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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160134157 | CHARGE CONTROL DEVICE - When a microcomputer does not charge an electric storage device, the microcomputer activates at an interval set based on a timer set value and determines whether an electric power voltage generated by a solar cell is equal to or higher than an electric power generation determination threshold. When the generated electric power voltage is lower than the electric power generation determination threshold, the microcomputer turns to a sleep state after increasing the timer set value by an addition set value while prohibiting charging the electric storage device. When the generated electric power voltage is equal to or higher than the electric power generation determination threshold and a generated electric power amount is equal to or larger than an electric power generation determination threshold, the microcomputer starts charging the electric storage device so the electric power device can be appropriately charged with an electric power generated by the solar cell. | 05-12-2016 |
20160123249 | KNOCK DETERMINATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A knock determination apparatus for an internal combustion engine calculates a knock intensity based on an output signal of an in-cylinder pressure sensor in a gate range for knock determination. When the calculated knock intensity is larger than a knock determination threshold value, the knock determination apparatus determines that knock has occurred. Further, the knock determination apparatus calculates an integrated intensity which is an integrated value of knock intensities that are equal to or larger than a knock intensity at a point of 97% or more in a target knock level among knock intensities that are calculated at the respective cycles during continuous N cycles in the same cylinder. Furthermore, the knock determination apparatus corrects a knock determination threshold value so that the difference between the calculated integrated intensity and a target integrated intensity becomes small. | 05-05-2016 |
20160088260 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an image processor configured to: acquire a plurality of captured images captured by a plurality of cameras installed on a vehicle; generate a composite image showing a vicinity of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, using the plurality of captured images; generate a vicinity image by superimposing a distance indicator that shows at least one distance from the vehicle on the composite image, the distance indicator encompassing a periphery of the vehicle in the composite image; and output the vicinity image to a display to cause the vicinity image to be displayed on the display. | 03-24-2016 |
20160021313 | Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus that processes an image includes: an image acquisition portion that acquires a captured image from an imaging apparatus which captures an image of a vicinity of a vehicle; and an image generator that generates a display image in which a support image for supporting driving is superimposed on the acquired captured image captured by the imaging apparatus, the image generator being configured to (i) make a determination as to whether the vehicle is in a stopped state or a moving state, and (ii) select a type of the support image to be superimposed on the acquired captured image in the display image based on the determination as to whether the vehicle is in the stopped state or the moving state. | 01-21-2016 |
20150366087 | Electronic Apparatus - A vehicle-mounted display apparatus includes a substrate and a sheet-metal holder. The substrate has through-holes penetrating a substrate surface of the substrate. In contrast, the sheet-metal holder includes a guide portion extending upright from a main surface of the sheet-metal holder, and projections projecting from the main surface of the sheet-metal holder and configured to define the position of the substrate with respect to the guide portion by an engagement with the through-holes. In a manufacturing process of the vehicle-mounted display apparatus, the substrate abuts against the guide portion in a state in which the substrate surface is inclined with respect to the main surface of the sheet-metal holder. Subsequently, the substrate rotates about the guide portion until the substrate surface becomes substantially parallel to the main surface of the sheet-metal holder, causing the through-holes and the projections to engage each other. | 12-17-2015 |
20150360699 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control apparatus assists a braking operation by using negative pressure in a negative pressure chamber generated by rotation of an internal combustion engine, automatically stops or restarts the engine if a first or second condition is satisfied, respectively. The apparatus determines whether a braking operation is performed, detects the rotational speed of the engine and the negative pressure in the negative pressure chamber using a negative pressure sensor. When a state has continued over a predetermined time while no braking operation has been detected, and the rotational speed has been over a threshold, the apparatus temporarily determine whether the sensor is abnormal, based on the negative pressure. When the sensor has been temporarily determined abnormal for a predetermined number of times, the abnormality is certainly determined to inhibit automatic stopping of the engine. The predetermined time may be changed depending whether the state has continued. | 12-17-2015 |
20150224883 | VEHICLE AND CONTACTLESS POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A contactless power supply system contactlessly supplies electric power from a power transmitting device to a vehicle. The vehicle includes a power receiving unit contactlessly receiving electric power from the power transmitting device, an electrical storage device storing electric power received by the power receiving unit, and a vehicle ECU. The power transmitting device includes a power supply unit, a power transmitting unit contactlessly supplying electric power, supplied from the power supply unit, to the power receiving unit and a matching transformer used to adjust an impedance between the power supply unit and the power transmitting unit. The vehicle ECU is able to output, to the power transmitting device, a command to adjust the matching transformer, and sets an impedance of the matching transformer on the basis of a power transfer efficiency between the power transmitting unit and the power receiving unit while the electrical storage device is being charged. | 08-13-2015 |
20150057833 | ANTENNA, RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an antenna. A third transmission antenna is provided at a position shifted in a short direction of a first transmission antenna. A second transmission antenna is provided at a position between the first and third transmission antennas so that a portion of the second transmission antenna in a longitudinal direction is overlapped with a portion of the first and third transmission antennas in the longitudinal direction. A fourth transmission antenna is provided at a position point-symmetrical with respect to the position of the second transmission antenna, about the position of the third transmission antenna. A plurality of reception antennas are provided so that a portion of each of the reception antennas in the longitudinal direction is overlapped with a portion of the second transmission antenna in the longitudinal direction. | 02-26-2015 |
20150054517 | DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR RELAY CIRCUIT - An example of a relay circuit includes: a capacitor connecting both ends of a load circuit; first and second main relays disposed in power supply lines between a direct-current power supply and the load circuit; a series circuit configured by a first resistor and a precharge relay disposed in parallel with the first main relay; and a second resistor connecting both ends of the load circuit. A discharge process is performed in which both the first main relay and the precharge relay are turned on, the second main relay is turned off, and a reactive current is caused to flow through the load circuit. In this discharge process, an abnormality of the first resistor is detected based on a both-end voltage of the capacitor detected by a voltage sensor and a resistance value that is an equivalent representation of the discharge process. | 02-26-2015 |
20150032363 | OBSTACLE DETERMINATION DEVICE - Disclosed is an obstacle determination device ( | 01-29-2015 |
20150015434 | PERIPHERAL OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND PERIPHERAL OBJECT DETECTION METHOD - A peripheral object detection apparatus that is installed in a vehicle to detect a peripheral object obstructing travel by a vehicle includes: a radar that obtains a reflection intensity by transmitting an electromagnetic wave and receiving an electromagnetic wave reflected by an object; and a determination unit that calculates an integrated value of an amount of variation in the reflection intensity within a predetermined section, obtained by the radar, and determines on the basis of the integrated value whether or not the object is a low object not obstructing travel by the vehicle. | 01-15-2015 |
20140358325 | VEHICULAR SYSTEM - A use specifying unit specifies a “purpose of use” of a vehicle based on a running-data table. An application selection unit selects one or more information-related applications which are suitable for the “purpose of use”, from a plurality of information-related applications. Then, an execution inhibition unit inhibits execution of information-related applications which are not selected to be suitable for the specified purpose of the vehicle. As a result, it is possible to prevent information-related applications which are unnecessary for the “purpose of use” of the vehicle from being executed wastefully. | 12-04-2014 |
20140357213 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes a display screen, a first camera that is installed on a side of the mobile terminal having the display screen, a velocity sensor that derives moving velocity of the mobile terminal, and a controller configured to (i) determine a starting state of the display screen, (ii) determine a direction of a face of a user based on a shot image obtained from the first camera, and (iii) determine whether the user is walking while watching the mobile terminal based on the moving velocity, the starting state and the direction of the face of the user. | 12-04-2014 |
20140320098 | SWITCHING REGULATOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - There is provided a switching regulator configured to convert an input voltage into an output voltage. A control unit is configured to perform switching control in response to a result of comparison between a reference voltage and a complex voltage which includes a feedback voltage acquired by feeding back the output voltage, and a derived voltage derived on the basis of an input current. | 10-30-2014 |
20140313070 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus capable of extracting a peak signal obtained from a difference frequency between a transmitting signal and a receiving signal during first and second periods and deriving target information based on the extracted peak signals. A pairing unit pairs the peak signals extracted in the first and second periods. A judging unit judges whether or not the derived target is an overhead object based on the number of paired data of a stationary object existing within a predetermined range from the radar apparatus, among the paired data obtained by pairing the peak signals in the pairing unit. | 10-23-2014 |
20140297078 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR RIDABLE MACHINE AND DRIVING CONTROL UNIT - An operation control unit and a driving control unit mutually monitor an operation state of each other, and when a first control unit detects an error of the other (second) control unit, the first control unit performs a driving control on driving sources, at a speed more limited than that in a normal mode based on an operation signal. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292805 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus determines a transparency percentage of each of plural portions of a cabin image of a vehicle, causes the plural portions to be semi-transparent or to be transparent at the determined transparency percentages and displays the cabin image. Thus, the user can intuitively understand a positional relationship between the vehicle and a surrounding region and does not miss an obstacle in a course of traveling of the vehicle. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292606 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND RADAR DEVICE - An antenna device according to an embodiment includes a dielectric substrate, a housing, and an interference prevention unit. On the top surface side of the dielectric substrate, a plurality of antennas is formed, and on the bottom surface side, a ground is formed, each as a conductive thin film pattern, respectively. The housing is formed of a conductive material, and formed to have a shape configured to function as a waveguide, and the top surface side of the housing is bonded to the bottom surface side of the dielectric substrate. The interference prevention unit is formed between the neighboring antennas to include at least a groove provided on the top surface side of the housing and a slit provided on the ground in the portion corresponding to the groove. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292559 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus capable of emitting a transmission wave relating to a transmitting signal which is frequency-modulated, and receiving a reflection wave coming from a target at which the transmission wave is reflected as a receiving signal, to derive at least position information of the target based on the receiving signal. A deriving unit derives a fluctuation value of a signal level relating to the receiving signal for a stationary target among the targets. A calculating unit calculates a fluctuation integrated value integrated by the fluctuation value. A judging unit judges the stationary target as a target other than a control subject if the fluctuation integrated value is below a predetermined threshold. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292558 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus capable of extracting a peak signal obtained from a difference frequency between a transmitting signal and a receiving signal during first and second periods and deriving target information based on the extracted peak signals. A predicting unit derives a predicted peak signal obtained by predicting a current peak signal based on the peak signal obtained in a previous process. An extracting unit extracts a peak signal included within a predetermined frequency range, with the predicted peak signal being as a base point, in each of the first and second periods. A pairing unit pairs the peak signals extracted in the first and second periods. The pairing unit changes a pairing method according to the number of the peak signals extracted in each of the first and second periods. | 10-02-2014 |
20140247180 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus. A derivation unit derives this time-decided transverse distance of the target of this time processing, by filtering, with a predetermined filter constant, this time transverse distance of paired data of this time processing, and a predicted transverse distance. A change unit changes, when the transverse distance of an object moving target moving in a traveling direction of a vehicle mounted with the radar apparatus and the transverse distance of a specific target satisfy a predetermined relation, the filter constant for filtering this time transverse distance and the predicted transverse distance of the object moving target so that a reflection amount of this time transverse distance is reduced in comparison to before the change. | 09-04-2014 |
20140236601 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - In an agent function, when a character image in motion is displayed, a number of the character images to be displayed is changed, depending on whether or not a speech utterance of a user is being received. In other words, during receipt the speech utterance of the user, the communication apparatus sends the character images to the vehicle-mounted apparatus at a first reduced frequency. Thus, even when a process of receiving the speech utterance and a process of displaying the character images are concurrently performed, the vehicle-mounted apparatus is not overloaded with the processes. Therefore, a stopping state of a process caused by overload of the vehicle-mounted apparatus with processes can be prevented and stoppage of the motion of the character image can also be prevented even during the receipt of the speech utterance. | 08-21-2014 |
20140214276 | OBJECT DETECTOR - An object detection circuit detects an object moving in a periphery of a vehicle by a frame correlation method that uses a plurality of shot images captured at successive times. A state judgment part disables a detection function of the object detection circuit when a steering angle of an own vehicle is not in a prescribed steering angle range. Then, a condition changer changes the prescribed steering angle range corresponding to a condition of the steering angle in accordance with a velocity of the own vehicle. Therefore, the condition changer can relax the condition for enabling the detection function in accordance with the velocity of the own vehicle within a range where detection accuracy is ensured. | 07-31-2014 |
20140211007 | OBJECT DETECTOR - An object detection circuit detects an object moving in a periphery of a vehicle by use of a shot image. A state judgment part changes a parameter relevant to a detection function so as to change whether the detection function of the object detection circuit is to be enabled or disabled while the object detection circuit is kept activated. Thus, even when the detection function of the object detection circuit is disabled, the object detection circuit is kept activated. Therefore, since there is no need to restart the object detection circuit in order to enable the detection function of the object detection circuit, a detection result by the object detection circuit is promptly obtained. | 07-31-2014 |
20140210739 | OPERATION RECEIVER - An operation receiver includes a first detector and a second detector each of which detects an object. A detection range for the first detector and another detection range for the second detector are located next to each other. The first detector detects a state of the object. A controller makes a judgment as to whether the operation by the object has been carried out to the first detector or to the second detector. | 07-31-2014 |
20140210421 | DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS AND DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A device control apparatus according to an embodiment includes a monitoring unit, a first processing unit, and a second processing unit. The monitoring unit monitors a state of voltage supply from a battery. When the start of the voltage supply is detected, the first processing unit starts the voltage supply to some devices, operates in a first operation mode, and executes a resume process of the devices. When the resume process is completed, the second processing unit starts the voltage supply to devices other than some devices, initializes states of the devices, and operates in a second operation mode in which consumption power is larger than consumption power of the first operation mode. | 07-31-2014 |
20140159948 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus. A derivation unit derives target information which is information relating to a target detected on the basis of a transmission signal of which a frequency changes with a predetermined cycle and a reception signal corresponding to a reflected wave coming from an object at which a transmission wave corresponding to the transmission signal is reflected. A determination unit determines reliability of the target information. A decision unit decides whether the detected target is true or false, based on the target information. The decision unit changes a method of deciding whether the target is true or false in accordance with a determination result of the reliability by the determination unit. | 06-12-2014 |
20140159946 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus configured to extract peak signals which are obtained from a difference frequency between a transmission signal and a reception signal, and to derive information of the target on the basis of the extracted peak signals. A prediction unit predicts this time peak signal based on a peak signal obtained in previous time. An extraction unit extracts this time peak signal corresponding to the predicted peak signal from peak signals existing within a predetermined frequency range. The extraction unit extends the frequency range when this time peak signal corresponding to the predicted peak signal does not exist within the predetermined frequency range. | 06-12-2014 |
20140157180 | CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS - A plurality of characters that are candidates for entry are displayed on a display surface of a display corresponding to an operation surface of a touch panel as character buttons. A touch detector judges whether a user touches the operation surface either with a single point or plural points, and detects a position touched by the user. An input receiver receives an entry of a character associated with a character button in the position touched by the user among the plurality of characters displayed on the display surface of the display. Then, the input receiver receives the entry of the character which varies in type depending on whether the user touches an area in the operation surface corresponding to an identical character button with a single point or plural points. | 06-05-2014 |
20140153168 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system includes a display panel that displays information and a movement apparatus that moves the display panel. The movement apparatus includes: a slide mechanism configured to move the display panel linearly relative to a base chassis; a right-and-left tilt mechanism configured to change an angle of a display surface of the display panel in a right-and-left direction; an up-and-down tilt mechanism configured to change an angle of the display surface of the display panel in an up-and-down direction; and a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the display panel on a rotation axis orthogonal to the display surface of the display panel. | 06-05-2014 |
20140145871 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus configured to emit a transmission wave, to receive a reflected wave as a reception signal, and to derive target information including at least position information of a target from peak signals which are extracted by performing FFT processing for a beat signal that is generated from the reception signal. A determination unit is configured to determine whether a specific peak signal exists at a frequency that is distant from a frequency of the peak signal existing at a first frequency by a frequency of one selected peak signal selected from the plurality of peak signals. An exclusion unit is configured to exclude the target information corresponding to the selected peak signal from an output object of the radar apparatus when the specific peak signal exists. | 05-29-2014 |
20140118186 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus. An extracting unit extracts a peak signal obtained from a difference frequency between a transmitting signal and a receiving signal during a first period in which the frequency of the transmitting signal ascends and a second period in which the frequency descends. A pairing unit pairs the peak signals of the first and second periods based on a predetermined condition. A deriving unit derives target information including a position of a target based on paired data obtained by pairing the peak signals. The pairing unit selects normal-paired data which is paired in a correct combination, from among the plurality of paired data, based on a plurality of parameter values of the peak signals of the first and second periods which are to be paired, and a discrimination function for discriminating true or false of the pairing. | 05-01-2014 |
20140107866 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER - A vehicle controller controls one or more operations of a vehicle. The vehicle controller includes a communicator communicating with an information processor located outside the vehicle by transmitting and receiving information, a controller controlling the vehicle controller based on control information transmitted from the information processor, and a position-information-obtaining-part obtaining position information of the vehicle, wherein the position-information-obtaining-part obtains position information at a time of parking start upon parking start of the vehicle, and obtains position information at a time of reception of the control information when the controller receives the control information from the information processor while being in a sleep mode, and when the position-information-obtaining-part obtains the position information at the time of reception of the control information, the communicator transmits a more accurate one of the position information at the time of parking start and the position information at the time of reception of the control information. | 04-17-2014 |
20140085466 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS - An image generating apparatus generates a vicinity image including a vehicle and a vicinity of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, based on a captured image, and generates a combined image by superimposing a vehicle image of the vehicle on the vicinity image. Then the image generating apparatus generates the vehicle image in a frame style that shows a body frame of the vehicle by frame lines and changes a style form in the frame style in accordance with a predetermined condition. | 03-27-2014 |
20140062762 | RADAR DEVICE AND TARGET HEIGHT CALCULATION METHOD - In an in-vehicle radar device, as a vertical azimuth which is an azimuth of a target in a direction perpendicular to a ground surface, a real image vertical azimuth which is an azimuth of a real image existing above ground is calculated from a reflected wave generated when a transmission signal transmitted from a transmission antenna reflected from the target, and a virtual image vertical azimuth which is an azimuth of a virtual image existing underground is calculated from a reflected wave generated when the transmission signal transmitted from the transmission antenna is reflected from the target and reflected again from the ground surface. Next, in the in-vehicle radar device, an angle difference between the real image vertical azimuth and the virtual image vertical azimuth which are calculated is calculated, and a height of the target from the ground surface is calculated using the calculated angle difference. | 03-06-2014 |
20140028487 | RADAR APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus. A setting unit is configured to set a first range including at least a reference target. A deriving unit is configured to derive a representative position of targets included in the first range on the basis of position information of the targets included in the first range. An acquiring unit is configured to acquire vehicle information indicating that the vehicle is running in a curve-shaped lane or a road shape in front of the vehicle is a curve shape. When the acquiring unit acquires the vehicle information, the setting unit sets a second range wider than the first range and the deriving unit derives a representative position of targets included in the second range on the basis of position information of the targets included in the second range. | 01-30-2014 |
20130321195 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus. A first determining section is configured to determine whether there exists a continuing stationary target at a side of a lane in which a vehicle is traveling. A second determining section is configured to determine whether there exists a moving target in a specific range which is in front of the vehicle and on an opposite side of the stationary target with respect to a position of the vehicle. A changing section is configured to change position information of the moving target to a position obtained by folding back a specific position which is the position of the moving target in the specific range with the stationary target therebetween in a case where the stationary target exists and the moving target exists in the specific range. The changed position is used for deriving the position information of the target. | 12-05-2013 |
20130314533 | DATA DERIVING APPARATUS - A position identifying part identifies positions of mark images in a captured image obtained by capturing an image of two marks by the camera. Then an error deriving part derives an error rate err of an actual image height r′ to a design image height r based on the positions of the two mark images. Moreover, a distortion deriving part derives an actual distortion of the camera based on the error rate err and a distortion characteristic defined in advance from design. | 11-28-2013 |
20130307718 | RADAR DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROCESSING SIGNAL - A radar device according to an embodiment includes a transmission unit, a reception unit, and a processing unit. The transmission unit emits a transmission wave relating to a frequency-modulated transmission signal. The reception unit receives a reflected wave acquired by reflecting the transmission wave on an object as a reception signal. The processing unit detects object data corresponding to the object from the reception signal, outputs the object data to the vehicle control device that controls the vehicle, and removes object data satisfying the removal condition that is a condition used for determining whether or not object data is to be removed from an output target for the vehicle control device and includes at least the distance and the relative speed of the object data with respect to the speed of the vehicle as conditions from output targets for the vehicle control device. | 11-21-2013 |
20130304947 | SERIAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SERIAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND SERIAL COMMUNICATION METHOD - A serial communication device includes: a data transfer unit configured to repeat storing a predetermined unit of data, received by a receiving unit, in a receiving buffer and transfer data to a storage unit when data of a predetermined size is accumulated in the receiving buffer; a counting unit configured to count one of the number of times the predetermined unit of data is stored and an amount of data accumulated; a monitoring unit configured to monitor a count value counted by the counting unit; and a data identifying unit configured to determine that a current interval is a non-communication interval during which a sending source does not send data if the count value remains unchanged for a predetermined time and identify first data, received after the determination of the non-communication interval, as beginning data of a sequence of data including a plurality of pieces of data. | 11-14-2013 |
20130304382 | NAVIGATION DEVICE, NAVIGATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Navigation systems, methods, and programs acquire deviated point information regarding a deviated point where a vehicle traveling a set route has deviated the route, and acquire post-deviation travel history information regarding a travel history after a deviated vehicle has deviated the route at the deviated point. The systems, methods, and programs determine based on the post-deviation travel history information for each of the deviated vehicles whether the deviated vehicle has traveled along a reroute set after deviating the route at the deviated point, and judges whether a rate of the deviated vehicles which were determined as having traveled along the reroute is a first predetermined value or more. If the rate of the deviated vehicles which were determined as having traveled along the reroute is the first predetermined value or more, the systems, methods, and programs determine that guidance of the route is not appropriate. | 11-14-2013 |
20130300363 | VEHICLE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle that is chargeable using power from an external power source includes: a chargeable electric storage device; a charging device that charges the electric storage device by using the power from the external power source; and a control device that, based on maximum supply power that is able to be supplied to the electric storage device and based on actual charge power actually supplied to the electric storage device, calculates a shortfall with respect to charge power supplied to the electric storage device in a case where charging is performed at the maximum supply power, and stores information relating to a causal factor for the shortfall. | 11-14-2013 |
20130286206 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A mobile apparatus obtains a posted data set of a social networking service. The mobile apparatus generates an augmented reality image by superimposing, on a captured image, an icon representing a posted data set posted in an objective capturing range of a camera, based on a posted location of the posted data set, a vehicle location of a vehicle, and a direction of an optical axis of the camera. The mobile apparatus transmits the generated augmented reality image to a vehicle-mounted apparatus. The vehicle-mounted apparatus displays the received augmented reality image on a display. Thus a user who sees the vehicle-mounted apparatus can instinctively understand the posted location of the posted data set. | 10-31-2013 |
20130285635 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - There is provided a power supply circuit. A switching regulator is configured to drop a battery voltage to a first specific voltage. A series regulator includes a switching element and a capacitor connected at an output stage of the switching element. The series regulator is configured to drop the first specific voltage to a second specific voltage and output the second specific voltage. A control circuit is configured to adjust an amount of electric charge to be accumulated in the capacitor according to a voltage value of the first specific voltage. | 10-31-2013 |
20130261941 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER - A vehicle controller is installed in a vehicle and controls one or more operations of the vehicle. The vehicle controller includes a control unit that: (i) outputs a first code for authentication to a judging apparatus which judges whether to permit starting of a driving apparatus of the vehicle when a request for starting the driving apparatus is obtained from an information processor which is located outside the vehicle, (ii) controls locking and unlocking of doors of the vehicle when a request for door lock control is obtained from the information processor, and (iii) obtains from the judging apparatus an authentication result of whether the first code and a second code for authentication which the judging apparatus uses are identical. When obtaining the request for door lock control, the control unit controls the locking and unlocking of the doors based on the authentication result. | 10-03-2013 |
20130257642 | RADAR DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROCESSING SIGNAL - A radar device according to an embodiment includes a transmission unit, a reception unit, a processing unit, a first determination unit, and a second determination unit. The transmission unit emits transmission signals. The reception unit receives reception signals acquired by reflecting the transmission signals on an object. The processing unit detects object data corresponding to the object from the reception signals. The first determination unit determines object data included in a predicted range based on past object data detected in the past as past correspondence data having time continuity with respect to the past object data. In a case where parameters of new data that has not been detected in the past and the past correspondence data have predetermined relation, the second determination unit determines that the new data and the past correspondence data correspond to the same object. | 10-03-2013 |
20130257591 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER - A vehicle controller installed in and controlling a vehicle includes an obtaining part that obtains identification information specific to the vehicle, a communicator that communicates with an information processor located outside the vehicle by transmitting and receiving information, a match judging part that makes a matching judgment on whether a plurality of the identification information obtained at different times are identical, and a judging part that judges whether to permit the control of the vehicle based on the matching judgment. The information processor also can make the matching judgment and only transmit a control command to the vehicle controller when there is a match. | 10-03-2013 |
20130249731 | RADAR APPARATUS AND TARGET DETECTING METHOD - A radar apparatus includes a retrieval unit, an estimation unit, a calculation unit, and a determination unit. The retrieval unit retrieves a strong reflection object based on a signal strength which a frequency spectrum of a beat signal generated by mixing a transmission signal which is frequency-modulated and emitted and a reception signal which is formed in the transmission signal is reflected on a target indicates. The estimation unit estimates an estimation orientation which is an orientation of a target assumed to be present around the strong reflection object, based on a relative distance to the strong reflection object. The calculation unit calculates power which is the signal strength for the estimation orientation by generating an orientation spectrum in the estimation orientation based on a frequency component corresponding to the relative distance. The determination unit determines whether there is the target in the estimation orientation based on the power. | 09-26-2013 |
20130241763 | RADAR DEVICE - According to an embodiment, there is provided a radar device including a generating unit, an estimating unit, and a determining unit. The generating unit generates a frequency spectrum from a beat signal corresponding to a predetermined period. The estimating unit estimates a peak frequency corresponding to a target on the basis of location information of the target corresponding to a past period. The determining unit determines, with respect to the frequency spectrum corresponding to the latest period, whether the peak frequency is a peak corresponding to the target by comparing power near the peak frequency estimated by the estimating unit with a predetermined threshold. | 09-19-2013 |
20130222176 | RADAR APPARATUS - A signal processor is configured to: derive, using a first process, at least one of a distance and a relative speed included in the object data set; and derive, using a second process different from the first process, at least one of the distance and the relative speed included in the object data set when the distance included in the object data set is below a predetermined distance. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221886 | MOTOR CONTROLLING APPARATUS - A motor controlling apparatus includes: a controller configured to (i) compute a target duty cycle value which is a target value for a duty cycle used for a pulse width modulation control for controlling a motor, and (ii) specify 100% as a duty cycle specified value when the target duty cycle value is greater than an upper limit value which is below 100%, or specify 0% as the duty cycle specified value when the target duty cycle value is less than a lower limit value which exceeds 0%; and a control signal generator that generates a control signal for controlling the motor at the duty cycle specified value specified by the controller. | 08-29-2013 |
20130215270 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS - In an object detection apparatus, an image obtaining part obtains, continuously in time, captured images captured by a vehicle-mounted camera capturing images of a vicinity of a host vehicle. A first detector detects an object by using the plurality of captured images obtained by the obtaining part at different time points. The first detector stores, as a template image, an area relating to the object detected by the first detector and included in one of the plurality of captured images that have been processed, in a memory. Moreover, a second detector detects an object by searching for a correlation area, having a correlation with the template image, included in a single captured image obtained by the image obtaining part. | 08-22-2013 |
20130187271 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a first bump that is located over a surface of a semiconductor element, and is formed on a first bump formation face distanced from a back surface of the semiconductor element at a first distance, and a second bump that is located over the surface of the semiconductor element, and is formed on a second bump formation face distanced from the back surface of the semiconductor element at a second distance being longer than the first distance, the second bump having a diameter larger than a diameter of the first bump. | 07-25-2013 |
20130176246 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR - An information processor includes a display that has a touch panel and that displays an image, and a controller that displays on the display the image that has an operation-part display area displaying at least a part of a plurality of operation buttons that receive instructions for executing prescribed functions, the instructions given by a touch operation. The operation-part display area has a switch operation area, a variable area and a fixed area. The variable area displays a part of the plurality of operation buttons, and changes over the part of the plurality of operation buttons to be displayed in response to the touch operation made on a page switch button shown in the switch operation area. The fixed area displays a part of a rest of the plurality of operation buttons fixedly regardless of the touch operation made on the page switch button. | 07-11-2013 |
20130151132 | REMOTE STARTER - A remote starter is installed in a vehicle for executing starting control of a driving apparatus of the vehicle, and executes the starting control of the driving apparatus in response to a request for starting received from an information processor that is located outside the vehicle. The remote starter includes a communicator that communicates with the information processor by transmitting and receiving information and a controller that obtains time information at a time of starting the driving apparatus. The communicator transmits the time information at the time of starting to the information processor at the time of starting the driving apparatus in response to the request for starting received from the information processor. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151038 | REMOTE STARTER - A remote starter transmits vehicle position information at a time of parking start to an information processor upon the parking start of a vehicle. The information processor judges whether to transmit a request for starting of the vehicle based on the vehicle position information and mobile-terminal position information upon reception of the request for starting of the vehicle and the mobile-terminal position information from a mobile terminal. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151037 | REMOTE STARTER - When vehicle position information at a time of parking start is available, a remote starter transmits the vehicle position information at the time of parking start to an information processor. When the vehicle position information at the time of parking start is unavailable, the remote starter transmits the vehicle position information obtained just before the vehicle position information becomes unavailable, as the vehicle position information at the time of parking start to the information processor. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151036 | REMOTE STARTER - An information processor, configured to be communicatively coupled to a mobile terminal and a remote starter that is installed in a vehicle, transmits a request for starting a driving apparatus of the vehicle to the remote starter based on the request for starting received from the mobile terminal, communicates with the mobile terminal and the remote starter by transmitting and receiving information, and judges whether to transmit the request for starting to the remote starter. The processor obtains information of a vehicle position at a time of parking start and newly obtains information of a vehicle position at a time when the request for starting is received from the mobile terminal, and judges whether to transmit the request for starting based on the information of the vehicle position at the time of parking start and the information of the vehicle position at the time of the request for starting. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147847 | ON-VEHICLE APPARATUS - On an on-vehicle apparatus that is installed on a vehicle, a display that has a long side and a short side and displays an image is rotated so that a vertical position of an upper side of the display in a first position where the long side becomes the upper side substantially coincides with the vertical position of the upper side of the display in a second position where the short side becomes the upper side. This allows the display to be set at an easily visible position for a user with less eye movement. | 06-13-2013 |
20130137476 | TERMINAL APPARATUS - A mobile terminal apparatus implements, via a server apparatus, group communication that is communication among members belonging to a same group. The mobile terminal apparatus generates a group selection image used for selecting an objective group for which the group communication is implemented. The group selection image includes: a selection candidate image indicating one or more candidate groups that are selection candidates for the objective group; and a location image including a map image and an icon image indicating a member belonging to one candidate group among the one or more candidate groups, at a location corresponding to positioning information of the member, on the map image. | 05-30-2013 |
20130107054 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
20130107053 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 05-02-2013 |
20130101138 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF REPRODUCING ACOUSTIC SIGNAL - An acoustic device, which reproduces an acoustic signal of one acoustic source selected from a plurality of acoustic sources. A first averaging unit averages signal levels of the acoustic signal for a first time period to obtain a first average signal. A second averaging unit averages the signal levels for a second time period shorter than the first time period to obtain a second average signal. A selecting unit selects either the first average signal or the second average signal as one signal having a signal level higher than the other. A gain decreasing unit decreases a gain of the acoustic signal according to the signal level of the one signal if the signal level of the one signal is higher than a threshold value determined according to the one acoustic source. A correcting unit corrects the signal levels of the acoustic signal according to the gain. | 04-25-2013 |
20130096921 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED APPARATUS - A portable terminal apparatus is configured to obtain provided information including character data from an information distribution server apparatus, transmit partial data, which is a portion of the character data, to a voice synthesizing server apparatus, and obtain voice data obtained by converting the partial data into voice from the voice synthesizing server apparatus, and when a predetermined notification is received from a vehicle-mounted apparatus, a command is given to cause the vehicle-mounted apparatus to display the provided information corresponding to the voice data, and the vehicle-mounted apparatus displays information given by the portable terminal apparatus, plays the voice data, and when selection operation performed by a user is received, the portable terminal apparatus is notified that the selection operation has been performed. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093613 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, RADAR DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a signal processing device. Data indicative of a past sensing point, and a counter value indicative of existence possibility of the past sensing point are stored in a storage. Whether the past sensing point has continuity to a recent sensing point is determined. The counter value associated with the past sensing point determined as having no continuity to the recent sensing point is decreased. The data is deleted from the storage means when the counter value becomes less than a first threshold value. The sensing point possibly detected by pairing peak signals obtained in first and second periods in a wrong manner is identified as a specific sensing point. A first value is decreased from the counter value associated with the past sensing point, and a second value different from the first value is decreased from the counter value associated with the specific sensing point. | 04-18-2013 |
20130083870 | RECEIVING DEVICE AND RECEIVING METHOD - A synthesizing unit of a receiving device according to an embodiment synthesizes fixed components, which are fixed between carriers of an effective symbol, included in inter-carrier interference (ICI) in a broadcast signal on which fast Fourier transform (FFT) has been performed in view of an adding position of the guard interval in the broadcast signal and ICI in a broadcast signal on which FFT has been performed without considering the adding position, according to an addition amount of the guard interval. The ICI calculating unit calculates ICI to be removed from the broadcast signal based on the fixed component synthesized by the synthesizing unit. | 04-04-2013 |
20130033604 | CAMERA UNIT MOUNTING METHOD AND CAMERA UNIT - A camera mounting method and a camera for capturing images around a vehicle to assist the driver in safe driving. An imaging lens is mounted to a side mirror so that the angle (Ψ) that the optical axis of the imaging lens makes with a direction perpendicular to the ground directly below the camera satisfies the following equation | 02-07-2013 |
20130030769 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, RADAR APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a signal processing apparatus configured to calculate an angle of a detection point corresponding to an object on the basis of received signals of a plurality of array antennas. A beat signal is generated by a difference between a transmitted signal and a received signal. Digital data is derived through AD conversion of the beat signal. The digital data is divided into a plurality of data groups. A fast Fourier transform is performed on the data groups to acquire a plurality of transformed data corresponding to the number of the data groups. The transformed data are divided into a plurality of sets, correlation matrices for the respective sets are acquired, and an average value of the correlation matrices is calculated. The angle of the detection point is calculated on the basis of the average value of the correlation matrices. | 01-31-2013 |
20130027259 | Traveling Wave Excitation Antenna And Planar Antenna - An object is to suppress radiation of a cross polarized wave by a microstrip antenna to improve cross polarization discrimination of the traveling wave excitation antenna. A microstrip antenna wherein: a feed line | 01-31-2013 |
20130006491 | IDLING STOP DEVICE AND IDLING STOP CONTROL METHOD - An idling stop device installed in a vehicle includes a microcomputer, a detector, a storage, and a controller. The microcomputer automatically stops an engine of the vehicle when a prescribed stopping condition is satisfied, and automatically activates a starter motor of the engine when a prescribed activating condition is satisfied. The detector detects whether a drive voltage of the microcomputer, which is obtained by dropping a voltage of a battery of the vehicle is less than a threshold value. The storage stores, irrespective of a state of the microcomputer, information indicating that the detector has detected that the drive voltage is less than the threshold value. The controller drops an increasing speed of a current for driving the starter motor when the microcomputer activates the stator motor under the condition that the information is stored in the storage. | 01-03-2013 |
20120323407 | ENGINE ACTIVATION DEVICE AND ENGINE ACTIVATION METHOD - An engine activation device that activate an engine installed in a vehicle is provided with an activator, an acquirer, a storage, a prohibiter, and an engine controller. The activator activates the engine in response to a radio signal from a remote controller. The acquirer acquires an authentication result of a key code stored in a vehicle key possessed by a user. In a case where the acquirer acquires an authentication result that the key code fails to be authenticated after the engine is activated by the activator, the storage stores failure information indicative of authentication failure. In a case where the storage stores the failure information, the prohibitor prohibits the activator from activating the engine. Even in a case where the acquirer acquires the authentication result that the key code fails to be authenticated after the engine is activated by the activator, the engine controller keeps the engine from deactivating. | 12-20-2012 |
20120323402 | SERVER - A server that delivers a control program for an on-vehicle apparatus detects a distance between a vehicle and a user of the vehicle, and instructs the on-vehicle apparatus to update the control program by use of an update program when the detected distance is equal to or longer than a prescribed distance. | 12-20-2012 |
20120314072 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS - A shift determining part of an image display system determines a traveling direction of a vehicle. A composite image generator generates a composite image that shows a periphery of the vehicle and an area that is in a direction opposite to the determined traveling direction of the vehicle in a seamless manner. The periphery is viewed from a virtual viewpoint that is set looking down at the vehicle. A display displays a display image including the composite image. Since the display image includes the composite image that shows the area that is in the direction opposite to the determined traveling direction of the vehicle, a user can notice an object that exists in the direction opposite to the traveling direction of the vehicle by looking at the display image. | 12-13-2012 |
20120310522 | IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM - An in-vehicle system according to an embodiment includes a detection unit, a reception unit, and a recovery unit. The detection unit detects a freeze state of a navigation apparatus. The reception unit receives a recovery operation from a user demanding recovery of the navigation apparatus. The recovery unit performs a recovery process for the navigation apparatus upon detection of the freeze state of the navigation apparatus by the detection unit and upon reception of the recovery operation by the reception unit. | 12-06-2012 |
20120300075 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display system is configured to display an image. An obtaining unit is configured to obtain a surrounding image indicating surroundings of a vehicle. A plurality of detecting units are disposed on the vehicle at different positions and configured to detect an object existing around the vehicle, respectively. If one of the detecting units detects the object, the one of the detecting units is referred to as specific detecting unit. An overlapping unit is configured to overlap an indicator represented in the form of a frame with the surrounding image. The indicator indicates the object and the specific detecting unit which has detected the object. A display unit is configured to display the surrounding image with which the indicator is overlapped. | 11-29-2012 |
20120296459 | AUDIO APPARATUS - An audio apparatus according to an embodiment includes an audio signal receiving unit, a music gap signal receiving unit, a playback unit, and a determining unit. The audio signal receiving unit receives an audio signal in which successive multiple music data are contained in a single block of data. The determining unit determines a boundary of the music data on the basis of the time at which the music gap signal that indicates the boundary of the music data by the music gap signal receiving unit and the duration of a silent period in the audio signal that is played back by the playback unit. | 11-22-2012 |
20120294461 | SOUND EQUIPMENT, VOLUME CORRECTING APPARATUS, AND VOLUME CORRECTING METHOD - Sound equipment is configured to average an average value of a signal level at each predetermined frequency band of a sound signal at a different averaging time, to weight the average value calculated at a different averaging time by using an individual weighting value, to obtain a representative value based on a weighted average value, to determine a gain of a sound signal based on an obtained representative value, to correct a volume based on the corresponding gain, and to correct a volume based on the gain. The representative value is obtained by selecting the average value at which a gain becomes minimum within each weighted average value. The averaging performs at least a first averaging using the averaging time corresponding to the sound signal that the signal level changes rapidly, and a second averaging using the averaging time longer than the averaging time of the first averaging. | 11-22-2012 |
20120293660 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device configured to be installed in a vehicle includes an image acquirer, an image selector, a first luminance adjuster, a synthetic image generator, and an image provider. The image acquirer acquires camera images captured by cameras provided on the vehicle. The image selector selects one of the camera images as a representative image based on luminances of the camera images. The first luminance adjuster adjusts a luminance of at least one of the other camera images based on a luminance of the representative image. The synthetic image generator generates a synthetic image showing a periphery of the vehicle, based on the representative image and the other camera images the luminance of at least one of which has been adjusted by the first adjuster. The image provider outputs, to a display device installed in the vehicle, information corresponding to the synthetic image. | 11-22-2012 |
20120293659 | PARAMETER DETERMINING DEVICE, PARAMETER DETERMINING SYSTEM, PARAMETER DETERMINING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A parameter determining device configured to be installed in a vehicle includes an image acquirer, a parameter identifier, a synthetic image generator, and a validity judger. The image acquirer acquires camera images captured by cameras provided on the vehicle. The parameter identifier identifies installation parameters of the cameras based on the acquired camera images. The synthetic image generator generates a synthetic image showing a periphery of the vehicle viewed from a prescribed virtual viewpoint based on the acquired camera images and the identified installation parameters. The validity judger compares the synthetic image with a reference image showing the periphery of the vehicle viewed from a prescribed position to judge whether the identified installation parameters have validity. | 11-22-2012 |
20120293358 | RADAR APPARATUS - There is provided a radar apparatus for detecting a target. A detection signal generating unit generates detection signals of the target based on transmission and reception waves of antennas. A detection signal processing unit performs frequency analysis on the detection signals to extract signal components of the target, and performs a predetermined process on the signal components to calculate at least one of a distance to the target, a relative speed to the target, and an orientation of the target. The detection signal generating unit includes a filter unit for giving changes to the detection signals in a frequency bandwidth higher than Nyquist frequency which is a half a sampling frequency. The detection signal processing unit acquires the signal components from the detection signals to which the filter unit gives the changes to determine whether the signal components are generated by replication due to the Nyquist frequency. | 11-22-2012 |
20120291922 | SOLDER PASTE - A solder paste according to an aspect of the invention includes, within a flux, an activator that has a dibasic acid with a molecular weight of 250 or less, a monobasic acid with a molecular weight of 150 or greater and 300 or less, and a dibasic acid with a molecular weight of 300 or greater and 600 or less; and at least one resin additive selected from the group consisting of high-density polyethylenes and polypropylenes. The solder paste has the resin additive in an amount of 4% by weight or greater and 12% by weight or less when the total amount of the flux is taken as 100% by weight, and has a viscosity of | 11-22-2012 |
20120291921 | FLUX FOR SOLDER PASTE, AND SOLDER PASTE - A flux for a solder paste according to an aspect of the invention includes an acrylic resin obtained by radically copolymerizing a (meth)acrylate having a C | 11-22-2012 |
20120290175 | CONTROL DEVICE OF ELECTROHYDRAULIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - A power steering apparatus control device is provided with target rotation speed setting means, motor control means, and processing means. The target rotation speed setting means sets the target rotation speed of the electric motor base on the vehicle speed and the angular speed of the steering wheel. The motor control means controls the rotation speed of the electric motor to become the target rotation speed. The processing means detects an end contact state in which steering force is applied although the steering wheel reaches a mechanical operation limit when the drive load of the electric motor exceeds a threshold load and the time period when the state in which the steering angular speed is lower than a threshold angular speed is established reaches a threshold time period, and performs a protection operation for preventing the target rotation speed setting means from increasing the target rotation speed. | 11-15-2012 |
20120288121 | ACOUSTIC CONTROL DEVICE - A DSP performs a sound volume adjustment processing that adjusts a playback sound volume in accordance with a signal level of acoustic data in acoustic contents. Further, when the DSP detects that the acoustic data is switched, the DSP initializes the adjustment to perform a reset processing that performs adjustment in accordance with the acoustic data which is a new playback target. When the changing instruction of the playback position of the acoustic data is accepted, an audio microcomputer instructs the DSP to perform the reset processing. | 11-15-2012 |
20120287282 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus to be mounted on a vehicle is provided with an image obtaining means, a synthetic image generating means, and a model image supplying means. The image obtaining means is for obtaining a plurality of camera images captured by a plurality of cameras installed on the vehicle. The synthetic image generating means is for generating, on the basis of the plurality of camera images, a plurality of synthetic images viewed from one viewpoint among a plurality of viewpoints that are different from each other, and which indicate the surroundings of the vehicle. The model image supplying means is for outputting, to a display device installed on the vehicle, information corresponding to a model image wherein one field-of-view range associated with the one viewpoint among the plurality of viewpoints is indicated selectively, from among a plurality of field-of-view ranges. | 11-15-2012 |
20120262396 | OPERATION APPARATUS - An operation apparatus that receives a pressing operation by a user on a surface of a touch panel derives a pressing point based on pressure values at a plurality of positions of the touch panel, and corrects the derived pressing point based on a pressing direction relative to the surface of the touch panel. | 10-18-2012 |
20120257058 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image processing device configured to be installed in a vehicle, an image acquirer acquires camera images captured by cameras provided on the vehicle. A synthetic image generator generates synthetic images, which include downward views of the vehicle and a periphery thereof viewed from viewpoints different from one another, based on the camera images. A display image provider outputs, to the display device installed in the vehicle, information corresponding to a display image in which the synthetic images are continuously reproduced. | 10-11-2012 |
20120256874 | OPERATION APPARATUS - A controller acquires an inclination angle, with respect to a vertical direction, of a panel that a user presses for a user operation. The controller corrects a detection value detected by a pressure sensor based on the acquired inclination angle. Then the controller detects a position that the user presses on the panel and a pressure with which the user presses on the panel, based on the detection value, detected by the pressure sensor, which has been corrected. | 10-11-2012 |
20120249796 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image processing device configured to be installed in a vehicle, an image acquirer acquires camera images captured by cameras provided on door mirrors of the vehicle. An image selector selects a first part of the camera images in a case where the door mirrors are placed in a closed position, and to select a second part of the camera images in a case where the door mirrors are placed in an opened position. A display image provider outputs, to a display device installed in the vehicle, information corresponding to either one of the first part and the second part of the camera images selected by the image selector. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249794 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image display system including a synthesized image generation section that generates a synthesized image representing a vehicle and circumstances around the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint based on captured images obtained by cameras disposed on the vehicle, a navigation device that displays the synthesized image and the captured images on a display screen, an obstacle detection section that detects an obstacle, and an indication addition section that, when the obstacle is detected, adds an alarm indication to call attention to at least one of an area of the display screen except the synthesized image, and a surrounding area of the synthesized image is provided. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249359 | CALCULATION DEVICE FOR RADAR APPARATUS, RADAR APPARATUS, AND CALCULATION METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR RADAR APPARATUS - There is provided a calculation device for a radar apparatus which is configured to specify a direction of a target based on respective reception signals of a plurality of antennae. A calculation unit is configured to use a predetermined estimation algorithm of estimating angles of targets corresponding to a preset separable-number from the respective reception signals, set an arbitrary separable-number to generate a mode vector from the estimated angles of the targets, obtained by the predetermined estimation algorithm, and determine whether the set separable-number is proper or not based on a magnitude of an orthogonal component calculated from the mode vector and an input vector of the respective reception signals. | 10-04-2012 |
20120243585 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A data storage processor of an HV-ECU transmits frame data including ID information indicating a kind of data and data information indicating the contents of the data to a motor ECU. When the motor ECU receives the frame data from the HV-ECU, a calculation processor of the motor ECU determines that the data information of the received frame data is data regarding the kind of data indicated by the ID information of the received frame data and executes a predetermined calculating process based on the data information. When the ID information of the frame data received from the HV-ECU is a synchronization ID, a data storage processor of the motor ECU starts a process of transmitting, to the HV-ECU, the frame data to be transmitted within the communication period. | 09-27-2012 |
20120243426 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A hybrid vehicle electronic control unit (HV-ECU) includes a communication unit and a retransmission control unit. The communication unit performs a retransmitting process of data when a transmission error of the data is detected. The retransmission control unit inhibits the retransmitting process in a corresponding communication period and releases the retransmitting process when the corresponding communication period ends and the next communication period starts if the number of times that a transmission error is detected in a predetermined communication period is larger than a transmission stop determination threshold value. | 09-27-2012 |
20120242716 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - When illuminance E by external light is lower than a high threshold Th, a backlight controller performs a duty cycle control that adjusts an amount of light of the backlight by changing a duty cycle of the control signal in accordance with the illuminance amount by the external light while maintaining the control signal at a constant level. When the illuminance E by the external light is higher than the high threshold Th, the backlight controller performs a pulse control that causes the backlight to periodically emit a pulsed light by making the level of the control signal higher than the level of the control signal in the duty cycle control while fixing the duty cycle of the control signal at a predetermined value or lower. | 09-27-2012 |
20120242531 | CALCULATION DEVICE FOR RADAR APPARATUS, RADAR APPARATUS AND CALCULATION METHOD - There is a calculation device for a radar apparatus which is configured to specify a direction of a target based on a reception signal of an antenna. A calculation unit is configured to calculate a relative displacement magnitude in a lateral direction of the target relative to a traveling direction of a moving object having the antenna mounted thereon, from data of the target position-measured by the reception signal while the moving object is moving, and evaluate a relative inclination between a reference axis of a scanning direction of the radar apparatus and a reference axis of the traveling direction of the moving object, based on the displacement magnitude. | 09-27-2012 |
20120235966 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - An image display system includes a light sensor operable to change a detection sensitivity. The light sensor outputs a signal according to an intensity of external light exerting an influence on a screen of a display apparatus and to the detection sensitivity. An illuminance acquisition part of a display control apparatus acquires illuminance by the external light based on the signal output from the light sensor. Moreover, a display adjuster adjusts a displaying state of the display apparatus in accordance with the illuminance by the external light acquired by the illuminance acquisition part. A sensitivity changer periodically alternates between a “low sensitivity” of the detection sensitivity and a “high sensitivity” of the detection sensitivity of the light sensor. Thus, even when changing significantly, the illuminance by the external light can be accurately and speedily acquired. | 09-20-2012 |
20120232793 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND ON-VEHICLE DEVICE - A navigation system is configured in which a driven distance calculating unit of an on-vehicle device calculates a first driven distance in a predetermined section based on vehicle speed calculated using vehicle speed pulses outputted from a vehicle and a vehicle speed calculation coefficient, a driven distance calculating unit of a portable terminal device calculates a second driven distance of the vehicle in the predetermined section based on GPS information provided from global navigation satellites, a learning unit corrects the vehicle speed calculation coefficient based on the result of comparing the first driven distance with the second driven distance, and a vehicle location predicting unit of the portable terminal device predicts a vehicle location based on the vehicle speed calculated using the vehicle speed pulses and the corrected vehicle speed calculation coefficient. | 09-13-2012 |
20120229645 | IN-VEHICLE ILLUMINATING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM - A plurality of light sources to assist in image capturing is attached to a vehicle at low cost and simplicity. Three light sources that illuminate a side area in the same direction of the vehicle are fixed to and accommodated in the same housing in a state where light axes of the light sources are directed to different directions from each other. Through this, the three light sources are integrated into a side camera unit by the housing. Accordingly, by attaching the side camera unit only, the light sources can be attached to the vehicle at a time. As a result, the light sources for widely illuminating the side area of the vehicle can be mounted on the vehicle at low cost and simplicity. | 09-13-2012 |
20120223924 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus corrects an input image based on a correction amount determined based on an illuminance, and adjusts a specifying value for specifying brightness of a backlight of a display based on the correction amount. | 09-06-2012 |
20120223900 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device according to an embodiment includes a touch panel, a plurality of detecting units, a blocking unit, and a calculating unit. The display device is incorporated in a vehicle, and the touch panel receives a pressing operation. The plurality of detecting units detect a pressure value on the touch panel. | 09-06-2012 |
20120223855 | RADAR APPARATUS - There is provided a radar apparatus of an electronic scan type configured to transmit an electric wave and calculate an angle of a target based on a phase difference of respective reception signals, thereby detecting a target position. An antenna unit transmits and receives the electric wave and provided with two transmission antennae. A transmission unit alternately transmits an electric wave having a first beam pattern and an electric wave having a second beam pattern from the two transmission antennae. First and second reception units calculate arrival angles and reception levels of reflected waves calculated from respective reception signals which are obtained by receiving the reflected waves by the first and second beam patterns. A comparison unit compares the reception levels by combining the arrival angles of the reflected waves. A determination unit determines whether a target actually exists at the arrival angles in accordance a comparison result. | 09-06-2012 |
20120221229 | IDLING STOP APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISABLING IDLING STOP FUNCTION - An idling stop apparatus is provided which can prevent a voltage of a battery from being lowered even when a microcomputer is reset. In an idling stop apparatus when a reset condition is established, reset information indicating that the reset condition is established is stored in a latch circuit and a microcomputer disables an idling stop function when the reset information is stored. The reset information is stored in the latch circuit even when the microcomputer is being reset or even after the microcomputer is reset. Accordingly, the microcomputer after the reset can disable the idling stop function. As a result, it is possible to prevent the voltage of the battery from being lowered due to the idling stop function. | 08-30-2012 |
20120212518 | IMAGE PROCESSOR - An image processor receives information of a type of an input image, and performs a correction to the input image in accordance with an illuminance in an area near a display that displays the input image and the received information of the type of the input image. | 08-23-2012 |
20120200450 | RADAR DEVICE - A radar device ( | 08-09-2012 |
20120194379 | RADAR DEVICE AND METHOD OF CALCULATION OF RECEIVE POWER IN RADAR DEVICE - An electronic scan type radar device which uses a high resolution performance processing to estimate directions of arrival of radio waves, wherein powers of arrival waves received for targets are accurately calculated, that is, a vehicle-mounted radar device utilizing electronic scan which uses a predetermined angle estimation system to estimate directions of arrival of reflected waves, comprising finding mode vectors for angles calculated from the receive signals of the antennas, decomposing a vector of the receive signals into directions of the mode vectors, and defining the lengths of the decomposed vectors the receive powers of the reflected waves arriving from the targets. Due to this method, even if there are targets, it is possible to accurately calculate the powers of the arrival waves, whereby pairing is accurately performed, the precision of detection of targets is improved, and erroneous operation of a vehicle-mounted radar device utilizing electronic scans is prevented. | 08-02-2012 |
20120183094 | DATA TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND DATA TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING METHOD - A data transmitting device includes a coded-data generating unit and a data transmitting unit. The coded-data generating unit divides transmission data by a predetermined number in accordance with a data size of the transmission data and then adds a redundant code to the divided transmission data at a predetermined ratio or adds the redundant code to the transmission data at the predetermined ratio so as to generate multiple blocks of coded data. The data transmitting unit groups together the multiple blocks of coded data generated by the coded-data generating unit into a number of blocks that are inserted into a transmission data block, which has a predetermined size, and then transmits the transmission data block. | 07-19-2012 |
20120162407 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE - To provide a technology of determining a status of image information based on the image information of images captured by an image capturing device. A video processing method to process video information of an image capturing device mounted on a moving body, includes detecting an analysis target from video information of images captured by the image capturing device, determining a status of the video information on the basis of information on the analysis target and outputting a result of the determination. | 06-28-2012 |
20120153638 | ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND ENGINE CONTROL METHOD - Engine control device includes a delay unit which delays or cuts off a flow of current from a first current system, which directs current to a coil, to a second current system, which directs current to a starter motor. When a starter switch, which turns the flow of current from the power source to the first current system on or off, is turned on and electricity flows to the first current system, the delay unit delays the current flowing from the first current system to the second current system. When electricity flows to the first current system as a result of a controller having turned a first switch on, the delay unit cuts off the flow of electricity from the first current system to the second current system. | 06-21-2012 |
20120143503 | ON-VEHICLE APPARATUS - A storage part of an on-vehicle apparatus stores simplified map data of which content is simplified as compared to original map data used for route guidance. An image generator of the on-vehicle apparatus retrieves the simplified map data stored on the storage part and generates a map image based on the simplified map data. Then a transmitter of the on-vehicle apparatus transmits the map image generated by the image generator to a portable device, in response to a demand from the portable device. | 06-07-2012 |
20120142273 | IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS - An in-vehicle apparatus links up with a mobile device that executes an application. A memory of the in-vehicle apparatus stores acoustic data of a sound relevant to the application, and a receiver receives a direction signal transmitted from the mobile device at a timing specified by the application. An output part of the in-vehicle apparatus outputs the sound based on the acoustic data stored in the memory via a speaker in response to the direction signal received by the receiver. | 06-07-2012 |
20120140977 | SPEAKER UNIT - A speaker unit includes a frame that secures a diaphragm of a speaker at an outer circumference of the diaphragm, a magnetic circuit, a first leg that extends from a portion of an inner wall of the frame in a vicinity of a front of the speaker to the magnetic circuit, and that secures the magnetic circuit to the frame, and a second leg that extends from a portion of the inner wall of the frame in a vicinity of a rear of the speaker to the magnetic circuit, and that secures the magnetic circuit to the frame. | 06-07-2012 |
20120140598 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A computing part computes a correlation coefficient representing a level of correlation among acoustic signals for a plurality of channels. A filtering part smoothes a time variation of the correlation coefficient computed. A center component reducer reduces a correlation component that is common in the acoustic signals by using the correlation coefficient. Then, the correlation component extracted by the reducer is reduced from each of the acoustic signals. | 06-07-2012 |
20120140073 | IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS - An in-vehicle apparatus includes an image-capturing part that is installed on a vehicle and captures an image of a periphery of the vehicle, an image generator that generates a bird's-eye image including the vehicle and the periphery of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint based on the image captured by the image-capturing part, and a transmitter that transmits the bird's-eye image to a terminal. The image generator changes the virtual viewpoint based on a change request from the terminal and generates the bird's-eye image viewed from the virtual viewpoint after changing the virtual viewpoint. | 06-07-2012 |
20120140072 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS - A parameter memory of an object detection apparatus retains a plurality of parameters used for a detection process for each of a plurality of detection conditions. A parameter selector selects a parameter from amongst the parameters retained in the parameter memory, according to an existing detection condition. Then an object detector performs the detection process of detecting an object approaching a vehicle, based on a captured image captured by a camera out of a plurality of cameras disposed at different locations of the vehicle, by using the parameter selected by the parameter selector. | 06-07-2012 |
20120139822 | CONTROL APPARATUS - A control apparatus specifies a response time required for a pre-change transmittance specified by image data of an image to be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel to become a post-change transmittance specified by image data of a subsequent image, subsequent to the image, to be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel, for each pixel of the liquid crystal display panel, based on the pre-change transmittance and on the post-change transmittance; derives a representative response time defined as a response time of an image in a frame, based on the response time specified for each of the pixels; and sets an unlit time period of the backlight, between display of the image and the subsequent image, according to the representative response time. | 06-07-2012 |
20120113773 | INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE - A CAN driver receives vehicle information sent onto CAN. A diagnosis information acquiring module monitors whether an operation of a diagnosis record ECU itself is normal or not and thus generates diagnosis information. A timestamp information generating module generates timestamp information A per sec and generates timestamp information B in which a time difference from the generation timing of the timestamp information A is expressed on the unit of 1/100 sec. A diagnosis record module, each time the timestamp information generating module generates the timestamp information A, transfers a first type record containing the timestamp information A and the diagnosis information generated at this point of time to a memory manager, and transfers a second type record containing the vehicle information and the timestamp information B generated at this point of time to the memory manager. | 05-10-2012 |
20120112976 | ANTENNA - An antenna which reduces the number of end faces and perpendicular corners, and suffers from little deterioration of performance even if used for high frequency transmission/reception, in particular a microstrip patch antenna which is comprised of a dielectric substrate on the bottom surface of which a conductive ground plate is formed and on the top surface of which a patch antenna part formed by a conductor and a feeder circuit connected to the same are provided, wherein the feeder circuit is connected to the antenna part while offset by exactly a predetermined distance to either end side from a center of one side of said antennas part to which said feeder circuit is to be connected so that a transmission loss of the antenna becomes a predetermined value or less. The predetermined distance can be made 20 to 70% of the longitudinal side of the patch antenna part. | 05-10-2012 |
20120112954 | RADAR DEVICE - The conventional ESPRIT method is accompanied by the problem of very long signal processing time. The radar device of the invention includes a signal vector-forming unit for forming signal vectors based on waves reflected from an object and received by using a plurality of receiving antennas; a submatrix-forming unit for forming submatrices based on the signal vectors; a regular matrix operation unit for calculating a regular matrix from the submatrices; an eigenvalue decomposition unit for calculating an eigenvalue of the regular matrix; and an angle calculation unit for calculating an angle at where the object is present from the eigenvalue. | 05-10-2012 |
20120112951 | RADAR DEVICE - A radar device transmits an electric wave and receives waves reflected by a plurality of objects to generate a received signal, so as to detect a plurality of up frequency peaks and a plurality of down frequency peaks from the received signal and measure characteristic values with regard to the objects at the up frequency peaks and the down frequency peaks. The radar device pairs each of the plurality of up frequency peaks with the down frequency peaks one by one and, with respect to each pair, based on the measured characteristic values, calculates a Mahalanobis distance to determine the pairs whose Mahalanobis distance is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold as pairing candidates. The up and down frequency peaks of the determined pairing candidates are used to calculate current data values that include at least one of a distance, relative velocity and angle of the objects. | 05-10-2012 |
20120105643 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - When displaying a peripheral image in the case where a traveling speed of a vehicle is lower than a predetermined threshold value, it is possible to provide a user with a state of a necessary area of the vehicle without switching a display mode. In an image display system, when the traveling speed of the vehicle drops to below a predetermined threshold value such that an operation mode shifts into a front mode, the display mode becomes a front/side mode that simultaneously displays both a front area and a side area of the vehicle at the time that the front mode is started. A screen presented in the front/side mode can respond to various circumstances such as approaching an intersection, passing by another vehicle, and moving a vehicle toward a roadside. Accordingly, a user can monitor a state of a necessary area around the vehicle, without switching the display mode. | 05-03-2012 |
20120099763 | IMAGE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - An image recognition part of an image recognition apparatus recognizes an object based on a target area in an outside-vehicle image obtained by a camera installed in a vehicle. A position identifying part identifies an optical axis position of the camera relative to the vehicle based on the outside-vehicle image, and an area changing part changes a position of the target area in the outside-vehicle image according to the optical axis position of the camera. Therefore, it is possible to recognize an object properly based on the target area in the outside-vehicle image even though the optical axis position of the camera is displaced. | 04-26-2012 |
20120078443 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A starting apparatus starts an engine of a vehicle in response to a wireless signal transmitted from a remote control and keeps the engine running when a door of the vehicle is opened after the engine of the vehicle has been started. Moreover, a function controller included in the starting apparatus disables a function of a powered window apparatus and a sunroof apparatus of the vehicle in response to start of the engine of the vehicle and enables the functions of the powered window apparatus and the sunroof apparatus when a door of the vehicle is opened after the engine of the vehicle has been started. | 03-29-2012 |
20120069188 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A technology for displaying images on a displaying apparatus mounted on a vehicle is provided. In response to a predetermined instruction signal, synthetic images viewed from a virtual viewpoint around and above the periphery of the vehicle are generated based on a plurality of images acquired from a plurality of cameras for capturing the periphery of the vehicle. The plurality of synthetic images, in which a position of a viewpoint moves sequentially varies such that the synthetic images move in a circle around the vehicle, are sequentially output to the displaying apparatus. Accordingly, the user monitors the entire circumference of the vehicle from the viewpoint where the user sees the vehicle in front of user's eyes, so that the user can intuitively recognize the positional relation between the vehicle and an obstacle from one screen. | 03-22-2012 |
20120069187 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A technology for intuitively recognizing a positional relation between a vehicle and an object is provided. In an image display system, in a display image provided to a driver, the side region of the vehicle in a direction indicated by a direction instructing device is displayed in large size. Accordingly, the object that may contact with the vehicle is easily found out, so that a minor crash accident can be effectively prevented. Since a synthetic image viewed from a virtual viewpoint directed from a rear position of the vehicle toward the front side of the vehicle is displayed, the side area of the vehicle is displayed in the same visual field direction as the direction of the visual field of the driver. Accordingly, the driver can intuitively recognize the positional relation between the vehicle and the object, without undertaking complicated determination such as conducting coordinate transformation in his/her mind. | 03-22-2012 |
20120068840 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A technology that does not require complicated operation to select a display mode is provided. In an image display system, a back mode stores a display mode that has been recently set as a current mode. When the display mode becomes the back mode next time, the display mode that has been recently set as a current mode is set as a current mode immediately after the display mode becomes the back mode. Accordingly, the driver does not need to perform the complicated operation to select a desired display mode each time the vehicle is reversed. | 03-22-2012 |
20120038685 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel on which images are displayed and which includes a plurality of display regions; a plurality of driving units that display the images in the plurality of display regions; a displayable region detecting unit that detects a displayable region at a time of abnormality of the display panel; an abnormality-time display image generating unit that generates an abnormality-time display image according to the displayable region detected by the displayable region detecting unit; and an abnormality-time display control unit that displays the abnormality-time display image generated by the abnormality-time display image generating unit in a displayable region while causing a driving unit of the plurality of driving units of which a corresponding display region is the displayable region to display an image in the corresponding display region. | 02-16-2012 |
20120026199 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A image display device is configured to perform the following operations when generating an enlarged image of an input image from the input image. The image display device first generates an enlarged image by performing an enlarging process on an input image, and generates a reduced image by performing a reducing process other than an inverse process of the enlarging process on the enlarged image. Thereafter, the image display device detects a difference between a pixel value of a pixel on the reduced image and a pixel value of a corresponding pixel on the input image, and corrects a pixel value of a pixel on the input image or the enlarged image based on the detected difference, thereby correcting the enlarged image to be finally output. | 02-02-2012 |
20120016565 | CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - When the operating characteristics of an intake valve are changed by an intake valve stop mechanism, an ECU outputs a command signal (control on) to a solenoid. At this time, a timing, at which the command signal is output to the solenoid, is determined on the basis of a rotational position of a crankshaft, calculated from a signal of a crank position sensor. However, the output timing is corrected on the basis of a rotational phase difference of a camshaft with respect to the crankshaft. | 01-19-2012 |
20120002050 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image display system includes a plurality of light sources respectively illuminating a plurality of divided regions. A user can change each of a plurality of light-amount parameters respectively specifying an amount of light to be output by each of the plurality of light sources by an operation on a change screen. Therefore, the user can illuminate each of the plurality of divided regions with an amount of light that he/she desires. As a result, the user can illuminate and definitely identify a subject difficult for the user to see and a subject to which the user needs to pay attention. | 01-05-2012 |
20110312293 | NOISE REMOVING APPARATUS - A noise removing apparatus includes a variable filter with a changeable cutoff frequency and a variable phase shifter with a changeable cutoff frequency, and switches between the variable filter and the variable phase shifter according to a result of detection of noise component. The variable filter has a circuit configuration corresponding to a function in which a transfer function of second or higher degree is represented as a product of primary factors. The transfer function of second or higher degree is calculated based on the phase characteristics of the variable phase shifter. | 12-22-2011 |
20110307879 | PROGRAM UPDATE DEVICE, PROGRAM UPDATE METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A program update device includes: a first storage unit to retain a program of a first version; a second storage unit to retain a program of a second version equal to or later than the first version; an acquiring unit to acquire a difference between the program of the second version and a program of a third version later than the second version; and an update unit to generate the program of the third version from the program of the second version that is stored in the second storage unit and the difference acquired by the acquiring unit, and to store the generated program of the third version in the first storage unit. | 12-15-2011 |
20110305301 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD - A broadcast receiving apparatus receives digital broadcast and analog broadcast including same broadcast contents simultaneously, and outputs the analog broadcast while the reception state of the digital broadcast worsens, thereby reduces uncomfortable auditory sensations caused by output switching from one type of broadcast to another type of broadcast. The broadcast receiving apparatus is configured to perform control to bring the acoustic characteristic of pre-switching broadcast closer to the acoustic characteristic of post-switching broadcast based on received field strength of analog broadcast signals when the output is switched from one broadcast to another broadcast. | 12-15-2011 |
20110294452 | ANTENNA AMPLIFIER DEVICE AND ANTENNA DEVICE PROVIDED IN MOBILE OBJECT - Even when an input is weak, an antenna amplifier device may achieve a high sensitivity while reducing a noise factor (NF). The antenna amplifier device includes an amplification circuit | 12-01-2011 |
20110292629 | RECEIVING APPARATUS - A receiving apparatus includes two electronic boards having flat surfaces that are disposed substantially-parallel to each other and that at least partially overlap each other, and an antenna that is mounted on the two electronic boards. The antenna includes a first metal line that is mounted along the flat surface of a first electronic board out of the two electronic boards, and a second metal line that is disposed substantially-perpendicular to the flat surfaces of the two electronic boards, a first end of the second metal line electrically connected to the first metal line and a second end of the second metal line electrically connected to a circuit on a second electronic board out of the two electronic boards. This enables the antenna to be integrated with the two electronic boards. As a result, it is possible to reduce the production cost while higher performance in receiving a radio wave is provided. | 12-01-2011 |
20110291863 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - An in-vehicle display apparatus includes a communication device and an in-vehicle device. The communication device acquires information posted by the user and geographical location data indicating the destination of the posted information and classifies the acquired posted information into categories. The communication device generates map data in which the posted information is displayed in a display format corresponding to the classified category at a position on the map specified by the geographical location data that is acquired together with the posted information and transmits the map data to the in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device displays the received map data on, for example, a liquid crystal monitor. | 12-01-2011 |
20110291860 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - An in-vehicle display apparatus includes a communication device and an in-vehicle device. The communication device acquires posted information and geographical location data indicating the destination of the posted information. Then, the communication device generates map data in which the posted information is displayed at a position specified by the geographical location data which is acquired together with the posted information. In addition, the communication device changes a method of displaying the posted information on the generated map data on the basis of the time elapsed from the posting of the information to the acquisition of the posted information and the category of the posted information. Then, the communication device transmits the map data in which the display method of the posted information is changed to the in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device displays the received map data on, for example, a liquid crystal monitor. | 12-01-2011 |
20110267380 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus that displays an image implements a correction to reduce a luminance of the image. Next, the display apparatus determines an amount of light of a backlight including a plurality of light sources lighting a screen, based on the reduced luminance of the image. Then, the display apparatus controls the backlight to conform to the amount of light determined based on the reduced luminance. Thus, the amount of light of the backlight is reduced. As a result, the display apparatus can reduce current consumption. | 11-03-2011 |
20110261991 | SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker device, wherein vibration of a magnetic circuit section is suppressed with a magnetic influence on the magnetic circuit section suppressed. A speaker device having a vibration section and generating an audio sound by vibration of the vibration section is provided with a magnetic section for forming a magnetic field for vibrating the vibration section and also with a weight section fixed to the magnetic circuit section and suppressing vibration of the magnetic circuit section subjected to reaction force caused by vibration of the vibration section. The weight section is fixed to the magnetic circuit section through a joint section for joining the magnetic circuit section and the weight section to each other, and this forms between the magnetic circuit section and the weight section a predetermined space for magnetically separating the magnetic circuit section and the weight section from each other. | 10-27-2011 |
20110261089 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus that displays an image includes a display that has a screen displaying an image used for navigation by a car navigation system, the image having a first area having an own-vehicle position mark and a second area having a selection mark for receiving an operation intended for implementing a prescribed function, a backlight that has a plurality of light sources lighting the screen, and a controller that controls the backlight so as to light an area excluding both the first area and the second area on the image with a brightness lower than a brightness of the first area. | 10-27-2011 |
20110255730 | SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker device having a speaker section firmly fixed to a stand section so the orientation of the speaker section relative to the stand section can be easily adjusted. The speaker device includes a speaker section, a stand section, and a fastening section for fastening the speaker section and the stand section to each other. The speaker section includes an engaging groove section, and a curved, contact receiving section which allows the angle of the speaker section relative to the stand section to be adjusted. The fastening section includes an engaging section engaging with the engaging groove section, and a screw thread section connected to the engaging section and engaging with a screw thread hole formed in the stand section. The fixation of the speaker section to the stand section can be adjusted by rotating the screw thread section to engage the screw thread section with the hole. | 10-20-2011 |
20110242320 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS - An image display system makes a range of a region around a vehicle to be shown in a composite image as a subject image in a case where an auxiliary lighting system emits auxiliary light, smaller than that in a case where the auxiliary lighting system does not emit auxiliary light. As a result, an image display system can reduce the number of times when a user has to watch the subject image of an object in a region not illuminated by the auxiliary lighting system. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242144 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - A display apparatus for displaying an image determines whether or not an image to be displayed on a screen is a specific image including a mark. In the case where the display apparatus determines the image to be the specific image, the display apparatus controls a backlight so as to illuminate the screen so that areas other than an area including a mark on the specific image are illuminated with less brightness than the brightness of the area including the mark. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242064 | OPERATION UNIT - The operation unit includes a shaft that receives by its one end a pressing force applied through a pressing operation by a finger/thumb, a rotating body that rotates about the shaft according to an operation by the finger/thumb within a movable range of the finger/thumb, a first sensor that detects a pressing force applied to the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft, a second sensor that detects a pressing force applied to the shaft in a direction other than the axial direction of the shaft, and a third sensor that detects a rotating state of the rotating body. | 10-06-2011 |
20110234802 | ON-VEHICLE LIGHTING APPARATUS - In an image display system, respective light volumes of a plurality of light sources are individually adjusted according to surrounding areas of a vehicle indicated as subject images of display images on a display. Thus, only the light volumes of a necessary part of the light sources can be increased. Therefore, all of the plurality of light sources are not necessary to be emitted at maximum capacity constantly, so that consumed electric power can be reduced. | 09-29-2011 |
20110234801 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS - An image display system is capable of generating a composite image that shows a surrounding area of a vehicle viewed from virtual viewpoints, by combining a plurality of shot images taken by a plurality of on-vehicle cameras that are disposed at different locations on the vehicle. The image display system changes data volumes of two shot images taken by two of the on-vehicle cameras based on a lighting mode of a lighting apparatus, the data volumes being used for an overlap area of the composite image that corresponds to the surrounding area of the vehicle where the two on-vehicle cameras can shoot in overlap. This reduces problems caused by lighting of the lighting apparatus in the overlap area of the composite image. | 09-29-2011 |
20110234574 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - A display that includes a display panel, a controller controlling the display panel, and drivers for driving the display panel, the drivers including a most previous stage driver supplying a data signal from a controller to a subsequent stage driver, and an at least one subsequent stage driver supplying a data signal from a previous stage driver to a subsequent stage driver, the driver device including: a detection unit supplying a monitoring signal indicating whether a data signal is supplied to the subsequent stage driver normally to the controller; and a substitution controller supplying a substitution data signal based on a substitution control signal from the controller, wherein the controller supplies a substitution control signal making the substitution controller supply a substitution data signal when it determines that a data signal is not supplied to the subsequent stage driver normally by the monitoring signal. | 09-29-2011 |
20110233765 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a first bump that is located over a surface of a semiconductor element, and is formed on a first bump formation face distanced from a back surface of the semiconductor element at a first distance, and a second bump that is located over the surface of the semiconductor element, and is formed on a second bump formation face distanced from the back surface of the semiconductor element at a second distance being longer than the first distance, the second bump having a diameter larger than a diameter of the first bump. | 09-29-2011 |
20110224890 | IDLING STOP DEVICE, ENGINE START SYSTEM, AND ENGINE START METHOD - An idling stop device is mounted on a vehicle and automatically stops and starts an engine of the vehicle. A microcomputer has an idling stop function of automatically stopping the engine when a predetermined stop condition is established and automatically starting the engine when a predetermined start condition is established during the stopping of the engine. A detecting unit detects that a power voltage of the microcomputer, which is obtained by dropping a voltage of a battery of the vehicle is lower than a minimum operating voltage of the microcomputer. A storage unit stores voltage reduction information irrespective of a state of the microcomputer if the power voltage is lower than the minimum operating voltage. A power control unit causes a capacitor which stores electric charges corresponding to power for driving a starter motor of the engine to supply power to the starter motor when the engine is started, if the voltage reduction information is stored in the storage unit. | 09-15-2011 |
20110213550 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A data providing apparatus included in a navigation system obtains, from the in-vehicle apparatus, first direction data which represents a direction in which the vehicle heads at a start of providing the navigation data and derives second direction data which represents the direction in which the vehicle heads based on a change of a location of the vehicle after a start of traveling of the vehicle. The data providing apparatus transmits, to the in-vehicle apparatus, the navigation data in accordance with the direction in which the vehicle heads and transmits, to the in-vehicle apparatus, the second direction data which is derived. The in-vehicle apparatus included in the navigation system displays the navigation data which is received from the data providing apparatus, and the in-vehicle apparatus stores, during a stop of working of the in-vehicle apparatus, the second direction data received from the data providing apparatus. Then the in-vehicle apparatus transmits the second direction data which is stored, to the data providing apparatus as the first direction data after activation of the in-vehicle apparatus. | 09-01-2011 |
20110208410 | IDLING STOP DEVICE, POWER CONTROL METHOD, DETERIORATION NOTIFICATION METHOD AND BATTERY CHARGING METHOD - An idling stop device is mounted on a vehicle. A microcomputer has an idling stop function of automatically stopping an engine of the vehicle when a predetermined stop condition is established and automatically starting the engine when a predetermined start condition is established during the stopping of the engine. A detecting unit detects that a power voltage of the microcomputer, which is obtained by dropping a voltage of a battery of the vehicle is lower than a minimal operation voltage of the microcomputer. A storage unit stores voltage decrease information irrespective of a state of the microcomputer if the power voltage is lower than the minimal operation voltage. A power control unit stops supply of power to some of electrical loads to which power is supplied from the battery when the engine is started, if the voltage decrease information is stored in the storage unit. | 08-25-2011 |
20110207426 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING NOISE COMPONENTS PERFORMED BY BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS - To provide a broadcast receiving apparatus including an AM detector, an AM noise detector, an FM detector, an FM noise-level detector, and a threshold control unit. The AM detector performs AM detection on a broadcast signal in airwaves received by a receiving antenna that receives incoming airwaves to acquire an AM detection signal. The AM noise detector detects a signal portion, in which the AM detection signal exceeds an AM noise threshold, as an AM noise component. The FM detector performs FM detection on the broadcast signal to acquire an FM detection signal. The FM noise-level detector detects an FM noise level of the FM detection signal. When the FM noise-level detector detects the FM noise level of the FM detection signal, the threshold control unit changes setting of the AM noise threshold in the AM noise detector based on the FM noise level of the FM detection signal. | 08-25-2011 |
20110205102 | RADAR DEVICE, OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM, AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD - A vehicle mounted radar device operable to scan a transmission wave to detect a detection point representing a position of an object disposed around the vehicle on the basis of a reflected wave of the transmission wave from the object. The radar device includes a reading unit, a continuity determination unit, a setting unit, anti an object determination unit that are configured to prevent the radar device from erroneously determining different pieces of object information as a single object. | 08-25-2011 |
20110202201 | REMOTE STARTING DEVICE AND REMOTE STARTING METHOD - A remote starting device starts up an engine of a vehicle when receiving an engine starting signal wirelessly transmitted from a remote control terminal. A starting control unit turns on a remote control switch disposed in a path through which power is supplied to ignition devices from a battery to supply power to the ignition devices and to start up the engine when receiving the engine starting signal. An operation state detecting unit detects at least a key insertion operation of inserting a key into a key cylinder and a brake pedaling operation of depressing a brake pedal, by an operator. A remote control stopping unit turns off the remote control switch when stopping of the brake pedaling operation is detected after the engine is started up and the key insertion operation and the brake pedaling operation are detected. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202200 | ENGINE STARTING APPARATUS - An engine starting apparatus for starting an engine that is installed in a vehicle starts the engine in response to radio signals received from a remote control. When a result of an authentication implemented after the start of the engine by an authentication part that authenticates a key code stored in a vehicle key that a user possesses is unsuccessful, the engine starting apparatus stores unsuccessful data indicating that the result of the authentication was unsuccessful in a memory part while maintaining the engine running. The engine starting apparatus stops the running of the engine when a door is opened after the start of the engine if the unsuccessful data are stored in the memory part before the start of the engine. | 08-18-2011 |
20110201290 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETERMINING PRESENCE OF NOISE PERFORMED BY BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS - To provide a broadcast receiving apparatus including an AM detector, an AM noise detector, an FM detector, an FM noise detector and a noise determining unit. The AM detector performs AM detection on an IF signal in airwaves received by a receiving antenna that receives incoming airwaves to acquire an AM detection signal. The AM noise detector detects noise components in the AM detection signal. The FM detector performs FM detection on the IF signal to acquire an FM detection signal. The FM noise detector detects noise components in the FM detection signal. The noise determining unit determines a noise status of a broadcast signal based on detection results acquired by the AM noise detector and the FM noise detector. | 08-18-2011 |
20110197844 | REMOTE STARTING DEVICE AND REMOTE STARTING METHOD - A remote starting device starts up an engine when receiving an RF signal instructing to start up the engine from a remote control terminal. A first switch is provided in parallel to an accessory switch which is disposed in a first power supply line connecting a battery to an electrical device for controlling accessories. A second switch is provided in parallel to an ignition switch which is disposed in a second power supply line connecting the battery to an electrical device for controlling non-accessories. A first controller controls the second switch to be turned on when starting up the engine. A first detector detects an insertion state of a key into a key cylinder by a user. A second detector detects an electrical connection state in the first power supply line. A second controller controls the first switch to be turned off when the first detector detects that the key is inserted in a state where the engine is started up. A third controller controls the second switch to be turned off when the second detector detects that the electrical connection state of the first power supply line is changed from an electrically-connected state to an electrically-disconnected state in a state where the first switch is turned off by the second controller. | 08-18-2011 |
20110196601 | TRAVEL ROUTE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND TRAVEL ROUTE EVALUATION PROGRAM - A travel route evaluation system is provided which is capable of enhancing the driver's consciousness of traveling on the a recommended route, in order to improve a degree of attainment of purposes, such as suppression of a fuel consumption and shortening of a required time, that would be obtained by presenting the recommended route. | 08-11-2011 |
20110193532 | CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHARGE CONTROL - A device controls charging a battery with power supplied from a power supply located outside of a vehicle through a charge cable. The device includes a first microcomputer and a second microcomputer. The first microcomputer is configured to turn on a charge mode signal upon detecting a change in a pilot signal output through the charge cable, and to turn off the charge mode signal when a charge completion signal output from the second microcomputer is turned off. The second microcomputer is configured to charge the battery through the charge cable when the charge mode signal is turned on, and to turn off the charge completion signal when the charging is complete. When the charge completion signal is turned on at the time of the first microcomputer turning off the charge mode signal due to sudden fluctuations, the charge mode signal is turned on again. | 08-11-2011 |
20110181540 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system is provided. A medium insertion port is disposed on the front surface of a main unit and a portable recording medium is loaded into or unloaded from the main unit through the medium insertion port. A display unit is disposed on the front surface of the main unit and can move between a closed position where the medium insertion port is covered and an opened position where the medium insertion port is exposed. A limitation section limits the movement of the display unit to the opened position. A limitation removing section removes the limitation by the limitation section. An operation section receives an operation on the navigation system. The operation section can receive an operation other than an operation to be intrinsically received by the operation section. The limitation removing section removes the limitation by the limitation section when the operation section receives the operation other than the operation to be intrinsically received. | 07-28-2011 |
20110177795 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A portable communication terminal transmits a request signal that requests voice data representing an email message, to a server apparatus when the portable communication terminal receives the email that has been sent to the portable communication terminal, and the portable communication terminal transmits the voice data received from the server apparatus, to an in-vehicle equipment. A server apparatus converts an email message that has been sent to a portable communication terminal, into voice data in response to a request signal received from the portable communication terminal, and the server apparatus returns the voice data to the portable communication terminal. The in-vehicle equipment detects a position of a portable communication terminal in a cabin, and the in-vehicle equipment outputs a voice message converted only from voice data representing an email message received by the portable communication terminal located in a specific position in the cabin, inside the cabin of the vehicle. | 07-21-2011 |
20110175866 | OSCILLATION CIRCUIT AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an oscillation circuit. The oscillation circuit supplies predetermined oscillation signals to a generating circuit having a divider, a phase comparator, and a generator. A clock signal generating section generates clock signals in a cycle based on the comparison results from the phase comparator. A clock signal mask section masks a part of the clock signals generated by the clock signal generating section to generate the predetermined oscillation signals and supplies the predetermined oscillation signals to the divider. The clock signal mask section masks a part of the clock signals such that the cycle of sampling signals generated by the generator is the same as a predetermined cycle which is the cycle of a clock for use in generating image signals. | 07-21-2011 |
20110164388 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A controller | 07-07-2011 |
20110164062 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device capable of processing navigation information is provided. A touch panel can display images and can receive a user's touch operation. An image generation section generates a navigation image including a map image and a plurality of operation button images for receiving the touch operation, the images being displayed on the touch panel. A plurality of operation button images include a first operation button image related to a navigation function and a second operation button image related to a plurality of functions other than the navigation function. The image generation section generates a first image which is obtained by combining the navigation image and the first operation button image and a second image which includes the second operation button. The first image and the second image are respectively displayed in a first display region and a second display region. The first display region and the second display region are separated by a movable boundary. | 07-07-2011 |
20110164053 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device capable of processing navigation information is provided. Image processing means generates a signal for displaying a basic screen including a predetermined display element, to which a predetermined function is assigned, on a display device and outputs the signal to the display device. Detection means detects a user's operation of the predetermined display element displayed on the display device. Image generation means generates a superimposed display image for providing the predetermined function assigned to the predetermined display element when the operation is detected by the detection means. When the superimposed display image is generated by the image generation means, the image processing means generates a signal for displaying a superimposed screen, in which the superimposed display image is superimposed on the basic screen, on the display device and outputs the signal to the display device. The superimposed display image generated by the image generation means includes a relation display image which allows the user to visually understand a relation between the predetermined display element and the superimposed display image. The relation display image is generated so as to be continuously displayed even when a displayed content of the superimposed display image is updated. | 07-07-2011 |
20110160985 | IN-VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - An in-vehicle control apparatus includes: a first controlling part that controls a controlled object by using data stored in a volatile memory part; and a second controlling part that transmits an abnormality notice signal to the first controlling part when an abnormality occurs in the vehicle. The first controlling part identifies: the type of the abnormality occurring as a first abnormality when the abnormality notice signal represents the first abnormality and the data stored in the volatile memory part is initialized; the type of the abnormality occurring as a second abnormality when the abnormality notice signal represents an abnormality other than the first abnormality and the data stored in the volatile memory part is initialized; and the type of the abnormality occurring as a third abnormality when the abnormality notice signal represents the third abnormality. | 06-30-2011 |
20110159836 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM - An information providing system is provided. An in-vehicle apparatus is provided in a vehicle. The in-vehicle apparatus receives a broadcasting, An information providing apparatus transmits area information related to a broadcast channel that is receivable in a traveling area of the vehicle to the in-vehicle apparatus. A storage unit stores the area information for each traveling area. A receiving unit receives probe information including a predetermined reference position or a position of the vehicle from the in-vehicle apparatus. A deciding unit decides a reference area set including a plurality of traveling areas which are within a predetermined distance from the reference position included in the received probe information for each vehicle. An accumulating unit accumulates the received probe information. A determining unit determines a traveling record of the vehicle in each traveling area on the basis of the accumulated probe information. An update unit updates the reference area set on the basis of the traveling record. A transmitting unit transmits the area information corresponding to the reference area set before the update to the in-vehicle apparatus corresponding to the reference area set when the update unit has not yet performed the update, and transmits the area information corresponding to the reference area set after the update to the in-vehicle apparatus corresponding to the reference area set when the update unit has performed the update. | 06-30-2011 |
20110159800 | DATABASE CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM AND BROADCAST RECEIVING SYSTEM - A database construction system constructs a database storing broadcast channels which are receivable in each area. A receiving unit receives probe information from a plurality of broadcast receiving apparatuses, the probe information including reception intensity of each of the broadcast channels and positions of the broadcast receiving apparatuses. An information storage unit stores the probe information received by the receiving unit. An extracting unit extracts the probe information with the same broadcast channel as that of new probe information, which is the probe information newly received by the receiving unit, among the probe information transmitted from a transmission area of the new probe information, from the information storage unit. A determining unit determines whether the new probe information is valid on the basis of the reception intensity included in the probe information extracted by the extracting unit and the reception intensity included in the new probe information. A database update unit updates the database using the new probe information that is determined to be valid by the determining unit. | 06-30-2011 |
20110153199 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A drive recorder for installation in a vehicle detects occurrence of predetermined events such as an accident, and records an “event occurrence location” that is a location of the vehicle at the time of the event occurrence. A navigation apparatus obtains the “event occurrence location” recorded by the drive recorder, and if there is the “event occurrence location” in the range of a map displayed on a display, the navigation apparatus superimposes a warning mark on the event occurrence location. Thereby the location, where the event occurred actually, is indicated on the map. Thus it is possible to inform the location where an attention is required for driving, adapting to the actual driving. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148618 | FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING RATING DEVICE, AND FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - An accelerator opening determining unit determines whether an accelerator opening achieved through an accelerator operation by a driver of a vehicle exceeds an upper limit value thereof. A travel distance adding-up unit adds up a travel distance within accelerator-opening upper limit value when the accelerator opening is not determined to exceed the upper limit value. When the accelerator opening is determined to exceed the upper limit value, the travel distance adding-up unit adds up a travel distance exceeding accelerator-opening upper limit value. A fuel-saving driving rating unit rates the driving of the driver based on each added-up value added up by the travel distance adding-up unit. | 06-23-2011 |
20110145529 | CONTROLLER - A controller includes a first judging part that judges abnormality of a first memory part, and a second judging part that judges abnormality of a second memory part based on ( | 06-16-2011 |
20110137512 | FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING RATING DEVICE, AND FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - A shift lever position determining unit ( | 06-09-2011 |
20110137511 | FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM, DRIVING CONTROL DEVICE, AND FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM - A fuel-saving driving diagnostic apparatus detects that the vehicle stops based on a vehicle speed indicating a speed of a vehicle, and detects that the vehicle is in an idling state indicating a state in which the vehicle is idled when a number of engine revolutions of the vehicle whose stop is detected is a predetermined threshold or more. The fuel-saving driving diagnostic apparatus determines whether the vehicle in the idling state is in a parking state based on a selection lever and/or a parking brake of the vehicle in the detected idling state. Then the fuel-saving driving diagnostic apparatus diagnoses fuel-saving driving based on an idling parking time for which the parking state of the vehicle is maintained. | 06-09-2011 |
20110134727 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device that can reduce a noise caused by a signal or data being always output. A vehicle-mounted device includes: a player that reads out and outputs data recorded in a CD or a DVD (i.e., a TBCK signal, a TSD | 06-09-2011 |
20110133921 | FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE OF PRIME MOVER, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING RATING DEVICE, AND FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - An accelerator-off, fuel-cut traveling determining unit determines whether the number of engine revolutions of a vehicle is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, whether an accelerator opening rate is equal to or lower than a predetermined value, and whether a traveling state is an accelerator-off, fuel-cut traveling state where a quantity of fuel injection to an engine is 0. When it is determined that the traveling state is the accelerator-off, fuel-cut traveling state, the traveling distance adding-up unit adds up accelerator-off, fuel-cut traveling distances. A fuel-saving driving rating unit rates driving by a driver based on each of the added-up values which were added up by the traveling distance adding-up unit. A fuel-saving driving advice generating unit notifies the driver of a fuel-saving driving advice together with a rating result in accordance with the rating result. Therefore, it is possible to encourage the driver to perform early engine operation by an engine braking, and to enhance the driver's awareness of fuel saving driving. | 06-09-2011 |
20110131519 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An in-vehicle display system is installed in a vehicle for displaying information to a user. The system includes a display unit that displays information; an operation unit that is located separately from the display unit and that allows a user to perform user operations including a directional operation and a turning operation; and a receiver that receives user instructions for making entry of plural characters that can be displayed on the display unit, based on displayed content displayed on the display unit and the user operations made with the operation unit. The receiver receives: (i) a first one of the directional operation and the turning operation as the user instruction in order to select a group from amongst a plurality of groups displayed on the display unit each of the plurality of groups representing a plurality of characters which are candidates for entry, and (ii) a second one of the directional operation and the turning operation as the user instruction in order to select a character from amongst the plural characters included in the group that is selected by the first one of the directional operation and the turning operation. | 06-02-2011 |
20110131515 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - The receiver respectively receives an instruction by a first operation to select a first item from amongst a plurality of first items displayed on a display unit, an instruction by a second operation to determine the first item selected from amongst the plurality of first items, and an instruction by a third operation to display a plurality of second items representing commands relating to the first item selected from amongst the plurality of first items. | 06-02-2011 |
20110131494 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUDIO APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus is provided. An item selection device selects, through a selection manipulation unit, an item from a plurality of items which are displayed in the form of a list and arranged in an arrangement direction. A manipulation detection unit detects a state of a selection manipulation of the selection manipulation unit. A display area enlargement unit enlarges a display area of the selected item in the arrangement direction when the manipulation detection unit detects that the selection manipulation of the selection manipulation unit is stopped. | 06-02-2011 |
20110130921 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An in-vehicle display system for installation in a vehicle displays information. The in-vehicle display system includes a display part that (i) displays multiple items of setting information respectively related to plural types of in-vehicle apparatus on a common area of a screen interchangeably such that the multiple items of one of the plural types of in-vehicle apparatus are displayed in the common area at one time, and (ii) displays an index indicating one of the in-vehicle apparatus that is presently a displaying subject of the common area, a first switching member, provided separate from the display part, receiving an instruction from a user for switching the in-vehicle apparatus that is the displaying subject to a first apparatus of the plural types of in-vehicle apparatus, and a second switching member, provided separate from the display part, receiving an instruction from the user for switching the in-vehicle apparatus that is the displaying subject to a second apparatus of the plural types of in-vehicle apparatus, the second apparatus being different from the first apparatus, and a position of the second switching member relative to a position of the first switching member corresponds with a displayed position of an index of the second apparatus relative to a displayed position of an index of the first apparatus. | 06-02-2011 |
20110129112 | EXCITER APPARATUS - An exciter apparatus outputs a sound by vibrating an interior material of a vehicle. The exciter apparatus includes a base part attachable to the interior material, a magnetic circuit generating a magnetic field in a space between a permanent magnet and a magnetic body member, a voice coil fixed to the base part and located in the space, and a damper part which is elastically deformable, is formed outside an outer circumference of the base part, and is connected to the magnetic body member. | 06-02-2011 |
20110128138 | ON-VEHICLE DEVICE AND RECOGNITION SUPPORT SYSTEM - An on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle includes an imaging unit that captures an image of a wide angle range through a curved light receiver, a moving-object detector that detects a moving object approaching an own vehicle from a mounting direction of the imaging unit and from any direction other than the mounting direction, based on the image captured by the imaging unit, a collision-risk determination unit that determines a degree of collision risk indicating a possibility of collision between the moving object detected by the moving-object detector and the own vehicle, and a moving-object warning unit that warns presence of the moving object included in an image portion in which a distortion of the image is a predetermined value or more, and warns the presence of the moving object according to the degree of collision risk determined by the collision-risk determination unit. | 06-02-2011 |
20110128136 | ON-VEHICLE DEVICE AND RECOGNITION SUPPORT SYSTEM - There is provided an on-vehicle device including an image acquisition unit, a moving-object detector, a display unit, a switching unit, and a switching instruction unit. The image acquisition unit acquires an image obtained by imaging a peripheral image around a vehicle. The moving-object detector, when the vehicle approaches an intersection, detects whether there is a moving object approaching the vehicle as an own vehicle from a left or a right direction of the intersection based on the peripheral image. The switching unit switches between images in a plurality of systems input to a display unit. The switching instruction unit instructs to switch to the peripheral image when the moving object is detected. | 06-02-2011 |
20110125357 | FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE OF ELECTRIC DRIVE DEVICE, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING RATING DEVICE, AND FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - A vehicle power indication status quantity display unit displays on an indicator a vehicle power indication status quantity obtained by dividing the torque required for driving a hybrid vehicle by the upper limit value of the torque that does not excessively increase the fuel consumption. A HV eco zone of the vehicle power indication status quantity display unit is the zone that is determined by the upper limit value and the lower limit value of the HV eco zone that indicates the motor is being effectively used to drive the vehicle. A check is made to determine whether the vehicle power indication status quantity is within the HV eco zone, and, if it is determined to be within the HV eco zone, the driving being performed is diagnosed as fuel-saving driving. | 05-26-2011 |
20110115001 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - An electronic control device controls a control object. An electronic component configured to control the control object is mounted on an electronic substrate. An electrical signal line is formed on the electronic substrate. The electrical signal line transmits an electrical signal. A metal is press-fitted into the electronic substrate and passes through the electronic substrate to be exposed to both surfaces of the electronic substrate. An electronic element has a contact surface portion which comes into contact with a surface of the electronic substrate when the electronic element is mounted on the electronic substrate. The electronic element is connected to the electrical signal line. The electronic element is mounted on the electronic substrate such that the contact surface portion comes into contact with the metal exposed to the both surfaces of the electronic substrate and the electrical signal line connected to the contact surface portion does not come into contact with the metal. | 05-19-2011 |
20110098904 | DATA WRITE DEVICE AND DATA WRITE METHOD - A data write device receives power supply from a first system guided from a power source and writes data in a nonvolatile first storage unit. A request generation unit generates a write request to write data in the first storage unit under a predetermined condition. A receiving unit receives the write request from a user. A second storage unit receives power supply from a second system guided from the power source and is able to store data. A first write unit writes target data to be written, which is stored in the second storage unit, in the first storage unit in response to the write request. A second write unit writes the target data which is stored in the second storage unit, in the first storage unit if the power supply from the first system is stopped and then restarted at the time of writing by the first write unit. A display control unit causes a display device which carries out predetermined initial display when the power supply from the first system is stopped and then restarted, to display a write result of the target data in the first storage unit. The second write unit is activated when the request generation unit generates the write request and is not activated when receiving the write request from the user. | 04-28-2011 |
20110093152 | FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM, DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE, AND FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM - A fuel-saving driving diagnostic device stores an external power amount which indicates an amount of power charged by an external device and an internal power amount which indicates an amount of power charged by vehicle driving. The fuel-saving driving diagnostic device calculates a driving power amount which indicates an amount of power required for vehicle driving based on the stored external power amount, stored internal power amount, and an amount of power a vehicle currently has, and makes a diagnosis of fuel-saving driving based on the calculated driving power amount and the stored external power amount. As a result, sufficient information is calculated for prompting the driver of a plug-in hybrid car to do the fuel-saving driving. | 04-21-2011 |
20110084891 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE - A vehicle-mounted device is arranged to be capable of attaching and detaching a portable device including a display unit. Also, the vehicle-mounted device includes a display unit and a controller and the controller detects that the portable device is attached or the portable device is detached, and turns off the display unit when it is detected that the portable device is attached. Thereby, the power consumption of the vehicle-mounted device can be reduced. Also, the same information is not displayed on the display unit and the display unit, and it is unnecessary to execute a process that mutually synchronizes the display timing of information displayed on both display units. | 04-14-2011 |
20110084872 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RADAR APPARATUS - A signal processing apparatus of a radar transceiver is provided. The radar transceiver transmits a frequency-modulated transmission signal and generates beat signals having a frequency difference between transmitted/received signals for respective receiving antennas. A distance detection section detects relative distances of objects based on frequencies of the beat signals. A phase detection section detects phases of the beat signals. A level storage section stores a first level of the beat signals that corresponds to the first object and a second level of the beat signals that corresponds to the second object when the beat signals are generated corresponding to the plurality of objects, respectively. A phase derivation section derives first and second phases in which the level of a single beat signal coincides with a sum of the first level corresponding to the first phase and the second level corresponding to the second phase on the basis of the wavelength of the beat signal and the relative distances of the plurality of objects, when the signal beat signal is generated corresponding to the plurality of objects. An azimuth angle detection section derives an azimuth angle of the first object based on the difference of the first phase and an azimuth angle of the second object based on the difference of the second phase in a pair of the antennas. | 04-14-2011 |
20110078802 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVE RECORDER, DISPLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A display device displays data recorded in a portable recording medium by a drive recorder on a display unit. A code recording unit records a security code in the recording medium in which data is recorded by the drive recorder. A nonvolatile storage device stores a security code which is the same as the security code for use at the time of recording in the recording medium. A code acquisition unit acquires the security code from recorded contents of the recording medium in which the data is recorded by the drive recorder. A code authentication unit enables the display unit to display the data recorded in the recording medium when the security code acquired from the recording medium coincides with the security code stored in the storage device. | 03-31-2011 |
20110077820 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - An electronic control device is mounted in a vehicle and controls a control target provided in the vehicle. An acceleration sensor detects an acceleration of the vehicle. An angular velocity sensor detects an angular velocity of the vehicle. The acceleration sensor and the angular velocity sensor are mounted on an electronic substrate. A housing accommodates the electronic substrate and is fixed to a body of the vehicle. The electronic substrate is fixed to the housing at least four fixing points, and the acceleration sensor and the angular velocity sensor are arranged in the smallest target area from among a plurality of areas having multiple points selected from the at least four fixing points as vertexes. | 03-31-2011 |
20110077819 | DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DATA READING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A data management device manages data recorded by a drive recorder mounted in each of a plurality of vehicles. The drive recorder records operation data which represents a traveling situation of the vehicle and which does not include images and sounds and a plurality of kinds of contents data which includes at least one of images and sounds in one portable recording medium. A receiving unit receives a user setting regarding reading/non-reading of the contents data for each of the plurality of kinds. A storage device integrates and stores data obtained by the drive recorder of each of the plurality of vehicles. A reading unit reads the operation data and the contents data of a kind that is set for reading by the user setting among the plurality of kinds, among contents recorded in the recording medium by the drive recorder of the vehicle after completion of operation of each of the plurality of vehicles and records the operation data and the contents data in the storage device. | 03-31-2011 |
20110075307 | OVERCURRENT PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE - An overcurrent protection circuit is provided. An overcurrent detecting element is connected between a power source and a load and detects an overcurrent flowing through the load. A main switch element is connected between the load and the overcurrent detecting element and controls flow of current to the load according to a voltage applied between a control end and an input end of the main switch element. The main switch element stops the flow of current to the load when a predetermined time is elapsed after the overcurrent detecting element detects the overcurrent flowing through the load. A first switch element has an output end connected to the control end of the main switch element. A current flows to the first switch when the overcurrent detecting element detects the overcurrent flowing through the load. | 03-31-2011 |
20110074622 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, RADAR APPARATUS, OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A signal processing apparatus performs an object detection process of detecting object data with respect to peak signals which indicate a difference in frequency between a transmitted signal of which the frequency is changed in a predetermined period and a received signal which is obtained by receiving a reflected wave that corresponds to a transmitted wave which is based on the transmitted signal and is reflected from an object, by deriving the peak signals in a first period where the frequency of the transmitted signal ascends and in a second period where the frequency of the transmitted signal descends and by pairing the peak signals in the first period and the second period. A continuity determination section determines a continuity between the object data and past object data detected prior to the object data. A moving objection data detection section detects newly detected moving object data that has no continuity with the past object data among the object data as a result of continuity determination by the continuity determination section. A position relationship detection section detects a position relationship between the moving object data and other object data. A data determination section re-pairs the moving object data if one object data among the other object data has a predetermined position relationship with the moving object data. | 03-31-2011 |
20110057831 | RADAR DEVICE - In a radar device including: a transmission antenna group having a plurality of transmission antennas; a reception antenna group having a plurality of reception antennas; and transmission switchover means to transmit transmission waves in a way that sequentially switches over the transmission antennas of the transmission antenna group, the reception antenna group receiving reflected waves, reflected from a target, of transmission waves of the transmission antennas when sequentially transmitting the transmission waves, is made to function as a virtual sub-array corresponding to the transmission antennas. The target is thus detected by executing a space averaging process based on a relative position, to the reception antenna group, of each of the transmission antennas undergoing the transmission switchover with respect to the virtual correlation values corresponding to the plurality of virtual sub-arrays. | 03-10-2011 |
20110057611 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - To properly resume charging when insertion and removal of a charging cable connector are repeated, a control apparatus includes a power control unit that turns on a charging mode signal when a signal state changes from a state with no change for a certain period of time to a changed state, to activate a charging control unit, and turns off the charging mode signal when detecting a charging completion signal turned on by the charging control unit and outputted from a signal generating unit included in the charging cable which connects an external power source to the vehicle; and the charging control unit turns on the charging completion signal when the charging has been completed, and thereafter turns off the charging completion signal when detecting that the charging mode signal has been turned off by the power control unit. | 03-10-2011 |
20110057509 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - A vehicle-mounted device that is capable of attaching and detaching a portable device including a rechargeable battery, and supplies an electric power to the portable device in a attachment state where the portable device is attached, the electronic device characterized by comprising: a controller that confirms completion of the operation of the portable device when a power source of the electronic device is turned off in the attachment state; and a voltage converting device that stops supplying the electric power to the portable device after the confirmation by the controller. | 03-10-2011 |
20110050525 | RADAR DEVICE AND ANTENNA ANGLE ADJUSTING METHOD - A radar device is provided. A planar antenna is tiltably provided with respect to a housing. A detecting section detects a tilt angle of the planar antenna with respect to the gravity direction. A moving section moves the planar antenna to adjust the tilt angle of the planar antenna. A storage section stores a history of the tilt angle of the planar antenna and a tiltable range of the planar antenna with respect to the housing. The moving section moves the planar antenna by a first angle to adjust the tilt angle of the planar antenna to a reference angle if the sum of the history of the tilt angle of the planar antenna and the first angle is within the tiltable range of the planar antenna. The moving section does not move the planar antenna by the first angle if the sum of the history of the tilt angle of the planar antenna and the first angle is beyond the tillable range of the planar antenna. | 03-03-2011 |
20110050481 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, RADAR DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A signal processing device performs object detection processing in which peak signals each representing a differential frequency between a transmitted signal in which a frequency thereof changes in a predetermined cycle and a received signal are derived in a first period where the frequency of the transmitted signal rises and a second period where the frequency of the transmitted signal falls, and the peak signals in the first period are paired with the peak signals in the second period to detect object information related to the peak signals. A range setting unit sets a frequency range in each of the first period and the second period on the basis of a frequency of an integer multiple of the peak signal related to the object information which has been detected in previous object detection processing. A signal setting unit sets a peak signal as a specific peak signal in a case where the peak signal is within the frequency range in each of the first period and the second period. A paring unit pairs the specific peak signal in the first period and the specific peak signal in the second period. | 03-03-2011 |
20110029239 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM, IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, NAVIGATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A navigation system is provided. An in-vehicle device is mounted on a vehicle. A data providing apparatus provides data regarding navigation to the in-vehicle device. The data providing apparatus detects current position data of the vehicle, accumulates map image data, cuts the map image data in a display size of the in-vehicle device, and separately transmits the detected current position data and the cut map image data to the in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device receives the current position data and the cut map image data from the data providing apparatus, and superimposes the received current position data and the cut map image data to display a guide image. The current position data is transmitted in a first transmission cycle and the cut map image data is transmitted in a second transmission cycle which is shorter than the first transmission cycle. The current position data is updated while maintaining the cut map image data when the current position data is received, and the cut map image data is updated when the current position data is located at an update position in the periphery of the cut map image data. | 02-03-2011 |
20110004396 | ECO-RUN CONTROL DEVICE AND ECO-RUN CONTROL METHOD - An eco-run control device is provided. A control unit is configured to perform an eco-run control of stopping an engine on the basis of stop conditions and of restarting the engine on the basis of restart conditions. A starter driving unit is configured to drive a starter for restarting the engine. A test unit is configured to perform a failure test of the starter driving unit to determine whether the starter driving unit is out of order before the control unit stops the engine by the eco-run control. A nullifying unit is configured to nullify the failure test by the test unit when it is detected that a power supply voltage supplied to the starter driving unit drops below a predetermined value. A prohibiting unit is configured to prohibit the control unit from performing the eco-run control when the test unit determines that the starter driving unit is out of order. The prohibiting unit prohibits the control unit from performing the eco-run control in a case where the nullifying unit nullifies the failure test by the test unit during a test period in which the test unit performs the failure test. | 01-06-2011 |
20100312460 | ECO-RUN CONTROL DEVICE AND ECO-RUN CONTROL METHOD - An eco-run control unit performs an eco-run control of stopping an engine mounted on a vehicle automatically on the basis of stop conditions and of restarting the engine automatically on the basis of restart conditions while the engine is stopped automatically by the eco-run control. An acquiring unit acquires information for identifying a vehicle type of the vehicle on which the eco-run control device is mounted. A determining unit determines whether the identified vehicle type is coincident with any of vehicle types stored in a storage unit. A setting unit sets the eco-run control to a specific control depending on one of the vehicle types when the determining unit determines that the identified vehicle type is coincident with the one of the stored vehicle types. The setting unit sets the eco-run control to a default control corresponding to a default vehicle type and permit the eco-run control unit to stop the engine automatically until a determination of the determination unit is completed. The setting unit prohibits the eco-run control unit from stopping the engine automatically when the determining unit determines that the identified vehicle type is different from any of the stored vehicle types. | 12-09-2010 |