A method for operating a display arrangement of a motor vehicle, which includes at least two display devices each with a display surface. A visible display content can be shifted here three-dimensionally between two display planes. A detection and evaluation device of an operator control device carries out: acquisition of an operator control action by a touch-sensitive operator control surface, preferably a pulling and/or shifting gesture, and of its extension direction, and, on the basis of the determined extension direction, determination of a data set which describes the display content, as well as determination of a predetermined shift of a virtual image of the display content from one of the display planes to the other of the display planes.

The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a vehicle system (400) for handling a user's (105) experience of using a vehicle (100). The vehicle system obtains a request for recording information associated with the user's (105) experience when using the vehicle (100), and records the information by means of at least one of an audio recorder, an image recorder and a data recorder, as requested. The vehicle system determines from which at least one of the audio recorder, image recorder and the data recorder the recorded information should be provided to at least one other system, and provides the information from the determined recorder to the at least one other system.

A method for determining a coordinate of a feature point of an object in a 3D space comprises: arranging at least one dedicated pointer in the 3D space in a pre-determined relation to the feature point of the object in the 3D space, wherein each dedicated pointer has at least one visible feature in line of sight of the camera; capturing at least one image by using the camera; performing image feature detection on the at least one captured image to determining a coordinate of the respective at least one visible feature of each dedicated pointer; and determining the coordinate of the feature point of the object in the 3D space based on the determined coordinate of the respective at least one visible feature of each dedicated pointer.

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for modifying an audio parameter based on a gesture. The technique includes acquiring sensor data associated with a hand of a user and analyzing the sensor data to determine at least one hand position. The technique further includes detecting a hand gesture based on the at least one hand position and, in response to the hand gesture, modifying a spatial audio parameter associated with an audio stream to generate a modified audio stream. The technique further includes causing the modified audio stream to be reproduced for output to the user.

A control system is provided for moving and/or magnifying display content, wherein the control system includes: a display unit having display content; at least one camera, which is designed to record a sensing region in front of the display unit; a gesture-recognition unit, which is coupled to the at least one camera and is designed to recognize a predetermined gesture performed with a hand and a current position of the gesture in the sensing region; and a display-content adapting unit, which is designed to adapt the display content in accordance with a change of the current position of the gesture, in particular to move the display content accordingly in the event of a change of the position in a plane parallel to the display unit and/or to enlarge or reduce the size of the display content in the event of a change of the position toward or away from the display unit.

A vehicle, and a control method thereof, prevents and/or suppresses a user's negative emotions by providing necessary feedback based on the user's emotional state. The vehicle includes a sensing unit configured to acquire user emotion information indicating a user's emotional state using at least one sensor, a storage configured to store situation information representing the numbers of expressions of respective emotional states in each unit situation and user long-term information representing the numbers of expressions of the respective emotional states for a unit period based on the acquired user emotion information, and a controller configured to control feedback devices provided in the vehicle to control the user's emotional state based on at least one of the situation information, the user long-term information, and the user emotion information.

A system or method for reconfiguring (dynamically) a vehicle display may comprise: a Graphical User Interface (GUI) including a first display area; an input gesture area of the first display area; a HUD unit; a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, configure the system to: (1) display, at a first time, a configuration area to a portion of the GUI, wherein the configuration area includes at least one of a vehicle dash information, readouts, instruments, indicators, or controls arranged as a visual representation of a virtual dash display for the HUD unit; (2) receive a gesture input at the GUI, wherein the gesture input corresponds to an instruction to reconfigure at least one of a layout, size, position, features, instruments, indicators, color schemes, or controls for display on at least one of an above a vehicle dash by the HUD unit, a reconfigurable dash display, a reconfigurable console display, or a reconfigurable user device display; and wherein the gesture input is at least one of hand gesture or touch gesture received through at least one of a gesture capture region or image capture disposed on at least one of a dash, console, dash display, or console display.

A vehicle control device including a communication unit configured to obtain a current position of a vehicle; a sensing unit configured to sense another vehicle subject to a driving regulation and obtain current position of the other vehicle; a processor; and a computer-readable medium coupled to the processor having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations including autonomously driving the vehicle based on the respective current positions of the vehicle and the other vehicle in compliance with the driving regulation.

A user interface and a method for the inputting and outputting of information in the vehicle includes an image generation unit which generates a projected image. A means for gesture recognition is arranged as a means for detecting an input, and that a means for view detection and following is arranged such that the recognition of the viewing direction and an association of the viewing direction of the driver with an area in the vehicle is carried out. Information about this area is generated in the viewing direction in the form of a projected image and is displayed floating over the area. Recognition of gestures of the driver is carried out. Upon a coincidence of a position of a hand of the driver, detected by the gesture recognition, with the projected image or a component of the projected image, a signal is generated by the central control unit and outputted.

A method and system of providing zone-specific control of one or more of features of at least one communication device by a vehicle, the system comprising: a microprocessor executable feature control module connected with at least communication device (connected device), wherein the feature control module is configured to receive input from at least one of a sensor of the communication device or specific zone/s to locate the at least one communication device with respect to the zone/s; at least one of the feature control module or device location module determining for the at least one connected device, the specific zone associated with the at least one connected device, wherein the specific zone is labeled with a rule or condition for degree of restriction of one or more features of the at least one connected device; and the feature control module limiting access or control of one or more features of the at least one connected device based on the rules or conditions assigned to the determined zone, wherein the rules or condition are defined by at least one of a group, entity, individual, manufacture, in response to a vehicle or communication device detected input or condition, or any combination thereof.