Abstract:
An irradiation apparatus includes a shielded object detecting unit, an illumination setting unit, an irradiating device, and an illumination controlling unit. The shielded object detecting unit detects a shielded object. Glare is allowable to the shielded object at an upper limit of illumination brightness or less. A driver can visually recognize the shielded object at an lower limit of the illumination brightness or more. The illumination setting unit sets the illumination brightness based on the upper limit and the lower limit of the illumination brightness. The illumination controlling unit controls the irradiating device such that light is emitted in a predetermined irradiation pattern in which a first part of the shielded object is illuminated at the illumination brightness set by the illumination setting unit and a second part of the shielded object is illuminated at a higher illumination brightness than that of the first part.
Abstract:
The MEMS device includes MEMS units and a circuit board. Each MEMS unit includes a substrate, a movable part with a movable electrode, a driving electrode, a diagnosis electrode, a plurality of through electrodes, and a plurality of MEMS side electrical contacts. The circuit board includes a plurality of circuit side electrical contacts, a drive circuit that is connected electrically with the driving electrode and the movable electrode through the circuit side electrical contact, the MEMS side electrical contact, and the through electrode, and a diagnosis circuit that is connected electrically with the diagnosis electrode and the movable electrode through the circuit side electrical contact, the MEMS side electrical contact, and the through electrode. The diagnosis electrodes of at least two MEMS units are connected electrically with each other, and are connected to a same MEMS side electrical contact through a same through electrode.
Abstract:
A projection system includes: a position detecting section that detects the position of a target object located in front of a host vehicle; and a control section which, on the basis of the position of the target object detected by the position detecting section, controls a headlamp so as to project onto the position of the target object a projection pattern that moves in a direction corresponding to the direction of motion of a background at the position of the target object or a direction corresponding to the opposite direction of the direction of motion of the background.
Abstract:
An information display device for displaying information that allows an attention target to be visually recognized includes an image generation unit (1724) that identifies an attention target and generates a shadow image with a position of the target as a base point; and a light driving unit (180) that projects the shadow image when a light illuminates.
Abstract:
The method for producing a semiconductor device includes: forming an opening in an area of at least one of the complementary metal-oxide semiconductor wafer that includes a first part and the other semiconductor wafer that includes a second part, the opening terminating within the area and not penetrating through the area, the area including corresponding one of the first part and the second part and an outer peripheral part of the corresponding one of the first part and the second part; forming a conduction hole within the first part, the conduction hole communicating with a metallic material in the complementary metal-oxide semiconductor wafer; arranging a first joining material inside the conduction hole and on the first part, and a second joining material on the second part; and joining the arranged first joining material and the arranged second joining material.
Abstract:
An illumination apparatus for a vehicle includes a projector configured to project an image of visible light; an obstacle detection apparatus configured to detect an obstacle; and a processing apparatus configured to predict a travel area of the vehicle after a predetermined time or a predetermined distance of travel, project a first image with the projector in the predicted travel area upon no obstacle in the predicted travel area being detected by the obstacle detection apparatus, and project a second image, which is different from the first image, with the projector in the predicted travel area upon the obstacle in the predicted travel area being detected by the obstacle detection apparatus.
Abstract:
A headlight control device provided in a vehicle to perform headlight control and to control a distribution of light irradiated from a light source is provided. The headlight control device includes: a determination unit that determines a presence and an absence of an obstacle in front of the vehicle and determines a position of the obstacle; a setting unit that sets up an area covering the obstacle as an intensified illumination area when the determination unit determines the presence of the obstacle, wherein the intensified illumination area is an area to which the light from the light source is irradiated in a manner different than a peripheral area of the intensified illumination area; and a controller that controls the distribution of the light irradiated from the light source so that the intensified illumination area set up by the setting unit has an illuminated zone and a non-illuminated zone.
Abstract:
A light source detector detects, from a vehicle, a light source that exists outside the vehicle. A light reactive sheet is arranged in a planar form and is located in front of the driver driving the vehicle. The light reactive sheet changes color in response to light having a specific frequency. A light source position calculating unit calculates a light source position on the surface of the light reactive sheet based on output of the light source detector. A light emitter emits light having the specific frequency from the inside of the vehicle to the light reactive sheet based on the calculated light source position.
Abstract:
A vehicle headlamp device includes headlamps, which are structured so as to be able to project or irradiate given patterns and given shapes without distortion on a given virtual surface in front of a vehicle from a left headlight and a right headlight, respectively, a camera that captures an image of the area in front of the vehicle, and a state detecting portion configured to detect distortion of the given patterns, which are projected or irradiated on an irradiated surface in front of the vehicle, relative to the given patterns projected or irradiated on the given virtual surface in front of the vehicle, based on the captured image, and also detect a state of the irradiated surface based on the distortion, and a correcting portion configured to correct a relative optical axis deviation between the left headlight and the right headlight.
Abstract:
A vehicle headlamp control device includes a headlamp that irradiates an area in front of a vehicle, a camera that captures an image of the area in font of the vehicle, a pedestrian detection portion configured to detect a pedestrian in front of the vehicle from an image captured by the camera, and a control portion configured to control the headlamp and cause the headlamp to irradiate the pedestrian so that a given-shaped part that is not irradiated is formed at a location of an eye of the pedestrian, or a given-shaped part irradiated by dimmed light is formed at the location of the eye of the pedestrian.