Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Toshiya Shikano

Tatsuya Kyomitsu

When a voice input is detected as being applied to a directional microphone, sounds output from selected loudspeakers from among a plurality of loudspeakers, which otherwise would obstruct the speech recognition process, are attenuated, and sound signals supplied to the selected loudspeakers are combined with sound signals supplied to the other loudspeakers, and the combined sound signals are supplied to the other loudspeakers.

Speech recognition apparatus and vehicle incorporating speech recognition apparatus

An on-vehicle electronic control system has an input device for performing a plurality of manual input operations, wherein the input operations can be simultaneously and independently input; a processing device for independently processing the input operations and outputting respective processed results corresponding to the input operations; and a display device for independently showing the respective processed results. The display device may have a single display screen which is divided into a plurality of display sections for independently and simultaneously showing the respective processed results. The input device may have a microphone array including a plurality of microphones so as to simultaneously and independently perform a plurality of voice input operations. Typically, the input device assigns a task to any one of the input operations; and the processing device has a task content changing device for making the task be inherited and executed as a task assigned to another input operation.

Electronic control system built into vehicle

First and second polarized light beam splitterssplit non-polarized light L into p polarized light P and s polarized light Sand allow the p polarized light P to transmit in the same direction as that of the non-polarized light L, reflecting the s polarized light S. A light emitting apparatusemits one the s polarized light and the p polarized light that are split by the first and second polarized light beam splittersas first vertical polarized light having a vibration plane in an electric field substantially perpendicular to the ground and converts the other of the p polarized light and the s polarized light by first and secondwave platesfor converting a vibration plane in an electric field as second vertical polarized light having a vibration plane in an electric field substantially perpendicular to the ground for emission.

Light emitting apparatus

A light projector includes a polarized light splitterthat splits unpolarized light irradiated from a light sourceinto p-polarized light and s-polarized light, and the p-polarized light and/or the s-polarized light are irradiated as vertical polarized light and/or horizontal polarized light, providing a driver with considerably improved forward visibility in comparison with a conventional headlight.

Light projector

An indicator equipped with a polarized light splitter, which passes and reflects an un-polarized light irradiated from a light source and divides the polarized light into a p-polarized light whose oscillation direction of an electric field is parallel to an incidence plane and an s-polarized light whose oscillation direction of an electric field is perpendicular to the incidence plane. In this indicator, at least one of the p-polarized light and s-polarized light is emitted from the polarized light splitter as a horizontal polarized light whose oscillation direction of an electric field is substantially parallel to a ground.

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