Device holders for vehicles comprises a housing, a claw comprised of a first claw half and second claw half, and a latch for releasably securing the claw within the housing. The holders are secured to a vehicle's A-pillar so as to be just outside of a driver or operator's line of sight, and when secured within the housing are configured so that a visible surface of the claw substantially matches the surrounding trim of the A-pillar in appearance, such as texture and color.

A shading device for a vehicle, comprising a dimming glass plate capable of changing a light transmittance thereof, wherein the dimming glass plate is provided at a portion of a vehicular window glass to separate an interior of vehicular compartment from outside or provided at a portion of a surface of the vehicular window glass that faces inside of the vehicular compartment; a display apparatus formed of a light transmitting material and disposed at a surface of the dimming glass plate that faces inside of the vehicular compartment; an image pickup device to capture an area outside of a vehicle to generate image pickup data, wherein the area is at an opposite surface of a surface on which the display apparatus is provided; a data processing circuit to generate display image data based on the image pickup data; and a switch to change light transmittance of the dimming glass plate.

A rearview display for a vehicle comprises a housing comprising at least one of a lip and a bezel; at least one light diverter disposed in the housing; at least one lens disposed in the housing, the at least one lens configured to direct light to the light diverter; and an imager disposed in the housing and in optical communication with the at least one lens and the at least one light diverter.

A device is mounted on a vehicle body and housed in a space between a pillar inner and a pillar trim. A speaker is inserted into an opening portion opened in the pillar trim from an inside of a vehicle compartment and retained therein. A harness is connected to the speaker and disposed in the space. In a part of the speaker to be inserted into an inner side of the pillar trim, a protrusion portion is provided that protrudes radially outward. An insertion acceptance portion that is a gap for accepting insertion of the protrusion portion is provided in an opening edge portion facing the opening portion on an inner surface side of the pillar trim. The insertion acceptance portion has a width larger than a width of the protrusion portion.

A method for displaying and processing an image captured by an optical system used to simulate a rear-view system of a vehicle, includes capturing the image, calculating a region of interest (ROI) on the captured image, calculating a blur factor for blurring the ROI using one or more inputs, manipulating an image gradient pixel by pixel using the blur factor to reduce at least one of a brightness or a contrast of one or more pixels of the ROI, and displaying the processed image on a display.

A camera unit is housed and attached in an internal space of a pillar, the camera unit including a plurality of modules that executes respective functions regarding camera imaging, and a housing having a dimension in such a manner that an outer shape of the housing around a longitudinal direction of the housing is accommodated in the internal space, the modules being mounted on the housing without protruding from the outer shape.

A system for mounting a device such as a display device (e.g., a monitor) inside a cab of a utility vehicle having generally vertically extending pillars supporting a cab roof structure. The system has one or more first support elements designed to extend generally horizontally between two pillars and one or more second support elements designed to extend generally vertically from the roof structure to support the first element or elements in position between the pillars. Attachment mechanisms are carried on one or more of the support elements for supporting one or more display devices or other devices.

A method for processing an electrical signal for an acoustic emission system. The method carried out by the system includes the following steps: a) transmitting a calibration signal to the electroacoustic transducer; b) emitting a sound based on the calibration signal, by the electroacoustic transducer; c) measuring the voltage across the terminals of the load; d) calculating the variation in impedances of the electroacoustic transducer as a function of the variation in frequencies of the calibration signal; e) determining the resonant frequency of the electroacoustic transducer from the variation in calculated impedances; f) selecting a set of acoustic filters in the database based on the determined resonant frequency; and g) applying the set of acoustic filters to the electrical signal in order to process the electrical signal coming from the input.

A pillar module may include: a pillar body, a drive unit connected to the pillar body and configured to support the pillar body so that the pillar body is movable, a first lighting unit installed on the pillar body and configured to create a first lighting pattern, a second lighting unit disposed to be spaced apart from the first lighting unit and configured to create a second lighting pattern, and a switching unit connected to the first lighting unit and the second lighting unit and configured to selectively expose the first lighting unit and the second lighting unit to the outside of the pillar body.

An in-vehicle microphone includes: a housing, a sound pickup, and a sound insulation member. The housing has an accommodating cavity, and defines a sound receiving hole in communication with the accommodating cavity. The sound pickup is arranged in the accommodating cavity. The sound insulation member surrounds at least the sound pickup, and defines a through hole in communication with the sound receiving hole.