Systems and methods for assisting navigation of a vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of assisting navigation of a vehicle includes receiving navigational data relating to an intended route of the vehicle, receiving object data relating to at least one external object detected within a vicinity of a current position of the vehicle, determining whether the at least one external object affects an ability of the vehicle to proceed along the intended route, and generating at least one instruction relating to the ability of the vehicle to proceed along the intended route.

An LED string includes a plurality of LEDs connected in series, and is divided into a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. An LED driver circuit receives a power supply voltage according to a battery voltage, and supplies a drive current stabilized at a target current to the LED string. A first bypass circuit is provided in parallel to the first portion and generates a bypass current having a current amount according to the power supply voltage. A second bypass circuit includes a bypass switch provided in parallel to the first portion and the second portion.

It is possible to cope with a deviation of a relative position between a headlight and an in-vehicle camera. An in-vehicle system includes: an irradiation unit that irradiates an area other than a set light-shielding range with light; an imaging unit that images a range including an irradiation range of the light emitted by the irradiation unit to acquire a captured image; an object detection unit that detects a non-target object which is not to be irradiated with the light from the captured image; a direct irradiation prevention unit that calculates the light-shielding range on the basis of a position of the non-target object in the captured image and correction information, and sets the light-shielding range in the irradiation unit; a correction-time light-shielding range setting unit that sets the predetermined light-shielding range in the irradiation unit; and a correction calculation unit that calculates the correction information on the basis of the captured image when the correction-time light-shielding range setting unit sets the light-shielding range in the irradiation unit.

A vehicle lamp includes: a lamp housing; a lamp cover covering an opening of the lamp housing; an illumination unit disposed in a lamp chamber formed by the lamp housing and the lamp cover; a radar configured to acquire radar data indicating surroundings of a vehicle by emitting an electromagnetic wave outside the vehicle; and a concealing part that faces the radar to conceal the radar from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to let the electromagnetic wave emitted from the radar through. The concealing part is formed integrally with the lamp cover. A boundary between the concealing part and the lamp cover is out of a field of view of the radar.

A vehicle structure includes a body, a bracket provided on the body, a bumper cover attached to the bracket, and an object detection device attached to the bracket.

A decorative molded article transmits a radio wave handled by a radar device as a wireless device and illuminates a specific portion by a light irradiated from a light emitting device. A first reflective layer is formed to have a first opening portion in a back surface of a molded body, reflects light incident from the first opening portion, and transmits the millimeter wave. A first coloring unit transmits the millimeter wave and colors the light incident from the first opening portion to generate a first colored light. A shielding layer of a decorative sheet is fixedly secured to a translucent film, transmits the millimeter wave, and shields the first colored light. The shielding layer has a second opening portion arranged in the specific portion of the translucent film to take out the first colored light from the molded body to a front of a front surface.

A lighted accessory and/or corresponding method of installation seamlessly replace an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) lighting apparatus and/or accessory. The accessory includes a front side and back side with a circuit board positioned therebetween. One side of the accessory includes translucent portion(s). The circuit board includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) which are aligned with the translucent portion of the front side of the accessory such that when the LEDs are illuminated, light is emitted from the accessory. The circuit board also includes at least one microcontroller and a radio-frequency interference filter circuit wherein the microcontroller controls the LEDs and the radio-frequency interference filter circuit mitigates RF emissions.

Off-road lighting control systems and methods are disclosed herein. An example vehicle can include off-road lighting mounted to an outside of the vehicle, as well as a controller including a processor and memory. The processor executes instructions in memory to determine a category of a road that the vehicle is located on using location-based information and automatically control the off-road lighting based on the category of the road.

In various embodiments, a driver sensing subsystem computes a characterization of a driver based on physiological attribute(s) of the driver that are measured as the driver operates a vehicle. Subsequently, a driver assessment application uses a confidence level model to estimate a confidence level of the driver based on the characterization of the driver. The driver assessment application then causes driver assistance application(s) to modify at least one functionality of the vehicle based on the confidence level. Advantageously, by enabling the driver assistance application(s) to take into account the confidence level of the driver, the driver assessment application can improve driving safety relative to conventional techniques for implementing driver assistance applications that disregard the confidence levels of drivers.

An apparatus and method for forward collision avoidance through sensor angle adjustment includes a position provider configured to provide information on a position of a host vehicle, a sensor configured to sense a presence of an object in vicinity of the host vehicle, and a vehicle controller configured to detect a dangerous area in a driving caution area, increase a sensitivity of the sensor toward the dangerous area, in response to detecting the dangerous area, and increase a forward collision avoidance performance of the host vehicle, in response to determining that the host vehicle enters the driving caution area through the position provider.