Abstract: A vehicle interior component configured to present a user interface for a vehicle occupant with vehicle systems may comprise a housing, cover structure and user interface system to present the user interface at a cover surface. The user interface may comprise a light display to transmit light from a light source and/or an input device comprising a mechanical coupling to interface with a sensor arrangement. The user interface may comprise output from the light display and/or input by interaction with the input device at the cover surface. The component may comprise a module comprising the light display and the input device. The module may comprise an absorber. The light display may comprise a light guide and/or display panel. The light guide may comprise a projection and/or icon to transmit light through an aperture and/or recess of the cover structure.

Abstract: An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror head, a mirror mounting structure configured to adjustably mount the mirror head at an interior portion of the vehicle, and a receiving portion for receiving a portable accessory module. A retaining element is configured to attach at the mirror casing at the receiving portion to releasably secure the portable accessory module at the receiving portion. With the retaining element at least partially detached from the mirror casing, the portable accessory module is insertable into and removable from the receiving portion. With the portable accessory module inserted into and received at the receiving portion and with the retaining element attached at the mirror casing, the retaining element overlaps a lower portion of the portable accessory module to secure the portable accessory module at the receiving portion.

Abstract: An audio-visual system may include a housing comprising an open upper end and a storage space, an audio-visual device installed inside the housing and exposable through the open upper end, and a lifting device configured to expose or store the audio-visual device inside the housing through the open upper end. The audio-visual device may include a display, a speaker, and a processor configured to control the audio-visual system to operate in a first mode for outputting media art content while the display is stored in the housing according to a first event, operate in a second mode for outputting audio content through the speaker while part of the display is exposed through the open upper end according to a second event, and operate in a third mode for outputting a visual content while the entire display is exposed through the open upper end according to a third event.

Abstract: Provided are a server for maintenance, a remote monitoring system, and a remote monitoring method. The server is connected, via a network, to a plurality of working machines each including a working machine display device that displays machine state information and a working machine operating device to be used for predetermined operation, and to a monitoring terminal that includes a display part and remotely monitors information on the working machines. Communication between each of the plurality of working machines and the server is one-way communication from the working machines to the server. The server includes a first storage part, a second storage part, and a display processing part. The display processing part generates a display part simulated image, and causes the display part of the monitoring terminal to display a maintenance screen including the display part simulated image.

Abstract: A bezel member, a control method thereof, and a bezel device are disclosed. The bezel member includes a bezel mechanism including a fixed part and a retractable part connected to the fixed part, a detecting mechanism configured to perform neighboring object presence detection for an end portion of the retractable part and generate a detection signal based on a detection result of the neighboring object presence detection, and a control mechanism configured to control the extension and retraction of the retractable part according to the detection signal.

Abstract: A vehicle arrangement includes a display device for displaying at least one item of information on a display surface for at least one person being transported by the vehicle, a detection device for detecting disturbance of the view of the person of the display surface, and a further component which is compensating the detected disturbance of the view of the person of the display surface at least partially by at least one of movement relative to the display surface and alteration of its external shape. A vehicle includes at least one such vehicle arrangement, and a method provides a display in or on a vehicle.

Abstract: An operating method of an electronic system is provided. The operating method of the electronic system includes generating a first user input by a first input device and performing a first input control according to the first user input during a first input operation mode, determining whether a light intersection point of a ray emitted by a second input device with a virtual reality (VR) environment exists in the VR environment, switching to a second input operation mode in response to determining that the light intersection point of the ray with the VR environment exists in the VR environment and generating a second user input by the second input device and performing a second input control according to the second user input during the second input operation mode.

Abstract: A method for avoiding obstacles surrounding a mobile vehicle is disclosed. The method discloses that it is more accurate to merge images after a depth information is obtained to construct an environment information. The mobile vehicle set an omnidirectional depth sensing module using a lot of depth sensors for capturing a depth information of an environment surrounding the mobile vehicle and identifying the obstacles on the road upon the depth information. Also, scanning the smooth degree of the road for identifying static obstacles and moved obstacles, Thereby, a control circuit controls the mobile vehicle to lower speed or circumvent the danger.

Abstract: An image data set is generated for output by an infotainment system of a motor vehicle. Input data sets associated with respective functions of the infotainment system are clustered according to at least one predetermined criterion. The clustered input data sets are evaluated to determine at least one parameter of a circular representation for the image data set, which is generated using the at least one determined parameter.

Abstract: Provided is a movable system including a movable body to be used by a plurality of users, and a server device. When the server device receives identification information of a user from the movable body, the server device acquires setting information to set the form of the movable body based on the identification information of the user and transmits it to the movable body. The movable body includes a form changing unit configured to change the outer shape or the appearance of the movable body based on the setting information thus received.

Abstract: A device for blind spot detection of a vehicle, a method thereof and a steering wheel device are provided. The device includes a steering wheel, a lighting device, a blind spot detector, and a controller. The steering wheel comprises a configuration area including a fixed point, and the fixed point is represented as a virtual location of the vehicle. The lighting device includes a luminous light strip and a dimming driver. The luminous light strip assembled on the steering wheel surrounds the fixed point. The dimming driver controls lamp signals of the luminous light strip. The controller obtains a detection result of whether at least one object is approaching the vehicle, and controls the lamp signals to present a relative position between the vehicle and the at least one object and a degree of proximity between the vehicle and the at least one object according to the lamp signals.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, an apparatus fora vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a support structure adapted to support a display panel, a drive assembly capable of selectively driving the support structure to rotate about a first axis and to rotate about a second axis, the first axis being different from the second axis, and a sensor arrangement located at a first predetermined position along a path of the rotation about the first axis and at a second predetermined position along a path of the rotation about the second axis, the sensor arrangement being configured to directly detect the support structure selectively at the first and second predetermined positions. According to further embodiments of the present invention, a display for a vehicle and a method for controlling an apparatus for a vehicle are also provided.

Abstract: A device for controlling an interior lighting system of a vehicle to produce ambient lighting and/or reading lighting involves the interior lighting system having an array of a plurality of light sources. The device includes a control unit, by means of which the light sources of the array can be individually controlled in order to produce the ambient lighting and/or the reading lighting, and an input unit that can be connected to the control unit. The input unit has a touch-sensitive screen for inputting a current set of control information for the control unit. The control unit controls the light sources on the basis of the current set of control information. Furthermore, the input unit, on the basis of the current set of control information, displays associated ambient lighting and/or reading lighting for an illuminable region in the vehicle interior on the screen.

Abstract: An image display apparatus has: a synthesizing device (132) for synthesizing a rear image (111B) captured by a rear imaging device (11B) for imaging a rear area of the vehicle (1) and a first rear side image (111BL, 111BR) captured by a first rear side imaging device (11BL, 11BR) for imaging a first rear side area of the vehicle to generate a synthesized image (111C); and a displaying device (14) for displaying the synthesized image. The synthesizing device varies a proportion of an area of each of the rear image and the first rear side image to the synthesized image on the basis of a first information relating to a first turn indicator configured to operate to inform that the vehicle travels rightward or leftward.

Abstract: A display device, for a hybrid vehicle for displaying an output relating to traveling of the hybrid vehicle, includes a first region and a second region. The first region indicates the output in a first mode in which an internal combustion engine is stopped and the vehicle travels using an electric motor. The second region indicates the output in a second mode in which the internal combustion engine is operated to travel. The first region includes a third region positioned close to the second region and indicating the output at which the internal combustion engine possibly starts up.

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving event management in a vehicle by aggregating information sources. In one embodiment, a method includes selecting unfiltered events, from a stream of events that are classified and filtered, and a display medium according to a decision policy associated with an operator. The method also includes communicating the unfiltered events selected for the display medium. The method also includes adapting the decision policy according to collected tracking information of operator attention associated with the unfiltered events and reward values associated with the tracking information.

Abstract: A system for permitting a medical practitioner to interact with medical information, the system including: a sensing unit for detecting a position of a reference object used to interact with the sensing unit; at least one control unit for determining a gesture performed by the medical practitioner, identifying a command relative to the medical information that corresponds to the gesture, and executing the command in order to display the medical information; generating a graphical user interface including a virtual representation of the reference object and at least one virtual icon and/or a virtual representation of the sensing unit, with each of the at least one virtual icon corresponding to one of a respective mode of operation, a respective user notification, and a respective system setting option; and displaying the GUI along with the medical information.

Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a driver-side camera and a passenger-side camera each having a lens and a two dimensional imaging array sensor. The cameras are disposed at respective sides of a body of a vehicle and each have a field of view exterior of the vehicle and at least rearward of the vehicle. Each imaging array sensor has a center region. Each lens is configured to focus light at the respective imaging array sensor, and the lens has a center axis. The lens is disposed at the respective imaging array sensor with the center axis of the lens laterally offset from the center region of the imaging array sensor in a direction away from the respective body side. A video display disposed in the vehicle and viewable by a driver of the vehicle displays video images derived from image data captured by the cameras.

Abstract: A headlight assembly for an automobile comprising a left region and a right region, the headlight assembly being configured to reduce an intensity of a light beam when an oncoming automobile is detected, is described. The headlight assembly includes, at least one light source, at least one light detector configured to detect the oncoming automobile and generate a signal, and a control module configured to receive the signal from the light detector, and reduce the intensity of the light beam. A method for reducing the intensity of a light beam of a headlight assembly for an automobile when an oncoming automobile is detected, is also described.

Abstract: A method (1200) can include receiving implicit functions values for a mesh that represents a geologic environment that includes intersecting faults defined by fault patches (1210); assigning states to the fault patches (1220); revising the implicit function values based at least in part on the assigned states to provide revised implicit function values (1230); and outputting a structural model of the geologic environment based at least in part on the revised implicit function values (1240).

Abstract: The invention relates to a communication device of a motor vehicle (X), comprising an imaging camera (2) of a scene image (11) connected to control electronics (1), to which a DMD (7) is connected, the mirror surface (70) of which is preceded by optics (3), whereby the mirror surface (70) is functionally associated with a secondary imaging unit (5) having an optical sensor (50) adapted to receive a selected part of the light (32) from the scene image (11) reflected by a selected part of the mirrors of the mirror surface (70) of the DMD (7). The DMD (7) is part of the vehicle lighting device (0) in which an illumination unit (4) is arranged towards the mirror surface (70) of the DMD (7), the illumination unit (4) being adapted to illuminate controllably at least a part of the mirror surface (70) of the DMD (7) and to emit the desired light output beam (30).

Abstract: An audio-visual system may include a housing comprising an open upper end and a storage space, an audio-visual device installed inside the housing and exposable through the open upper end, and a lifting device configured to expose or store the audio-visual device inside the housing through the open upper end. The audio-visual device may include a display, a speaker, and a processor configured to control the audio-visual system to operate in a first mode for outputting media art content while the display is stored in the housing according to a first event, operate in a second mode for outputting audio content through the speaker while part of the display is exposed through the open upper end according to a second event, and operate in a third mode for outputting a visual content while the entire display is exposed through the open upper end according to a third event.

Abstract: A pair of outside view displays that are provided on an instrument panel, are located outside a steering in a vehicle width direction, and display captured outside view images and displays that are provided inside the outside view displays in the vehicle width direction and have display regions from a driver seat to a front passenger seat are provided, and the outside view displays are provided so as to face the inside in the vehicle width direction and are disposed such that inner ends of the outside view displays are located on a front side of the vehicle relative to closer left and right ends of the displays.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an in-vehicle display system and a vehicle. The in-vehicle display system includes an optical fiber holographic projection portion and a holographic image display portion. The optical fiber holographic projection portion is configured to holographically project image information of a vehicle component onto the holographic image display portion, and the holographic image display portion is configured to present an original image of the vehicle component.

Abstract: In relation to a HUD apparatus having an AR function, the shift between an object and a virtual image (AR image) is reduced. The HUD apparatus extracts a predetermined object based on an image taken by an external camera, acquires object information including an object position in space, viewpoint position information of a driver and the amount of movement of the viewpoint position in space based on an image taken by an internal camera, and information including a position of a virtual image region in space. The HUD apparatus generates the image to be superimposed on the object, and corrects a display position of the image in the virtual image region including at least a position in a horizontal direction, and performs conversion processing at the time of the correction so that a virtual image region is set as a display position of the image after correction.

Abstract: In an ECU mounted on an own vehicle having a display device or a speaker device, a first acquisition part acquires external environment information outside of the own vehicle. A detection part detects whether the own vehicle has entered a first state based on the acquired external environment information, the first state represents accumulation of snowfall which prevents the own vehicle from performing smooth driving. An information control part instructs the display unit or the speaker device to provide information that the own vehicle has entered the first state to a user of the own vehicle.

Abstract: A diffuser and an Indication panel are provided. The diffuser includes: a plurality of light-transmitting regions; and a light-shielding region located between adjacent ones of the plurality of light-transmitting regions, and each of the light-transmitting regions corresponds to an icon symbol on the indication panel. The diffuser is employed to avoid a phenomenon of light leakage between adjacent icon symbols, thereby improving the display effect of the indication panel.

Abstract: Implementations relate to interactions, over a wireless communication modality, between an automated assistant of an automobile computer system, and separate client device(s). In some of those implementations, the client device(s) can be paired with the automobile computer system, and the client device(s) and the automobile computer system can include separate instances of an automated assistant, which can be associated with different user accounts. In some additional or alternative implementations, particular actions to be performed by a local application of a client device can be advanced via user interaction with the automobile automated assistant, despite a counterpart to the local application not being installed directly on automobile computer system.

Abstract: A housing for an accessory is disclosed. The housing comprises: a support region for a display screen for displaying images; the support region comprising a bezel comprising a narrow width just sufficient to maintain structural integrity of the housing material to retain a display screen to the housing, the width in the lower area of the bezel comprises a greater width compared to the narrow width to accommodate a microphone, the lower area comprising a microphone aperture.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to external user interfaces used in connection with head-worn computers (HWC).

Abstract: There is provided an electrical socket apparatus 200 comprising a slot 210 for receiving a pin 310 of a corresponding electrical plug 300. The apparatus 200 comprises a light sensor 212 arranged relative to the slot 210 and configured to receive light emitted by a light source 312 of a said electrical plug 300. The slot 210 is movable to a position in which the slot 210 is aligned with the pin 310 of a said electrical plug 300 on the basis of light emitted by a light source 312 of a said electrical plug 300 and received by the light sensor 212.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for estimating an object distance is used by an electronic device including a light sensor. The method includes: detecting, by the light sensor, a light reflected from an object; establishing an object brightness table according to the detected light, where the object brightness table records brightness information of the light corresponding to a plurality of pixel locations; analyzing the object brightness table and a plurality of base brightness tables to obtain differential quantitative information and obtaining a target base distance corresponding to a target base brightness table among the base brightness tables according to the differential quantitative information; and determining a distance between the electronic device and the object according to the target base distance.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for vehicle event management. The method receives one or more sets of vehicle sensor data from a first vehicle, wherein the one or more sets of vehicle sensor data correspond to one or more sensor systems of the first vehicle. The method further maps the received one or more sets of vehicle sensor data with one or more candidate vehicle events, based on one or more sets of archived vehicle sensor data. The method further identifies one or more relationships between the received one or more sets of vehicle sensor data and the one or more candidate vehicle events, and provides an alert, to the first vehicle, with the identified one or more relationships between the received one or more sets of vehicle sensor data and the one or more candidate vehicle events.

Abstract: A touch panel switch device includes a display panel, a touch panel placed correspondingly to the display panel, a storage part and a control part. The storage part stores switch image information according to respective operation functions, code information according to the respective operation functions and placement information for display designating placement of switch images to be displayed on the display panel. The control part is configured to make the display panel display the switch images according to the switch image information and the placement information for display, and, in accordance with a touch operation onto the touch panel, read out from the storage part the code information corresponding to the switch image displayed at a location of the touch operation, perform output control of the code information, and also perform a rewrite process of the placement information for display based on received information.

Abstract: A bus includes a vehicle body, a plurality of capacitive sensors mounted along a perimeter of the vehicle body, wherein one of the capacitive sensors capacitively couples to an electrically conductive object proximal to the portion of the vehicle body such that the capacitance of the one of the capacitive sensors changes, and a controller coupled to the capacitive sensors, the controller being configured to alert an operator of the bus when the object is coupled to the at least one capacitive sensor.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating head-up displays (HUDs) using waveguides incorporating Bragg gratings in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are provided. The term HUD is typically utilized to describe a class of displays that incorporates a transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints. HUDs can be incorporated in any of a variety of applications including (but not limited to) vehicular and near-eye applications, such as googles, eyewear, etc. HUDs that utilize planar waveguides that incorporate Bragg gratings in accordance with various embodiments of the invention can achieve significantly larger fields of view and have lower volumetric requirements than HUDs implemented using conventional optical components.

Abstract: An audio-visual system may include a housing comprising an open upper end and a storage space, an audio-visual device installed inside the housing and exposable through the open upper end, and a lifting device configured to expose or store the audio-visual device inside the housing through the open upper end. The audio-visual device may include a display, a speaker, and a processor configured to control the audio-visual system to operate in a first mode for outputting media art content while the display is stored in the housing according to a first event, operate in a second mode for outputting audio content through the speaker while part of the display is exposed through the open upper end according to a second event, and operate in a third mode for outputting a visual content while the entire display is exposed through the open upper end according to a third event.

Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention, an Alert Controller coupled to an Internal Digital Communication System (“IDCS”) of a vehicle monitors vehicle states based on messages received over the IDCS and generates audio alerts projected external to the vehicle based on the vehicle states. Multiple vehicle states may be defined, with each vehicle state associated with receipt of one or more types of messages in a particular sequence and/or within a particular timeframe. Different audio alerts may be assigned to different vehicle states. The audio alerts may be customizable such as by the vehicle manufacturer and/or vehicle owner/operator. An alert selection interface may be provided in the vehicle for user-selection of audio alerts.

Abstract: A vision system for a vehicle includes a rear backup camera that is operable to capture image data. The rear backup camera is configured to be disposed at the vehicle so as to have a rearward field of view. The rear backup camera has an imager and a wide angle lens, which is disposed at the imager with its center axis offset from a center region of the imager so as to be disposed at and to image at an upper region of the imager. A distant central horizon region is imaged at the upper region of the imager and a closer region is imaged at the center region and the lower region of the imager. Video images derived from image data captured by the rear backup camera are displayed on a video display for viewing by a driver of the vehicle during the reversing maneuver of the vehicle.

Abstract: A rear view monitoring device includes: a display unit which is provided on both sides of an instrument panel in a vehicle width direction; and a housing formed to surround a periphery of the display unit, wherein the housing includes an opening portion formed on a display surface side of the display unit, an upper surface disposed above the display unit, a side surface disposed outside the display unit in the vehicle width direction, and an overhanging portion which straddles the upper surface and the side surface and overhangs outward in the vehicle width direction from a range in which a pillar projects in a vertical direction, and at least the overhanging portion is formed to have a downward gradient toward an outside in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a video display screen and a video processor operable to process captured video image data captured by a rearward-viewing camera at the vehicle. The video display screen includes a left display region at a left portion, a right display region at a right portion, and a middle display region that spans between the left and right display regions. The video display screen is operable to use the left and right display regions to display video images derived from a respective portion of captured image data. When the video display screen is displaying video images at the right or left display region that are derived from the respective portion of captured image data, the video display screen does not display video images representative of the other portion of captured image data at the other display regions.

Abstract: An audio-visual system may include a housing comprising an open upper end and a storage space, an audio-visual device installed inside the housing and exposable through the open upper end, and a lifting device configured to expose or store the audio-visual device inside the housing through the open upper end. The audio-visual device may include a display, a speaker, and a processor configured to control the audio-visual system to operate in a first mode for outputting media art content while the display is stored in the housing according to a first event, operate in a second mode for outputting audio content through the speaker while part of the display is exposed through the open upper end according to a second event, and operate in a third mode for outputting a visual content while the entire display is exposed through the open upper end according to a third event.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an LED lamp mirror, which comprises a mirror, a diffuser and a mounting frame, and the mirror has a frosted belt proximal its edge; the diffuser and the mounting frame are assembled on the back of the mirror respectively; the mounting frame and the diffuser are separately arranged at the interior and the exterior of the frosted belt; the diffuser and the mounting frame are clamped; the inner side wall of each mounting frame is provided with an LED component; and at least one of the inner top wall and the back of the mirror between the mounting frame and the frosted belt is provided with a reflective component. With a concise structure and less parts involved, the light emitted is high in light intensity, and also uniform and soft.

Abstract: An infotainment computer device for use in controlling an infotainment system in a vehicle is provided. The infotainment computer device includes at least one processor communicatively coupled to at least one memory device and a display device communicatively coupled to the at least one processor. The infotainment computer device is programmed to display an active page and a toolbar. The active page includes a plurality of buttons and the toolbar includes a shortcut area including at least one shortcut button. The infotainment computer device is also programmed to receive a first input requesting access to a customization mode, retrieve a current speed of the vehicle, activate the customization mode if the current speed of the vehicle is zero, receive a second input indicating a desired change to at least one of the active page and the toolbar, and change the display based on the desired change.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for presenting an Augmented Reality (AR) visualization of an Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS). A viewing device integrated into a vehicle gathers sensor data from one or more sensors. The sensor data describes a speed and trajectory of the vehicle and a geographic location of a physical object in relation to the vehicle. The viewing device determines, based on the sensor data, that a threat level of the vehicle colliding with the physical object meets or exceeds a threshold threat level. In response to determining that the threat level of the vehicle colliding with the physical object meets or exceeds the threshold threat level, the viewing device determines an automated movement of the vehicle to avoid colliding with the physical object. The viewing device then presents, on a heads up display of the vehicle, virtual content depicting the automated movement, and executes the automated movement.

Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a plurality of diffractive optical elements each configured to emit light guided in a light guide plate to a user. Virtual images by the light are observed by the user at two or more different depths according to the plurality diffractive elements.

Abstract: A location of a first wearable device is determined based on a first biometric signature. Operation of a touchscreen display is restricted if the location of the first wearable device is in an operator's side of a vehicle cabin and the first wearable device is within a first distance from the display.

Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for providing graph compression structures for graph information are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include at least one memory, at least one processing circuitry, and logic, coupled to the at least one processing circuitry, to access graph information comprising a plurality of nodes, define a unique index for each of the plurality of nodes, determine whether each of the plurality of nodes has at least one neighbor node, and generate a graph compression structure comprising an entry for each of the plurality of nodes having at least one neighbor node and an adjacency list comprising an array of neighbor nodes of each entry.

Abstract: A driver assistance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first camera configured to capture a first video of the vicinity of a vehicle; a second camera configured to capture a second video of the vicinity of the vehicle; a processor configured to extract a first edge of an object included in a first stitching region in which the first video and the second video of the vicinity of the vehicle are connected; and a display unit configured to overlap and display the first edge and a synthetic video of the first and second videos of the vicinity of the vehicle except for the first stitching region, wherein the first stitching region is a fixed region included in the first video and the second video of the vicinity of the vehicle.

Abstract: An audio-visual system may include a housing comprising an open upper end and a storage space, an audio-visual device installed inside the housing and exposable through the open upper end, and a lifting device configured to expose or store the audio-visual device inside the housing through the open upper end. The audio-visual device may include a display, a speaker, and a processor configured to control the audio-visual system to operate in a first mode for outputting media art content while the display is stored in the housing according to a first event, operate in a second mode for outputting audio content through the speaker while part of the display is exposed through the open upper end according to a second event, and operate in a third mode for outputting a visual content while the entire display is exposed through the open upper end according to a third event.