Abstract: An apparatus, a computer program product, a signal sequence, a transportation vehicle and a method for assisting a user of a transportation vehicle in finding a suitable fellow passenger. The method includes receiving a ride request having a definition of a starting position and of a destination position, automatically comparing the ride request against a predefined route of the transportation vehicle and taking a result of the comparison as a basis for automatically deciding, based on a predefined reference, whether or not the ride request is made to the user.

Abstract: A device, a transportation vehicle, and a method for assisting a user of a transportation vehicle. The method includes analyzing behavior of the user in the operation of the transportation vehicle and/or constraints of a driving task and, in accordance with a result of the analysis, automatically producing suggestions for software packages to be downloaded.

Abstract: A user terminal, a user interface for a transportation vehicle, a computer program product, a signal sequence, a transportation vehicle, and a method for influencing a user interface of a transportation vehicle. The method includes determining a user input for setting up a representation on the user interface of the transportation vehicle by a user terminal, establishing a data communication link between the user terminal and the transportation vehicle and/or between the user terminal and a server, and setting up the user interface of the transportation vehicle according to the representation on the user interface.

Abstract: An apparatus, a computer program product, a signal sequence, a transportation vehicle and a method for assisting a user of a transportation vehicle in finding a suitable fellow passenger. The method includes receiving a ride request having a definition of a starting position and of a destination position, automatically comparing the ride request against a predefined route of the transportation vehicle and taking a result of the comparison as a basis for automatically deciding, based on a predefined reference, whether or not the ride request is made to the user.

Abstract: A device, a transportation vehicle, and a method for assisting a user of a transportation vehicle. The method includes analyzing behavior of the user in the operation of the transportation vehicle and/or constraints of a driving task and, in accordance with a result of the analysis, automatically producing suggestions for software packages to be downloaded.

Abstract: A proximity sensor including a housing, light emitters mounted in the housing for projecting light out of the housing along a detection plane, light detectors mounted in the housing for detecting amounts of light entering the housing along the detection plane, whereby for each emitter-detector pair (E, D), when an object is located at a target position p(E, D) in the detection plane, corresponding to the pair (E, D), then the light emitted by emitter E is scattered by the object and is expected to be maximally detected by detector D, and a processor to synchronously activate emitter-detector pairs, to read the detected amounts of light from the detectors, and to calculate a location of the object in the detection plane from the detected amounts of light, in accordance with a detection-location relationship that relates detections from emitter-detector pairs to object locations between neighboring target positions in the detection plane.

Abstract: A proximity sensor including a housing, light emitters mounted in the housing for projecting light out of the housing along a detection plane, light detectors mounted in the housing for detecting amounts of light entering the housing along the detection plane, whereby for each emitter-detector pair (E, D), when an object is located at a target position p(E, D) in the detection plane, corresponding to the pair (E, D), then the light emitted by emitter E is scattered by the object and is expected to be maximally detected by detector D, and a processor to synchronously activate emitter-detector pairs, to read the detected amounts of light from the detectors, and to calculate a location of the object in the detection plane from the detected amounts of light, in accordance with a detection-location relationship that relates detections from emitter-detector pairs to object locations between neighboring target positions in the detection plane.