A fingerprint recognition vehicle control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display unit including a hemispherical display, optical fibers provided in the display and connected to the display through one end of the optical fibers, and a light source connected to the other ends of the optical fibers; a fingerprint recognition unit including a fingerprint recognition sensor and a fingerprint pattern light source provided in the display unit; a gearshift including a physical wheel for operating gear stages and indicators indicating gear states; and a controller operating on the basis of information received from the display unit, the fingerprint recognition unit and the gearshift.

A device to provide information to a visual interface that is mountable to a vehicle dashboard includes a memory configured to store device information indicative of controllable devices of a building and occupant data indicative of one or more occupants of the building. The device includes a processor configured to receive, in real-time, status information associated with the one or more occupants of the building. The status information includes at least one of dynamic location information or dynamic activity information. The processor is configured to generate an output to provide, at the visual interface device, a visual representation of at least a portion of the building and the status information associated with the one or more occupants. The processor is also configured to generate an instruction to adjust an operation of one or more devices of the controllable devices based on user input.

A non-contact operating apparatus, for a vehicle, includes a generating unit, a projecting device, an operation detecting device, an operation determining unit, and a motion detecting device. The generating unit is configured to generate and update an image containing an image object. The image object is operable by an occupant present within a vehicle compartment. The projecting device is configured to project the image in a predetermined display region. The operation detecting device is configured to detect an operation site of the occupant. The motion detecting device is configured to detect motion of the vehicle. The operation determining unit is configured to adjust a detection result of the operation detecting device to suppress the motion of the occupant on the basis of a detection result of the motion detecting device, and determine presence or absence of the operation against the image object by the operation site.

A user interface device which receives a user instruction for controlling at least one electronic device, includes a camera configured to obtain an image of a user; and at least one processor configured to divide the obtained image into a plurality of regions, determine an area occupied by the user's hand in each of the divided regions, and recognize gesture of the user based on the area occupied by the user's hand, wherein the at least one processor may be further configured to determine a direction in which the user's wrist faces based on the obtained image, and divide the obtained image into the plurality of regions based on the direction of the user's wrist.

The present disclosure relates to a transportation vehicle, a user interface, and a method for defining a tile on a displace device of a user interface. The method may include the following steps: displaying a tile grid comprising a number of cells on the display device in an operating mode; detecting a user gesture, in particular a swiping gesture, in contact with a touch-sensitive surface in relation to at least one cell; and, in response, defining a tile on the positions of those cells that have been dialed by the user gesture in a predefined manner.

An operating system includes a display device having at least two planar display regions, which are arranged one behind the other in a viewing direction of an operator and extend transversely to the viewing direction. The operating system can be used to control a plurality of apparatuses of a vehicle.

An operating device for a motor vehicle, having a touch-sensitive operating element with a frame element and a central region. The touch-sensitive operating interface has a predetermined operating region at each of at least two predetermined touch positions for activating an operating function assigned to the respective operating region. The operating element is arranged to be displaceable at least partially along a translation axis that intersects the operating interface. The operating device has only one detection element, which is arranged facing an inner side of the touch-sensitive operating element that faces away from the touch-sensitive operating interface, and which is arranged to detect a displacement of each operating region along the translation axis.

An operating method in a vehicle having a menu of an operating structure displayed on a display surface arranged in the vehicle. The operating structure includes a main menu and additional menus. Inputs can be detected, by which a change of the displayed menu can be caused and by which switching elements of the menus can be actuated. A special switching element is displayed at the edge of the display surface which can be actuated by a swipe gesture and, if the swipe gesture associated with the special switching element has been detected, the main menu is displayed. Also disclosed is an operating device for performing the operating method.

A user interface and a method for changing from a first screen view to a second screen view of a user interface. The method includes detecting an input in an approximation region of an input unit, displaying a message at an edge of the first screen view relating to the possibility of changing over to the second screen view, recognizing a predefined gesture of a user, and changing from the first screen view to the second screen view.

Embodiments are described of an apparatus including a computer to which are coupled a user identification device to identify an authorized user, a transceiver to receive and transmit user data between the computer and one or more user data sources associated with the authorized user, a navigation system, and one or more displays coupled to the computer. The computer constructs a timeline for the authorized user based on the user data over a specified time interval, wherein the timeline displays every user event that falls within the specified time interval, and simultaneously display the timeline and a map on one of the one or more displays, wherein the user's current position and the position of at least one user event from the timeline are identified on the map. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.