Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes a traveling state detector, an occupant monitoring detector, an emotion determination processor, an environment recognizer, and a driving assistance processor. The emotion determination processor determines an emotion of an occupant of the vehicle, based on outputs of the traveling state detector and the occupant monitoring detector. The driving assistance processor performs driving assistance control including one or both of information presentation to the occupant and traveling assistance control on the vehicle, in accordance with an output of one or more of the traveling state detector, the emotion determination processor, and the environment recognizer. The emotion determination processor determines multiple kinds of emotions less suitable for driving than a normal emotion.

Abstract: An information presentation apparatus is to be mounted on a vehicle and includes a road surface shape recognizer, a vehicle attitude predictor, and an image display. The road surface shape recognizer is configured to recognize a shape of a road surface in front of the vehicle. The vehicle attitude predictor is configured to predict an attitude that the vehicle takes when the vehicle is to pass through the shape of the road surface recognized by the road surface shape recognizer. The image display is configured to project an image of a three-dimensional object that represents the attitude of the vehicle predicted by the vehicle attitude predictor onto a front screen of the vehicle and display the image on the front screen.

Abstract: A front frame structure for an electric vehicle includes front side frames disposed in extra spaces between left and right side walls in a vehicle width direction of a motor room and side surfaces of a power control unit; a frame-shaped rigid member disposed in an extra space in a front portion of the motor room; left and right impact absorbing members coupled to a front surface of the frame-shaped rigid member at positions directly facing the front side frames; a bumper beam coupling the impact absorbing members; a lower frame disposed in a lower portion of the motor room; and upper reinforcements coupled to upper surfaces of the front side frames. Outer side surfaces in the vehicle width direction of the upper reinforcements gradually protrude outward in the vehicle width direction from front ends toward rear ends of the upper reinforcements in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body.

Abstract: In a front frame structure for an electric vehicle, front side frames disposed in extra spaces between side walls of a motor room and side surfaces of a power control unit include a wall-shaped portion in a rear region and an arm-shaped portion in a front portion. A first inclined surface portion is formed in a lower portion of the wall-shaped portion to extend forward from a rear portion. A second inclined surface portion is formed on a bottom surface of the arm-shaped portion to extend forward from an end of the first inclined surface portion. Lower side frames of the lower frame and the front side frames are joined while being reinforced via front reinforcements. Side surfaces of an upper valley line portion joining the inclined surface portions and side surfaces of the lower side frame facing a lower side of the line portion are coupled via rear reinforcements.

Abstract: An airbag apparatus includes a far-side airbag and an expansion control processor controlling expansion of the far-side airbag. The far-side airbag is a cylindrical base fabric member, has an annular outer periphery, and has a shoulder protection air chamber, a head protection air chamber, and a non-inflating unit in an inner periphery. The shoulder protection air chamber is expanded into a longitudinal cylindrical shape to protect a shoulder of an occupant seated in a vehicle front seat. The head protection air chamber is expanded into a semicircular shape and falls against the occupant to protect the occupant's head. The non-inflating unit is disposed adjacent to the back shoulder air chamber and includes an inflator covered with a cylinder. The far-side airbag has a gas passage through which high-pressure gas discharged from discharge ports of the cylinder are fed to the shoulder protection air chamber and the head protection air chamber.

Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes: front side frames extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body on left and right sides of the vehicle body; upper side frames disposed on both sides of a power unit room in a vehicle width direction; a radiator support disposed in a front portion of the power unit room and joined to front ends of the upper side frames; and a lower frame disposed below and supported by the front side frames; lower side frame extension members in a pair extending from a front end of the lower frame toward the vehicle body's front and having a front end portion protruding forward of the radiator support; and gussets in a pair extending from the front end of the lower frame toward the vehicle body's front and having front ends outside front ends of the front side frames in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes a front side frame, a lower side frame, a first crash box, a second crash box, and an inclined plate. The front side frame extends on a side of a power unit room in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body. The lower side frame extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body. The first crash box is provided at a front end of the front side frame. The second crash box is provided at a front end of the lower side frame. The inclined plate is fixed to the lower side frame immediately behind the second crash box. The inclined plate is inclined upward of the lower side frame and outward in a vehicle width direction in a state where at least a part of a plate surface of the inclined plate faces an outer surface of the front side frame.

Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes a cradle, a front side frames in a pair, a radiator support, a control plate, and a beam member. The cradle is disposed below a power unit room disposed in a front portion of a vehicle body. The front side frames extend on a side portion of the power unit room. The radiator support is provided in front of the power unit room and joins a front end of each front side frame to a radiator side frame. The control plate is joined to an outer surface of the front end of each front side frame and the radiator side frame. The beam member is disposed in a vehicle body front space and includes an arc portion having a center portion, and a winding portion joined to the control plate and provided at each of both ends of the arc portion.

Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes a traveling state detector, an emotion determination processor, and a driving assistance processor. The traveling state detector is configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle. The emotion determination processor is configured to determine an emotion of an occupant of the vehicle. The driving assistance processor is configured to perform driving assistance control including one or both of information presentation to the occupant and traveling assistance control on the vehicle, in accordance with an output of one or both of the traveling state detector and the emotion determination processor. The emotion determination processor is configured to determine a driving unsuitable emotion by comparing, with a predetermined threshold, a difference between a reference value and a current value of a parameter indicating a physical state of the occupant, and to update the reference value at each driving cycle.

Abstract: An airbag device includes a far-side airbag and a first deployment controller configured to control deployment of the far-side airbag. The far-side airbag is provided in a seat backrest of the seat at a location adjacent to a center console, and includes shoulder and head protection air chambers configured to protect respectively a shoulder and a head, of an occupant. The shoulder protection air chamber includes air chamber elements configured to deploy in a vertical tubular shape. The head protection air chamber is configured to deploy in a semicircular shape. A base fabric of the far-side airbag in a deployed state is longer at a side adjacent to the center console than at a side adjacent to the seat. The shoulder protection air chamber is provided with a restraining tether configured to squeeze the shoulder protection air chamber toward the seat when the shoulder protection air chamber is deployed.

Abstract: An airbag device to be applied to a vehicle provided with A to C pillars, a door, and a side sill includes an airbag, a collision mode predictor, and a pressure controller. The airbag is deployed from a container to be disposed on a lower side of the side sill to a region on a vehicle-widthwise outside of a side surface of a vehicle body including the door. The airbag includes a first air chamber disposed mainly in front of the B pillar after being deployed and a second air chamber disposed mainly behind the B pillar after being deployed. The collision mode predictor predicts a collision mode of an object with the vehicle. The pressure controller increases or reduces at least either of internal pressures of the first air chamber and the second air chamber independently of the other, based on the predicted collision mode.

Abstract: A vehicle with an automatic report function includes a transmitter configured to transmit, to a server apparatus for requesting emergency dispatch, emergency information of the vehicle when a collision of the vehicle is detected or forecasted, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver configured to receive signal waves and generate a location of the vehicle, a storage configured to store the location generated by the GNSS receiver, and a controller configured to collect information from the vehicle and cause the transmitter to transmit the information as the emergency information when the collision of the vehicle is detected or forecasted. When the collision of the vehicle is detected or forecasted, the controller determines whether the location is acquirable from the GNSS receiver and, when the location is not acquirable, collects a previously generated location and causes the transmitter to transmit the previously generated location to the server apparatus.

Abstract: An airbag apparatus includes an airbag, a collision detector, and a deploying-gas supplier. The airbag is configured to be deployed in front of an occupant sitting in a seat of a vehicle. The collision detector is configured to detect an occurrence or sign of a collision of the vehicle. The deploying-gas supplier is configured to supply deploying gas into the airbag based on an output of the collision detector. The airbag includes first, second, and third bags. The first bag is configured to be deployed to restrain a right knee and a right shoulder of the occupant. The second bag is configured to be deployed to restrain a left knee and a left shoulder of the occupant. The third bag is configured to be deployed at a position closer to the occupant than the first bag and the second bag and to restrain lumbar and abdomen regions of the occupant.

Abstract: An airbag apparatus includes an airbag, a collision detector, and a deploying-gas supplier. The airbag is configured to be deployed in front of an occupant sitting in a seat of a vehicle. The collision detector includes a sensor and is configured to detect an occurrence or sign of a collision of the vehicle. The deploying-gas supplier is configured to supply deploying gas into the airbag based on an output of the collision detector. The airbag includes a lower-half-restraining bag and upper-half-restraining bags. The lower-half-restraining bag is configured to be deployed in front of knees of the occupant. The upper-half-restraining bags are configured to be deployed between the lower-half-restraining bag and an upper body of the occupant and in a plane that faces the upper body.

Abstract: An airbag apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes an airbag, a collision determiner, an airbag deployment controller, and a pulling device. The airbag is configured to be deployed forward of a vehicle body front of the vehicle. The collision determiner is configured to establish a pre-crash determination in a case where a collision probability is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold. The airbag deployment controller is configured to give to an inflator a command to supply deployment gas to the airbag and deploy the airbag, in response to the pre-crash determination. The pulling device is configured to pull, rearward of the vehicle, a collision portion with which a collision object is to collide or vicinity of the collision portion on a front surface of the airbag so as to form a recessed portion configured to restrain the collision object.

Abstract: An emergency reporting device for a vehicle includes an emergency detector and a communicator. The emergency detector is configured to detect or estimate an emergency including a collision of the vehicle. The communicator is configured to, when the emergency of the vehicle is detected or estimated, transmit information related to the emergency to outside so that a succeeding vehicle receives the information related to the emergency. The communicator is configured to, after the information related to the emergency is transmitted, receive acknowledgment information from the succeeding vehicle about reception of the information related to the emergency.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes: a parking state detector configured to detect a parking state of a vehicle; a vehicle cabin situation detector configured to detect a situation in a vehicle cabin of the vehicle; a child information detector configured to detect presence of a child and position information on the child in the vehicle cabin based on a signal from a sensor provided on a child seat in the vehicle cabin; a temperature information acquisition unit configured to acquire temperature information in the vehicle cabin; a notification unit configured to, when the child is left in the vehicle cabin, notify outside of the vehicle that leaving of the child has occurred; and a controller configured to, when the vehicle is in the parking state, control a notification mode of the notification unit according to information including the temperature information in the vehicle cabin.

Abstract: A child seat to be disposed on a vehicle seat in a vehicle includes sensors, a detector, and a communicator. The sensors are provided on inner sides of surfaces of a seat back and a seat unit corresponding to at least a head, a chest, and an ischium of a child who is seated on the child seat. The surfaces are in contact with the child. The detector is configured to perform a detection of a position of a center of gravity of the seated child based on sensor signals from the sensors. The communicator is configured to transmit a result of the detection by the detector to an external device.

Abstract: A vehicle body front part structure includes a radiator panel frame, front side frames in a pair, sub frames, an inverter unit, a front cross member, upper frame reinforcing members in a pair, and radiator auxiliary frames. The radiator panel frame forms a framework at a front side of a vehicle. The front side frames are joined to the radiator panel frame. The front side frames have recessed slide grooves. The sub frames are joined to lower outer parts of the radiator panel frame. The inverter unit is disposed between the front side frames. The front cross member is joined to the front side frames. The upper frame reinforcing members are bent downward and are joined to the front side frames and the sub frames. The radiator auxiliary frames are bent inward at lower ends and include projections that slidably engage with the slide grooves in the front side frames.

Abstract: A vehicle body front part structure includes a radiator panel frame, front side frames in a pair, sub frames, upper frame reinforcing members in a pair, radiator panel reinforcing members, and joint members. The radiator panel frame includes projections protruding toward the vehicle rear side. The front side frames are joined to the radiator panel frame at front ends. The sub frames are joined to the radiator panel frame at front ends. The upper frame reinforcing members are bent downward toward the vehicle front side to have slope parts and are joined to the radiator panel frame at lower front ends. The radiator panel reinforcing members respectively have first ends joined to an upper side member of the radiator panel frame and second ends joined to upper front sides of the slope parts. The joint members respectively join the upper frame reinforcing members and the front side frames.