An opening and closing body control device is applied to a vehicle that includes a vehicle body having an opening, an opening and closing body configured to open and close the opening, a drive unit configured to operate the opening and closing body, and a detection device configured to detect a gesture operation of a user. The opening and closing body control device includes: a position acquisition unit configured to acquire a position of a portable device carried by the user by wireless communication; an operation determination unit configured to determine whether the gesture operation is executed in a situation where the portable device is present in a detection area of the detection device; and an opening and closing body control unit configured to operate the opening and closing body based on a content of the gesture operation when it is determined that the user executes the gesture operation.

The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a vision control system for supporting in low light conditions in surroundings of a moving vehicle, object detection by at least a first on-board rearward- and/or sideward-facing image capturing device. The vision control system captures a surrounding located rearward and/or sideward of the moving vehicle with support from the at least first image capturing device. The vision control system further determines light conditions in the surrounding. Moreover, the vision control system provides with support from at least a first light source, when the light conditions fulfill insufficient light criteria, a light output illuminating a ground region of the surrounding to facilitate object detection by the at least first image capturing device. The disclosure also relates to a vision control system, a vehicle comprising such a vision control system, and a respective corresponding computer readable storage medium.

A working vehicle is capable of autonomously traveling on a target traveling route and appropriately performing illumination during autonomous traveling to enable an operator to reliably confirm the presence of obstacles or the like on the target traveling route. The working vehicle includes a traveling body to autonomously travel on the target traveling route, illumination lamps located on the traveling body to respectively illuminate different directions, and a controller to change a control relating to a way of turning on the illumination lamps during the autonomously traveling.

A system for a vehicle includes a LIDAR sensor attachable to the vehicle and a puddle lamp fixed relative to the LIDAR sensor and oriented to project a light projection downward beside the vehicle. A computer may be in communication with the LIDAR sensor and the puddle lamp and programmed to actuate the puddle lamp in response to receiving data generated by the LIDAR sensor indicating a user positioned within a threshold distance of the vehicle.

A camera system is mountable on a vehicle body of a vehicle. The camera system includes: a camera; a light beam irradiation device; a processor; and a memory having instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including: detecting an optical trajectory of a light beam from the light beam irradiation device and captured by the camera; and determining an attachment deviation of the camera based on the optical trajectory. If a size of the optical trajectory is smaller than a predetermined threshold, determination output of the attachment deviation is not performed.

A raised pavement markers removal vehicle system and method for the removal of raised pavement markers from a roadway. As the vehicle is driven along a roadway, a grinder unit alongside the forward portion of the vehicle grinds away the raised pavement markers to be removed. A sensing unit senses the relative lateral positions of the grinder unit and the upcoming raised pavement markers to be removed. A controller receives position information from the sensing unit and sends appropriate commands to an alignment adjuster to match the lateral position of the grinder unit to the lateral position of the upcoming pavement markers to be removed. After removal by grinding, the debris from the removed raised pavement markers is swept from the roadway into a sweeper-hopper unit for transport to a suitable unloading place. A warning board mounted at the rear of the sweeper-hopper unit provides a visual warning to other users of the road.

This cornering light structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle which is provided in the saddle-ride type vehicle that performs cornering by a vehicle body being banked laterally and which widens an illumination range in a direction in which the vehicle body is banked during the cornering, the cornering light structure includes a bank angle detection means for detecting a bank angle of the vehicle body, and a light body that illuminates a range in the direction in which the vehicle body is banked according to the bank angle detected by the bank angle detection means, in which the light body and the bank angle detection means constitute an integrated light unit.

An apparatus is described that is configured to operate in conjunction with an autonomous vehicle under adverse weather conditions. The apparatus is configured to be installed at the bottom part of the autonomous vehicle, and comprises at least one optical depth sensor and at least one optical projecting module, wherein the at least one optical projecting module is configured to project a light beam being a flood light or a pre-defined pattern onto the road being travelled by the autonomous vehicle, and the at least one optical depth sensor is configured to detect the projection of the light beam onto the road to enable retrieving therefrom information that relates to the movements of the autonomous vehicle along the road being travelled.

A tailgate illumination system includes an illumination device having (i) a tailgate bracket configured for mounting at a tailgate of a vehicle and (ii) a pivot bracket pivotally mounted at the tailgate bracket. The pivot bracket supports a light source that, when powered, emits light. With the tailgate bracket mounted at the vehicle tailgate, the pivot bracket pivots relative to the tailgate bracket responsive to gravitational force acting on the pivot bracket as the tailgate moves from a closed position to an opened position. With the tailgate bracket mounted at the vehicle tailgate, and with the tailgate in the closed position, light emitted by the light source, when powered, illuminates a ground region rearward of the vehicle. With the tailgate bracket mounted at the vehicle tailgate, and when the tailgate is in the opened position, light emitted by the light source, when powered, illuminates the ground region rearward of the vehicle.

An illumination device, such as the type used for vehicle exterior applications, includes a housing with light collimating and spreading portions, a circuit card assembly with one or more light sources (e.g., LEDs), and a lens. The illumination device may be arranged so that light emitted by the LEDs reflects off of a metalized interior surface of the light collimating portion in a collimated fashion and travels towards the light spreading portion, the collimated light then reflects off of a metalized interior surface of the light spreading portion in a spread fashion and travels towards the lens, and the spread light passes through the lens and travels towards an intended target region. The illumination device may be installed, for example, in a rear hatch of a vehicle and used in conjunction with a backup camera.