A method includes receiving a first set of images from an image capture device of a vehicle. The method also includes performing a first analysis of movement of biomechanical points of occupants of the vehicle in the first set of images. The method further includes receiving an indication that a traffic incident has occurred. The method also includes receiving a second set of images from the image capture device corresponding to when the traffic incident occurred. The method further includes performing a second analysis of movement of the biomechanical points of the occupants in the second set of images. The method also includes determining a likelihood of injury or a severity of injury to the occupants based on the first analysis of movement and the second analysis of movement.

A vehicle is configured to transport a passenger through autonomous travel. The vehicle includes an in-vehicle camera configured to image the passenger to generate an image, a camera controller configured to control the in-vehicle camera, and a passenger information detection unit configured to detect information about the passenger. The passenger information detection unit measures the number of passengers and the camera controller stops an operation of the in-vehicle camera in a case where the number of passengers is one.

A front hood assembly for a vehicle including a front grille may include a sensory assembly, a bumper assembly positioned adjacent to the front grille, and an energy absorber structure. The bumper assembly may include a bumper reinforcement having a front face and a top face, which front face is disposed below and extends away from the top face. The energy absorber structure may be positioned adjacent to the top face of the bumper reinforcement. The energy absorber structure may be rearwardly compliant in an impact direction and disposed below and rearwardly of the sensory assembly such that an impact of the sensory assembly with the energy absorber structure in the impact direction collapses the energy absorber structure rearwardly.

Systems and methods are provided for dynamically protecting transportable articles in vehicles. A system for dynamically protecting a transportable article in a vehicle may include one or more processors and non-volatile memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to determine at least one of a characteristic or a trait of the transportable article; detect, based on sensed data, an emergency condition; select one or more article protection components based on (i) the at least one of the characteristic or the trait of the transportable article, and (ii) the detected emergency condition; and in response to detecting the emergency condition, deploy the selected one or more article protection components to protect the transportable article.

An image processing apparatus includes one or more processors; and a memory, the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate vertical direction distribution data indicating a frequency distribution of distance values with respect to a vertical direction of a range image, from the range image having distance values according to distance of a road surface in a plurality of captured images captured by a plurality of imaging parts; set a search range corresponding to a predetermined reference point in the vertical direction distribution data and extract a plurality of pixels from the search range; and detect a road surface, based on the plurality of extracted pixels.

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to keeping a vehicle within a safety envelope. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a safety envelope having a boundary, determining a risk level for an environment surrounding the vehicle, and associating an index value with a location within the safety envelope based on at least one of the risk level and a relationship between the location and the boundary. The method includes, in response to a vehicle being located at the location, tilting a vehicle seat to a tilt angle relative to a floor of the vehicle. The tilt angle can be based on the index value associated with the location.

A vehicle is configured to transport a passenger through autonomous travel. The vehicle includes an in-vehicle camera configured to image the passenger to generate an image, a camera controller configured to control the in-vehicle camera, and a passenger information detection unit configured to detect information about the passenger. The passenger information detection unit measures the number of passengers and the camera controller stops an operation of the in-vehicle camera in a case where the number of passengers is one.

A recognition processing apparatus includes a video acquisition unit configured to acquire first captured image data of surroundings of a host vehicle captured by a far-infrared camera, an other vehicle detection unit configured to detect another vehicle parked or stopped in the surroundings of the host vehicle, a heat detection unit configured to detect radiated heat associated with an operation of the other vehicle based on a thermal distribution in a region corresponding to the other vehicle in the first captured image data, and a person detection unit configured to, when the radiated heat has been detected, preferentially execute person recognition in a vicinity of the other vehicle to detect a person. The recognition processing apparatus can ascertain the possibility that a person gets out of a detected vehicle and promptly detect such a person.

Systems and methods are provided for dynamically protecting transportable articles in vehicles. A system for dynamically protecting a transportable article in a vehicle may include one or more processors and non-volatile memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to determine at least one of a characteristic or a trait of the transportable article; detect, based on sensed data, an emergency condition; select one or more article protection components based on (i) the at least one of the characteristic or the trait of the transportable article, and (ii) the detected emergency condition; and in response to detecting the emergency condition, deploy the selected one or more article protection components to protect the transportable article.

There is provided a resin film for bonding glass plate members with which, when bonded to a glass plate, breakage of the resulting glass plate-containing laminate due to impact can be suppressed. The resin film for bonding glass plate members according to the present invention is a resin film bonded to a glass plate to be used and includes a thermoplastic resin and a plasticizer, and the tensile elongation at 25° C. under a stress load of 50 N is 120 mm or more in a tensile test in accordance with JIS K7113.