Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.

Jun Nakai

Takashi Okohira

Shoichi Ishikawa

Yoshimasa Okabe

Satoshi Tsuchiya

Shunsuke Sasanabe

Masayoshi Michiguchi

Takanobu Ito

Yuya Hamai

Yudai Ishibashi

Naoki Hayashi

Toshihiko Hashinaga

Masato Yuda

Kiyohiko Fujiwara

A parking support apparatus includes a display control unit, a confirmation reception unit, and a parking control unit that performs a parking support control of a vehicle when a confirmation reception unit receives a parking region confirmation and a confirmation required region confirmation, and the confirmation reception unit simultaneously receives a single operation of the driver of the vehicle as the parking region confirmation and the confirmation required region confirmation.

Parking support apparatus, parking support method and recording medium

A vehicle monitoring apparatus includes a hardware processor functioning as an image acquisition unit, an abnormality information acquisition unit, a damage determination unit, and a damage reporting unit. The image acquisition unit serves to acquire a captured image including an image representation of an exterior of a vehicle body of a vehicle. The abnormality information acquisition unit serves to acquire vehicle-body abnormality information indicating an abnormality in the vehicle body. The damage determination unit serves to determine presence or absence of damage to the vehicle body on the basis of the captured image and the vehicle-body abnormality information. The damage reporting unit serves to report, to an information processing apparatus, a damage report including the captured image or an image generated on the basis of the captured image. The damage report is reported in accordance with on a result of the determination on the damage.

Vehicle monitoring apparatus, vehicle monitoring system, and vehicle monitoring method

An input device includes: a touch device configured to receive a user operation; an actuator configured to apply a vibration corresponding to a drive voltage to the touch device; and a processor. The processor is configured to: apply a first voltage to the actuator to vibrate the touch device with a first vibration in response to a touch-down during a touch operation, the touch-down in which a pressing force of a predetermined value or more is detected from start of touch to the touch device; and apply a second voltage lower than the first voltage to the actuator to vibrate the touch device with a second vibration in response to a touch release during the touch operation, the touch release in which a pressing force of a value lower than the predetermined value after the touch-down is detected.

Input device and sound output system

A vehicle control device includes: detecting at least one of a position or a state of occupant in a vehicle; determining an operation inputting part that is most easily operable for the occupant from among a plurality of operation inputting parts in the vehicle based on the at least one of the position or the state of the occupant which is detected in the detecting; notifying a consent request in the vehicle with respect to a processing content scheduled to be performed in response to an occurrence of an event; and validating consent operation to the operation inputting part that is most easily operable.

Drive assist method, drive assist program, and vehicle control device

Provided is an on-board apparatus such that a function that is not displayed on an image display unit can be safely operated in a simple operation even during travel without watching the image display unit. An on-board apparatus () is provided with: a touch panel () for detecting information about a position touched by an operator; a display mode recognition unit () that recognizes a mode displayed on an image display unit (); a gesture recognition unit () that recognizes a gesture inputted via the touch panel; and an operation mode determination unit () that determines an operation mode depending on the travel status of the vehicle and on the basis of the gesture. Thus, the function that is not displayed on the image display unit () can be simply operated by the gesture for implementing the function that is limited during travel.

On-board apparatus

A vehicle-mounted device includes a storage device, an external input unit, a speaker, an image display unit, a touch panel, a control unit, a DVD/CD drive, a GPS, a vehicle speed sensor, and a gyroscope. The touch panel includes a finger rest area to reduce erroneous operation by a finger or hand of an operator due to vibration of the vehicle or other causes, and perform input intended by the operator even under a vehicle-mounted environment. The operator contacts the finger on the rest area thereby stabilizing his/her inputting hand while contacting the touch panel. As a result, erroneous input can be reduced, and input desired by the operator can be easily performed.

Image display device

An image display device includes an image display unit, a capacitance type touch panel that is disposed on the surface of the image display unit, and a signal processing unit that outputs to a control unit a position signal corresponding to a pressed position on the touch panel or a signal corresponding to the distance between the touch panel and a finger based on the capacitance between the touch panel and the finger. When the approach of the finger to the touch panel is detected, sensitivity is lowered and a menu button is displayed. When the finger moves while pressing the menu button, a menu area and a menu icon are displayed. Accordingly, it is easy to operate the touch panel which is applied to a vehicle-mounted apparatus and it is easy to see a display screen.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Jun Nakai