Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

Fujitsu Ten Limited

Other

Denso Corporation

Toshiyuki Kaneiwa

Shinichi Hayashi

Hironobu Sugimoto

Akimasa Nanba

Akihito Tada

Toshiaki Egawa

Yoshiaki Hoashi

Mamoru Shimamoto

Akira Kurahashi

Hirosi Ando

Yasuhisa Yoshino

Junji Tatematsu

A safe driving support apparatus in a vehicle is used in a manner that prevents an over-reliance of a driver on a safety device by an application of a technique. That is, for example, an evaluation of driving operation is lowered when the vehicle has been under control of an avoidance control for avoiding an unsafe situation of the vehicle, and the lowered evaluation of driving operation is recorded on a memory medium as well as being notified for the driver after evaluation is being changed. A provision of the avoidance control may result in a suppression of a vehicular function that contributes to a comfort in the vehicle among functions provided by in-vehicle devices.

Driving operation feedback apparatus and program for same

In a communication system for downloading programs from a center to in-vehicle terminals, a center can check whether downloading has been completed normally or a program is operating normally in an in-vehicle terminal. According to the timing of activating a downloaded program, an in-vehicle terminal checks whether the program is activated to operate normally. The information is transmitted to the center. Based on the information, the center becomes aware of the fact that downloading has been completed without any problem and that the program is operating normally in the in-vehicle terminal.

Communication system for communication between in-vehicle terminals and center, and in-vehicle terminal employed in communication system

Optical radar apparatus

A vehicular communication device includes a plurality of request switches, a request signal generator means, a transmitter, a receiver and a display. The request switches respectively designate a plurality of services which a user may request. The request signal generating means checks the operational conditions of all request switches in order to enable the user to operate at least two of the request switches substantially simultaneously. The request signal generator then generates a request signal on the basis of the checking. The transmitter transmits the request signal to a remote service facility. The receiver receives an acknowledgment signal received signal transmitted from the service facility. The display displays a message in accordance with the acknowledgment signal for assuring the user that the request signal has been received by the service facility.

Emergency vehicular communication device capable of contacting a

A control method performed in response to the occurrence of an abnormal sensor output during the operation of monitoring the output signal of a sensor and controlling the operation of an automobile device such as a wiper. A microcomputer detects the presence or absence of an abnormal value of the sensor output signal converted to digital form so that when the abnormal value is detected, the operation of the automobile device is selectively controlled in accordance with an engine operating condition indicative signal applied to the microcomputer.

Method for controlling automobile device when sensor output is abnormal

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Konan, Japan

Toshiyuki Kaneiwa