Abstract: A sound generation structure having a high flexibility in arrangement is provided. The sound generation structure includes: a speaker unit provided such that a front surface generating a sound faces a space outside a vehicle; and a lamp component constituting a part of a vehicle lamp. A closed space bounded by a plurality of components including the speaker unit and the lamp component is formed on a rear side of the speaker unit, and the speaker unit is bonded to an edge of an opening formed in one of the plurality of components.

Abstract: A gated camera for dividing a field of view into a plurality of ranges in a depth direction and generating a plurality of slice images corresponding to the plurality of ranges, the gated camera includes: an illumination device configured to irradiate the field of view with pulse illumination light; an image sensor; a camera controller configured to control a light emission timing of the illumination device and an exposure timing of the image sensor; and an arithmetic processing device configured to process image data generated by the image sensor. The arithmetic processing device is configured to acquire information on weather based on the image data obtained for a predetermined range in a weather detection mode.

Abstract: A vehicle lamp system includes an illuminance variable lamp, a lamp-mounted camera, and a lamp control unit. After acquiring position information of a low accuracy region from a vehicle control unit, the lamp control unit acquires illuminance of the low accuracy region by referring to information acquired by the lamp-mounted camera, controls the illuminance variable lamp so as to increase the illuminance of the low accuracy region if the illuminance of the low accuracy region is less than a threshold, and/or controls the illuminance variable lamp so as to decrease the illuminance of the low accuracy region if the illuminance of the low accuracy region is equal to or greater than the threshold.

Abstract: A light distribution control device controls, using an image based on an imaging device for imaging an area in front of a vehicle, a variable light distribution lamp capable of irradiating the area in front with a variable intensity distribution visible light beam. The light distribution control device defines a light irradiating the area in front corresponding to a predetermined high-brightness pixel included in the image to be a subject light, adjusts an illuminance of the subject light so that a brightness value presented by the high-brightness pixel gradually approaches a predetermined target low brightness, and, during adjustment, varies the illuminance by a smaller amount of change when increasing the illuminance than when decreasing the illuminance.

Abstract: A scanning light source includes a semiconductor light source, and scans an instantaneous illumination spot based on the output light of the semiconductor light source in the horizontal direction of the light distribution. A lighting circuit is capable of providing multi-gradation dimming of the amount of light provided by the semiconductor light source at each scanning position in synchronization with the scanning of the scanning light source. The lighting circuit is switchable between the first mode in which the semiconductor light source is controlled by pulse width modulation with a duty cycle that corresponds to the dimming ratio and the second mode in which the semiconductor light source is turned off over the number of cycles that corresponds to the dimming ratio.

Abstract: A gated camera for dividing a field of view into a plurality of ranges in a depth direction and generating a plurality of slice images corresponding to the plurality of ranges, the gated camera includes: an illumination device configured to irradiate the field of view with pulse illumination light; an image sensor; and a camera controller configured to control a light emission timing of the illumination device and an exposure timing of the image sensor. The camera controller is configured to switch between a first imaging mode in which performance is relatively high and power consumption is relatively high, and a second imaging mode in which performance is relatively low and power consumption is relatively low.

Abstract: A first marker group is mounted on a front face of a vehicle. A second marker group MG2 is mounted on a rear face of the vehicle. A third marker group is mounted on a left-side face of the vehicle. A fourth marker group is mounted on a right-side face of the vehicle. Each marker group includes at least one marker. Each marker is designed to have at least one from among the shape, spatial pattern, temporal pattern, color, reflection ratio, luminance, and layout defined so as to allow a sensing system mounted on another vehicle to acquire information with respect to the vehicle in the sensing operation thereof.

Abstract: A sensing system is used for driving assistance or automatic driving. A gating camera is controlled to be in an enabled state/disabled state according to a traveling environment. The gating camera 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 in the enabled state. A main controller processes an output of a main sensor group and an output of the gating camera.

Abstract: A vehicle light fixture system includes: a low-beam unit adapted to form a low-beam light distribution pattern having a cutoff line and to independently adjust illuminance in a plurality of subareas in the low-beam light distribution pattern arranged below and along the cutoff line; and a light distribution control device that controls the low-beam unit to form a first reduced illuminance portion in, of the plurality of subareas, the subarea having a position in a vehicle width direction overlapping a position of a vehicle in front in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: An optical element includes a diffraction grating portion in which a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of recesses are periodically formed and a light guide plate portion that is made of a material having a refractive index different from that of the diffraction grating portion and that covers the diffraction grating portion. The light guide plate portion includes a first extending portion extending to one side, and a flat first light emitting portion is formed in the vicinity of an end portion of the first extending portion, and at least plus first order diffracted light of the diffracted light by the diffraction grating portion is totally reflected and guided in the first extending portion, and reaches the first light emitting portion.

Abstract: A sensing system includes a controller configured to acquire information on an object, a first sensor disposed in a space formed by a translucent cover and a housing and configured to acquire first data indicating a surrounding environment, a cover cleaner configured to remove a foreign matter adhering to the translucent cover. The controller is configured to determine whether a foreign matter adheres to the translucent cover, and drive the cover cleaner in response to determination that a foreign matter adheres to the translucent cover. When no foreign matter adheres to the translucent cover, the controller acquires the information on the object based on the first data. When a foreign matter adheres to the translucent cover, the controller acquires second data indicating a surrounding environment from a second sensor disposed outside the space, and then acquires the information on the object based on the acquired second data.

Abstract: An optical unit includes a cylindrical rotatable lens and a light source provided in the rotatable lens. The rotatable lens is configured such that a light output from the light source is incident via an inner circumferential surface and is output via an outer circumferential surface as an irradiating beam, and a predetermined irradiated area is formed by scanning a space in front with the irradiating beam according to a periodical movement of the rotatable lens.

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: A method for producing a vehicle rear module that includes: a clear member monolithically including a lamp section and a window section; and a colored member for shielding at least part of a vehicle interior from the exterior. The method for producing the vehicle rear module comprises: a step for injecting a transparent resin from a single resin injection hole into a first cavity to form the clear member; and a step for injecting a colored resin from a plurality of resin injection holes into a second cavity to form the colored member.

Abstract: A condenser lens includes an exit surface divided into a plurality of light controlling surfaces. The exit surface includes a first exit region and a second exit region. The first exit region includes a plurality of first light controlling surfaces arrayed in a predetermined direction. The second exit region is located side by side with the first exit region and includes a plurality of second light controlling surfaces arrayed in the predetermined direction. A border between adjacent first light controlling surfaces and a border between adjacent second light controlling surfaces are out of alignment in the predetermined direction.

Abstract: A light emitter emits detecting light to a detecting area located outside a monitoring device. A light receiver detects reflected light that is generated in accordance with reflection of the detecting light by an object located in the detecting area. A first processor is capable of executing first detecting processing that is a part of information detecting processing for detecting information of the object based on the reflected light. A second processor is capable of executing second detecting processing that is a part of the information detecting processing, and is at least partially different from the first detecting processing. A controller changes a ratio of each of the first detecting processing and the second detecting processing to the information detecting processing.

Abstract: A recognition sensor includes a three-dimensional sensor and a controller. The three-dimensional sensor scans a scan beam in the horizontal direction, and measures the distance up to each of multiple measurement points defined on a scan line. The controller corrects the elevation angle of the three-dimensional sensor such that the height of a correction point, which is selected from among the multiple measurement points, approaches a predetermined value.

Abstract: Multiple light sources are arranged in an array. A light guide member receives light emitted from the multiple light sources on its back face, and outputs the light thus received from its front face. The light guide member has a base portion such that its back face faces the multiple light sources and such that it extends in the array direction of the multiple light sources. Multiple back-face protrusions and multiple front-face protrusions are formed such that they protrude from the back face and the front face of the base portion. The front-face protrusion has multiple continuous faces in the circumferential direction along the front face of the base portion.

Abstract: A method of assembling a vehicle cleaner nozzle provided in a vicinity of a leading end of a piston accommodated to be movable forward and backward with respect to a cylinder so as to inject a cleaning medium on an object to be cleaned which is mounted on a vehicle includes: assembling a nozzle chip to a housing along a first direction so as to form a feedback flow path for swinging and injecting the cleaning medium by accommodating the nozzle chip in an interior of the housing; and assembling the housing in a state where the housing accommodates the nozzle chip to a holder supported by the piston along the first direction.

Abstract: A vehicle system, in a vehicle that travels around a corner by tilting a vehicle body toward a turning direction, includes a light source, an optical member configured to form a predetermined light distribution pattern including a plurality of regions formed in parallel in one direction by irradiating a front side of a lamp with light from the light source, a sensor configured to detect a lamp position of an object outside the vehicle, and a control unit configured to determine an upper end position of the object based on the lamp position, and to adjust the predetermined light distribution pattern such that among the plurality of regions, a first region including the upper end position is not irradiated with the light.