Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle for maneuvering a passenger to a destination autonomously. The vehicle includes one or more computing devices and a set of user input buttons for communicating requests to stop the vehicle and to initiate a trip to the destination with the one or more computing devices. The set of user input buttons consisting essentially of a dual-purpose button and an emergency stopping button different from the dual-purpose button configured to stop the vehicle. The dual-purpose button has a first purpose for communicating a request to initiate the trip to the destination and a second purpose for communicating a request to pull the vehicle over and stop the vehicle. The vehicle has no steering wheel and no user inputs for the steering, acceleration, and deceleration of the vehicle other than the set of user input buttons.

A transformable knob for a vehicle comprises an axle extending along an axis and a body mounted to the axle and rotatable about the axis. The body comprises a face plate and a periphery wall defining a cavity, and with the periphery wall arranged to flex relative to the axis. The transformable knob comprises a plurality of engagement arms disposed within the cavity and movable toward and away from the axis, with the plurality of engagement arms configured to selectively engage and flex the periphery wall between first and second configurations. The transformable knob comprises an actuator in engagement with the plurality of engagement arms and arranged to move between first and second positions, with movement of the actuator facilitating corresponding movement of the plurality of engagement arms to flex the periphery wall between the first and second configurations, respectively.

A UI management server and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. The method of controlling the UI management server includes receiving registration information of an Internet of Things (IoT) device from an IoT management server for collecting information regarding the IoT device, classifying the IoT device into at least one group using the registration information, determining different button icons matching the IoT device according to property information of the group, calculating size information and arrangement information of the button icons according to the number of the button icons or frequency of use of each of the button icons, and transmitting the button icons, the size information, and the arrangement information to a designated vehicle.

There is provided a method of providing contents for a vehicle passenger, including: detecting, from a vehicle sensor, location information of the passenger, and location information and state information of a display where contents are being reproduced; acquiring, from the vehicle sensor, first data relating to contents being reproduced on the display, based on the detected location information and state information of the display; determining whether a degree of similarity between the first data and contents input into the display is equal to or more than a first threshold value; and changing an area in which the contents are reproduced based on the determined results.

A touch sensitive screen is provided as a frame element for a component of a comfort system of a motor vehicle, to wholly or partly frame the component.

Provided are systems and methods for facilitating a user to configure and retrieve personalized settings for a fully designable information panel in a driving apparatus. The information panel system may be configured to store a plurality information panel configurations. Different information panel configurations may correspond to different users of the driving apparatus. Users may be identified when inside the driving apparatus by capturing their biometric information. Following identification, an information panel configuration corresponding to the identified user may be retrieved and configured on a display device. The displayed information panel configuration may include a user customized graphic. The user customized graphic may be modified by the identified user with a color, shape, or text modification. The modification may be dependent on different metrics regarding vehicle operation or performance.

A display system suitable for a vehicle is provided. The display system suitable for the vehicle includes a center console, a processing device, and a display device. The center console is configured to generate a power sequence according to a customization setting, and the power sequence corresponds to content of a data table. The processing device is configured to receive the power sequence and decodes the power sequence through a lookup table to generate a decoding result. The lookup table includes the content of the data table. The display device is coupled to the processing device and is configured to display a display image according to the decoding result.

The invention relates to a display and operating device (10) for at least one vehicle component, in particular a radio, a CD and/or DVD player or similar audio and/or video player, a navigation device, an infotainment device, a heating, ventilating or aid condition control unit, or a human-machine interface, which is provided with a mechanical control element (18) for setting an operational parameter of at least one first vehicle component and a touch screen (12) for outputting information, and control keys (14) and/or other operational parameters for the first vehicle component and/or at least one second vehicle component. The touch screen (12) comprises a recess (16) and the mechanical operating element (18) is arranged in the recess (16) of the touch screen (12).

A method for adapting an operating device in a motor vehicle. The operating device is provided for operating at least one vehicle function of the motor vehicle. In at least one driving situation, observation data which describe the current driving situation and usage data which describe which of the vehicle functions is currently activated via the operating device are in each case detected by the operating device, and an assignment rule is generated on the basis of the observation data and the usage data by a procedure of automatic learning.

A vehicle may include a display displaying a character input user interface to select at least one character among a selected character type; a touch input sensor detecting a touch; and a controller changing the selected character type based on a distance between two touch positions detected at the same time.