrodes; a shield electrode disposed below the elastic dielectric body; a first, second, and third voltage output unit that respectively outputs a first, second, and third AC voltage; and a detection unit that detects a proximity, a contact, and pressing of a detection target to the detection electrode. The first, second, and third AC voltages have substantially the same frequency. The amplitude of the first AC voltage is larger than or equal to the amplitude of the second AC voltage. The amplitude of the third AC voltage is smaller than the amplitude of the second AC voltage. The first AC voltage is output to a driving unit coupled to the detection electrode with capacitances intervening between them. The second AC voltage is applied to the detection electrode.

Abstract: A vehicle assistance device includes an object sensing unit that detects an object around an own vehicle included in a range viewable through a monitoring area set in a part of a field-of-view range of a driver, sensed object information extraction unit and an additional information generation unit that generate additional information regarding the object detected, a driver's line-of-sight sensing unit that detects a line of sight of the driver, a mirror gaze determination unit that determines that movement of the line of sight of the driver detected has stopped in the monitoring area, and an additional information voice generation and output unit that outputs by voice the additional information generated by the additional information generation unit at a time point when stop of the line-of-sight movement is determined.

Abstract: An input check device includes a coordinate detection part configured to detect coordinates of a touch operation a user performs on an operating surface when operating an operating part through the operating surface; a pressing force detection part configured to detect a pressing force of the touch operation; and an identifying part configured to determine whether the operating part is ON or OFF based on the pressing force detected in the pressing force detection part, and, after determining that the operating part is switched from ON mode to OFF mode, the identifying part detects a minimum value of the pressing force; and the identifying part determines that the operating part is switched from OFF to ON when, following the detection of the minimum value, the pressing force surpasses a predetermined threshold that is set based on the minimum value and that is greater than the minimum value.

Abstract: An acoustic system can include an acoustic processor that is configured to analyze and output acoustic signals to each of first and second loudspeakers corresponding to each of first and second acoustic zones of a shared acoustic space. The system can determine a first measure of loudness associated with a first acoustic signal. The system can be configured to output the first acoustic signal as sound on the first loudspeaker in the first acoustic zone. The system can determine a second measure of loudness associated with a second acoustic signal. The system can be configured to output the second acoustic signal as sound on the second loudspeaker in the second acoustic zone. The system can also modify the second acoustic signal based on the first acoustic signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tactile-sensation providing device that reduces the transmission of vibration to the base part. The tactile-sensation providing device has: a vibrating body; a vibration-target object that is elastically connected with the vibrating body and vibrated in accordance with vibration of the vibrating body; and a base part that is elastically connected with the vibration-target object, the tactile-sensation providing device providing a tactile sensation to a living body based on vibration of the vibration-target object, the base part is spaced apart from the vibrating body, and a resonance frequency of a first vibrating system including the base part and the vibration-target object is ? or less of a resonance frequency of a second vibrating system including the vibration-target object and the vibrating body.

Abstract: A switch device includes a switch, a lead wire, a sealing member, and a housing. The switch includes a terminal provided on the outer side of the switch, the lead wire is fixed to the terminal, the sealing member seals a portion of the lead wire fixed to the terminal, and the housing is configured to house the sealing member. The housing has a first bottom surface and a second bottom surface. The first bottom surface has an opening through which the lead wire passes, and the second bottom surface is located closer to the switch than the first bottom surface. The sealing member abuts the second bottom surface.