Abstract: An input device has: an operating part having lighting parts and accepting input operations in: a first input mode, in which a first device including a window or a door lock of a vehicle can be operated; or a second input mode, in which a second device can be operated; an emergency detection part detecting an emergency of the vehicle; and a control part setting an input mode of the operating part between the first input mode and the second input mode, and setting the lighting of the lighting parts to: a first lighting state, in which the lighting parts are lit with emphasis; or a second lighting state, in which the lighting parts are not lit with emphasis, and, upon detection of an emergency, the control part sets the operating part to the first input mode and sets at least one lighting part to the first lighting state.

Abstract: A pedestrian protection airbag device has an airbag case that is provided on a bottom surface side of a rear end portion of a vehicle hood, an airbag that includes a hood underside bag portion that is housed inside the airbag case and is inflated and deployed towards the vehicle rear side by pressure from gas which is generated by an inflator, and that is laid out on a bottom surface side of the hood, and that also includes a bag main body portion that is connected to the hood underside bag portion and that is inflated and deployed towards the vehicle top surface side from between a rear end portion of the hood and a glass windshield, and vertical joining portions that join the airbag vertically and reduce the thickness in the vehicle up-down direction of the hood underside bag portion in the inflated and deployed state.

Abstract: A pedestrian protection airbag device has an airbag case that is provided on a bottom surface side of a rear end portion of a vehicle hood, an airbag that includes a hood underside bag portion that is housed inside the airbag case and is inflated and deployed towards the vehicle rear side by pressure from gas which is generated by an inflator, and that is laid out on a bottom surface side of the hood, and that also includes a bag main body portion that is connected to the hood underside bag portion and that is inflated and deployed towards the vehicle top surface side from between a rear end portion of the hood and a glass windshield, and vertical joining portions that join the airbag vertically and reduce the thickness in the vehicle up-down direction of the hood underside bag portion in the inflated and deployed state.

Abstract: A seat belt wearing detection device includes: a tongue unit supported by a seat belt; a buckle unit into which the tongue unit is inserted and held; a wearing detection unit that detects an insertion and holding state; a seat belt side communication unit that transmits a detection result; a control unit that determines a wearing state based on the detection result and controls the seat belt side communication unit; power supply means for supplying electric power to the seat belt side communication unit; and a vehicle side device that performs radio communication with the seat belt side communication unit to receive the detection result. The power supply means includes a power supply section, a power storage section, and a charging section. The power supply section charges the power storage section by supplying electric power to the charging section when the seat belt is in a housed state.

Abstract: An input apparatus includes a central operation unit and a controller that controls an input operation to the central operation unit. The controller includes a determination unit that determines whether the central operation unit is going to be operated from, at least, a left side of the central operation unit or a right side thereof and a reference change unit that changes an operation reference direction of the operation unit in plan view in accordance with a determination result of the determination unit. When it is determined that the operation unit is going to be operated by a driver, the operation reference direction is changed to another direction. When it is determined that the operation unit is going to be operated by a passenger on a passenger seat, the operation reference direction is changed to still another direction.

Abstract: A seat belt wearing detection device includes: a tongue unit supported by a seat belt; a buckle unit into which the tongue unit is inserted and held; a wearing detection unit that detects an insertion and holding state; a seat belt side communication unit that transmits a detection result; a control unit that determines a wearing state based on the detection result and controls the seat belt side communication unit; power supply means for supplying electric power to the seat belt side communication unit; and a vehicle side device that performs radio communication with the seat belt side communication unit to receive the detection result. The power supply means includes a power supply section, a power storage section, and a charging section. The power supply section charges the power storage section by supplying electric power to the charging section when the seat belt is in a housed state.

Abstract: A handling device of security data of a vehicle includes: an in-vehicle unit having a portable unit authenticating unit, an EEPROM, a ROM, and a controller; a vehicle having the in-vehicle unit, a door locking mechanism, and a communication unit; and a portable unit for locking or unlocking the door locking mechanism of the vehicle. In the above device, an encryption unit for encrypting the security data with a cipher key is interposed between the controller and the EEPROM, the security data is encrypted with the cipher key and stored into the EEPROM, according to the instruction from the controller based on the authentication result of the portable unit authenticating unit, and the cipher key is stored into the ROM.

Abstract: Keyless entry includes a plurality of mobile devices each capable of fitting thereto a transponder for immobilizer authentication and a car-mounted device having a mobile device communication portion for communicating with the mobile devices and an immobilizer authentication portion for executing immobilizer authentication by making communication with the transponders. The immobilizer authentication portion includes a transmission/reception portion for communicating with the transponders, an ID preservation portion for storing and preserving IDs of transponders that have already been registered and a combination ID preservation portion for storing and preserving combinations of IDs of the registered mobile devices and IDs of the transponders fitted to the mobile devices.

Abstract: Keyless entry includes a plurality of mobile devices each capable of fitting thereto a transponder for immobilizer authentication and a car-mounted device having a mobile device communication portion for communicating with the mobile devices and an immobilizer authentication portion for executing immobilizer authentication by making communication with the transponders. The immobilizer authentication portion includes a transmission/reception portion for communicating with the transponders, an ID preservation portion for storing and preserving IDs of transponders that have already been registered and a combination ID preservation portion for storing and preserving combinations of IDs of the registered mobile devices and IDs of the transponders fitted to the mobile devices.

Abstract: A handling device of security data (for example, a portable unit ID) of a vehicle comprises: an in-vehicle unit having a portable unit authenticating unit, an EEPROM, a ROM, and a controller; a vehicle having the in-vehicle unit, a door locking mechanism, and a communication unit; and a portable unit for locking or unlocking the door locking mechanism of the vehicle. In the above device, an encryption unit for encrypting the security data with a cipher key is interposed between the controller and the EEPROM, the security data (portable unit ID) is encrypted with the cipher key and stored into the EEPROM, according to the instruction from the controller based on the authentication result of the portable unit authenticating unit, and the cipher key is stored into the ROM.

Abstract: In a power window device an MCU detects motor torque values one by one when a window is opened and closed, compares the detected motor torque values with base values set to the travel regions and stops or reverses a motor determining that an object is pinched in the window when the former values exceed the latter values.

Abstract: The present invention provides a power window system, by which it is possible to reliably detect that a foreign object is caught in a car window even during the period from the time of starting of a motor to the time when stable operation of the window is reached, and also, it is possible to minimize erroneous detection. The power window system of the present invention includes a pulse generator for generating repeated pulses in response to rotation of a motor, and a control unit for judging that a foreign object is caught in the window. The control unit divides the period of operation into three periods to match the characteristics during the starting of the power window system, i.e. a first period from the starting of the motor to the initiation of upward or downward movement of the window, a second period to the time point when the window reaches and maintains stable operation, and a third period after the second period.

Abstract: A power window apparatus and a method for controlling the same is provided in which the whole travel region of a window is divided into a plurality of blocks, a reference value of a motor torque value, a tolerance value for tolerating a fluctuation in the motor torque value, and a determination value obtained by adding the reference value and the tolerance value for determining pinching are set and stored for each block and, when the torque value detected is larger than the reference value, a correction value in proportion to the difference is added to the determination value so as to perform the next determination.

Abstract: The present invention provides a power window system, by which it is possible to reliably detect that a foreign object is caught in a car window even during the period from the time of starting of a motor to the time when stable operation of the window is reached, and also, it is possible to minimize erroneous detection. The power window system of the present invention comprises a pulse generator for generating repeated pulses in response to rotation of a motor, and a control unit for judging that a foreign object is caught in the window. The control unit divides the period of operation into three periods to match the characteristics during the starting of the power window system, i.e. a first period from the starting of the motor to the initiation of upward or downward movement of the window, a second period to the time point when the window reaches and maintains stable operation, and a third period after the second period.

Abstract: There are provided a power window apparatus and a method for controlling the same, which are less likely to cause malfunction to determine that pinching occurs when the pinching does not occur in the event that there occur a fluctuation in the motor torque value or a fluctuation in the coefficient of friction between the window and the window frame due to temperature changes, and an irregular variation in the pulse outputted owing to the shaved gear teeth of a pulse generation part 15 due to changes over time, so that the motor torque value detected is varied.