Abstract: A display device includes a light guiding panel 2 having an incoming surface 2a formed on one of side surfaces, a plurality of light sources (3-1 to 3-4) respectively corresponding to a plurality of patterns that can be displayed, and a controller 6 for controlling on and off of the plurality of light sources.

Abstract: There are provided an object recognition apparatus that raises the recognition accuracy for a surrounding object and a vehicle control apparatus, and an object recognition method and a vehicle control method. An object recognition apparatus receives object data, which is a state value of the object, from a first sensor for detecting a surrounding object; compares estimation data obtained through estimation of a state value of the object, based on recognition data calculated in a past period, with the object data, and determines whether or not the object data is data in a low-resolution state; then, in accordance with the determination result, calculates the state value of the object by use of object data and estimation data and then generates the state value as recognition data, so that the recognition accuracy for an object is raised.

Abstract: A display device has a projector having a light guide plate that guides light incident from an end portion and deflects the light guided to emit the light from a projection surface facing a viewer in a first direction, the projector being configured to emit light from the projection surface to project an image in a space viewable by the viewer, and a rotator configured to rotate the projector around the first direction. When a first end on the projection surface is located at a first position being an upper side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the image is viewed as a stereoscopic image by the viewer. When the rotator rotates the projector and the first end is located at a second position different from the first position, the image is viewed as a planar image by the viewer.

Abstract: Provided are an object recognition integration device and an object recognition integration method, which are capable of integrating pieces of detection data that are detected by a respective plurality of sensors in consideration of an inaccuracy of identification of objects. An association relationship between measurement data and previous object data is determined based on an object type and a certainty for each object type candidate contained in measurement data generated for each of the plurality of sensors, and an object type and a certainty for each object type candidate contained in the previous object data. Then, association data is generated by associating the measurement data and the previous object data, which are determined as having “possibility of association”, with each other, to thereby generate current object data by updating the previous object data with use of the association data.

Abstract: Provided are an object recognition device and the like configured to associate, for detected object data and detected ego vehicle data that are received from respective sensors in a period from a previous processing time to a current processing time, an object data time with each piece of the detected object data, and an ego vehicle data time with each piece of the detected ego vehicle data, predict the detected ego vehicle data at the object data time to generate a result of the prediction as corrected ego vehicle data, and predict updated object data at the object data time to generate a result of the prediction as predicted object data.

Abstract: An object recognition device 4 includes: a data reception unit 5 that creates observation data of respective sensors 1, 2 in accordance with sensor's detection data of an object in the surroundings of a host vehicle; an association processing unit 6 which, based on an association reference value, generates association data denoting a correspondence between the observation data and object data of a previous process cycle; and an updating processing unit 7 which, based on the association data, updates a state vector included in the object data of the previous process cycle, and updates the object data by including latest association data being the observation data having corresponded to the object data most recently, wherein the association processing unit 6 generates the association reference value using preferentially the latest association data of the same sensor as that of the observation data of a current process cycle.

Abstract: Provided are an object recognition integration device and an object recognition integration method, which are capable of integrating pieces of detection data that are detected by a respective plurality of sensors in consideration of an inaccuracy of identification of objects. An association relationship between measurement data and previous object data is determined based on an object type and a certainty for each object type candidate contained in measurement data generated for each of the plurality of sensors, and an object type and a certainty for each object type candidate contained in the previous object data. Then, association data is generated by associating the measurement data and the previous object data, which are determined as having “possibility of association”, with each other, to thereby generate current object data by updating the previous object data with use of the association data.

Abstract: Provided is a parking assist apparatus capable of appropriately guiding a self-vehicle into a parking space even when accuracy of estimation of a corner position of each object located at a position adjacent to the parking space is low. Parking-space information, which is estimated by detecting the corner position of each of the objects sandwiching the parking space while the parking space is being searched, is sequentially corrected by using a reflection-point position on each of objects, which is detected while the self-vehicle is being guided into the parking space. Guiding assistance processing to the parking space is performed by using the corrected parking-space information.

Abstract: Provided is a parking assist apparatus capable of appropriately guiding a self-vehicle into a parking space even when accuracy of estimation of a corner position of each object located at a position adjacent to the parking space is low. Parking-space information, which is estimated by detecting the corner position of each of the objects sandwiching the parking space while the parking space is being searched, is sequentially corrected by using a reflection-point position on each of objects, which is detected while the self-vehicle is being guided into the parking space. Guiding assistance processing to the parking space is performed by using the corrected parking-space information.

Abstract: A surface light source device in which an optical sheet and light guide plate can be firmly fixed at low cost. The surface light source device has a light source, a frame that includes an accommodation part and at least a part of the accommodation part is surrounded by a sidewall, a light guide plate accommodated in the accommodation part, at least one optical sheet stacked on the light guide plate. A part of the light guide plate and a part of the optical sheet are fixed to the frame by filling a gap between a part of an outer surface of the light guide plate and an inner surface of the sidewall with an adhesive resin.

Abstract: An area light source device has a light guide plate having an end face and a light exit surface, a light source that is disposed in a position facing the end face of the light guide plate, a plurality of optical sheets that are disposed on the light guide plate, a light shielding plate that is disposed so as to cover an upper portion of the light source, and a light blocking member that is provided between the end face of the light guide plate and the light exit surface. The end face of the light guide plate is configured to have light introduced therethrough. The light exit surface of the light guide plate is configured to output the light from the light guide plate. The light blocking member is different from the light shielding plate.

Abstract: A braking apparatus for a vehicle includes a permanent magnet synchronous motor including a rotor having a permanent magnet, and a stator capable of driving the rotor to rotate and configured to couple the rotor to each of at least a pair of wheels of the vehicle; a power accumulating portion that accumulates power to be supplied to the permanent magnet synchronous motor; a conversion control portion that converts the power of the power accumulating portion to excite the stator and control the rotation of the rotor; and an in-phase excitation control portion that applies exciting brake to the wheel by exciting the stator by supplying power in the same phase as the excitation with respect to the stator in the direction of rotation of the rotor according to the control performed by the conversion control portion, wherein the wheel is stopped by the exciting brake.

Abstract: An electronic mirroring system comprises a mirroring unit (12) consisted of a flat panel television (10) attached a touch panel (11), a front video camera (13), a rear video camera (14), and a main unit (21). A front image and a back image are displayed on the flat panel television (10) of the mirroring unit (12) simultaneously.

Abstract: An area light source device has a light guide plate having an end face and a light exit surface, a light source that is disposed in a position facing the end face of the light guide plate, a plurality of optical sheets that are disposed on the light guide plate, a light shielding plate that is disposed so as to cover an upper portion of the light source, and a light blocking member that is provided between the end face of the light guide plate and the light exit surface. The end face of the light guide plate is configured to have light introduced therethrough. The light exit surface of the light guide plate is configured to output the light from the light guide plate. The light blocking member is different from the light shielding plate.

Abstract: A surface light source device in which an optical sheet and light guide plate can be firmly fixed at low cost. The surface light source device has a light source, a frame that includes an accommodation part and at least a part of the accommodation part is surrounded by a sidewall, a light guide plate accommodated in the accommodation part, at least one optical sheet stacked on the light guide plate. A part of the light guide plate and a part of the optical sheet are fixed to the frame by filling a gap between a part of an outer surface of the light guide plate and an inner surface of the sidewall with an adhesive resin.

Abstract: An electronic mirroring system comprises a mirroring unit (12) consisted of a flat panel television (10) attached a touch panel (11), a front video camera (13), a rear video camera (14), and a main unit (21). A front image and a back image are displayed on the flat panel television (10) of the mirroring unit (12) simultaneously.

Abstract: A brake device for an in-wheel motor according to the invention can be easily attached to inside of the wheel. The vehicle wheel is driven by the in-wheel motor attached to the inside of the wheel. The in-wheel motor transmits the rotation of the rotor to the vehicle wheel with a speed reduced by the planetary gear set. In the brake device, the brake motor is rotated to move the plunger in an axial direction. Thus, the brake device squeezes or presses the disc which rotates with the rotor with the first pad and the second pad to apply braking force between the rotor and the planetary gear set. Accordingly, there is no need to prepare a hydraulic pressure source, a hydraulic cylinder and a hydraulic pressure conduit system and the brake device can be decreased in size and can be easily attached to the inside of the wheel.

Abstract: Program reservation information is input to a recording-medium image recording apparatus, and a recording medium is selected. In the event that automatic updating (overwriting) of the recording medium is set in a state wherein automatic recording to the recording medium has been set, simply inserting the recording medium in that state into the device starts a reservation image recording mode, whereby program reservation is executed, and the recording medium is overwritten by image recording from the top at all times regardless of the contents of the recording medium.

Abstract: A hydraulic pressure controlling device for an automatic transmission controlling a plurality of friction engaging elements to be engaged and disengaged by controlling a hydraulic pressure comprises a shift lever operation detecting means, an input rotation detecting means for monitoring an input shaft rotation number, a shift start time period calculating means for judging that an engagement of each friction engaging element is started when the input shaft rotation number is decreased at a predetermined rotation number and calculating a shift start time period, an input rotation change rate detecting means for calculating an input shaft rotation change rate when the input shaft rotation number is decreased by a predetermined rotation number, and a correcting and leaning-setting means for correcting a pre-charge time and a standby pressure based on the shift start time period and the input rotation change rate, and leaning-setting the pre-charge time in preference to the standby pressure.

Abstract: An oil pressure control apparatus for an automatic transmission includes a calculating means for calculating, on the basis of a transmission output shaft rotational speed, at a time of a shift operation from a neutral shift stage to another shift stage appropriate to a vehicle driving condition, output-side rotational speeds of frictional engagement elements, and a shift stage selecting means for selecting a shift stage, in which oil with line pressure is supplied to a first frictional engagement element, from among the frictional engagement elements, and in which a minimum difference exists between the output-side rotational speed of the first frictional engagement element and an input-side rotational speed of a second frictional engagement element, from among the plural frictional engagement elements. The second frictional engagement element corresponds to the first frictional engagement element for the shift stage selected by the shift stage selecting means.