Roughly described, a three-dimensional, multi-layer map is built employing sensory data gathering and analysis. The sensory data are gathered from multiple operational cameras and one or more auxiliary sensors. The multi-layer maps are stored in a map stored to be distributed to one or more autonomous vehicles and robots in the future. The techniques herein are described with reference to specific example implementations to implement improvements in navigation in autonomous vehicles and robots.

The present invention provides an in-vehicle display device, an in-vehicle display system, and a vehicle. The in-vehicle display device includes a display panel and an optical module. In a top view of the in-vehicle display device, a distance between the optical module and a left edge of the display panel or a distance between the optical module and a right edge of the display panel is from

[00001]$\frac{a}{2}-L\tan \left(\frac{?}{2}\right)+\frac{L^{}}{2}\mathrm{to}\frac{a}{2}+L\tan \left(\frac{?}{2}\right)-\frac{L^{}}{2},$

a distance between the optical module and an upper edge of the display panel is from 0 to

[00002]$\frac{b}{2}+\frac{L\tan \left(\frac{?}{2}\right)-\frac{L\text{''}}{2}}{\cos ?},$

and a distance between the optical module and a lower edge of the display panel is from

[00003]$\frac{b}{2}-\frac{L\tan \left(\frac{?}{2}\right)-\frac{L\text{''}}{2}}{\cos ?}$

to b.

An air conditioning system for motor vehicles includes a plurality of infrared image sensors configured to take images of a vehicle room to detect infrared rays radiated from vehicle occupants, and an analysis unit configured to analyze vehicle occupant information based on the images taken by the infrared image sensors. The infrared image sensors are installed in front upper regions of the vehicle room so as to take images of different imaging areas.

An image processor includes an image converter. The image converter transforms data of an image that is photographed with a camera for photographing a seat, based on a transformation parameter that is calculated in accordance with a camera-position at which the camera is disposed. The image converter outputs the thus-transformed data of the image. The transformation parameter is a parameter for transforming the data of the image such that an appearance of the seat depicted in the image is approximated to a predetermined appearance of the seat.

A vehicle (10) has an automatic multi-speed transmission. For starting from rest a launch ratio is selected by a slope and/or obstacle device (13, 15) according to identification of an up-slope (12), a down slope, or an obstacle (17, 18).

Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing an active grille shutter (AGS) system. In one example, a method may include indicating degradation of an AGS system of a vehicle based on an infrared image information obtained from a camera coupled to the vehicle and adjusting one or more engine operating parameters responsive to the indicating.

A vehicle (10) has a camera recognition system to detect and interpret a road sign (14) indicative of a gradient. A gradient related shift map of an automatic vehicle transmission is pre-selected upon recognition of the road sign, and implemented upon detection that the gradient has commenced. The invention provides for rapid and consistent implementation of a suitable shift map on a gradient.

A vehicle window glass raising/lowering device includes a drive mechanism, a control unit for controlling the drive mechanism, and a camera for capturing an image of a detection line. The camera includes an optical system. The control unit includes a detection means for detecting a blocked state in which the detection line captured in an image by the camera is at least partially blocked by a foreign object, and a pinching prevention means when the blocked state is detected by the detection means during when the window glass is moved by the drive mechanism. The optical system is arranged at a position corresponding to an opening formed on an inner circumferential surface of the frame portion so that an optical axis of the optical system passes through the opening.

An exemplary method of controlling an automotive vehicle includes the steps of providing a first component, providing a second component movably coupled to the first component, providing an actuator coupled to the second component and configured to actuate the second component between a first position and a second position, providing a vehicle sensor configured to measure a vehicle characteristic, providing at least one controller in communication with the actuator and the vehicle sensor, and determining a baseline vehicle balance and determining an adjusted vehicle balance based on the measured vehicle characteristic.

A system and method for online real-time multi-object tracking is disclosed. A particular embodiment can be configured to: receive image frame data from at least one camera associated with an autonomous vehicle; generate similarity data corresponding to a similarity between object data in a previous image frame compared with object detection results from a current image frame; use the similarity data to generate data association results corresponding to a best matching between the object data in the previous image frame and the object detection results from the current image frame; cause state transitions in finite state machines for each object according to the data association results; and provide as an output object tracking output data corresponding to the states of the finite state machines for each object.