Abstract: A vehicle driving support system includes a detection part detecting an object; an area classification part classifying areas other than a presence area where the object detected by the detection part is present into an empty area and an unknown area, the empty area being such an area that it is determined that no object is present and an unknown area being such an area that whether an object is present is unknown; and a control part guiding a vehicle to the empty area.

Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a driving situation acquisition unit that acquires driving situations of vehicles that may collide with each other, a driving characteristics acquisition unit that acquires driving characteristics of drivers of the vehicles, a driving action determination unit that determines driving actions that allow the vehicles to avoid collision with each other in the driving situation acquired by the driving situation acquisition unit and that match the driving characteristics acquired by the driving characteristics acquisition unit, and a driving action instruction unit that instructs the vehicles about the driving actions determined by the driving action determination unit.

Abstract: A position estimation system estimates a position of a mobile unit including a camera that captures an image of an area around the mobile unit. The system includes an ECU configured to store a plurality of pieces of map information, the plurality of pieces of map information respectively including a plurality of pieces of image information and respectively including a plurality of pieces of first positional information. The image information corresponding to a plurality of images respectively captured at a plurality of points within a predetermined range, the first positional information being acquired based on information other than the image information and respectively corresponding to the points, environmental conditions of the map information when the images were captured are different from each other, acquire an image captured by the camera, and estimate the position of the mobile unit based on the image acquired by the ECU and the map information.

Abstract: A position estimation system estimates a position of a mobile unit including a camera that captures an image of an area around the mobile unit. The system includes an ECU configured to store a plurality of pieces of map information, the plurality of pieces of map information respectively including a plurality of pieces of image information and respectively including a plurality of pieces of first positional information. The image information corresponding to a plurality of images respectively captured at a plurality of points within a predetermined range, the first positional information being acquired based on information other than the image information and respectively corresponding to the points, environmental conditions of the map information when the images were captured are different from each other, acquire an image captured by the camera, and estimate the position of the mobile unit based on the image acquired by the ECU and the map information.

Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a driving situation acquisition unit that acquires driving situations of vehicles that may collide with each other, a driving characteristics acquisition unit that acquires driving characteristics of drivers of the vehicles, a driving action determination unit that determines driving actions that allow the vehicles to avoid collision with each other in the driving situation acquired by the driving situation acquisition unit and that match the driving characteristics acquired by the driving characteristics acquisition unit, and a driving action instruction unit that instructs the vehicles about the driving actions determined by the driving action determination unit.

Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus that detects that a driver has steered the handle by using a steering torque detected by a torque sensor, switches to the manual steering mode due to a capacity (an integrated value) corresponding to a generated torque, and does not provide an uncomfortable feeling to the driver.

Abstract: A vehicle driving support system includes a detection part detecting an object; an area classification part classifying areas other than a presence area where the object detected by the detection part is present into an empty area and an unknown area, the empty area being such an area that it is determined that no object is present and an unknown area being such an area that whether an object is present is unknown; and a control part guiding a vehicle to the empty area.

Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus that detects that a driver has steered the handle by using a steering torque detected by a torque sensor, switches to the manual steering mode due to a capacity (an integrated value) corresponding to a generated torque, and does not provide an uncomfortable feeling to the driver.

Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus includes a steering torque detector for detecting a steering torque applied to a steering mechanism, a motor for generating an assist force that assists steering of a steering wheel, a power voltage detector for detecting a power voltage of a power supply, a power voltage monitoring section for determining a power voltage detection value detected by the power voltage detector and a motor drive controller for calculating an assist amount based on the steering torque and controlling drive of the motor through a driving section. Assist control is maintained based on a drive possible characteristic corresponding to a reduction level of the power voltage of FETs when the power voltage monitoring section determines that the power voltage detection value is less than or equal to an assist operation possible power voltage.

Abstract: [Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a power state diagnosis method and a power state diagnosis apparatus that pass and increase not only a d-axis current but also a q-axis current to a current value that a steering behavior does not occur to perform a diagnosis in the vector control of a motor, and determine that a power supply degraded, that the power supply is normal and that the diagnosis is not completed without giving an uncomfortable feeling to a driver, detecting a timing that there is not a driver, and needing to comprise a plurality of actuators.

Abstract: [Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a power state diagnosis method and a power state diagnosis apparatus that pass and increase not only a d-axis current but also a q-axis current to a current value that a steering behavior does not occur to perform a diagnosis in the vector control of a motor, and determine that a power supply degraded, that the power supply is normal and that the diagnosis is not completed without giving an uncomfortable feeling to a driver, detecting a timing that there is not a driver, and needing to comprise a plurality of actuators.

Abstract: Detecting with good precision an eye inside corner position and an eye outside corner position as face feature points even when the eye inside corner and/or the eye outside corner portions are obscured by noise. First eyelid profile modeling is performed with a Bezier curve expressed by a fixed control point P3 indicating an eye inside corner first position detected in an image, a fixed control point P4 indicating an eye outside corner first position, a control point P1 corresponding to an upper eyelid position candidate (first parameter), and a control point P2 corresponding to a lower eyelid position candidate (second parameter).

Abstract: Detecting with good precision an eye inside corner position and an eye outside corner position as face feature points even when the eye inside corner and/or the eye outside corner portions are obscured by noise. First eyelid profile modeling is performed with a Bezier curve expressed by a fixed control point P3 indicating an eye inside corner first position detected in an image, a fixed control point P4 indicating an eye outside corner first position, a control point P1 corresponding to an upper eyelid position candidate (first parameter), and a control point P2 corresponding to a lower eyelid position candidate (second parameter).

Abstract: [Problem] The present invention provides an electric power steering apparatus that is capable of suppressing behaviors of steering assist and performing assist control without an uncomfortable feeling even though a power voltage varied drastically during cranking.

Abstract: The invention provides a vehicle motion control device capable of realizing optimum avoidance control in the case of an emergency. The vehicle motion control device includes an external environment detection unit for detecting external environment, and a travel state detection unit for detecting a travel state of a driver's vehicle. An obstruction is detected based on the external environment detected by the external environment detection unit, and an environment map indicating obstructions is created. A control device estimates a plurality of possible avoidance actions for avoiding an obstruction based on the environment map and the travel state of the driver's vehicle detected by the travel state detection unit. The control device estimates collision damage according to each avoidance action estimated by the avoidance action estimation unit, and selects an appropriate avoidance action based on the estimated collision damage.

Abstract: A collision behavior control apparatus which comprises a contacting portion disposed in a portion of the front of a vehicle, and which, at the time of collision against a pedestrian or a two-wheeler with a rider riding thereon, controls the behavior of the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider by pushing the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider separated from the two-wheeler with the contacting portion, wherein the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is pushed by the contacting portion such that the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is not bumped up onto the hood, whereby the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is moved to the vehicle side.

Abstract: A color image creating apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a creation unit. The acquisition unit acquires a color visible image from an imaging unit which images the color visible image which includes plural pixels which each include color information and intensity information based on light in a visible light range. The creation unit uses the intensity information and the color information which are acquired by the imaging for a pixel which has intensity equal to or higher than a predetermined value so as to effect display in color, and uses the intensity information acquired by the imaging for a pixel which has intensity lower than the predetermined value so as to effect display in grayscale, and create a color image.

Abstract: An object determining apparatus is disclosed which is structured such that right and left disparity images are acquired from different view points, disparity of corresponding points in the right and left images is computed, information relating to the points for which disparity is computed is voted to respective blocks of a disparity map that arranges blocks with one side corresponding to disparity, other side corresponding to image lateral position, and these sides being elongated with increasing disparity. An attribute of three dimensional object is applied to first blocks in which distribution of voted disparity points in disparity direction is small and image vertical direction is large. An attribute of road surface is applied to second blocks in which distribution in disparity direction is large and image vertical direction small, thereby determining an object as a three dimensional object or road surface.

Abstract: A electric power steering apparatus having a steering torque detecting unit for detecting a steering torque transmitted to the steering system; an electric motor for generating a steering assist force to give to the steering system; a motor control unit for controlling the electric motor based on at least the steering torque. The apparatus comprises a motor stop condition detecting unit for detecting a condition to stop the electric motor while the electric motor is under control by the motor control unit; and an electromagnetic brake control unit over the electric motor in order to suppress a kick-back based on at least either one of a steering condition of the steering system and a running condition of the vehicle when a detection result by the motor stop condition detecting unit shows that a condition occurs to stop the electric motor.

Abstract: A central location of a face detecting device comprises an image input means for inputting a captured face image, a horizontal edge detecting means for detecting a horizontal edge having a predetermined vertical length based on the face image inputted by the image input means; and a central location of a face detecting means for calculating an average value of a horizontal location data of the horizontal edge detected by the horizontal edge detecting means, and determining the average value as a central location of the face.