Provided herein is a vehicle instrument cluster consolidation system. The consolidated instrument cluster includes a vehicle based data processing system communicatively coupled with a display module. The display module can include multiple windows to display a plurality of menu items. The vehicle based data processing system communicatively can couple with the display module, input devices, and sliders to interact with the menu items provided within the multiple windows. The vehicle based data processing system can receive a motion input indicating a direction to relocate the plurality of menu items within the multiple windows. The vehicle based data processing system to, responsive to the motion input, relocate a first menu item from the center window to a second offset window and relocate a second menu item from a first offset window to the center window.

Systems and methods for selecting a control mode to launch an application in a vehicle are described. For one embodiment, a system for selecting control modes for launching applications in a vehicle with a dashboard screen can include a computing device embedded in the vehicle, the computing device connected to the dashboard screen and a control display; and an operating system installed on the computing device, the operating system running a multi-display controller and one or more applications. The multi-display controller is to receive a request from the control display for launching an application, determine a control mode used to launch the application based on an integration level indicator of the application, and launch the application in the determined control mode. A metabar and a global widget can be created on top of the dashboard screen. The metabar is permanently displayed across the dashboard screen, and can contain environmental and driving-related information. The global widget appears contextually in response to a state change of a system component in the vehicle.

A user interface system for a vehicle interior includes a contact surface, a sensor grid and a controller. The sensor grid is configured for variable electrical resistance in response to applied pressure and the controller is configured to detect the electrical resistance of the sensor grid by monitoring a voltage. The controller detects the location of an input from a vehicle occupant, the intensity of the input, and the duration of the input.

Methods and devices assist in a parking maneuver of a vehicle. The vehicle includes a parking aid that produces a first signal. The first signal is perceptible in an interior of the vehicle during a parking maneuver. A signal property of the first signal is adapted to a currently prevailing distance of the vehicle from a parking obstruction. The first signal is converted into a second signal that is perceptible by an operator located outside the vehicle. The second signal is transmitted to the operator disposed outside the vehicle during a remotely-controlled performance of the parking maneuver.

The disclosure relates to an apparatus for a shift by wire assembly in an automobile comprising a touch sensitive display for selecting an operation mode of an automatic and/or automatized transmission of the automobile, wherein the touch sensitive display is configured to detect a touch gesture of an operator corresponding to the selection of the operation mode, wherein the apparatus further comprises an actuator that serves to control the touch sensitive display such that when the actuator is actuated, the touch sensitive display is configured to display a graphical, interactive user-interface selection menu on which the operator can perform the touch gesture.

An operating apparatus includes: a first display; a second display; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to output a second image onto the second display. The electronic control unit is configured to output a first image onto the first display. The electronic control unit is configured to switch between the first mode and the second mode. In a first mode, a first mode image independent of the second image is output as the first image. In the second mode, a second mode image having the same appearance as the second image is output as the first image. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a first predetermined function in the first mode and a second predetermined function in the second mode.

The invention relates to the transmission of multimedia data, which is to be output, from a computer device to a vehicle multimedia device. The vehicle multimedia device has a control device which is designed to determine a piece of vehicle status information in order to transmit said information to the computer device. On the basis of the vehicle status information, the computer device generates release data which determines to what extent the multimedia data is to be output. The computer device transmits the multimedia data and the release data to the vehicle multimedia device, which multimedia device outputs, by means of an output device, the maximum multimedia data to the extent defined by the release data.

A method for controlling a display of a vehicle infotainment system may include: establishing, by a controller of the vehicle infotainment system, a wireless communication session with a first user device; receiving, by the controller, an indication of a representative color from the first user device via the established wireless communication session; and controlling, by the controller, the vehicle infotainment system such that a display screen of a display device of the vehicle infotainment system displays the representative color.

A head mounted system can include a video camera that is configured to provide image data. A wireless interface circuit can be configured to receive augmentation data from a remote server. A processor circuit can be coupled to the video camera, where the processor circuit can be configured to register the image data with the augmentation data and combine the image data with the augmentation data to provide augmented image data. A projector circuit, coupled to the processor circuit, the projector circuit can be configured to project the augmented image data from the head mounted system onto a surface.

A work vehicle includes a work implement, a main body, a display device, and a display controller. To the main body, the work implement is attached, and the main body has a cab. The display device is provided in the cab and configured to overlay and thus display work assistance information on an actual view of a work site. The display controller causes the display device to display target design topography as work assistance information. When a work starts, the display controller causes the display device to display final target design topography that is achieved after the work is completed, and subsequently, switches to displaying target design topography to be achieved depending on a working step performed.