A system for detecting command gestures made by a finger of a driver of a motor vehicle, the system including an interface pad, a light source that emits in the infrared toward the pad, an imaging sensor, for capturing images steered by the pad away from the driver, with a base frame and a movable plate, an optical zone of interest seen by the imaging sensor being defined at the interface between the base frame and the plate, the pad including an elastic deformable seal interposed between the base frame and the movable plate, the seal being absorbent at the optical wavelengths of interest, the pad including a reflective strip behind the seal from the point of view of the camera, so that the seal forms a zone that appears dim to the camera, the size of the dim zone depending on the pressure exerted on the plate.

The invention relates to a method for detecting a user input for an input device having a plurality of switch elements, wherein a control action with a marking gesture and a selection gesture is detected. In doing so, at least one first and one additional switch element are marked sequentially in a specific sequence using the marking gesture, wherein initially the first switch element and then the at least one additional switch element is marked. Using the selection gesture, the marked switch elements are selected sequentially in reverse sequence. Depending on the selected switch elements, control signals are generated and output. The invention furthermore relates to an input device having a plurality of switch elements, a control unit and a detection unit by means of which a control action with a marking gesture and a selection gesture is detectable. In doing so, at least one first and one additional switch element are markable sequentially in a specific sequence using the marking gesture, wherein initially the first switch element and then the at least one additional switch element is markable. Depending on the selection gesture, the marked switch elements are sequentially selectable in the reverse sequence, and control signals can be generated and output depending on the selected switch elements.

A vehicle includes a display for displaying a keypad to receive a command through a touch gesture of a user, and a controller for determining an operable area for the user on the display based on a user's shoulder height and arm length, and for controlling the display to display the keypad in the operable area.

A display system in a vehicle, including: one or more displays; at least one sensor determining a user's line of sight; a controller determining an active zone and a non-active zone of the one or more displays based on the user's line of sight. The one or more displays are configured to operate the active zone at an enhanced level as compared to the non-active zone. There is further provided a controller configured to rank content displayed on one or more displays in a vehicle according to an attention score determined by at least one sensor configured to measure gaze of a user based on the user's line of sight; and a display system including the controller. One of the displays is selected to display the highest ranked content. There is also provided a method of operating one or more displays in a vehicle using the disclosed display systems.

A touch input device includes a touch unit to which a user can input a touch gesture, wherein the touch unit includes a gesture input unit positioned at a center of the touch unit and a swiping input unit inclined downward along an edge of the gesture input unit, and the gesture input unit and the swiping input unit receive separate touch signals.

A vehicular infotainment apparatus may include: a display unit configured to display information on a screen; a projection unit disposed proximate to the screen of the display unit, the projection unit being rotatable, movable, and configured to project the information displayed on the screen of the display unit; a driver configured to rotate and move the projection unit; and a controller configured to control operation of the display unit and the driver and to receive a request for rotation of the projection unit. The controller may be further configured to control the driver such that the driver causes the projection unit to rotate or move at a rotation angle corresponding to the request for rotation of the projection unit and to control the display unit such that the display unit modifies the information displayed on the screen of the display unit according to the rotation angle.

A display device for a vehicle may include a display panel configured to display an image and a touch sensor configured to sense a touch of a user and generate touch information about the touch. The touch sensor may be operated in a first mode or a second mode. The touch information may include first information about a fingerprint of the user, second information about a position of the touch, and third information about movement of the touch. When the touch of the user is sensed, the touch sensor may operate in the first mode and generate the first information. When the generation of the first information is completed, the touch sensor may operate in the second mode and generate the second information and the third information. The power and the ignition of the vehicle may be controlled using the touch information.

There is provided a vehicle control device including an imager that images a driver, and circuitry configured to detect a gesture action indicating that the driver is awake based on an image captured by the imager, and switch a driving mode in response to the detected gesture action.

A system, consisting of a vehicle having an infotainment system, a mobile data processing device and a motion sensing device, wherein a first communication interface is set up to transmit control commands I.sub.S from the motion sensing device to the mobile data processing device, the mobile data processing device is set up to translate the control commands I.sub.S into instructions I.sub.A to the infotainment system, and a second communication interface is set up to transmit the instructions I.sub.A from the mobile data processing device to the infotainment system.

The invention relates to a control system (2) for controlling a main monitor (10) of a motor vehicle, said control system (2), configured so as to be installed on a central console (12), comprising a display screen and a touchscreen. Said control system (2) has a first mode of operation in which said display screen is in an inactive state and the touchscreen is in a basic configuration, and a second mode of operation in which said display screen is in an active state and the touchscreen is in an advanced configuration; the control system furthermore comprises a control module configured so as to put the control system into said first mode of operation when the vehicle is in a driven driving mode or into said second mode of operation when the vehicle is in an autonomous driving mode.