Abstract: A seat massage system includes a substrate; a driving assembly, a power delivery assembly; a rail base including a guide groove provided on an internal surface, the guide groove including a first portion close to the substrate and a second portion farther from the substrate; a moving base provided on the corresponding one rail base, receiving driving force from a corresponding power delivery assembly, provided with a guide member, and sliding along the guide groove; and a massage head member provided at a front end of the moving base, where the power delivery assembly drives the corresponding moving base to rotate relative to the rail base by the driving of the drive assembly, and at the same time causes the moving base to linearly move in forward and rearward direction through coupling of the guide member and the guide groove, and controls to control the moving base to stop at a predetermined position.

Abstract: A control device for automotive vehicle seat, intended to control a displacement along the longitudinal direction, of at least one part of the automotive vehicle seat, comprises at least one first control surface, substantially flat, wherein the first control surface extends along a transverse direction of the seat and a command direction, wherein the command direction has at least one component along the longitudinal direction, and wherein the first control surface is configured for controlling the displacement of the part of the vehicle seat along the longitudinal direction as a function of a movement along the command direction of a member of an occupant of the seat in contact with a first zone of the first control surface.

Abstract: A method for transferring control of a vehicle from automated vehicle control by a control unit to manual vehicle control by a driver by a control lever, wherein the control lever is used at least to accelerate, brake, and steer the vehicle, wherein there is also at least one first display screen for displaying driving information, including at least an actual speed and an actual trajectory of the vehicle and a speed and a trajectory based on the actual position of the control lever, and wherein automated vehicle control is transferred to manual vehicle control when the actual speed of the vehicle corresponds graphically to the speed based on the actual position of the control lever and the actual trajectory of the vehicle corresponds graphically to the trajectory based on the actual position of the control lever on the first display screen.

Abstract: A vehicle seat is equipped with a display mounted on a reclinable seat back. The display self-adjusts to maintain a desired viewing angle when the recline angle of the seat back changes. The display is selectively locked or unlocked with respect to the seat back to move about a pivot axis. When a change in the recline angle is detected, the display is unlocked until the desired viewing angle is reestablished. Display movement relative to the seat can be damped rotational movement or motorized movement. A user can interact with the display to set or change the desired viewing angle.

Abstract: Annoyance is reduced that is caused to a subject person from which information is collected.

Abstract: A congestion prediction server includes: a storage device configured to store route information of a determined route on which a vehicle is scheduled to travel; and a server control unit configured to, in a case of receiving route information of a searched route searched by an in-vehicle device loaded in the vehicle, generate reference information regarding the searched route based on the route information of the determined route and transmit the generated reference information to the in-vehicle device.

Abstract: A short-distance wireless communication module according to the Bluetooth standard, able to communicate data packets between at least one client and at least one remote device. The communication module includes a processor configured to execute at least two high-level software components for implementing a communication protocol, which are distinct and independent, and a hardware component connected to a communication antenna. The antenna is capable of communicating with the at least one remote device according to the Bluetooth standard. This module has an intermediate software component, connected between the at least two high-level software components and the hardware component, which includes a decoder module and a routing module, configured to route a received data packet to a recipient according to stored routing information and according to information obtained from the decoder module.

Abstract: A slide rail for a vehicle seat comprises first and second slide members lockable by a lock which comprises several locking members suitable for entering holes that are part of the first slide member. The lock is mounted on the second slide member so as to provide translational clearance between the lock and the second slide member.

Abstract: A vehicle interior panel is configured to split along a tear seam during airbag deployment. The tear seam has an unconventional shape with one or more segments forming an oblique angle with other segments. The tear seam shape is useful to further enhance the safety of vehicle passengers and to provide unobstructed pivoting of one or more airbag doors formed during airbag deployment. The panel can also be structured to ensure that the airbag forces used to split the tear seam are properly directed to enhance tear seam function.

Abstract: A locking device that includes: a locking element, movable between a locked position and an unlocked position and being forced to its locked position, a pin, and an actuator of the pin, the pin being configured to move the locking element from the locked position to the unlocked position when the actuator is actuated by changing the shape of a shape memory element. The pin is movable between: an extended position, in which it moves the locking element from its locked position to its unlocked position, and a retracted position, in which it releases the movement of the locking element to its locked position.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a processing method, a device and a storage medium for rear view image. The processing method includes following steps: obtaining an original rear view image; obtaining vehicle data to determine at least one basic curvature; obtaining driver information to determine at least one floating curvature; and processing the rear view image according to the at least one basic curvature and the at least one floating curvature. By performing these steps, the processing method can adjust display curvature of the rear view image according to specific driving scenario and user needs, thereby clearly and personalized displaying rear view image with suitable range and display scale on the display screen with limited area, to help the user clearly observe situations on the left, right and rear sides of the vehicle.

Abstract: The catalytic converter of the vehicle includes: an LNT converter including an LNT catalyst to reduce nitrogen oxides; an SDPF converter including an SDPF catalyst to capture particulate matters and reduce the nitrogen oxides; a connection housing connecting the LNT converter and the SDPF converter to each other; an injection module provided in the connection housing to inject the reducing agent from the LNT converter toward the SDPF converter; an impactor atomizing and vaporizing the reducing agent injected from the injection module; a first guide mixer provided inside the connection housing to form a swirl-direction flow of the exhaust gas mixed with the reducing agent atomized through the impactor; and a second guide mixer provided downstream of the first guide mixer inside the connection housing to form an additional swirl-direction flow of the exhaust gas mixed with the reducing agent.

Abstract: A data processing system efficiently identifies a target object pointed to by a vehicle occupant. The data processing system provides a position detection unit that detects the position of the vehicle; an occupant state recognition unit that recognizes motion of an occupant pointing to outside of the vehicle; a target object database that indicates position of target objects that may be pointed to by an occupant; an appearance feature database that indicates appearance features of the target object; a speech recognition unit that recognizes words indicative of appearance features from the speech of the occupant; an object recognition unit that extracts target object candidates pointed at by the occupant by searching the target object database and the appearance feature database using a direction pointed at by an occupant, and a word included in the speech recognized by the speech recognition unit; and an output unit that outputs target object candidates.

Abstract: An image capture device having a housing containing a first image capture apparatus configured to acquire images in a first wavelength range, the first image capture apparatus being a thermal camera or a thermal photographic apparatus, a second image capture apparatus configured to acquire images in a second wavelength range disjoint from the first wavelength range, and an illumination system for emitting radiation in the second wavelength range. The image capture device includes a thermal isolation partition interposed between the first image capture apparatus and the illumination system so as to thermally isolate the first image capture apparatus from the illumination system.

Abstract: A removable seat cushion with a massage function rests on a motor vehicle seat and includes a support mat which can be arranged on the front of a backrest of a motor vehicle seat, a fastener which is suitable for fastening the seat cushion to the motor vehicle seat, a plurality of actuators, with the actuators being arranged on the support mat, at least one peripheral device and one receiving device capable of accommodating the peripheral device.

Abstract: Display is enabled in such a way that a user can easily discover predetermined information regardless of dynamic change in size of a display region provided on a screen. A display control device includes: a display region setting unit configured to change a position of a boundary line of one or a plurality of display regions provided on a screen to dynamically change a size of the one or plurality of display regions; and a display control unit configured to determine a display mode and a display position of one or a plurality of display objects displayed on the one or plurality of display regions, in accordance with the size of the one or plurality of display regions, wherein the display control unit displays a specific display object on the boundary line, and moves display of the specific display object along with moving of the boundary line.

Abstract: An air vent includes a housing, first and second air ducts, a first vane, and a set of vanes. The air ducts convey respective volumetric flows of air through the housing so that each volumetric flow exits the respective air duct in a different intersecting direction so that the flows of air collide after exiting the air ducts. A vane located along one of the air ducts is moveable to vertically change a perceived air discharge direction. A set of vanes includes at least one vane located in each air duct and is moveable to horizontally change the perceived air discharge direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a storage compartment, in particular a storage compartment for a vehicle, comprising a cover flap which is connected to a carrier panel such that a storage space can be formed between the carrier panel and the cover flap, wherein the cover flap comprises at least two segments and each of the segments is connected to at least one other of the segments movably about a respective axis, wherein the cover flap is movable, by pivoting the segments, between a stable first position and a stable second position, in which the storage space is enlarged compared to the first position. When the cover flap assumes an instable third position between the first position and the second position, is subjected to a force in the direction of the first position or in the direction of the second position. The application further relates to an assembly which includes the storage compartment.

Abstract: An automotive seat has a self-folding armrest to facilitate automated and complete folding of the armrest upon folding the seat. As such, at least one armrest is pivotally coupled to one side of the backrest, wherein the at least one armrest has a bottom surface. The seat comprises at least one guiding member adapted to be coupled to each side of a seat bottom where there is an armrest. The guiding member comprises an upper surface, such that folding of the backrest towards the seat bottom results in sliding of the bottom surface of the armrest over the upper surface of the guiding member. This facilitates automated folding of the armrest with respect to the backrest, without requiring any additional mechanism, and restricting contact of the armrest with a floor of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle interior assembly includes a frame and a fall away door that closes off an opening in the frame when in a closed position. The door moves between the closed position and an open position via sequential vertical and horizontal movements. From the closed position, the door first drops vertically to a dropped position. A final portion of this vertical movement may be damped movement. From the dropped position, the door moves horizontally to the open position, at which the door is concealed from view from the exterior of the assembly. Various guides can be provided to define the movement path of the door. Various types of non-visible sensors can be used to detect a user's intention to open and close the door.