Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.

Keisuke Honda

Hideto Kurimoto

Joichi Kawanishi

Kenji Nozaki

Masayuki Iwaki

Tetsuya Endoh

The present invention provides an inner rear-view device for a vehicle that includes a stay, a pivot, a bracket, a housing, a knob, a rear-view unit, a switching mechanism, a fixed engagement section, an elastically-engaged section, an elastically-deformed section, and a suppressing section. The inner rear-view device for the vehicle can adjust angles of a screen and the like and prevent movement of a knob at the time of angle adjustment of the screen and the like even when pivot torque is increased by a magnitude that corresponds to an increase in masses of the housing and the like.

Inner rear-view device for vehicle

[Problem] With prior art warning devices for vehicles, there is a risk of posing inconvenience to the driver, as well as a risk of the driver failing to notice a warning. [Means for Solving the Problem] This invention is provided with an image capture device (), a detection device (), an image processing device (), a primary warning device (), and a secondary warning device (). The image capture device () captures images of the surroundings of a vehicle (C). The detection device () detects vehicle information. The image processing device () detects target objects, such as pedestrians (P), from a fish-eye image (A) of an entire range of surroundings of a vehicle (C) captured by the image capture device (). If the image processing device () detects a target object, the primary warning device () displays the target object. If the image processing device () assesses that there is a high probability of contact between the vehicle (C) itself and the target object, the secondary warning device () transmits a sensory warning, such as a noise, vibration, or the like, to the driver. As a result, with this invention, a driver can be reliably prompted to use caution, without posing inconvenience to the driver.

Warning device for vehicle and outside mirror device for vehicle

This object detection device for the area around a vehicle is provided with an imaging device and an image processing device. The image processing device is configured from a detection area setting unit, three area processing units, and an integration processing unit. The detection area setting unit sets a trio of small, medium, and large detection areas within a one-frame image captured by the imaging device. Detection processing for the presence of objects within the trio of small, medium, and large detection areas is carried out for each detection area simultaneously and in parallel by the three area processing units using pattern matching. The integration processing unit integrates the plurality of detection results resulting from detection processing by the plurality of area processing units and outputs the result. As a result, the present invention makes it possible to reduce the amount of time required for detection processing.

Object detection device for area around vehicle

In a vehicle door mirror, Between a circumferential edge of a mirror bodyof a reflection mirror unitin which a lighting unitis incorporated and a flange on a circumferential edgeof a holder, a gapfor light emission is provided in a state in which the circumferential edges thereof are partially spaced from each other in a radial direction, and in the gap, a light emitting portionL of the lighting unitis secondarily disposed. In this manner, a driver can directly visually recognize light that is emitted from the light emitting portionL, and a decrease in reflection area of the mirror body, which is caused by forming the gap, can be restrained to its required minimum level, making it possible to ensure an effective field of view of the door mirror.

Vehicle door mirror

A mirror housing includes a temporary fixing member that is formed of a plate having a groove. An additional part includes a temporary fixing member that includes an insertion portion engaged with the groove to position and guide the additional part in a setting direction and a first direction, and a contacting portion that contacts the plate to position and guide the additional part in a second direction.

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Isehara, Japan

Keisuke Honda