Abstract: A sanitizing shield for a vehicle includes a separation surface configured to at least partially shroud a shielded seat. The separation surface has an inner seat facing side and an outer shielding side. The sanitizing shield includes a sanitization station coupled to the separation surface. The sanitizing shield can have one or more of a hand sanitizer dispenser, an air purifier, and/or an ultraviolet-C (UVC) sanitizer. The sanitizing shield provides for improved physical separation within the passenger cabin while enhancing the sanitization potential available to rear passengers of the vehicle.

Abstract: An icon display controlling device includes a priority level setting unit that sets priority levels for each of a plurality of regions partitioned within a display area that can display a plurality of icons each having a display size, the plurality of icons including a first icon having a first display size and a second icon having a second display size that is larger than the first display size of the first icon; a display reducing unit that reduces the second display size of the second icon that is located in the display area, based on at least one of the priority levels; and an icon placing unit that places an additional icon into a vacated region of the plurality of regions within the display area that has been vacated through reducing the display size of the second icon.

Abstract: A display controlling device includes a position detecting unit for detecting a position of the head of a driver and a position of an eye of the driver; a region adjusting unit for adjusting the position of a region, to be displayed on a display, in an outside image, depending on the detection result by the position detecting unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying, on the display, a region corresponding to the region of the position adjusted by the region adjusting unit. When there is a change in the position of the head so as to move in both the vertical direction in the crosswise direction of the vehicle, the region adjusting unit prevents adjustment of the position of the region to a position corresponding to the change, in the vertical direction, of the position of the eye, and adjusts the position of the region to a position corresponding to a change in the position of the eye in the crosswise direction and/or the front/rear direction.

Abstract: A motor vehicle seat having a backrest and a seat part and an adjustable sidewall arranged on the backrest and/or the seat part, which sidewall comprises an adjustment mechanism having a stationary portion and a lever portion pivotable about a pivot axis, and having at least one fluid-fillable bladder arranged between the stationary portion and the lever portion for adjusting the relative angular position thereof, wherein the lever portion comprises two wing portions which are arranged on either side of the pivot axis, and the bladder is arranged between a first wing portion and the stationary portion, wherein a preload torsion spring engages by a first spring portion on the stationary portion, and engages by a second spring portion on the second wing portion, of the lever portion, such that it exerts a preload force which pushes the first spring portion in the direction of the stationary portion.

Abstract: When having determined that an own-vehicle has become unable to proceed in a traveling direction corresponding to a travel path of the own-vehicle and has stopped halfway through a travel path, a parking support device transmits information to an operation terminal, the information indicating a travel path and a place at which the vehicle has stopped on the travel path. When having received, from the operation terminal, specification information specifying a place to which the own-vehicle is to be moved, the parking support device sets, as a travel path of the own-vehicle, a path through which the own-vehicle is to be moved to the specified place, and outputs, to a vehicle control unit, control information for causing the own-vehicle to move to the specified place.

Abstract: A vehicle seat (10) for a motor vehicle, having a backrest (12), a height-adjustable headrest (14) and a seatbelt guide (22) integrated in the vehicle seat (10) for a seatbelt (18), wherein the height-adjustable headrest (14) is coupled to the backrest (12), and wherein the headrest (14) can be mechanically coupled to a seatbelt guide adjusting mechanism (36), which mechanically adjusts the seatbelt guide (22) when adjusting the height of the headrest (14).

Abstract: An information processing device improves hygiene while minimizing any reduction in icon operating convenience, and comprises: an authentication result acquiring unit that acquires authentication results of a user who operates the device; a display unit displaying one or more operation icons; a touch input detecting unit detecting a touch operation on an operation icon displayed on the display unit; a touch position history recording unit detecting the touched position in the touch operation and records the touched position as a historical record in a predetermined storage unit; a screen generating unit generating a screen to be displayed on the display unit; and an icon position changing unit changing the position of the operation icon on the screen based on the history of the touched position when there is a change in the user identified in the authentication results obtained by the authentication result acquiring unit.

Abstract: A vehicle interior panel includes an in-vehicle support substrate and a docking station for a mobile device. The docking station includes a top edge, a bottom wall, and a reception surface for the mobile device between the top edge and the bottom wall. The reception surface is pivotably attached with respect to the support substrate. A first portion of the bottom wall is configured to hold the mobile device, and a second portion of the bottom wall is configured to remain recessed within the support substrate when the docking station is in a tilted position. This structure for a docking station helps improve within vehicle integration.

Abstract: A filter generation apparatus includes: a coefficient calculation unit that performs IFFT on a frequency characteristic of a frequency domain filter and calculates a filter coefficient of a linear phase FIR filter; a conversion unit that converts the filter coefficient to a filter coefficient of a minimum phase FIR filter; a coefficient generation unit that generates a filter coefficient of an approximation filter by executing cut-out processing to a filter length set by a filter length setting unit and rounding processing performed by a window function on the filter coefficient; an error calculation unit that calculates an error of a frequency characteristic corresponding to the approximation filter with respect to the frequency characteristic of the frequency domain filter; and a filter storage unit that stores the filter coefficient therein as a filter coefficient that specifies a new filter when the error is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A mixer assembly for a vehicle exhaust system includes a mixer shell defining an internal cavity, wherein the mixer shell includes an upstream end configured to receive exhaust gases and downstream end. A reactor is positioned within the internal cavity and has a reactor inlet configured to receive injected fluid and a reactor outlet that directs a mixture of exhaust gas and injected fluid into the internal cavity. A flow diverter is associated with the reactor to direct exhaust gas bypassing the reactor to mix with the mixture exiting the reactor outlet prior to exiting the downstream end of the mixer.

Abstract: A system and method for compensating for reflections caused by light-generating objects in the scene facing a display device includes capturing images of the scene. Reflection-inducting zones corresponding to the light generating objects are identified from the captured images. The reflection effect on the display device from the reflection-inducing zones are estimated. A target image to be displayed on the display device is adjusted based on the estimated reflection effect.

Abstract: A method for preparing a composite material that includes the steps of: (i) heat treating natural lignocellulosic fibers at a temperature of 130 to 320° C. for 2 minutes to 24 hours in an atmosphere oxygen-deficient in and in the presence of water vapor, and (ii) mixing the heat treated natural lignocellulosic fibers with at least one thermoplastic polymer in the molten state and whose melting point is less than or equal to 230° C. The method is useful for producing vehicle parts from a composite material having natural lignocellulosic fibers with reduced volatile organic compound odor emissions.

Abstract: An information display device comprises: an operation detecting unit for detecting a touch operation on a touch panel; an object information acquiring unit for acquiring information on objects within a predetermined search range; and a display information generating unit for generating screen information to be displayed in a display area, wherein the display information generating unit generates screen information for display in a first mode in which a plurality of types of objects are arranged around the position of the terminal itself, the object information acquiring unit acquires information on a target object that is associated with a predetermined touch operation when the operation detecting unit detects a predetermined touch operation, and the display information generating unit generates information for display in a second display mode in which information on the target object is arranged around the terminal and information on objects other than the target object is hidden.

Abstract: An information displaying device comprises: an input unit that receives operations from a user; a movement state evaluating unit that evaluates a state of movement of the mobile entity; a display information generating unit that generates screen information including UI elements (user interface elements) to be displayed on a display, based on a layout selected from layouts according to the evaluated state of movement of the mobile entity; and an operation detecting unit that detects the operations on each of the UI elements, and counts frequency of the operations on each of the UI elements while the movement state evaluating unit evaluates that the mobile entity is traveling; wherein, in the screen information based on the layout selected when the mobile entity is traveling, the UI elements with higher frequencies of the operations, which are detected by the operation detecting unit, are preferentially displayed on the screen of the display.

Abstract: A parking assist apparatus uses vehicle information and the recognition result of a peripheral recognition unit to calculate a plurality of patterns of parking paths, in which the radius of curvature of each of the arcs included in the parking paths is differentiated, as parking paths to park a vehicle at a parking area, by a parking path calculation unit. In addition, the parking assist apparatus selects, among the plurality patterns of parking paths, a parking path with both a minimum number of times of driving operations for changing an advancing direction of the vehicle from forward to reverse or reverse to forward, and the radius of curvature of the arc that is largest, by a parking path selection unit.

Abstract: A device for reducing crosstalk in an audio system that has first and second pairs of loudspeakers and first and second audio sources. The device is connected to each audio source and to at least the first pair of loudspeakers. The device includes a module for acquiring first audio signals from the first source and second audio signals from the second source, a module for determining crosstalk reduction filters resulting from a loudspeaker of the second pair, a module for calculating corrective signals, by applying the reduction filters to the second audio signals, and a module for generating corrected audio signals for the first pair, obtained from the first audio signals and corrective signals. Each reduction filter is obtained from transfer functions, each representing an acoustic path between a loudspeaker and a user's ear.

Abstract: A brightness control method of an illumination device includes: obtaining a brightness of ambient light, determining an amount of supplementary light according to the brightness of the ambient light and target brightness if the brightness of the ambient light is less than the target brightness, and generating a first pulse signal according to the amount of supplementary light to control the illumination device to emit light.

Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising: a seat base frame, anchoring means for anchoring to the floor of a vehicle, a backrest pivotably hinged to the seat base frame, a substructure pivotably hinged to the anchoring means and to the backrest, a front connecting rod pivotably hinged to the anchoring means and to the seat base frame, a sector gear pivotably hinged to the anchoring means, an irreversible electric motor configured to cause rotation of the sector gear relative to the anchoring means, a first locking means for locking the rotation of the substructure relative to the anchoring means, a second locking means for locking the rotation of the backrest relative to the substructure, a third locking means for locking the rotation of the front connecting rod relative to the sector gear.

Abstract: A urea solution mixing chamber for a diesel vehicle that increases a purification rate of NOx by increasing a vaporization rate of a urea solution by use of a urea solution vaporization component, includes a flow guide configured to guide a flow of exhaust gas while collecting the flow of the exhaust gas toward a catalyst, a urea solution injector disposed rearward of the flow guide and configured to distribute and inject a urea solution, an impactor provided on an internal surface of the flow guide configured to collect the exhaust gas, the impactor being configured to atomize the urea solution injected from the urea solution injector, and vaporization fins configured to vaporize the atomized urea solution by bringing the atomized urea solution into contact with the vaporization fins and mix the vaporized urea solution with the exhaust gas.

Abstract: An image processor includes an edge detection portion for scanning an image and detecting, as edges, an arrangement of pixels in which brightness value difference or color parameter difference between the pixels is equal to or greater than a threshold; a grouping portion for grouping the detected edge based on edge length, a distance between endpoints of the edges, and an angle between the edges; a determination portion for determining the grouped edges as a dashed line edge group when a pattern, in which the brightness value difference or the color parameter difference between the pixels is detected, matches a predetermined pattern; a correction portion for performing a linear approximation process on the dashed line edge group to correct a coordinate value of an endpoint of the dashed line edge; and a parking frame setting portion for setting a parking frame using the corrected dashed line edge.