A vehicle trim includes a support, a display screen fixed on the support, and a covering that covers the screen, the covering having a visible front face and a back face turned toward the screen. An image generated by the screen is visible on the front face of the covering. The covering has an optical layer applied on the screen with no empty space between the optical layer and the screen.

An HUD unit is equipped with a first display and a second display. The light irradiating directions of the first display and the second display are adjusted so that the first image irradiated from the first display, reflected by the front window of a vehicle and visually recognized by the driver of the vehicle and the second image irradiated from the second display to the eye point of the driver and visually recognized by the driver are visually recognized in a state of being arranged side by side.

The present disclosure relates to touch control devices and surface wrapped control interfaces for vehicles. In one embodiment, a touch control device includes a housing assembly including an outer surface, and a touch sensor mounted to an inner surface of the housing assembly. The touch sensor includes at least one touch zone and is configured to detect contact to the outer surface of the housing assembly associated with the at least one touch zone. The touch control device may also include at least one illumination element to illuminate a portion of the outer surface of the housing assembly associated the at least one touch zone and a controller configured to illuminate at least one illumination element in response to contact with the a touch zone. The touch control device can output a control signal in response to contact with the at least one touch zone.

The present invention relates to a transparent member for an automotive interior part. In one embodiment, the transparent member for the automotive interior part includes: a light source; an optical pattern layer formed over the light source; and a first light-transmitting skin layer formed on the optical pattern layer and including about 1 part by weight to about 25 parts of a first inorganic filler dispersed in 100 parts by weight of a first transparent resin matrix, wherein the first inorganic filler includes spherical calcium carbonate (CaCO.sub.3).

An operation device according to the present invention includes a touch-sensitive operation surface installed in a vehicle and an operation guide formed corresponding to equipment mounted in the vehicle on the touch-sensitive operation surface. The operation device is configured to, when accepting a two-point touch operation for the touch-sensitive operation surface, accept only a touch operation for manual operation entered subsequently as a manual operation command for the equipment set in advance.

A component for a vehicle interior is disclosed; a method for producing the component is also disclosed. The component comprises a base and a cover comprising an exterior surface providing the visible surface and an interior surface; the visible surface at the cover may comprise a display operated by light source/panel configured to present an image at an image presentation area. The image presentation area may comprise a formed image presentation area; the formed image presentation area may comprise at least one formed hole formation segment comprising at least one formed hole formation based on a hole pattern segment for a pattern image area. The image presentation area of the cover may comprise each formed hole formation comprising formed hole formation segments; each formed hole formation may comprise an opening through the cover generally corresponding to a hole of the hole pattern segment. A composite visual effect may be presented at the cover of the component; the external surface of the cover may comprise a surface effect such as by a veneer configured to provide a visual effect; the formed image presentation area is configured to provide a visual effect such as by the image illuminated at the display from the light source/panel. The formed hole formations for the image presentation area of the cover may comprise laser-formed openings formed through the internal surface and external surface of the cover.

A component for a vehicle interior configured to be illuminated by a light source may comprise a substrate; a light guide; and a cover comprising an exterior surface. The light guide may transmit light between the substrate and the cover. The cover may be at least partially light-transmissive. The cover may present an effect on the exterior surface. The effect may comprise an illumination/dynamic lighting effect when illuminated. The cover may comprise a profile configured to present a visual effect and/or a surface effect. The component may comprise a concealed heating element between a cover base and a cover layer of the cover. The heating element may comprise a three-dimensional form behind the cover. The cover layer may be formed into a three-dimensional form and the cover base may be formed into a three-dimensional form for the surface effect. The light guide may comprise micro-optical structures.

A decoration panel used as an operation button includes a decoration section between a front translucent member and a rear translucent member, and the decoration section includes a counter reflection layer superposed on a rear face of a light-shield layer. A rear reflection layer is provided between the rear translucent member and a translucent member for illumination. The decoration section is displayed as if floating at an intermediate position in a depth direction. In addition, a surface of the decoration section oriented to the rear side constitutes a counter reflection surface.

A vehicle trim element has a panel that includes at least one colored mask having solid areas and at least one aperture delimiting a pattern, and a colored screen transmitting light and closing each aperture of the mask. The mask and the screen are substantially of the same color so that the pattern is visible when the panel is backlit and substantially invisible in the absence of backlighting.

Provided is an electronic device whose display quality is independent of environment light. The electronic device is provided with an optical sensor, an acceleration sensor, and the like so that information including the brightness of external light, the angle of external light incident on the electronic device, and the orientation of the display portion in the electronic device is obtained, and the luminance and color tone of the display portion in the electronic device are corrected on the basis of the information. As the correcting method, calculation using a neural network is performed using the luminance and color tone meeting the preference of the user as teacher data and the obtained information as input data. The calculation result is reflected on the luminance and color tone of the display portion in the electronic device, whereby an image with display quality that suits the user's preference can be displayed.