Abstract: An information providing device for use in a moving body includes: a user behavior recognition unit configured to recognize a behavior of a user boarding on the moving body; a recommendation information output unit configured to output recommendation information for a prescribed service when the user behavior recognition unit recognizes a specific behavior estimated to be a behavior of the user getting off the moving body; a service request reception unit configured to receive a request for the prescribed service when the recommendation information output unit outputs the recommendation information.

Abstract: A vehicle inspection device includes a camera mounted to a power folding side-view mirror provided to a vehicle, the camera being configured to switch between an exterior image capture state in which an exterior of the vehicle is within an image capture range and an interior image capture state in which an interior of the vehicle is within the image capture range, while the side-view mirror performs an opening/closing operation between a completely open state and a closed state, and a vehicle processor that executes a vehicle image capture process of capturing an image of the exterior of the vehicle by the camera when the camera has entered the exterior image capture state due to an operation of the side-view mirror, and capturing an image of the interior of the vehicle by the camera when the camera has entered the interior image capture state due to an operation of the side-view mirror.

Abstract: An information providing device is disposed on a movable body, and includes a microphone that collects voice uttered by a user of the movable body, a movable body communication unit that transmits utterance data on the voice collected by the microphone to a server and receives recommendation information of a product or service generated by a server-side processor of the server based on the utterance data, a recommendation information storage unit that stores the recommendation information, and a recommendation information output unit that outputs the recommendation information during stop of the movable body.

Abstract: An information providing device includes a communication control unit for communicating with a server, an implementation information acquisition unit for acquiring implementation information indicating implementation status of a service which is provided at a stop position of a movable body by the communication control unit, a moving state detection unit for detecting a moving state of the movable body, and a notification unit for notifying the implementation status of the service based on the implementation information when the moving state detection unit detects a specific state from which it is presumed that the movable body will start moving.

Abstract: A vehicle inspection device includes a camera mounted to a power folding side-view mirror provided to a vehicle, the camera being configured to switch between an exterior image capture state in which an exterior of the vehicle is within an image capture range and an interior image capture state in which an interior of the vehicle is within the image capture range, while the side-view mirror performs an opening/closing operation between a completely open state and a closed state, and a vehicle processor that executes a vehicle image capture process of capturing an image of the exterior of the vehicle by the camera when the camera has entered the exterior image capture state due to an operation of the side-view mirror, and capturing an image of the interior of the vehicle by the camera when the camera has entered the interior image capture state due to an operation of the side-view mirror.

Abstract: A navigation apparatus of a vehicle having a monitor displaying a routing path from a current location to a designated destination on a map, and an auxiliary display installed independently of the monitor at a position closer than the monitor to a lower edge of a windshield. In the apparatus, the auxiliary display is operated to display a first bent arrow of prescribed length indicating that an intersection to turn is a first predetermined distance away from the current location when a calculated distance becomes equal to the first predetermined distance, and a second bent arrow of a length shorter than the prescribed length indicating that the intersection approaches closer when the distance becomes equal to a second predetermined distance defined shorter than the first predetermined distance, thereby enabling to provide sure visual route guidance to driver.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting the passenger occupancy of a vehicle includes, at least two image pickup sections provided at a specified distance, a measuring section measuring a distance to an object on the basis of the at least two images acquired by the at least two image pickup sections, a reference data providing section providing reference data relating to the distance from the image pickup sections to a seat in accordance with the position of the seat, and a detection section detecting the passenger occupancy of the seat on the basis of the distance measured by the measuring section and the reference data.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting the passenger occupancy of a vehicle includes, at least two image pickup sections provided at a specified distance, a measuring section measuring a distance to an object on the basis of the at least two images acquired by the at least two image pickup sections, a reference data providing section providing reference data relating to the distance from the image pickup sections to a seat in accordance with the position of the seat, and a detection section detecting the passenger occupancy of the seat on the basis of the distance measured by the measuring section and the reference data.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting the passenger occupancy of a vehicle includes, at least two image pickup sections provided at a specified distance, a measuring section measuring a distance to an object on the basis of the at least two images acquired by the at least two image pickup sections, a reference data providing section providing reference data relating to the distance from the image pickup sections to a seat in accordance with the position of the seat, and a detection section detecting the passenger occupancy of the seat on the basis of the distance measured by the measuring section and the reference data.

Abstract: An object detecting apparatus including an imaging section, an extracting section for extracting edge images from image signals supplied from the imaging section, a forming section for forming a differential image between a first edge image extracted from an image signal that has been picked up for an object at a certain time and a second edge image extracted from an image signal that has been picked up for the same object at a later time, and a detecting section for detecting the object on the basis of the differential image. With the object detecting apparatus, portions of a background without motion that are contained in the edge images are eliminated to produce edge images that only relate to the object that is substantially in motion. As a result, information can be efficiently obtained that relates to the state, position and otherwise of the object in motion.