A vehicular windshield wiper control system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and viewing through a windshield of the vehicle and an electronic control unit (ECU). Electronic circuitry of the ECU includes an image processor. The system, based on processing of image data captured by the camera, is operable to determine presence of a substance at an outer surface of the windshield. The system includes a windshield wiper having a rubber wiping blade and a cleaning element. The system is operable to (i) cause the rubber wiping blade to engage the windshield and/or (ii) cause the cleaning element to engage the windshield. Responsive to determining presence of the substance, the system causes the cleaning element to engage the windshield. With the rubber wiping blade and/or cleaning element engaging the outer surface of the windshield, the system moves the rubber wiping blade and/or cleaning element along the windshield.

A roof of a vehicle includes a panel, and at least one audio device selected from the loudspeakers and the actuators, and when the at least one audio device is an actuator, it is located on the panel, the panel being capable of vibrating.

In one aspect, a method includes the step of A mobile projection system; the system comprising: a hermetically sealed base unit configured to be releasably attached to an automobile; a microprocessor configured to receive a plurality of projectable images from a remote server over a wireless network; and a remote server configured to store a plurality of selected images over a period of time; a projection means configured to project a selected image through a translucent lens.

An automotive LiDAR glazing with at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m.sup.−1 in the wavelength range from 750 to 1650 nm and having an external face and an internal face. An infrared-based remote sensing device emitting and/or receiving p-polarized laser signal in the wavelength range from 750 to 1650 nm is placed on the internal face of the glass sheet.

A telematics camera includes a housing, including a plurality of sensors; a camera configured to capture an image of a scene; a communication input-output; and an input port configured to be connected in communication with an electronic engine control module of a vehicle.

An onboard camera unit includes: a hood base holding an onboard camera; a hood plate covering the hood base from above; and a heater provided between the hood base and the hood plate. The hood base and the hood plate form a hood structure that allows a line of sight of the on-board camera to passes through an area between a front windshield and the hood structure. A space is provided between the hood base and the hood plate. The heater is fixed to a lower surface of the hood plate, and a clearance is provided between the heater and the hood base.

An arrangement for mounting an inside rearview mirror in a vehicle. The inside rearview mirror has a mirror head that is adjustably mounted, by the agency of a mirror base, on a base plate permanently attached to the vehicle. The mirror base is mounted on the base plate through a first support point so as to be pivotable about a vehicle transverse axis and also through a second, detachable rear support point. The first support point is formed by two bearing side pieces of the base plate. Each of the bearing side pieces has a bearing eye in which the mirror base is mounted by means of bearing axle(s) so as to be pivotable about a vehicle transverse axis. At least one bearing side piece is designed to be slotted toward and transversely to the central axis of the bearing eye for installation of the relevant bearing axle.

A camera module comprises: an AF driving part, a shake-correcting driving part, a first position detection part, a second position detection part, and a drive control part configured to perform driving control of the AF driving part based on detection results of the first position detection part and the second position detection part. The drive control part includes a correction part configured to correct the position of the AF movable part in the optical axis direction that is calculated based on the detection result of the first position detection part in accordance with preliminarily set correction data. The correction part corrects the detection result of the first position detection part in consideration of displacement of the AF movable part in the optical axis direction due to sway of the shake correction movable part.

A thermoelectric element is provided between an on-board camera and a windshield. The on-board camera incorporates a temperature sensor, heat is caused to be transferred from the on-board camera to the windshield when a temperature of the on-board camera is equal to or greater than a threshold, and when the temperature of the on-board camera is lower than the threshold, a space formed by the on-board camera and the windshield is warmed by heat generated by the thermoelectric element itself, whereby condensation on the windshield is restricted.

A vehicle windscreen has a bracket for a sensor including a camera, the bracket being attached to the windscreen and comprising a baseplate and at least three retaining elements mounted on the baseplate. The sensor is accommodated within a sensor housing that comprises at least three mounting stubs projecting from the sensor housing. Each retaining element comprises a fixed support portion and a resilient limb fixed at one end and free at the other end, with a guideway extending between each resilient limb and its respective fixed support portion, the guideway being provided to guide the respective mounting stub when inserted in the bracket. Each resilient limb and fixed support portion defines a retaining portion, whereby the mounting stub when inserted in the bracket and having passed along the guideway is stopped and retained in the retaining portion by the biasing action of the resilient limb.