A sun visor assembly includes a visor body and an electronic device receiver carried on the visor body. The electronic device receiver includes a clamping feature having a slider and an opposed latching feature. The visor body may also include a USB feature and/or a viewing port extending through the visor body.

A rear seat occupant monitoring system for a vehicle includes a video display screen disposed in the vehicle cabin so as to be viewable by a driver of the vehicle. A camera is disposed a dome light or an overhead console. The dome light or overhead console includes first and second illumination sources that, when operated, illuminate a rear seat area within the field of view of the camera. The first illumination source principally emits visible light when electrically powered, and the second illumination source principally emits non-visible light when electrically powered. The camera captures image data representative of the rear seat area when the rear seat area is illuminated by at least one of the first and second illumination sources. Image data captured by the camera is provided to the video display screen for displaying video images for viewing by the driver of the vehicle.

Hardware and software mobile and stationary combination of MGNs (Mobile-Go-Networks), combining cell phones and all smart electronics, in communication with and share each other's functions through hardware and software solutions, including methods to prevent unwanted camera and audio snooping through unwanted phone malware. The MGNs can exist as single all-in-one MGNs that can (also) connect with much larger MGNs.

A mobile device cradle with improved functionality. Such added functionality makes the mobile device cradle useful even when not coupled with a mobile device. Cradles with improved functionality will find use in vehicles, homes, offices, and the like.

An evaluation-information generation system includes: a vehicle-mounted device and a server that generates evaluation information regarding a facility, based on information provided from the vehicle-mounted device. The vehicle-mounted device estimates a host-vehicle stop-off facility, collects in-vehicle conversation information over a certain period of time, associated with the estimated facility, determines whether the collected conversation information includes a reputation keyword expressing a facility reputation, and transmits, in a case where the reputation keyword is included, the collected conversation information and identification information regarding the estimated facility, to the server. The server generates, on the basis of the received conversation information and identification regarding the facility, evaluation information including a phrase expressing an evaluation of service or merchandise provided by the facility, to register the generated evaluation information into a database.

A vehicular vision system includes a driver-side exterior mirror assembly, a passenger-side mirror assembly and an interior mirror assembly. The fields of view of the mirror reflective elements of the exterior mirror assemblies are adjustable by the driver via a respective actuator. The exterior mirror assemblies include respective cameras that each have a respective rearward field of view that supplements the field of view of the mirror reflective element when viewed by the driver of the vehicle. A video display is disposed behind the mirror reflector of an interior mirror reflective element such that displayed video images are viewable through the mirror reflector of the interior mirror reflective element. The video display includes a driver-side display portion and a passenger-side display portion that each display images derived from image data captured by the respective camera while not displaying images derived from image data captured by the other camera.

A device for coupling a mobile communications unit with a motor vehicle may be placed between a driver seat and a passenger seat of the motor vehicle and includes a surface on which the mobile communications unit may be placed. An antenna is adapted to emit and/or receive a radio signal for the near field communication with the mobile communications unit.

A mobile device cradle with improved functionality. Such added functionality makes the mobile device cradle useful even when not coupled with a mobile device. Cradles with improved functionality will find use in vehicles, homes, offices, and the like.

A vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a liftgate rotatable between a closed position and an open position, and a video projector mounted to the liftgate. Further, the video projector is configured to project video in a direction away from the vehicle when the liftgate is in the open position. This disclosure also relates to a video projector operable in a video projection mode and a secondary mode, and further relates to a method.

A multifunctional vehicle-mounted mobile phone holder is provided with a window glass breaker on a mounting seat. Under the premise of the mobile phone holder able to retain a mobile phone in a car, the mobile phone holder can be used to break the window glass of the car when there is an emergency for the driver or passenger to escape from the car. The mobile phone holder is convenient and practical. The mobile phone holder can reduce the number of car accessories and the space occupied by the car accessories due to the combination of multiple functions.