Abstract: Provided is a vehicle configured to allow for capturing an image of a surrounding area along a side of a vehicle regardless of whether a door is opened or closed. A vehicle comprises a vehicle body having a passenger opening on a side, and a camera rearward of the passenger opening. The camera has an optical axis oriented in a laterally outward and frontward direction. A door with a side mirror is provided at the passenger opening and has a door window in its upper part. The camera may be located above a lower end of the door window and/or above an upper end of the side mirror. An extension window is provided rearward of the passenger opening, with a garnish member at an edge of the extension window. The camera may be provided on the garnish member.

Abstract: An automatic driving vehicle, that is automatically movable, includes a front window, a LIDAR disposed at an inner side of the front window and configured to acquire external world information on an automatic movement, a display device disposed at the inner side of the front window, a cover member covering the LIDAR and the display device, and a blowout port configured to discharge air toward the LIDAR and the display device along the inner side of the front window. The cover member includes a first introduction port formed by a gap between a portion overlapping the LIDAR in a width direction of the moving body and the front window, and a second introduction port formed by a gap between a portion overlapping the display device in the width direction and the front window. The gap of the first introduction port is larger than the gap of the second introduction port.

Abstract: An automatic driving vehicle that is automatically movable, the automatic driving vehicle includes a LIDAR configured to acquire external world information on an automatic movement, and a bracket holding the LIDAR and fixed to the automatic driving vehicle. The bracket is fixed to a rearview mirror which is as another device different from the LIDAR.

Abstract: A sensor bracket (1) for mounting a sensor (2) to a vehicle body, comprising: a base wall (10) opposing a back surface of the sensor; a pair of first positioning portions (25) projecting from the base wall and abutting a side edge of the sensor from a first direction extending along the base wall; a pair of first pressing portions (26) projecting from the base wall and pressing the sensor against the first positioning portion in the first direction; and a first engaging portion (27) projecting from the base wall and engaging the sensor against a movement thereof away from the base wall, the first engaging portion being positioned between the first positioning portions and the first pressing portions along the first direction.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a mounting structure of an object detection device to a vehicle body. The mounting structure includes: a first lamp body mounted on a side of the vehicle body; a second lamp body similarly mounted on the side of the vehicle body and disposed below the first lamp body; and a connection member that connects the first lamp body and the second lamp body. A radar device, which is an object detection device, is mounted on the connection member. The connection member is a member that connects between a lower end of a housing (of the first lamp body) and an upper end of a housing (of the second lamp body) in an up-down direction. The radar device is disposed between the first lamp body and the second lamp body in the up-down direction.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a protection structure of an object detection device of a vehicle. The protection structure includes: a bumper provided in a first direction, which is an object detection direction with respect to a radar device attached to a vehicle body frame via a support member; and a cover member covering the radar device. The cover member includes: a base part connected to the bumper; and an extension part extending from the base part in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The extension part is configured to abut on the vehicle body frame before the base part contacts the radar device or the support member in response to the bumper being displaced in the second direction due to an action of an external force.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a garnish provided on an outer side of a vehicle, an adapter joined to the garnish, a radar device supported by the adapter, and a cover joined to the garnish and covering the radar device. The garnish includes a mounting hole, a first annular rib extending to surround the mounting hole, and an annular surface defined by an edge part of the mounting hole and the first annular rib. The adapter is joined to a back side of the garnish in a position corresponding to the mounting hole. The cover includes a plate-shaped portion that is disposed inside the first annular rib, has an outer edge portion opposing an inner side surface of the first annular rib via a first clearance, and covers the mounting hole, and restriction walls protruding from a back side of the plate-shaped portion toward the annular surface.

Abstract: A moving body including an external world information acquisition device is autonomously movable based on external world information acquired by the external world information acquisition device. The external world information acquisition device is arranged on an inner side of the moving body than an outer shell member of the moving body, and is formed with an external world information acquisition surface. The outer shell member has an opening portion. The moving body includes a cover member which is provided between the external world information acquisition device and the opening portion. The external world information acquisition surface acquires the external world information via the cover member. The cover member has a flat plate shape, and is arranged to face the external world information acquisition surface, and to be inclined in an upper-lower direction and a left-right direction of the moving body with respect to the external world information acquisition surface.

Abstract: A manipulator including joint mechanisms each including: first and second members extending along a central axis; the second member disposed at a distal end of the first member and being swivelable relative to the first member about a swivel axis; a guide sheath extending near the central axis, a distal end of the guide sheath being fixed to the second member; a manipulation wire introduced toward the distal end of the guide sheath; and a pulley provided in the second member such that the manipulation wire is wound at least partially around the pulley to cause a distal end of the wire to change direction towards the first member, the pulley being rotatable about an axis parallel to the swivel axis; wherein the distal end of the manipulation wire is fixed to the first member near the inner surface of the through hole.

Abstract: A moving body includes: an opening and closing body, attached to be openable and closable, including: an opening operation device operated by a user when opening the opening and closing body; an external world information acquisition device including an external world information acquisition unit which acquires external world information of the moving body; a panel member forming an outer shell of the moving body; and a garnish member attached to an outer surface of the panel member, which is a surface on an outer side of the moving body. The external world information acquisition device is fixed to the panel member, and the opening operation device is fixed to the garnish member.

Abstract: A moving body includes a first external world information acquisition device. The moving body is autonomously movable based on first external world information acquired by the first external world information acquisition device. An outer shell member of the moving body includes a side surface facing a left-right direction of the moving body. The first external world information acquisition device is provided on the side surface, and is arranged on an inner side of the moving body than an outermost portion in the left-right direction of the side surface in the left-right direction.

Abstract: A moving body including an external world information acquisition device is autonomously movable based on external world information acquired by the external world information acquisition device. The external world information acquisition device is arranged on an inner side of the moving body than an outer shell member of the moving body, and is formed with an external world information acquisition surface. The outer shell member has an opening portion. The moving body includes a cover member which is provided between the external world information acquisition device and the opening portion. The external world information acquisition surface acquires the external world information via the cover member. The cover member has a flat plate shape, and is arranged to face the external world information acquisition surface, and to be inclined in an upper-lower direction and a left-right direction of the moving body with respect to the external world information acquisition surface.

Abstract: An automatic driving vehicle that is automatically movable, the automatic driving vehicle includes a LIDAR configured to acquire external world information on an automatic movement, and a bracket holding the LIDAR and fixed to the automatic driving vehicle. The bracket is fixed to a rearview mirror which is as another device different from the LIDAR.

Abstract: An automatic driving vehicle, that is automatically movable, includes a front window, a LIDAR disposed at an inner side of the front window and configured to acquire external world information on an automatic movement, a display device disposed at the inner side of the front window, a cover member covering the LIDAR and the display device, and a blowout port configured to discharge air toward the LIDAR and the display device along the inner side of the front window. The cover member includes a first introduction port formed by a gap between a portion overlapping the LIDAR in a width direction of the moving body and the front window, and a second introduction port formed by a gap between a portion overlapping the display device in the width direction and the front window. The gap of the first introduction port is larger than the gap of the second introduction port.

Abstract: A detection apparatus that includes a detection unit configured to detect a peripheral environment of a vehicle and a bracket configured to attach the detection unit to a vehicle body, wherein in a state in which the bracket is attached to the vehicle body with the detection unit, the detection unit includes, on a lower end portion, a connector portion configured to be able to output a detection signal indicating the peripheral environment, and the bracket includes a pair of supporting portions configured to support the detection unit from the lower side on both sides of the connector portion and a bridge portion arranged astride the pair of supporting portions so as not to interfere with the connector portion.

Abstract: A detection apparatus that includes a detection unit configured to detect a peripheral environment of a vehicle and a bracket configured to attach the detection unit to a vehicle body, wherein in a state in which the bracket is attached to the vehicle body with the detection unit, the detection unit includes, on a lower end portion, a connector portion configured to be able to output a detection signal indicating the peripheral environment, and the bracket includes a pair of supporting portions configured to support the detection unit from the lower side on both sides of the connector portion and a bridge portion arranged astride the pair of supporting portions so as not to interfere with the connector portion.

Abstract: A holding tray holds an X-ray detection panel on a placing surface. The holding tray includes: a lock that locks the X-ray detection panel on the placing surface with a plurality of holding patterns of different types and/or arrangement directions of the X-ray detection panel; and a detector that detects the holding pattern of the X-ray detection panel locked on the placing surface.

Abstract: A manipulator including joint mechanisms each including: first and second members extending along a central axis; the second member disposed at a distal end of the first member and being swivelable relative to the first member about a swivel axis; a guide sheath extending near the central axis, a distal end of the guide sheath being fixed to the second member; a manipulation wire introduced toward the distal end of the guide sheath; and a pulley provided in the second member such that the manipulation wire is wound at least partially around the pulley to cause a distal end of the wire to change direction towards the first member, the pulley being rotatable about an axis parallel to the swivel axis; wherein the distal end of the manipulation wire is fixed to the first member near the inner surface of the through hole.

Abstract: Provided is a manipulator including a distal-end joint group and a proximal-end joint group that are arranged adjacent to each other in a distal-end section of an insertion part in a longitudinal axis direction and that are configured to bend the distal-end section. The proximal-end joint group includes a plurality of proximal-end bending joints bendable about axes that are lined-up side-by-side to bend the distal-end section through 180° or more. The distal-end joint group includes first distal-end bending joints disposed on a distal side of the proximal-end joint group and bendable about axes crossing a plane including the axes of the proximal-end bending joints and the longitudinal axis; and a second distal-end bending joint disposed in the longitudinal axis direction relative to the axes of the first distal-end bending joints and bendable about an axis that is lined-up side-by-side with the axes of the proximal-end bending joints.

Abstract: A holding tray holds an X-ray detection panel on a placing surface. The holding tray includes: a lock that locks the X-ray detection panel on the placing surface with a plurality of holding patterns of different types and/or arrangement directions of the X-ray detection panel; and a detector that detects the holding pattern of the X-ray detection panel locked on the placing surface.