Abstract: To perform an ideal calibration operation, a start switch started manually or by an on-vehicle camera calibration device, a start switching device started by an operation of the start switch and projection devices installed in an outer periphery of a vehicle body, including at least one or more light sources irradiating the surroundings of the vehicle body with light are provided, in which whether a calibration operation is possible or not is determined based on references on a road surface projected by the projection devices.

Abstract: It is determined whether a driver is gazing at a gaze target object in the eye gaze direction, and the eye gaze of the driver is guided by changing a display mode of the gaze target object determined to be gazed at by the driver. Calibration of eye gaze direction detection information is accurately and promptly executed.

Abstract: Provided are a vehicle approach detection device and a vehicle approach detection method that are capable of detecting an approach of another vehicle without installing a dedicated device on a road. At least one of a vehicle surrounding video for showing an observed area (for example, road surface) used to observe irradiation light (for example, headlight beam emitted from a headlight of another vehicle) from another vehicle and a vehicle surrounding environmental sound is detected as vehicle external information, and it is determined based on the detected vehicle external information whether or not another vehicle is approaching an own vehicle.

Abstract: A sound quality adjustment apparatus of an approaching vehicle audible system that generates a signal of a notification sound, which is emitted from a sounding device provided in an electric vehicle that generates at least part of driving force by use of a motor to the outside of the electric vehicle, is provided with a sound element storage unit that stores sound element data forming an element of the notification sound; a sound-source sound quality extraction unit that analyzes the sound element data so as to extract a characteristic value related to the sound quality of a sound element; a parameter setting unit that obtains a parameter for converting the sound element data in accordance with vehicle information, by use of the characteristic value extracted by the sound-source sound quality extraction unit; and a parameter storage unit that stores the parameter obtained by the parameter setting unit.

Abstract: A vehicle stop guidance system and a method for storing a camera image obtained from a camera device configured to photograph a surrounding of a set vehicle to be stopped into a camera image storage unit; detecting a target facility at which the set vehicle is to be stopped; calculating a distance between a target object being a target which exists at the target facility and for which the set vehicle is to be stopped and a target device of the set vehicle to be made closer to the target object; calculating a stop position that causes the distance between the target object and the target device to fall within a set range based on a calculation result of the distance; and guiding the set vehicle to the stop position based on a calculation result of the position.

Abstract: An automatic adjuster, when carrying out an AR superimposed display using a head-up display in a vehicle like a car, is able to perform eye position adjustment for the AR superimposition automatically without increasing a burden to a driver by controlling, according to the eye position information acquired from an eye position detector, in such a manner as to shift the driver's eye position in accordance with the reference position of the superimposed display, which serves as a position where the AR superimposition is performed appropriately, and by controlling a movable part of the driver's power seat the driver of the vehicle takes.

Abstract: Position information of a vehicle 100 and feature amounts of driving operations by a driver are acquired as triggered by occurrence of switching from an automatic driving mode to a manual driving mode, and a driving operation to be corrected in the automatic driving mode and a correction amount thereof, are determined from these feature amounts. A driving operation in the automatic driving mode is corrected using the determination result, so that the vehicle 100 is controlled in the automatic driving mode in which the corrected driving operation is included.

Abstract: It is determined whether a driver is gazing at a gaze target object in the eye gaze direction, and the eye gaze of the driver is guided by changing a display mode of the gaze target object determined to be gazed at by the driver. Calibration of eye gaze direction detection information is accurately and promptly executed.

Abstract: A notification sound control unit (10) of an approaching vehicle audible system (100), generating a signal for a notification sound to be emitted from a sounding device (40) provided in an electric vehicle (200) in which at least part of driving force is produced by a motor to the outside of the electric vehicle (200), is provided with a behavior conversion processing section (21) that changes through time change processing an accelerator opening degree signal (11) among vehicle information signals (1) of the electric vehicle (200) so as to output a processed accelerator opening degree signal and with a notification sound signal generation processing section (3) that changes a pitch and a volume of a sound element signal outputted from a sound element (31, 310), based on the processed accelerator opening degree signal, so as to generate a notification sound signal.

Abstract: A notification sound control unit of an approaching vehicle audible system includes a first rotation speed calculation section that calculates a first rotation speed, based on an accelerator opening degree signal of an electric vehicle, a second rotation speed calculation section that calculates a second rotation speed, based on a vehicle speed signal of the electric vehicle, a rotation speed synthesis section that synthesizes the first rotation speed and the second rotation speed, a virtual engine rotation speed calculation section that applies filtering processing to a synthesis rotation speed synthesized by the rotation speed synthesis section so as to calculate a virtual engine rotation speed, and a notification sound signal generation processing section that changes a pitch and a volume of a phoneme signal outputted from a phoneme, based on the virtual engine rotation speed, so as to generate a notification sound signal.

Abstract: A sound quality adjustment apparatus of an approaching vehicle audible system that generates a signal of a notification sound, which is emitted from a sounding device provided in an electric vehicle that generates at least part of driving force by use of a motor to the outside of the electric vehicle, is provided with a sound element storage unit that stores sound element data forming an element of the notification sound; a sound-source sound quality extraction unit that analyses the sound element data so as to extract a characteristic value related to the sound quality of a sound element; a parameter setting unit that obtains a parameter for converting the sound element data in accordance with vehicle information, by use of the characteristic value extracted by the sound-source sound quality extraction unit; and a parameter storage unit that stores the parameter obtained by the parameter setting unit.

Abstract: A notification sound control unit (10) of an approaching vehicle audible system (100), generating a signal for a notification sound to be emitted from a sounding device (40) provided in an electric vehicle (200) in which at least part of driving force is produced by a motor to the outside of the electric vehicle (200), is provided with a behavior conversion processing section (21) that changes through time change processing an accelerator opening degree signal (11) among vehicle information signals (1) of the electric vehicle (200) so as to output a processed accelerator opening degree signal and with a notification sound signal generation processing section (3) that changes a pitch and a volume of a sound element signal outputted from a sound element (31, 310), based on the processed accelerator opening degree signal, so as to generate a notification sound signal.

Abstract: A notification sound control unit of an approaching vehicle audible system includes a first rotation speed calculation section that calculates a first rotation speed, based on an accelerator opening degree signal of an electric vehicle, a second rotation speed calculation section that calculates a second rotation speed, based on a vehicle speed signal of the electric vehicle, a rotation speed synthesis section that synthesizes the first rotation speed and the second rotation speed, a virtual engine rotation speed calculation section that applies filtering processing to a synthesis rotation speed synthesized by the rotation speed synthesis section so as to calculate a virtual engine rotation speed, and a notification sound signal generation processing section that changes a pitch and a volume of a phoneme signal outputted from a phoneme, based on the virtual engine rotation speed, so as to generate a notification sound signal.

Abstract: A navigation device includes a communication module 11 for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from external communication equipment, a tone signal identifying unit 42 for identifying a push tone signal sent thereto via the communication module 11 from the external communication equipment, and a voice recognition unit 41 for performing voice recognition on a voice signal sent thereto via the communication module 11 from the external communication equipment by using information identified by the tone signal identifying unit 42.

Abstract: An electric moving body alarm sound control device that does not generate alarm sound more than necessary nor less than necessary is provided in electric moving bodies, such as hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles, excellent in quietness. An electric moving body alarm sound control device comprises an electric moving body noise detection unit that detects noise the electric moving body generates by itself; an electric moving body noise level comparison determination unit that determines the noise level the electric moving body generates, based on the detection signal detected by the electric moving body noise detection unit; and an alarm sound volume level control unit that takes control of the volume level of alarm sound a sound-emitting unit emits, based on the determination result by the electric moving body noise level comparison determination unit.

Abstract: A complementary pulse width modulation circuit is composed of a signal generating circuit 10 for generating first and second pulse width modulation signals (PWM#1 and PWM#2) that are complementary to each other from an input signal (IN) in response to a sampling synchronous signal (Sample) generated in synchronization with a clock (CLK); and a signal output circuit 20 for combining a positive signal and a negative signal of the first pulse width modulation signal (PWM#1) generated by the signal generating circuit, and for combining the first pulse width modulation signal (PWM#1) combined with the second pulse width modulation signal (PWM#2), followed by outputting.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sound output device for electric vehicle including a sound producing unit 11 for producing a sound, an information acquiring unit 12 for acquiring state information about the state of a vehicle or surroundings information about surroundings of the vehicle, and a control unit 13 for controlling a sound volume and an output direction of the sound produced by the sound producing unit 11 according to the vehicle state information or the surroundings information acquired by the information acquiring unit 12 to output the sound to outside the vehicle. Therefore, the sound output device for electric vehicle makes it easy for pedestrians and passengers each riding on a vehicle, such as a light vehicle or a motorbike, to hear the sound produced thereby, or can prevent neighboring residents from being put into an unpreferable situation.

Abstract: An input device including: a storage unit 6 which stores partial touch area definition data that defines a partial area of a touch input area 2a of a touch-type input device 2 corresponding to an input button displayed on an input screen of a display device 3 as a location on the touch input area 2a; and a storage unit 5 which stores correspondence data in which pattern candidates targeted for pattern recognition selected according to the display contents of the input button are registered by associating with a partial area corresponding to the input button, wherein reference is made to the partial touch area definition data of the storage unit 6 to specify a partial area containing the input starting location of a locus that is input by touching the touch input area 2a of the touch-type input device 2, reference is made to the correspondence data of the storage unit 5 to acquire pattern candidates associated with the specified partial area, and a pattern corresponding to the locus is recognized by using the

Abstract: A sound-directed-outside-vehicle emitting device includes a storage unit 2-A for storing criteria by each of which to determine whether or not a running zone is a high-risk zone, each of the criteria describing a status of the vehicle, and a navigation device 1-A for acquiring information showing a status of the vehicle. The sound-directed-outside-vehicle emitting device compares the information acquired by the navigation device 1-A with the criteria stored in the storage unit 2-A to determine whether the above-mentioned vehicle is running through a high-risk zone, and does not stop the output of a warning sound when determining that the vehicle is running through a high-risk zone even if a switch 4 for commanding a stop of the output of the warning sound is operated.

Abstract: A sound-directed-outside-vehicle emitting device includes a storage unit 2-A for storing criteria by each of which to determine whether or not a running zone is a high-risk zone, each of the criteria describing a status of the vehicle, and a navigation device 1-A for acquiring information showing a status of the vehicle. The sound-directed-outside-vehicle emitting device compares the information acquired by the navigation device 1-A with the criteria stored in the storage unit 2-A to determine whether the above-mentioned vehicle is running through a high-risk zone, and does not stop the output of a warning sound when determining that the vehicle is running through a high-risk zone even if a switch 4 for commanding a stop of the output of the warning sound is operated.