An outside protection apparatus for a vehicle includes an outside airbag device. The outside airbag device includes a bag body expandable to be overlaid on an outer surface of a body of the vehicle, and an inflator configured to expand the bag body. The bag body includes an irregularity formation member at an inner surface of the bag body, and a tether coupled to the irregularity formation member to be bridged in an inner portion of the bag body in a state in which the bag body is expanded. The irregularity formation member forms a projection at a surface of the bag body in response to tension acting on the tether in the state in which the bag body is expanded.

In an electronic control apparatus, a wireless data control section includes a wireless data reception section that moves wireless data stored in a first wireless data storage unit to an intermediate wireless data storage unit, and a wireless data management section that moves the wireless data stored in the intermediate wireless data storage unit to a second wireless data storage unit. An in-vehicle data control section includes an in-vehicle data reception section that moves in-vehicle data stored in a first in-vehicle data storage unit to an intermediate in-vehicle data storage unit. Herein, a process performed by the wireless data reception section takes precedence over a process performed by the in-vehicle data reception section and over a process performed by the wireless data management section.

In an electronic control apparatus, a wireless data control section includes a wireless data reception section that moves wireless data stored in a first wireless data storage unit to an intermediate wireless data storage unit, and a wireless data management section that moves the wireless data stored in the intermediate wireless data storage unit to a second wireless data storage unit. An in-vehicle data control section includes an in-vehicle data reception section that moves in-vehicle data stored in a first in-vehicle data storage unit to an intermediate in-vehicle data storage unit. Herein, a process performed by the wireless data reception section takes precedence over a process performed by the in-vehicle data reception section and over a process performed by the wireless data management section.

A driving assistance device detects an object in front of a vehicle by an object detector, detects right/left turn information indicating that the vehicle passes across an opposite lane to turn right or left at an intersection after a predetermined period of time based on a current position and a traveling route of the vehicle included in road information, determines whether a standby vehicle waiting to turn right or left in the opposite lane is present in the intersection according to a detection result of the object detector and the road information when the right/left turn information is detected, estimates a blind spot of the object detector in the opposite lane caused by the standby vehicle, and sets a standby area in which the vehicle waits to turn right or left based on the estimated blind spot.

An on-vehicle image processing device is provided. The on-vehicle image processing unit includes a signal conversion circuit arranged to convert an image signal acquired from an imaging unit into image data of a predetermined standard responding to an external command, and a control circuit arranged to acquire the image data, display an image of the imaging unit on a display unit through starting multiple modules in order, and perform data processing to the image. Upon a user performing a reversing operation, the control circuit starts a first module to display the image data acquired from the signal conversion circuit on the display unit as it is, and subsequently starts a second module to perform predetermined data processing to the image data.

An information providing device 1 of a motorcycle includes: an image acquisition section 10 that acquires an image of a road; a lane detection section 12 that detects a lane from the image and detects a radius of curvature of the detected lane and a lateral distance from the host vehicle to the lane; a host vehicle trajectory curvature calculation section 14 that calculates a radius of curvature of a host vehicle trajectory on the basis of the radius of curvature of the lane and the lateral distance; a vehicle speed acquisition section 16 that acquires a vehicle speed of the host vehicle; an inclination angle calculation section 18 that calculates an inclination angle of the host vehicle on the basis of the radius of curvature of the host vehicle trajectory and the vehicle speed.

Disclosed is a driver supporting device including: a warning timing control unit for setting a timing at which to output warning data in accordance with the existence or non-existence of a passenger when it is determined that a warning target which possibly collides with a driver's vehicle exists ahead of the driver's vehicle, and a warning data outputting unit for outputting the warning data in accordance with the timing set by the warning timing control unit.

An ultrasonic type object detection apparatus sequentially detects a distance between an ultrasonic sensor and an object in a coverage of a transmission wave at a predetermined detection cycle based on a time taken for the ultrasonic sensor to transmit the transmission wave and then to receive a reflection wave. The apparatus includes: a storage storing the distance to the object; a vehicle information acquisition device acquiring vehicle information for calculating a movement distance; a detection distance predictor predicting a next detected distance to the object based on a past detection result and the vehicle information; and a short range determinator determining whether the object is present in a short range area in which the distance between the object and the ultrasonic sensor is equal to or shorter than a short range threshold.

An ultrasonic type object detection apparatus sequentially detects a distance between an ultrasonic sensor and an object in a coverage of a transmission wave at a predetermined detection cycle based on a time taken for the ultrasonic sensor to transmit the transmission wave and then to receive a reflection wave. The apparatus includes: a storage storing the distance to the object; a vehicle information acquisition device acquiring vehicle information for calculating a movement distance; a detection distance predictor predicting a next detected distance to the object based on a past detection result and the vehicle information; and a short range determinator determining whether the object is present in a short range area in which the distance between the object and the ultrasonic sensor is equal to or shorter than a short range threshold.

An autonomous driving display system includes: an autonomous driving control device to carry out autonomous driving; an autonomous driving display device display state of which is recognizable from outside a vehicle; and an in-vehicle device to make the autonomous driving control device carry out autonomous driving of the vehicle upon receiving an autonomous driving instruction signal instructing autonomous driving, monitor start of the autonomous driving of the vehicle by the autonomous driving control device, and control a display state of the autonomous driving display device to be in a display state different from a display state before the autonomous driving is started when the autonomous driving of the vehicle is started by the autonomous driving control device.