A content output device includes a display controller for controlling output of a content to a display device provided for each of seats of a moving object, and an identification unit for identifying each of occupants seated in the seats of the moving object, and the display controller is adapted to: in accordance with a content output instruction from one occupant seated in one seat, connect to an account of the one occupant, the account being related to content viewing, and output a content to be provided to the account to one display device that is the display device for the one seat; and stop the output of the content to the display device for the one seat while maintaining the connection to the account when the one occupant leaves the one seat.

A system for changing an appearance of a vehicle includes a vehicle and a vehicle-external server. The vehicle has a plurality of components and/or functions with changeable properties. The vehicle-external server has a user platform accessible from the vehicle and/or by a user terminal and on which an appearance can be selected from a plurality of appearances available to the vehicle. The vehicle-external server has a computing unit generating a data packet based on the selected appearance. The data packet is suitable for processing in the control unit in the vehicle to change the properties of the plurality of components and/or functions in a coordinated manner. The data packet is transmitted from the vehicle-external server to the control unit by the communication units and the control unit processes the data packet and adjusts the properties of the plurality of components and/or functions.

An information processing device includes: an information obtaining section configured to obtain attribute information of first and second passengers; a determining section configured to determine, on the basis of the attribute information, first and second content which are to be provided to the first and second passengers; and an output control section configured to cause the first and second content to be provided to the first and second passengers.

In certain embodiments, a method of dynamically integrating vehicle-generated video and metadata. The method includes initiating playback of a video file in a display area. The video file includes recorded video in association with vehicle metadata of a plurality of vehicle metadata types. The method also includes determining priorities of a plurality of visual gadgets responsive to the initiated playback, where the plurality of visual gadgets are each associated with at least one vehicle metadata type of the plurality of vehicle metadata types. The method also includes selecting a subset of the plurality of visual gadgets based on the determined priorities. The method also includes causing the selected subset of the plurality of visual gadgets to be placed in the display area, each placed visual gadget of the subset graphically presenting at least a portion of the vehicle metadata of the associated at least one vehicle metadata type.

Different information communication variants (e.g., icon size or arrangement) are selected for use in the in-cabin displays and other user interaction mechanisms. As users adjust and interact with the in-cabin interaction mechanisms, those adjustments and interactions are collected. These user interface data, charging behaviors, etc. are then analyzed and used to determine preferred information communication variants. The vehicle cockpit becomes a personal testing laboratory on wheels that aims to understand the driver and produce the best-in-class cockpit experience for drivers/users.

A method for managing content displayed in a vehicle is provided. At least one occupant in a vehicle consuming content is determined. Identification information identifying the at least one occupant is acquired. The at least one occupant exiting the vehicle is detected. Identification information identifying the at least one occupant, a content identifier (ID) of the content consumed by the at least one occupant, and a last position of the content at a time the at least one occupant exits the vehicle are saved. The at least one occupant re-entering the vehicle is detected. The identification information identifying the at least one occupant, the content ID for the content, and the last position of the content associated with the identification information identifying the at least one occupant are retrieved. The content identified by the content ID is resumed at the last position of the content for the at least one occupant associated with the identification identifier.

Systems and methods for implementing an emotional human-machine interface (HMI). A vehicle may comprise a display for presenting an emotional HMI. The emotional HMI may be determined by determining a first occupant of the vehicle, collecting first biometric data for the first occupant using at least the one or more sensors, determining, using an emotion engine of the vehicle, a first emotional state of the first occupant, determining a second occupant of the vehicle, determining, using the emotion engine of the vehicle, a second emotional state of the second occupant, and determining a graphical interface comprising at least a first color scheme based at least in part on the first emotional state and a second color scheme based at least in part on the second emotional state.

Technologies and techniques for controlling a lighting device of a motor vehicle, which includes at least one display surface and/or at least one lighting unit. At least one image capable of being provided by a mobile terminal and/or by an external computing device automatically selected; image data describing the at least one selected image is received; and image content information, which describes a color gradient of the at least one selected image, is determined by applying an image content determination criterion to the provided image data. The lighting device is controlled considering the determined image content information, wherein an appearance generated by means of the lighting device is adapted to the color gradient of the at least one selected image.

A cloud server that provides in-vehicle infotainment can include a virtual instance generated using a user account received from an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system installed in a vehicle, and when an on operation for starting the vehicle is detected by the IVI system, a cloud manager of the cloud server can be configured to receive information on the user account from the IVI system, search for the virtual instance including the user information matching user information included in the user account, transmit an application list included in the searched virtual instance to the IVI system, receive application selection information specifying at least one application among a plurality of applications included in the application list from the IVI system, execute an application corresponding to the application selection information using the searched virtual instance, and transmit an execution screen of the application to the IVI system.

A device, system, and method for controlling a vehicle display and a mobile display into a threat mode is provided. A system comprises a vehicle display of a vehicle; and a mobile device communicatively coupled to the vehicle, the mobile device comprising: a mobile display. The system further comprises a controller that determines a threat associated with the vehicle; and a threat type; and in response to determining the threat, controls the vehicle display and the mobile display to switch to a threat mode by: controlling the vehicle display to: provide one or more graphical threat indications indicating one or more of: the threat; and the threat type; and controls the mobile display to: provide one or more threat-related applications associated with the threat, that may be for one or more of interacting with, and modifying, one or more graphical threat indications at the vehicle display.