Abstract: A driving position adjusting device comprises a seat-position adjusting mechanism to adjust height and seat-face angle of a seat cushion in accordance with longitudinal movement of a driver's seat, and a floor adjusting mechanism to adjust a height of a floor board in accordance with the operation of the longitudinal adjustment of the driver's seat, wherein the seat-position adjusting mechanism is configured so that an inclination angle of the seat cushion becomes smaller as the driver's seat is moved forward from a middle position, and the floor adjusting mechanism is configured so that the height of the floor board becomes higher as the driver's seat is moved forward from the middle position. Accordingly, the sitting position of the driver and the operational function of the operational pedal can be provided properly regardless of the body size of the driver.

Abstract: There is provided a driver driving position adjusting device, comprising a movable floor panel adjusting mechanism operative to adjust at least a vertical position of a movable floor panel, an adjusting device operative to adjust at least one of a seat face position of a driver seat, an operating angle of the pedal operated by the leg portion of the driver and a position of a steering, and a driving position adjusting operating device operative to operate the movable floor panel adjusting mechanism and the adjusting device. Accordingly, the proper driving position and pedal operation can be provided regardless of the body size of driver, by adjusting at least the vertical position of the movable floor panel on which the leg portion of the driver operating the pedal is placed.

Abstract: In an embodiment of a flash apparatus, a semiconductor laser device is used as a flash-use light source. Laser light beams are approximately evenly scattered by a reflector plate whose reflection surface is formed of Ag coarse film, whereby illumination of a wide range and safety are secured. In an embodiment of the semiconductor laser device, the semiconductor laser device is disposed such that a longitudinal direction of an imaging area 20a of a camera and a wide direction of far-field patterns 11a1, 12a1 and 12b1 of laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser device match.

Abstract: Disclosed is a movable floor apparatus for a vehicle, which comprises a movable board 5 disposed beneath feet of an occupant seated in an occupant seat 4, a drive source 6 disposed below the occupant seat 4, and a driving-force transmission mechanism 7 adapted, according to a driving force of the drive source 6, to input a force directed in a selected one of frontward and rearward directions of a vehicle body, into a rear portion of the movable board 5. The movable board 5 is supported in such a manner as to be selectively displaced upwardly and downwardly in response to respective ones of the frontward and rearward forces input from the driving-force transmission mechanism 7. The movable floor apparatus of the present invention makes it possible to allow a lowermost height position of a movable board to be set at a lower level so as to cope with various seating postures with enhanced flexibility.

Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly comprises a coupling member 12 coupling a front end of a seat-cushion frame 2 to an upper rail 11, a rear link member 23 provided in a rear end of the seat-cushion frame 2, and a support member 24 provided on the side of a vehicle body to support the rear link member 23. The rear link member 23 includes a pivoted portion 26 pivotally supported by the upper rail 11, a coupled portion 28 coupled to the rear end of the seat-cushion frame 2, and an engaged portion engaged with the support member 24. The support member 24 includes a sliding drive portion (sliding groove 33) which slidably supports the engaged portion of the rear link member 23 to allow the rear link member 23 to be swingingly displaced in conjunction with a longitudinal movement of the seat-cushion frame 2, so as to move the coupled portion 28 in an upward/downward direction to drivingly lift and lower the rear end of the seat-cushion frame 2.

Abstract: A driving posture adjusting device comprises a slide rail (39) disposed in a forwardly raising posture on a floor portion of a vehicle body; a seat slider (44) disposed in a lower front portion of a seat cushion (35) of a driver seat and slidably supported along the slide rail (39); a seat driving mechanism (40) for moving the driver seat in forward and backward directions by driving the seat slider (44); a guide plate (51) formed with a guide groove (53) of a predetermined path and fixed on the vehicle body; and a guide member (52) provided in a rear portion of the seat cushion (35), the guide member including a guided portion (52) supported along the guide groove (53), where a rear end portion of the seat cushion is raised by sliding the guided portion along the guide groove of the guide plate in response to an operation of moving the driver seat toward a front side of the vehicle body by driving the seat slider by the seat driving mechanism.

Abstract: A floor board positioned in the foot area of an occupant seated in an occupant seat is allowed to be driven up or down. In an automobile movable floor apparatus, a floor board 5 that covers the upper face of an automobile body floor 3 and a raising-lowering drive mechanism 6 that drives the floor board 5 to be raised or lowered are provided in the foot area of an occupant seated in an occupant seat 4, and a toe board portion 8 sloping down to the rear and a floor base portion 9 that extends toward the rear of the automobile body and is continuous with the rear end of the toe board portion 8 are provided in the automobile body floor 3. The floor board 5 includes a toe board corresponding portion 18 that corresponds to the toe board portion 8 of the automobile body floor 3, and a floor base corresponding portion 19 that corresponds to the floor base portion 9, and the toe board corresponding portion 18 and the floor base corresponding portion 19 are formed in a flattened V-like shape when viewed from the side.

Abstract: A thin film solar module includes a frame-like spacer formed by being adhered to a translucent substrate around a thin film solar cell formed on a rear face of the translucent substrate; a low-resilience resin section filled within the frame of the spacer and covering the thin film solar cell; and a rear side sheet covering a surface (outer side) of the low-resilience resin section. It should be noted that the rear side sheet is adhered to the low-resilience resin section and the spacer.

Abstract: The seat face's position is adjusted by the position adjusting device in such a manner that the passenger's hip point Hpt lowers as the seat cushion is moved rearward, and the degree of the hip point lowering is configured such that the lowering degree of the hip point Hpt at the central section B is greater than that of the hip point lowering at the rear section C and the front section A that are located behind and before the central section C respectively. Accordingly, the proper sitting position to any passengers with different body sizes can be provided.

Abstract: The pedal adjusting devises and the floor adjusting device control pedals and the movable floor respectively according to the driver's body size detected, with first adjusting characteristic such that the pedals become closer to the driver and the movable floor goes up further, as the driver's body size detected becomes small, and with second adjusting characteristics, which are different from the first characteristics, for the driver having the relatively small body size whose body size detected is smaller than the specified body size. Accordingly, the arrangement positions of the pedals and the going-up-and-down position of the floor can be properly adjusted for drivers having different body sizes.

Abstract: In the semiconductor laser device of the present invention, a P-type diffusion region 3A is disposed in an N? epitaxial layer 2 of a silicon submount 16, and an N-type diffusion region 4A is disposed in this P-type diffusion region 3A. The P-type diffusion region 3A and the N-type diffusion region 4A are positioned under a red laser diode 14, and the red laser diode 14 is directly connected on the N-type diffusion region 4A via electrodes 7, 8 without an insulating film. Consequently, a short circuit between the red laser diode 14 and the silicon submount 16 can be prevented. Therefore, according to this semiconductor laser device, occurrence of deterioration or failure of a semiconductor light-emitting element upon a high-temperature operation can be prevented.

Abstract: In an embodiment of a flash apparatus, a semiconductor laser device is used as a flash-use light source. Laser light beams are approximately evenly scattered by a reflector plate whose reflection surface is formed of Ag coarse film, whereby illumination of a wide range and safety are secured. In an embodiment of the semiconductor laser device, the semiconductor laser device is disposed such that a longitudinal direction of an imaging area 20a of a camera and a wide direction of far-field patterns 11a1, 12a1 and 12b1 of laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser device match.

Abstract: There is provided a driver driving position adjusting device, comprising a movable floor panel adjusting mechanism operative to adjust at least a vertical position of a movable floor panel, an adjusting device operative to adjust at least one of a seat face position of a driver seat, an operating angle of the pedal operated by the leg portion of the driver and a position of a steering, and a driving position adjusting operating device operative to operate the movable floor panel adjusting mechanism and the adjusting device. Accordingly, the proper driving position and pedal operation can be provided regardless of the body size of driver, by adjusting at least the vertical position of the movable floor panel on which the leg portion of the driver operating the pedal is placed.

Abstract: The semiconductor laser device includes a signal light diffraction grating, and a light receiving portion having a pair of photodiodes extending as two strips with a parting portion or a zonal gap interposed therebetween and receiving a focus error detecting beam from the signal light diffraction grating. The light receiving portion is arranged such that its longitudinal direction is orthogonal to the direction of diffraction grooves of the signal light diffraction grating. The pair of photodiodes is arranged such that a spot of the focus error detecting beam moves, due to temperature changes, in a range essentially limited to the parting portion therebetween. Thus, a semiconductor laser device and an optical pickup apparatus suppressing focus errors due to temperature changes and preventing reduction in signal strength can be obtained.

Abstract: In the semiconductor laser device of the present invention, a P-type diffusion region 3A is disposed in an N− epitaxial layer 2 of a silicon submount 16, and an N-type diffusion region 4A is disposed in this P-type diffusion region 3A. The P-type diffusion region 3A and the N-type diffusion region 4A are positioned under a red laser diode 14, and the red laser diode 14 is directly connected on the N-type diffusion region 4A via electrodes 7, 8 without an insulating film. Consequently, a short circuit between the red laser diode 14 and the silicon submount 16 can be prevented. Therefore, according to this semiconductor laser device, occurrence of deterioration or failure of a semiconductor light-emitting element upon a high-temperature operation can be prevented.

Abstract: When the vehicle is traveling on a motorway, a display control module of a display controller determines that an obstacle is unlikely to be present, and restricts the display pattern of a sensed image sensed of an image sensing device to be displayed on a display device. Even when the vehicle is traveling on the motorway, if no stalled vehicle is detected, the display control module displays the sensed image without restricting it, thereby supporting drive operation of the driver.

Abstract: The semiconductor laser device includes a signal light diffraction grating, and a light receiving portion having a pair of photodiodes extending as two strips with a parting portion or a zonal gap interposed therebetween and receiving a focus error detecting beam from the signal light diffraction grating. The light receiving portion is arranged such that its longitudinal direction is orthogonal to the direction of diffraction grooves of the signal light diffraction grating. The pair of photodiodes is arranged such that a spot of the focus error detecting beam moves, due to temperature changes, in a range essentially limited to the parting portion therebetween. Thus, a semiconductor laser device and an optical pickup apparatus suppressing focus errors due to temperature changes and preventing reduction in signal strength can be obtained.

Abstract: In a display apparatus for a vehicle, when an auto mode is selected, an obstacle closest to the vehicle is determined on the basis of data that represents an output signal from an obstacle sensor, the determined obstacle and a radiation heat source (pixel group) included in an image sensed by an infrared light camera are associated with each other, and only an image corresponding to the obstacle closest to the vehicle is displayed on a display (FIG. 2, S5-S7).

Abstract: A distance monitoring system of a vehicle monitors a distance to a preceding vehicle traveling directly ahead of the vehicle to determines whether the preceding vehicle is decelerating by comparing a change in the vehicle speed with a reference value which is varied according to various driving condition in relation in particular to dangers such as collisions against the preceding vehicle.

Abstract: When information of an obstacle is not outputted from a radar device, a presumption device presumes at least a present value of a distance between a vehicle and the obstacle based on information in a memory part obtained until the time, and a contact-possibility judgment device judges a possibility of contact of the vehicle with the obstacle based on the information from the presumption device. A detection device is provided for detecting conditions at the time when the information of the obstacle is not outputted from the radar device, for example, a relation of relative position of the obstacle to the vehicle. Further, a restriction device is provided for restricting the presumption by the presumption device according to the relation of relative position. Thus, a possibility of contact of the vehicle with the obstacle running forward of the vehicle is appropriately judged and mis-operations of an alarm, an automatic braking and the like are prevented, while ensuring running safety.