There is provided a vehicle comprising a body having an exterior, an external display screen visible on the exterior of the body, a proximity sensor, a non-transitory memory storing an executable code and a vehicle information database including vehicle information, and a hardware processor executing the executable code to detect, using the proximity sensor, an individual within a proximity of the vehicle, activate the external display screen in response to detecting the individual within the proximity of the vehicle, display, on the external display screen, the vehicle information from the vehicle information database stored in the memory, in response to detecting the individual within the proximity of the vehicle.

A system and method for installing a tag is provided. The system and method of the present disclosure are generally designed to allow a user to internally install a tag within their vehicle in a way that prevents theft. The system generally comprises a safety window, sleeve, and holder. A tag may be attached to a holder and inserted into the sleeve in a way that allows the tag to be viewed on the exterior of the vehicle through the safety window. The system may also comprise a mechanical fastener that secures the holder within the sleeve.

A sign-monitoring system includes at least one electronic sign and a controller comprising a processor and memory. The electronic sign includes a pixel array, the pixel array including a plurality of pixels. The electronic sign further includes an embedded controller coupled to the at least one electronic sign. The embedded controller develops diagnostic information for the at least one electronic sign, the diagnostic information including information related to a number of malfunctioning pixels in the plurality of pixels. The controller is communicably coupled to the embedded controller and receives at least a portion of the diagnostic information from the embedded controller. In addition, the controller assesses the at least a portion of the diagnostic information to develop health information. The assessment involves evaluating the information related to the number of malfunctioning pixels.

A vanity plate assembly includes a plate that has indicia printed thereon. A strip is positionable against the plate. A pair of brackets is provided and each of the brackets releasably engages the strip. A pair of fasteners is each extendable through the plate, the strip and the brackets for coupling the plate, the strip and the brackets together. A pair of couplers is provided and each of the couplers releasably engages a respective one of the brackets. Each of the couplers releasably engages a respective one of a pair of chain supports on a hitch receiver of a vehicle. In this way the plate is suspended beneath the hitch receiver without interfering with using the hitch receiver.

A vehicular display that ensures no cooped-up feeling is felt by an occupant providing limited visibility arranged on a transparent outer panel of a vehicle is an electronic paper that displays a video on a vehicle exterior. The electronic paper is provided with a plurality of hole portions to have a light transmission region through which a light is transmitted in the electronic paper. In a state where the electronic paper is viewed in a thickness direction, a hole occupancy as a ratio of an area of the plurality of hole portions to a whole area of the light transmission region falls within a range of 40% or more and 80% or less, and a maximum length that connects two points on a peripheral edge of each of the hole portions falls within a range of 0.5 mm or more and 8.0 mm or less.

A vehicle includes a body panel coupled to a vehicle frame and having an outer surface and an inner surface, a thermal structure disposed proximate the inner surface of the body panel, wherein the thermal structure includes at least one of a heat-emitting portion and a heat-absorbing portion, wherein the thermal structure is in communication with the outer surface of the body panel to define an ambient temperature portion and a differential temperature portion, and wherein the differential portion is in communication with the thermal structure and cooperates with the thermal structure to generate a predetermined pattern. A controller having at least one of a humidity sensor and a temperature sensor is in communication with the outer surface of the body panel, wherein the controller operates the thermal structure according to data delivered to the controller from at least one of the humidity and temperature sensors.

A display device includes a light source irradiating excitation light and a window glass for a vehicle, such as a windshield, capable of emitting visible light through incident radiation of the excitation light, and allows the window glass for a vehicle to emit the light so as to display a message toward an outside of the vehicle by irradiation with the excitation light.

A control device as an advertisement display device that is mountable on a vehicle includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a time for which an occupant of another vehicle is able to visually recognize a video displayed on a display attached to a host vehicle based on a driving state of the host vehicle, and a display controller configured to display an advertisement edited such that a video time corresponds to the visually recognizable time calculated by the calculation unit on the display.

A vehicle is a movable body capable of traveling in a driver-operated mode and traveling in a driverless mode, and includes an advertisement display device and a controller. The advertisement display device is configured to switch between a first state to provide an advertisement outside of the vehicle and a second state to provide no advertisement outside of the vehicle. The controller is configured to control the advertisement display device to enter the first state during traveling in the driverless mode.

A vehicle display system is able to integrate with a license plate holder and replace a license plate to digitally display a name, phrase, logo, or other image. A series of light-emitting diodes may be arrayed across a plate and may be in communication with a digital controller. The controller and the diodes may be powered by the vehicle's electrical systems and may communicate wireless with an external device. In this way, the controller may cause the diodes to display an image which may be energized, deenergized, and customized by the user utilizing the external device. The diodes are encased by a thick lens which draws out the image of the lighted diodes into a three-dimensional hologram, providing depth and visibility to the image.