Denso Corporation

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Koji Hamada

Isao Aichi

Kazuhiko Nakashima

Tomonari Sawada

Ichiro Akahori

Tetsuya Tomaru

Mitsuo Okumura

Saori Noda

Kyo Yamamoto

A drive assist control apparatus assists a driving of a vehicle by controlling a light image projected on a road surface in front of the vehicle. The drive assist control apparatus includes a light image projector, a change portion detector, and a light image corrector. The light image projector projects an informative light image on the road surface. The informative light image represents information to be displayed to an occupant in the vehicle. The change portion detector detects a gradient change portion where a gradient of the road surface changes. The light image corrector corrects a projection position of the informative light image projected by the light image projector. The light image corrector moves the projection position to a position nearer to the occupant than the gradient change portion detected by the change portion detector.

Drive assist control apparatus and control method for drive assist

A gesture input apparatus that includes a command determination portion provided in a vehicle and determining a command according to a gesture of a first region in an upper limb of an operator who rides on the vehicle, a command output portion outputting the command determined by the command determination portion, a speed detection portion detecting a movement speed of a second region that is positioned nearer to a shoulder of the operator than the first region in the upper limb, and an output prohibition portion prohibiting an output of the command by the command output portion when the movement speed detected by the speed detection portion is equal to or more than a predetermined speed is provided.

Gesture input apparatus

An image display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel with a dual-view function to display two different first and second screen-sized images that are visible in a driver-seat direction and a passenger-seat direction, respectively. The first screen-sized image in the driver-seat direction contains a guidance image and a guidance manipulation image; the second screen-sized image in the passenger-seat direction contains a video image and a video manipulation image. When an occupant in the driver seat manipulates an icon within the guidance manipulation image on the liquid crystal display panel, the same guidance manipulation image is also displayed in the passenger-seat direction by replacing the video manipulation image.

Image display apparatus

An information input device includes: an applying element having a ring shape so that an finger of a user is inserted into the applying element; a receiving element having a ring shape so that an finger of a user is inserted into the receiving element and disposed adjacent to the applying element in an extending direction of a center line of the applying element; a signal generating element generating and transmitting a waveform signal to the apply element so that the applying element outputs a measurement signal; and a signal extracting element extracting a signal relating to a posture of the finger from a reception signal, which is output from the receiving element based on the measurement signal received by the receiving element.

Information input device and information input method

A wearable input device includes a pair of ring-shaped signal electrodes and a current sensor arranged in parallel in the direction of the axis of a finger. The current sensor is provided outside an area sandwiched between the signal electrodes. An alternating current signal is applied between the signal electrodes. When the top end of the finger with this device worn thereon is brought into contact with any other body site, a current flows through the current measure point of the current sensor. When the top end of the finger is not in contact with any other body site, no current flows through the measurement point of the current sensor. Based on the measured current, it is determined whether the finger is in contact with any other body site. A command is outputted to an external device according to the result of the determination.

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Nisshin, Japan

Koji Hamada