1. A vehicle front body structure comprising:
a front end module attached to a body front end, the front end module including a frame member and a headlamp unit supported on the frame member, the headlamp unit being an integrated assembly including at least a reflector housing and a lens, wherein
the headlamp unit is provided with a mounting device which flexibly holds the headlamp unit in a temporary position on the frame member, and causes displacement of the headlamp unit in a direction from the temporary position to its attachment position relative to the frame member by exerting a resilient force against the headlamp unit in a direction crossing the direction of the displacement, upon application of a force exceeding a predetermined threshold to the headlamp unit, and
the mounting device comprises:
a support piece provided on the headlamp unit, the support piece having a convex portion formed thereon;
an elastic member provided on the frame member, the elastic member having thereon a concave portion to be engaged with the convex portion, at least one of the convex portion of the support piece and the concave portion of the elastic member is formed to have an inclined face to be brought into sliding contact with the other of the convex portion of the support piece and the concave portion of the elastic member; and
a fastener member provided through the support piece and adapted to press the convex portion of the support piece against the concave portion of the elastic member.
2. The vehicle front body structure according to claim 1, wherein
the convex portion of the support piece is formed into a triangular shape in section, and the concave portion of the elastic member is formed into a \u201cV\u201d shape in section.
3. The vehicle front body structure according to claim 1, wherein
the elastic member comprises a spring plate elastically deformable in a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction of the movement of the headlamp unit toward the attachment position thereof.
4. A vehicle front body structure comprising:
a front end module attached to a body front end, the front end module including a frame member and a headlamp unit supported on the frame member, the headlamp unit being an integrated assembly including at least a reflector housing and a lens, wherein
the headlamp unit is provided with a mounting device which flexibly holds the headlamp unit in a temporary position on the frame member, and generates a resilient force to cause displacement of the headlamp unit from the temporary position to its attachment position relative to the frame member, when a force exceeding a predetermined threshold is applied to the headlamp unit, and
the mounting device comprises:
a support piece provided on the headlamp unit, the support piece having a convex portion formed thereon;
an elastic member provided on the frame member, the elastic member having thereon a concave portion to be engaged with the convex portion, at least one of the convex portion of the support piece and the concave portion of the elastic member being formed to have an inclined face to be brought into sliding contact with the other of the convex portion of the support piece and the concave portion of the elastic member; and
a fastener member provided through the support piece and adapted to press the convex portion of the support piece against the concave portion of the elastic member.
5. The vehicle front body structure according to claim 1, wherein
the convex portion of the support piece is formed into a triangular shape in section, and the concave portion of the elastic member is formed into a V shape in section.
6. The vehicle front body structure according to claim 1, wherein
the elastic member comprises a spring plate elastically deformable in a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction of the movement of the headlamp unit toward the attachment position thereof.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A vibration compensation apparatus comprising:
an angular velocity detector that detects angular velocities in vibration detection axes directions, the vibration detection axes being two orthogonal detection axes, and outputs corresponding angular velocity signals;
a compensation unit that compensates vibration in vibration compensation axes directions, the vibration compensation axes being two orthogonal axes that make an angle with said vibration detection axes due to deviation of alignment between said angular velocity detector and said compensation unit; and
a conversion unit that converts the angular velocity signals expressed in the vibration detection axes directions obtained by said angular velocity detector or vibration compensation signals based on the angular velocity signals into angular velocity signals or vibration compensation signals expressed in the vibration compensation axes directions using equations for rotation transformation based on said angle,
wherein said compensation unit compensates the vibration based on the angular velocity signals or vibration compensation signals converted by said conversion unit, and said conversion unit performs the following operations:
X=x cos \u03b8\u2212y sin \u03b8
Y=y cos \u03b8+x sin \u03b8
wherein x and y are the angular velocity signals expressed in the vibration detection axes direction or compensation signals based on the angular velocity signals, \u03b8 is said angle made by the vibration detection axes and the vibration compensation axes, and X and Y are converted signals.
2. The vibration compensation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said conversion unit has a conversion table storing angular velocity signal values or vibration compensation signal values expressed in the vibration detection axes directions to be used in the conversion operation in accordance with angular velocity signals or vibration compensation signals expressed in the vibration compensation axes directions.
3. The vibration compensation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said compensation unit comprises an optical compensation unit.
4. An image sensing apparatus comprising:
a photoelectric converter that senses an image by converting incident light into an electric signal; and
the vibration compensation apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein said compensation unit compensates vibration by controlling read out timing of the electric signal from said photoelectric converter.
5. An image sensing apparatus comprising:
an photoelectric converter that senses an image by converting incident light into an electric signal; and
the vibration compensation apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein said compensation unit compensates vibration by processing the electric signal outputted from said photoelectric converter.
6. A vibration compensation method using an angular velocity detector which detects angular velocities in vibration detection axes directions, the vibration detection axes being two orthogonal detection axes, and outputs angular velocity signals, and a compensation unit which compensates vibration in vibration compensation axes directions, the vibration compensation axes being two orthogonal axes that make an angle with said vibration detection axes due to deviation of alignment between said angular velocity detector and said compensation unit, comprising:
converting the angular velocity signals expressed in the vibration detection axes directions obtained by said angular velocity detector or vibration compensation signals based on the angular velocity signals into angular velocity signals or vibration compensation signals expressed in the vibration compensation axes directions using equations for rotation transformation based on said angle; and
compensating the vibration by controlling the compensation unit based on the converted angular velocity signals or vibration compensation signals,
wherein converting said angular velocity signals includes performing the following operations:
X=x cos \u03b8\u2212y sin \u03b8
Y=y cos \u03b8+x sin \u03b8
wherein x and y are the angular velocity signals expressed in the vibration detection axes direction or compensation signals based on the angular velocity signals, \u03b8 is said angle made by the vibration detection axes and the vibration compensation axes, and X and Y are converted signals.
7. A storage medium, readable by an information processing apparatus, storing a program including program codes capable of realizing the vibration compensation method according to claim 6, the program being executable by the information processing apparatus.