A projector system including an awning bar having an awning bar body having a length extending between a first end and a second end. The projector system includes a projector having a projection lens. The projector is attachable to the awning bar along the length. The awning bar is configured to attach to a portion of an awning canopy such that the projection lens is located below the awning canopy when the awning canopy is in an open position.

A speaker system includes an outer panel of a vehicle door of a vehicle having a compartment; a panel member that constitutes a part of the vehicle door, the panel member being closer to the compartment than is the outer panel; an inner panel of the vehicle door, the inner panel residing between the outer panel and the panel member to form a first space and a second space, the first space being defined between the panel member and the inner panel, and the second space being defined between the outer panel and the inner panel, wherein the inner panel has a through hole that communicates the first space with the second space; and a speaker mounted to the panel member; wherein: the panel member is mounted to the inner panel; and the panel member together with at least the outer panel constitutes an enclosure for the speaker.

A camera monitoring system includes: a housing rotatable around a coupling shaft of a base part disposed in a vehicle; a camera disposed on one end of the housing; a cam plate disposed inside the housing and fixed to the base part; a link including a first end moving along a guide part of the cam plate and a second end to rotate the camera when the housing rotates; a driving part for applying a driving force to rotate the housing; and a control part to determine a folded state of the housing by controlling the driving force applied from the driving part based on a vehicle speed, and to rotate the camera simultaneously with the housing based on the folded state of the housing so as to maintain a previously set angle of a camera view.

A vehicle includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image around the vehicle, and a controller configured to control the image acquisition unit to acquire an image of a predetermined area based on a positional relationship between a smart key and the vehicle, and an opening of at least one of rear doors of the vehicle, and determine the number of boarding passengers based on the image of the predetermined area.

A mounting platform having shaped front clips and back tabs. The mounting platform is adapted or configured to mount onto an applique attached to a vehicle without making any modifications to the vehicle. The front clips and back tabs are positioned and adapted or configured to attach to the applique or correspond with original fasteners used to hold the applique to the vehicle. The mounting platform is attached the applique without making any additional openings or holes in the vehicle.

There is disclosed a viewing system coupled to a motor vehicle having a frame having a roof, at least one support, and a body with the at least one support supporting the roof over the body. The system can comprise at least one camera, at least one screen coupled to the support. In addition, each camera is coupled to the at least one support and wherein said at least one screen is in communication with the first set of cameras, wherein said at least one screen displays images presented by the first set of cameras. This device can provide additional view in the blind spot of the vehicle.

Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of telecommunication control units (TCUs) having top surfaces (e.g., defined by mounting brackets, etc.) configured (e.g., curved, non-flat, contoured, etc.) to follow, match, and/or correspond with the contours (e.g., curvatures, non-flat contours, etc.) of vehicle roofs (or other vehicle body walls or mounting surfaces). Also disclosed are exemplary embodiments of TCU mounting brackets configured (e.g., curved, non-flat, contoured, etc.) to follow, match, and/or correspond with the contours (e.g., curvatures, non-flat contours, etc.) of vehicle roofs (or other vehicle body walls or mounting surfaces). Exemplary methods relating to installation of TCUs to vehicle body walls are disclosed. An exemplary method may include positioning a top surface (e.g., defined by a mounting bracket, etc.) of a telecommunication control unit against the vehicle body wall. The top surface may be configured (e.g., curved, non-flat, contoured, etc.) to match and/or correspond with a contour of the vehicle body wall.

The vehicle safety video system is an electrical device. The vehicle safety video system is configured for use with a vehicle. The vehicle comprises an anterior side, a posterior side, and anterior windshield, a posterior windshield, and a VECU. The VECU further comprises a VECU brake signal. The vehicle safety video system captures one or more captured images from an anterior field of view of the vehicle. The vehicle safety video system displays the one or more captured images through the posterior windshield. The vehicle safety video system displays the one or more captured images such that the posterior windshield remains semitransparent during the display of the one or more captured images. The vehicle safety video system comprises a video circuit and the vehicle. The vehicle contains the video circuit. The video circuit captures and displays the one or more captured images.

A rearview monitor apparatus includes: a display provided on an instrument panel; and a housing formed to surround a periphery of the display, wherein the housing includes an upper surface arranged above the display, a side surface arranged at the outside in a vehicle width direction of the display, and a visor that extends in a vehicle rearward direction beyond the display from vehicle rearward positions of the upper surface and the side surface and that forms an opening part in a vehicle rearward direction, and a first recess part of which a depth gradually increases toward a vehicle frontward direction towards the inside in the vehicle width direction from an outer end in the vehicle width direction is formed on the upper surface side of the visor.

An apparatus includes a vibration member, a vibrator at the vibration member, and a connector between the vibration member and the vibrator and accommodating the vibrator. A vehicular apparatus includes an exterior material; an interior material covering the exterior material; and one or more vibration generating devices at one or more of the exterior material, the interior material, and a region between the exterior material and the interior material, wherein the one or more vibration generating devices comprise the apparatus, and wherein one or more of the exterior material and the interior material output a sound based on vibrations of the one or more vibration generating devices.