Abstract: A vehicular washing device includes: a nozzle (4); a flow passage forming body (2) of which an internal space is a flow passage of a fluid; and a valve (21) that has a pressing tube part (22) with an axial direction coinciding with a flow direction of the fluid, is elastically deformable in a direction in which the diameter of the pressing tube part changes, and opens and closes the flow passage according to the state of deformation. A first flow passage (2a) and a second flow passage (2b) are formed as the flow passage on opposite sides of the pressing tube part. A shaft (9) with which the pressing tube part is capable of coming into close contact is located inside the valve. The valve deforms elastically according to the magnitude of the pressure of the first flow passage or the pressure of the second flow passage relative to an atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: A three-dimensional sensor generates multiple items of line data with respect to multiple horizontal lines arranged at different heights. Multiple first neural networks each generate first intermediate data relating to a corresponding item from among the multiple items of line data. Each first intermediate data indicates the probability of matching between the corresponding line data and each of multiple portions of multiple kinds. A combining processing unit receives the multiple items of first intermediate data, and combines the first intermediate data thus received so as to generate at least one item of second intermediate data. A second neural network receives the at least one item of second intermediate data, and generates final data that indicates the probability of matching between the object and each of the multiple kinds.

Abstract: The vehicle lamp includes a first lamp unit and a second lamp unit each including a first light source configured to emit an emission beam (visible light), a second light source configured to emit infrared light for sensing having a peak wavelength different from that of the first light source, and a light receiving unit configured to detect an intensity of reflected light of the infrared light emitted from the second light source. The light distribution control is performed on the light emitted from the first light source in accordance with the intensity of the reflected light detected by the light receiving unit, and the peak wavelength of the light emitted from the second light source of the first lamp unit and the peak wavelength of the light emitted from the second light source of the second lamp unit are different from each other.

Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system includes: a cleaner unit mounted on a vehicle and configured to clean an external sensor acquiring information on outside of the vehicle; an advanced notification information acquiring unit configured to acquire expressway advanced notification information notifying that the vehicle has arrived within a predetermined distance from an entrance of an expressway; and a cleaner control unit configured to, when the advanced notification information acquiring unit has acquired the expressway advanced notification information, control the cleaner unit to clean the external sensor or diagnose whether or not the external sensor needs to be cleaned by the cleaner unit.

Abstract: An aiming adjustment method for adjusting a posture of a vehicle lamp provided with a LIDAR device includes: providing a screen in front of the LIDAR device; detecting a state of a surface of the screen by the LIDAR device; detecting an angular error of the posture of the vehicle lamp based on a detection signal indicating the detected state of the surface; and correcting the posture of the vehicle lamp based on the angular error.

Abstract: Provided is a lamp mounted on a vehicle where a lamp housing of the lamp is equipped with a lamp camera that captures an image of an object existing outside the vehicle and a lamp unit of which light distribution of emitted light beams is controlled to change based on positional information of the object captured by the lamp camera, in which the lamp camera has an imaging optical axis directed in a predetermined direction with respect to the vehicle, and the lamp unit is configured such that an illumination optical axis is controlled to change in an up-down direction based on the positional information of the object.

Abstract: A vehicle detecting device includes: a camera that includes an image sensor and a first filter, the image sensor including a plurality of imaging elements including a first imaging element group and a second imaging element group, the first filter keeping an amount of light entering the first imaging element group lower than an amount of light entering the second imaging element group; an image generating unit that generates a first image based on information obtained from the first imaging element group and a second image based on information obtained from the second imaging element group; and a detecting unit that detects a front vehicle based on the first image and the second image.

Abstract: A foreign matter removal device (1) is configured to remove foreign matters on a lens (101) of an in-vehicle camera (100) attached to a vehicle so that the lens (101) of the in-vehicle camera (100) is exposed toward an outside of a body panel of the vehicle. The foreign matter removal device includes a single-cylinder type reciprocating pump (5) configured to generate high-pressure air and a nozzle (22) configured to inject the high-pressure air toward the lens (101). A volume of an internal space of the pump is 10 cm3 or less. Exhaust time (t1) per cycle required for exhausting the air in the internal space is 0.03 seconds or less.

Abstract: A vehicle cleaning device includes a cylinder to which a cleaning fluid is supplied; a piston slidably inserted in the cylinder; a spray nozzle unit mounted at a leading end of the piston and configured to spray the cleaning fluid toward an object-to-be-cleaned; and a cap that closes a gap between the cylinder and the piston in an opening of the cylinder through which the piston protrudes. The cap includes a tubular part inside the cylinder, and the tubular part defines an end of movement of the piston. A communication hole is provided between a communication groove provided in an outer peripheral surface of the tubular part and an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder, and the gap between the cylinder and the piston communicates with the outside of the cylinder through the communication hole.

Abstract: A vehicle headlamp includes: a first light source unit that forms at least a high-beam light distribution pattern; a second light source unit that forms an additional light distribution pattern and irradiates light with a luminous intensity higher than that of the first light source unit; a posture switching mechanism that switches between a first posture in which an optical axis of the second light source unit is parallel to an optical axis of the first light source unit and a second posture in which the optical axis of the second light source unit is deviated in the horizontal direction by a predetermined angle from the optical axis of the first light source unit; and a controller that controls an ON/OFF state of the second light source unit and an operation state of the posture switching mechanism according to a vehicle speed acquired from a vehicle.

Abstract: A lamp system is mounted on a vehicle provided with a HUD system. A variable light distribution lamp irradiates a beam to a road surface with a variable light intensity distribution so as to draw a pattern. A controller controls the variable light distribution lamp in cooperation with a HUD system.

Abstract: A phosphor has a crystal structure of a garnet type and is expressed by a general formula BaaY3-a-bAl5-aSiaO12:Ceb (wherein a and b are values within a range that satisfies 12.0113?A+0.036b?0.003a?12.0153, when A denotes a lattice size of the crystal structure, a [mol] denotes an amount of Ba incorporated in solid solution, and b [mol] denotes an amount of Ce incorporated in solid solution).

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting element includes: a growth substrate; a mask formed on the growth substrate; and a columnar semiconductor layer grown from at least one opening that is provided in the mask. The columnar semiconductor layer includes an n-type nanowire layer formed at a center thereof, an active layer formed on an outer periphery of the n-type nanowire layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer formed on an outer periphery of the active layer. An opening ratio of the opening is 0.1% or more and 5.0% or less, and a light emission wavelength is 480 nm or more.

Abstract: A composite vehicle lamp includes: a lamp unit; and a lamp housing configured to house a plurality of the lamp units. Each of the plurality of the lamp units has: a light source; and an optical system configured to emit light from the light source in a desired light distribution. The plurality of the lamp units includes: one light-guide-type lamp unit having a light guide; and another light-guide-type lamp unit having another light guide whose form is different from that of the one light-guide-type lamp unit. The one light-guide-type lamp unit and the another light-guide-type lamp unit are turned on as lamps having the same function.

Abstract: A vehicular display system includes: a first lamp that emits near-infrared light; a second lamp that emits visible light; a first camera that captures a first image of an outside of a vehicle irradiated by the first lamp; a second camera that includes an imaging range of the first camera and captures a second image of the outside of the vehicle irradiated by the second lamp; a control unit that generates a third image in which a luminance of pixels of the first image corresponding to pixels of the second image is reduced, based on a luminance of the second image; and a head-up display that displays the third image generated by the control unit.

Abstract: A vehicular lamp (1) includes a lamp unit (20), the lamp unit (20) including a light source (41) and a reflection device (50) serving as a light distribution pattern formation unit, wherein the light distribution pattern formation unit is irradiated with light (L) emitted from the light source (41) and emits light (LF) and is further capable of changing a light distribution pattern of the light (LF) to be emitted, and the lamp unit (20) adjusts an emission direction of the light (LF) to be emitted from the lamp unit (20) according to a change in the light distribution pattern of the light (LF) to be emitted from the reflection device (50).

Abstract: A vehicle lighting device includes: a first optical system including a light source and a first lens; a second optical system including a light source and a second lens; and a housing configured to house the first optical system and the second optical system. The first optical system is configured to illuminate an interior of a vehicle. The second optical system is configured to display predetermined information to the outside of the vehicle.

Abstract: A picture generation apparatus includes: a light source substrate on which a light source is mounted; an optical member through which light emitted from the light source is transmitted; a display device configured to form, by the light transmitted through the optical member, light for generating a predetermined picture; a heat sink configured to dissipate heat generated from the light source substrate; and a lens holder configured to hold the optical member. The lens holder includes first engagement portions, and the heat sink includes second engagement portions. Each of the first engagement portions and a respective one of the second engagement portions are fixed to each other, so that the light source substrate is positioned and fixed in a state of being interposed between the lens holder and the heat sink.

Abstract: A vehicle illumination system provided in a vehicle capable of traveling around a corner by inclining a vehicle body toward a turning direction includes: a headlamp mounted on a front portion of the vehicle; a communication lamp disposed on the vehicle body in a region adjacent to the head lamp so as to be visible from ahead of the vehicle; and an illumination control unit configured to change a lighting mode of the communication lamp depending on a state of the vehicle.

Abstract: A gating camera 20 divides a field of view into a plurality of ranges in a depth direction and generates a plurality of slice images corresponding to the plurality of ranges. An illumination device 22 radiates probe light L1. An image sensor 24 outputs a compressed image IMG_COMP obtained by compressing image information related to, among a plurality of lines constituting a raw image IMG_RAW obtained as a result of an exposure, an invalid line that does not contain a target. A camera controller 26 controls a light emission timing of the illumination device 22 and an exposure timing of the image sensor 24. An image processing device 28 receives the compressed image IMG_COMP from the image sensor 24, and decompresses a slice image IMG.