Abstract: In exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are provided that includes a processor of a vehicle and one or more sensors of the vehicle. The processor is configured to at least facilitate providing instructions for a notification proximate a vehicle that is parked, the notification including an instruction for an external actor to take an action in order to initiate communications with an owner of the vehicle. The one or more sensors of the vehicle that are configured to obtain sensor data detecting when the action has been taken. The processor is further configured to facilitate the communications between the owner of the vehicle and the external actor upon detection of the action taken by the external actor, via a virtual chatbot via a remote server that protects contact information of the owner of the vehicle, in accordance with instructions provided by the processor.

Abstract: Methods and vehicle with sound visualization are provided. A vehicle includes a graphic projection display; exterior microphones mounted to the vehicle; and a processing device programmed to receive audio signals from the exterior microphones; retrieve map data in a region around the vehicle; identify from the audio signals a sound of interest; identify a location of a source of the sound of interest; determine a stationary status or a moving status of the source; when the source has the moving status, determining a direction and speed of movement of the source; ascertain from the map data and from the location, stationary status, moving status, direction, and/or speed, a preferred driving maneuver; determine a graphic exemplifying the preferred driving maneuver; and display the graphic upon the graphic projection display.

Abstract: A packet data communication on-chip interconnect system is provided including a network interface efficiently controlling a transaction performed between at least one master intellectual property (IP) block and at least one slave IP block connected via a Network on a Chip (NoC). According to an aspect of the present invention, traffic functioning and throughput of the entire NoC may be improved by appropriately controlling an operation of performing a lock operation according to an Advance eXtensible Interface (AXI) protocol in the network interface of the packet data communication on-chip interconnect system.