Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Kei Oshida

Haruhiko Nishiguchi

Daisuke Kubota

Ryohsaku Arakawa

Satoshi Fujii

Masayuki Nakatsuka

Takashi Watanabe

Yukinori Kurahashi

Yoichi Sugimoto

Yuji Tsuchiya

Masayoshi Takori

Masaki Izawa

Shigenobu Saigusa

Tatsuya Iwasa

Samir Al-Stouhi

Makoto Katayama

Hideaki Shibue

Yoshimasa Hayashida

Idhsada Sanguanwongthong

Syuichiro Iwatsuki

Xue Bai

Kenta Takenaka

Masayoshi Okamoto

Mutsuki Hirooka

Eiji Ishizuka

Yasuo Shimizu

Shotaro Odate

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto

Masami Fukagawa

Sue Bai

Haruko Okuyama

Naohiro Sakamoto

Hiroyuki Fujimoto

Kazuyuki Mochizuki

Shigeru Ohmura

In an illumination device for a vehicle, when a recognition part recognizes that a following vehicle is present behind a vehicle and on one side of either left or right side in a vehicle width direction, and when a detection part detects that a driver recognizes the following vehicle, an exterior light is made to either first lit or first not-lit state. When the recognition part recognizes that the following vehicle is present behind the vehicle and on one side of either the left or right side in the vehicle width direction, and when the detection part detects that the driver does not recognize the following vehicle, the exterior light is made to either second lit or second not-lit state. The first lighting state and the second lighting state are different from each other, and the first not-lit state and the second not-lit state are different from each other.

Illumination device for vehicle

In an illumination device for a vehicle, when a recognition part has recognized that a pedestrian may be present on an advancing route and when a detection part has detected that a driver has recognized the pedestrian, an exterior light is brought into either a first lit or first not-lit state, and when the recognition part has recognized that the pedestrian may be present on the advancing route and when the detection part has detected that the driver has not recognized the pedestrian, the exterior light is brought into either a second lit or second not-lit state, and the first lit state and the second lit state are different from each other and the first not-lit state and the second not-lit state are different from each other.

Illumination device for vehicle and illumination device

A vehicle brake lamp includes a plurality of striped light emitting regionsand a plurality of non-light emitting regions. In each of the striped light emitting regions, a plurality of strip-shaped light emitting portionsand non-light emitting portionsare alternately disposed. The non-light emitting regionsdoes not have a light emitting portion. The striped light emitting regionsand the non-light emitting regionsare alternately disposed. An extension width wof each of the non-light emitting regionsin a disposition direction is set to be larger than an extension width wof each of the non-light emitting portionsin the striped light emitting regionin a disposition direction.

Vehicle brake lamp

An exterior light structure is mounted in a vehicle including fender members and a hood member. The fender members are disposed in side parts of a vehicle body. The hood member is disposed adjacent to upper parts of the fender members. The exterior light structure includes lamp bodies. The lamp bodiesare disposed between the upper parts of the fender members and side edge parts of the hood member substantially in a vehicle body forward-rearward direction. The lamp bodiesradiate light to the outside of the vehicle through gaps d between the fender members and the hood member.

Exterior light structure for vehicle

A lighting display device for a vehicle includes a tube assembly wall, a plurality of light sources, and a lighting controller. In the tube assembly wall, a plurality of tubes directed in a lighting display direction at the front or rear of a vehicle are arrayed in a vertical direction and a vehicle width direction. The light sources are disposed facing the inside of at least some tubes in the tube assembly wall. The lighting controller controls lighting of the light sources such that information such as figures and characters is displayed.

Lighting display device for vehicle

Embodiments, systems, and techniques for vehicle operation assistance are provided herein. Vehicle operation assistance may be provided by a method. An example method includes transmitting a help request for help to a help center based on an emergency status of an occupant of a vehicle. The method also includes receiving availability information from the help center. The availability information indicates availability of one or more potential leader vehicles in an area. The method yet further includes placing the system in a follower mode based on a selection of a leader vehicle from the one or more potential leader vehicles by establishing a connection with the potential leader vehicle. In follower mode the vehicle is a follower vehicle. The method additionally includes wirelessly receiving a navigation instruction from the leader vehicle. The method includes executing a driving maneuver in an autonomous fashion based on the navigation instruction from the leader vehicle.

Vehicle operation assistance

A display system comprises: a shooting unit configured to shoot a periphery of a vehicle; a display unit configured to display an image shot by the shooting unit; and a display control unit configured to switch a display mode of display in the display unit between a first display mode for displaying a first display region and a second display mode for displaying a second display region that is different from the first display region. When the display mode is switched to the second display mode in a state in which a display range of the display unit has been adjusted in the first display mode, the display control unit displays the second display region regardless of the adjustment of the display range.

Display system, vehicle control apparatus, display control method, and storage medium for storing program

A display system comprises: a shooting unit configured to shoot a periphery of a vehicle; a display unit configured to display an image shot by the shooting unit: and a display control unit configured to switch a display mode of display of the display unit between a first display mode for displaying a first display region and a second display mode for displaying a second display region that is different from the first display region. When the display mode is switched to the second display mode in a state in which a display range of the display unit has been adjusted in the first display mode, the display control unit displays the second display region based on an adjusted display range.

A drive assist controller verifies the driving intention of a driver on the basis of whether or not the driver is contacting the steering wheel when a lane-maintaining control is being executed. An automatic driving controller verifies the driving intention of the driver on the basis of whether or not the driver is gripping the steering wheel when automatic driving is being performed. This configuration makes it possible to appropriately determine the driving intention of a driver, by changing the method of verifying the driving intention of the driver between cases when the driver has driving authority and cases when the vehicle has driving authority.

Control assist vehicle

An image display apparatusis described having a left displayL that displays an image of what is to the left side rear of the self-vehicle V and a right display unitR that displays an image of what is to the right side rear of the self-vehicle V. The image display apparatusgenerates an indicatorto be superimposed on an image displayed on the left display unitL and/or an indicatorto be superimposed on an image displayed on the right displayR. The indicators are generated in accordance with an operation of the turn signal switchor in accordance with an operation of a predetermined operation unitprovided separately to the turn signal switch

Image display apparatus for displaying surrounding image of vehicle

An emergency stop system includes a hazard switch that is a momentary switch, an automatic stop controller that performs automatic stop control for causing a vehicle to automatically stop when a predetermined condition is met, and a hazard light controller that controls hazard lights. While automatic stop control is not being performed, the hazard light controller switches the hazard lights between a flashing state and a turned-off state each time a user presses the hazard switch. The hazard light controller brings the hazard lights into the flashing state upon start of the automatic stop control, and turns off the hazard lights (i.e., transitions the hazard lights to the turned-off state) upon depression of the hazard switch while the hazard lights are flashing during execution of the automatic stop control.

Emergency stop system and emergency stop method

Embodiments, systems, and techniques for vehicle operation assistance are provided herein. Vehicle operation assistance may be provided by monitoring characteristics of an occupant of a vehicle and determining an emergency status for the occupant based on characteristics of the occupant, transmitting a request for help based on the emergency status indicating the occupant of the vehicle is experiencing an emergency, receiving a 'follow me' request from a potential leader vehicle, enabling follower mode such that vehicle is a follower vehicle and the potential leader vehicle is a leader vehicle, establishing a connection with the leader vehicle and receiving navigation instructions from the leader vehicle based on the vehicle being in follower mode, generating driving action commands based on navigation instructions, and executing respective driving action commands in an autonomous fashion based on the vehicle being in follower mode.

An Road Departure Mitigation (RDM) controller executes RDM control (steering suppression control). However, the RDM controller does not execute RDM control in cases in which lane changing has been determined to be possible by a Lane Change (LC) determination section and a torque sensor has detected a steering input of a predetermined amount or greater.

Driving assistance device

A marker used to detect an axial deviation of a radio wave axis Ar of a radar unit is provided in front of the radar unit and outside a radar field of view range set based on a field of view angle &#x3b8; of the radar unit on a vehicle. A relative position between the radar unit and the marker is different between before and after an axial deviation of the radio wave axis Ar of the radar unit occurs. Thus, an axial deviation (an amount &#x394;&#x3b8; of axial deviation in an azimuth direction and an amount &#x394;&#x3b1; of axial deviation in an elevation angle direction) of the radio wave axis Ar of the radar unit can be detected by obtaining a difference in marker detection position before and after the axial deviation by the radar unit.

Movable body which allows detection of axial deviation of axis of surroundings detector

A stop control device includes: a stop intention detection unitthat detects a stop intention of a driver; an unable-to-drive state detection unitthat detects that the driver is in an unable-to-drive state; a stop control unitthat performs automatic stop control in which a vehicle is decelerated and stopped, based on whether the stop intention is detected by the stop intention detection unit and/or whether the unable-to-drive state is detected by the unable-to-drive state detection unit; and a state display unitthat shows, on a display, information on whether it has been determined to activate the automatic stop control, a state of the control, and/or whether it has been determined to cancel the control.

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Wako, Japan

Kei Oshida