Abstract: The present application relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle in an activated at least semi-autonomous driving mode, with the motor vehicle comprising a control unit which controls the motor vehicle in the at least one activated semi-autonomous driving mode. A detection device arranged in the motor vehicle detects at least one motor vehicle occupant (step S1). An authorization device linked to the detection device checks whether at least one of the at least one detected motor vehicle occupants meets at least one authorization criterion (step S2). If this is the case, the authorization device generates an enable signal (step S3a) and sends it to the control unit, which then activates the at least semi-autonomous drive mode (step S4).

Abstract: A fastening device fastens an airbag module to an airbag receiver on an instrument panel of a vehicle by forming at least one mechanical connection and at least one welded connection between the airbag module and the instrument panel. The instrument panel has at least one projection and a flange protruding from the projection to define a compartment and form a fastening bracket for the mechanical connection of the airbag module to the instrument panel. The instrument panel and the airbag receiver have welding ribs for the welded connection between the airbag receiver of the airbag module and the instrument panel. A device prepares an instrument panel and a corresponding instrument panel. A method includes steps of fastening an airbag to the instrument panel and a vehicle with a corresponding instrument panel.

Abstract: One, some or all of a specified number of multiple operating functions of an operating device can be selected by a user. Each operating function is assigned to a respective finger of a hand of the user in the operating device by a controller, and a detection device is used to detect a contact of at least one of the fingers of the hand on a specified contact surface of the operating device and ascertain which of the fingers of the hand is contacting the contact surface. Each of the operating functions whose assigned finger contacts the contact surface is determined as the user selection by a controller, and the user selection is signaled to a subsequent process of the operating device using selection data which identifies each selected operating function.

Abstract: A method for controlling a state of charge of an energy storage device of a motor vehicle. A control device receives a first operator control signal and, only if the first operator control signal is received by a first operator control element of an operator control device and describes a user request to change a state of charge, a first operating mode of the control device is activated, whereby the control device is coupled to a power control device. A second operating mode of the control device, in which the control device is coupled to a monetarization device, is activated only if the first operator control signal is received by a second operator control element of the operator control device, the signal describing a user request to transmit a monetary value to a data server device external to the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A fastening device fastens an airbag module to an airbag receiver on an instrument panel of a vehicle by forming at least one mechanical connection and at least one welded connection between the airbag module and the instrument panel. The instrument panel has at least one projection and a flange protruding from the projection to define a compartment and form a fastening bracket for the mechanical connection of the airbag module to the instrument panel. The instrument panel and the airbag receiver have welding ribs for the welded connection between the airbag receiver of the airbag module and the instrument panel. A device prepares an instrument panel and a corresponding instrument panel. A method includes steps of fastening an airbag to the instrument panel and a vehicle with a corresponding instrument panel.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle in an activated at least semi-autonomous driving mode, with the motor vehicle comprising a control unit which controls the motor vehicle in the at least one activated semi-autonomous driving mode. A detection device arranged in the motor vehicle detects at least one motor vehicle occupant (step S1). An authorization device linked to the detection device checks whether at least one of the at least one detected motor vehicle occupants meets at least one authorization criterion (step S2). If this is the case, the authorization device generates an enable signal (step S3a) and sends it to the control unit, which then activates the at least semi-autonomous drive mode (step S4).

Abstract: A trim part for a vehicle interior, in particular a visible side decorative strip or panel, with a brittle visible side cover layer that is susceptible to breaking in the event of a crash, in particular in the event of a head impact, such as a wood veneer or a carbon layer, which is injection-molded with a plastic carrier layer, said trim part being loaded in the event of a crash to deflection to breakage of the component. According to exemplary embodiments of the invention, in order to increase the breaking strength in the event of a crash, a fabric layer made from a textile material is integrated in the layer structure of the trim part.

Abstract: One, some or all of a specified number of multiple operating functions of an operating device can be selected by a user. Each operating function is assigned to a respective finger of a hand of the user in the operating device by a controller, and a detection device is used to detect a contact of at least one of the fingers of the hand on a specified contact surface of the operating device and ascertain which of the fingers of the hand is contacting the contact surface. Each of the operating functions whose assigned finger contacts the contact surface is determined as the user selection by a controller, and the user selection is signaled to a subsequent process of the operating device using selection data which identifies each selected operating function.

Abstract: A determination is made as to whether a driver or a front-seat passenger of the motor vehicle would like to operate a display device. If it is detected that only the driver would like to operate the display device, the display device is put in a first operating mode in which a graphic user interface is displayed exclusively in a driver-side display region of the display device. If it is detected that only the front-seat passenger of the motor vehicle would like to operate the display device, the display device is put in a second operating mode in which the graphic user interface is displayed exclusively in a front-seat-passenger-side display region of the display device.

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a display device designed for depicting objects, a computing device for controlling the display device, and a stowage unit in which a first end region of the display device is inserted. In a stowage position of the display device, the entire display device is inserted in the stowage unit, and, starting from the stowage position, a useful region of the display device is extendable out of the stowage unit by a predeterminable use distance. The display device is lockable at different length values of the use distance, and therefore a plurality of different use positions results, and the computing device is designed to adjust the depiction of the objects depending on the current length value of the use distance.

Abstract: An assembly for a motor vehicle includes an instrument panel and a restraining device which is configured to limit a relative movement between at least a panel section of the instrument panel and a vehicle component of the motor vehicle to a predefined maximum value in a movement direction towards an interior space of a passenger cell of the motor vehicle, when a force is transmitted between the instrument panel and the vehicle component as a result of an accident that causes deformation of the instrument panel.

Abstract: A method is provided for selecting, by a driver, a road user, the road user being an evaluation object of a function of a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle, using at least one display device which displays the road user. After a first operating action is carried out, a search function is activated in which at least a subset of the shown road users is individually marked on the display device in a sequence containing all road users. When a second operating action is carried out, or after a predetermined first period of time, the currently-marked road user is selected as the evaluation object for the function.

Abstract: A method for controlling a state of charge of an energy storage device of a motor vehicle. A control device receives a first operator control signal and, only if the first operator control signal is received by a first operator control element of an operator control device and describes a user request to change a state of charge, a first operating mode of the control device is activated, whereby the control device is coupled to a power control device. A second operating mode of the control device, in which the control device is coupled to a monetarization device, is activated only if the first operator control signal is received by a second operator control element of the operator control device, the signal describing a user request to transmit a monetary value to a data server device external to the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a display device designed for depicting objects, a computing device for controlling the display device, and a stowage unit in which a first end region of the display device is inserted. In a stowage position of the display device, the entire display device is inserted in the stowage unit, and, starting from the stowage position, a useful region of the display device is extendable out of the stowage unit by a predeterminable use distance. The display device is lockable at different length values of the use distance, and therefore a plurality of different use positions results, and the computing device is designed to adjust the depiction of the objects depending on the current length value of the use distance.

Abstract: A method is provided for selecting, by a driver, a road user, the road user being an evaluation object of a function of a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle, using at least one display device which displays the road user. After a first operating action is carried out, a search function is activated in which at least a subset of the shown road users is individually marked on the display device in a sequence containing all road users. When a second operating action is carried out, or after a predetermined first period of time, the currently-marked road user is selected as the evaluation object for the function.

Abstract: At least one imaging unit for emitting an image in the form of a beam path and at least one mirror module for deflecting the beam path which is emitted by the imaging unit are included in a head-up display for a motor vehicle. The mirror module includes at least two different mirrors which are movable into the beam path, and a respective curvature of the mirrors is matched to respective vehicle-specific windshield variants. The head-up display may be arranged in the motor vehicle by selecting one of the mirrors whose curvature is matched to the windshield variant, embodied in a vehicle-specific manner, and arranging the selected mirror in a region through which the beam path extends in the case of an activated imaging unit.

Abstract: The following assistance functions: (a) an operating instruction for the motor vehicle, stored on a memory device of at least one motor vehicle; (b) an operating instruction for the motor vehicle stored on a vehicle-external server device; and (c) a telephone connection to a customer advisor, are made available by an assistance system of at least one motor vehicle and a vehicle-external server device. The assistance system determines a vehicle function of the motor vehicle required to provide requested assistance for a vehicle occupant and generates an output from at least one assistance function, previously made available, by at least one output device of the motor vehicle in accordance with the vehicle function that was determined and/or a sensed user input by the vehicle occupant.

Abstract: Provided herein is a display unit for a vehicle which is designed for representing information and for arrangement in an interior space of the vehicle with respect to a viewing direction of the driver of the vehicle. The display unit may include: a display device which can be connected to a device for operating the display device, in particular for operating as a function of a measured value for a state of the vehicle; an OLED display having three-dimensional geometry, in particular for a flat emission of light, where the OLED display, seen in the viewing direction, seen in particular in the forward direction, is arranged so that it overlaps with the display device and, in the overlap area, it includes a passage through which the display device can be connected to the device.

Abstract: A method for operating an air conditioning system of a vehicle includes actuating an operating element of an air vent of the air condition system for a defined first time period, the actuating for the first time period causing activation of a control slider function for adjusting the outflow volume, actuating the operating element for a defined second time period, which is shorter than the first time period, the actuating for the second time period causing a popup menu which optically displays a numerical value of an actual outflow volume of the air vent being displayed on an onboard monitor of the vehicle, and adjusting the outflow volume with a further operating element in the popup menu and simultaneously optically displaying a numerical value of the adjusted outflow volume.

Abstract: An assembly for a motor vehicle includes an instrument panel and a restraining device which is configured to limit a relative movement between at least a panel section of the instrument panel and a vehicle component of the motor vehicle to a predefined maximum value in a movement direction towards an interior space of a passenger cell of the motor vehicle, when a force is transmitted between the instrument panel and the vehicle component as a result of an accident that causes deformation of the instrument panel.