Denso Corporation

Akihiro Ogasawara

Kiyotaka Taguchi

Kentaro Kajita

Gouji Sagai

Yoshiki Ohzawa

Wataru Mizuno

Wako Yamada

Toru Hiroyama

Nami Miki

An in-vehicle broadcast reception apparatus includes the following. A viewing or listening determiner section determining whether a relay broadcasting of a sports game is viewed or listened to via a first broadcast. A team determiner section determining whether a team in the sports game is a team of interest to a user among a plurality of teams. A retriever section retrieving a second broadcast that performs a relay broadcasting of a sports game which is identical to the relay broadcasting of the sports game viewed or listened to via the first broadcast. A switcher section switching to the second broadcast to enable continued viewing or listening of the sports game when the relay broadcasting of the sports game via the first broadcast is ended, in response to that the team in the sports game is determined to be the team of interest to the user.

In-vehicle broadcast reception apparatus

An in-vehicle display control device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of element images to be displayed on a vehicular display from each image generation unit; a change information acquisition unit that acquires color change information; and an image synthesizing unit that generates a synthetic image based on a color in the color change information and the plurality of element images. The image synthesizing unit generates the synthetic image by synthesizing the plurality of element images and a color change layer.

In-vehicle display control device

A vehicle-surrounding monitoring device includes: a line-of-sight direction determination section that determines a direction of a line of sight of a driver; an obstacle determination section that determines whether an obstacle is disposed in a predetermined direction around a vehicle; and a notification control section that notifies notification information indicating a determination result of the obstacle determination section in an other direction around the vehicle with a notification unit when it is determined that the direction of the line of sight of the driver is one direction around the vehicle.

Vehicle-surrounding monitoring device and non-transitory computer readable storage medium

A vehicle-mounted warning system which is configured such that a warning lamp on a meter panel is turned on or blinked in the event of an abnormality with a vehicle has a detection unit configured to detect a mental turmoil of a driver, when the warning lamp is turned on or blinked, and a notification unit configured to notify the driver of a content of the warning of the lit or blinking warning lamp or how to cope with the warning thereof, when the mental turmoil of the driver is detected.

Vehicle-mounted warning system

A vehicle display device includes: a display; a vehicle information image generator; an external image obtaining device; a display controller that displays the vehicle information image and the external image on the display; and an external image display determination device that determines whether the display controller is going to display the not displayed external image. When the display controller is going to display the not displayed external image, the display controller displays the external image, which the display controller is going to display, on the display with gradually increasing brightness of the external image from the brightness that is lower by a predetermined amount than original brightness to predetermined brightness that is determined based on the original brightness.

Vehicle display device

A vehicle display processing apparatus includes: a first determination portion that determines whether a vehicle is at a stop; a first display processing portion that displays on a first display device, an operation screen image, the first display device being provided between a driver seat and a front passenger seat; a second display processing portion that displays a screen image relating to the operation screen image, which is displayed on the first display device, on a second display device provided to a driver seat side; and a second determination portion that determines whether a running speed of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined speed. The second display device is provided by a head-up display. When the running speed of the vehicle is lower than the predetermined speed, the second display processing portion does not display the screen image on the second display device.

Vehicle display processing apparatus

A data retrieval apparatus comprises: a local database which links data for retrieval with content attribute data and stores same; a data for retrieval extraction processing unit which extracts the data for retrieval from a medium; an attribute data retrieval processing unit which retrieves the attribute data corresponding to the data for retrieval from the local database; and a data for retrieval storage processing unit which stores the data for retrieval if the attribute data corresponding to the data for retrieval is not present in the local database.

Data retrieval apparatus, data retrieval program, and data retrieval method

A vehicle display control device includes a timing determination unit that determines timing when it is authenticated that the mobile terminal is an object that can provide the mobile screen information after the start of processing of connection between an HCU and the mobile terminal. A display control unit displays a during-connection-processing image indicating that connection with the mobile terminal is being processed, on the display device after the timing is determined by the timing determination unit until the mobile screen information becomes possible to be displayed on the display device. The display control unit does not display the during-connection-processing image on the display device after the connection processing is started until the timing is determined by the timing determination unit.

Vehicle display control device and vehicle display system

A navigation apparatus guides a user to an appropriate terminal in an airport, for example, even when a schedule of an intended flight is changed. The above advantage is achieved by acquiring flight information of the intended flight from a flight information list that is delivered from an information distribution center and by determining, as a guidance destination, a terminal of the intended flight or a suitable airport facility after change of the flight schedule. The suitable guidance destination is determined not only by the changed flight schedule but also by a user purpose to go to the airport and an estimated arrival time of the user to the airport.

Navigation apparatus and method of navigation

A system for generating map data acquires, from a map database, map data to include a route from a departure place to a destination specified by a user. The system acquires, from a POI database, information to suit a purpose or taste of the user. The system generates specified map data, in which the information to suit the purpose or taste of the user is added over a map including the route specified by the user.

Method and system for generating map data and information delivery apparatus

An information retrieval device having an insertion slot for inserting a medium having data to be retrieved includes an input unit for sending a signal upon accepting an input, an eject unit for ejecting the medium in the insertion slot and a control unit for controlling the eject unit upon receiving the signal from the input unit after an ejection instruction is accepted by the input unit. The signal to the control unit from the input unit after the ejection instruction on the input unit establishes an ejection prohibition control with the eject unit for prohibiting media ejection operation of the eject unit while an ejection prohibition state of the eject unit is brought into effect by using the input unit.

Information retrieval device

A vehicle is provided with a navigation system that includes a traffic information receiver and a radio receiver. The traffic information receiver receives traffic information from one of multiple traffic information broadcasting stations having respective service regions. The radio receiver selectively receives (i) traffic information from one of the multiple traffic information broadcasting stations and (ii) a radio program from a radio broadcasting station. When the vehicle approaches a border between (i) a current service region where the traffic information receiver is receiving traffic information and (ii) a neighboring service region, whether the radio receiver is in use or not is determined. Based on the determination, the traffic information receiver or the radio receiver is tuned to a traffic information broadcasting station covering the neighboring service region.

Wireless broadcast receiving device for vehicle

A route is set by reading map data of an area used for calculating the route. When this area includes a road pricing area, it is determined if there exists a road pricing area into where the user is permitted to enter based on the permission data (road pricing area to where the entrance is permitted and the permission period) read out from an IC card inserted in an ERP car-mounted unit and stored in a storage unit. When there exists a road pricing area to where the entrance is permitted, the road pricing area is excluded from the areas to be avoided, and the route is calculated.

Route-setting device, map display device and navigation system

An in-vehicle accessory system for an audio and navigation system includes a control device, a display, a TV tuner, a DVD player, a VCR, a GPS receiver and a switching circuit. The control device includes a ROM. The control device determines a region in which a vehicle is located based on a signal from the GPS receiver. Then, the control device determines whether outputting video signals to the display is permitted in the region based on information stored in the ROM. If the video display is prohibited in the region, the control device turns off the switching circuit to disable the video signal output from the TV tuner, DVD player or VCR.

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Kariya, Japan

Akihiro Ogasawara