An input display device includes an image display device having a function of displaying an image in the air, and a capacitive touch panel disposed on the image display device. A knob is provided as at least one transparent three-dimensional operation unit on a surface of the touch panel, and an aerial image is displayed at a position not beyond a top surface that is a touch surface of the knob.

A vehicle display device includes one or more processors, the one or more processors configured to acquire a state of driver assistance provided by pulse and glide that repeats acceleration and coasting, and cause a display to display a state image based on the acquired state of the driver assistance, the state image representing an accelerating state or a coasting state of the driver assistance and a rough indication of when each state is going to end.

A method for wireless communication between a vehicle and a traffic infrastructure, including optically outputting information via a digital optical data transmission path in a visible range of light. A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes a control unit for setting an assistance function control signal for a functional unit of the vehicle. The control unit is connected to a receiver module which is configured such that it receives an optical modulated signal which is output from a traffic infrastructure component in a visible range of light over a digital optical data transmission path and converts the received optical modulated signal into a digital code word for further evaluation.

A method for wireless communication between a vehicle and a traffic infrastructure, including optically outputting information via a digital optical data transmission path in a visible range of light. A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes a control unit for setting an assistance function control signal for a functional unit of the vehicle. The control unit is connected to a receiver module which is configured such that it receives an optical modulated signal which is output from a traffic infrastructure component in a visible range of light over a digital optical data transmission path and converts the received optical modulated signal into a digital code word for further evaluation.

A risk of at least one vehicle blocking an intersection is determined. One or more ameliorative actions are determined based on the risk. At least one of the one or more ameliorative actions are performed.

A control apparatus for a vehicle includes a determination unit that determines whether or not a start condition is established, the start condition including a torque converter is in a non-lock-up state and the vehicle is starting; and a display control unit that causes a virtual number of rotations to be displayed on a tachometer instead of an actual number of rotations when it is determined by the determination unit that the start condition is established. The display control unit calculates an acting number of rotations by referring to the actual number of rotations and a number of rotations on a driving wheel side relative to the torque converter in an automatic transmission, and causes the acting number of rotations to be displayed on the tachometer as the virtual number of rotations.

System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to inducing awareness in a driver about a surrounding environment of a vehicle using an augmented reality (AR) system within the vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying one or more potential hazards to the vehicle in the surrounding environment from sensor data collected from at least one sensor of the vehicle. The method includes rendering, within the AR system, a display scenario about the one or more potential hazards by displaying one or more graphical elements that correlate with locations of the one or more potential hazards in the surrounding environment.

System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to engaging a driver of a vehicle about driving behaviors. In one embodiment, a method includes computing predicted controls according to at least a defined skill level of the driver. The predicted controls indicate how to control the vehicle to maintain the vehicle along a driving path on a roadway. The method includes, in response to receiving manual control inputs from the driver, generating control feedback to the driver about the manual control inputs based, at least in part, on a difference between the manual control inputs and the predicted controls.

System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to inducing awareness in a driver about a surrounding environment of a vehicle using an augmented reality (AR) system within the vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying one or more potential hazards to the vehicle in the surrounding environment from sensor data collected from at least one sensor of the vehicle. The method includes rendering, within the AR system, a display scenario about the one or more potential hazards by displaying one or more graphical elements that correlate with locations of the one or more potential hazards in the surrounding environment.

A light control apparatus for controlling brightness of a lighting unit indicating a charging state of a battery of a vehicle includes: an interface configured to communicate with an external illuminance detector; a memory configured to store illuminance information corresponding to a first reference illuminance and a second reference illuminance lower than the first reference illuminance and to store brightness information set based on the first reference illuminance and the second reference illuminance; a controller configured to receive the illuminance information via the interface, to set the brightness information based on the first reference illuminance and the second reference illuminance, and to control the brightness of the lighting unit based on the set brightness information; and a driver configured to regulate power of the lighting unit in response to a command of the controller.