An operation device in which in-vehicle devices are controlled in accordance with a rotation angle of an input unit operated by a manual operation of a driver, which includes a commander rotatable about a rotation shaft, a rotation angular speed calculation unit that detects a rotation angular speed of the commander, a motor that gives an operation reaction force for each predetermined rotation angle of the commander, and an ECU that controls the operation reaction force given by the motor, wherein the ECU changes the operation reaction force in accordance with the rotation angular speed detected by the rotation angular speed calculation unit.

An attention attracting system includes an attention attracting device that transmits, to a driver, a possibility of contact between a subject vehicle and an object and that includes a risk identification section identifying a risk position which is a position having a strong possibility of contact occurring between the subject vehicle and the object and a risk level which is a degree of the possibility of the contact occurring at the risk position, and a transmission section which transmits the risk position and the risk level to the driver, which provides a tactile stimulus or an auditory stimulus to the driver through a tactile HMI device or an auditory HMI device at a remarkableness level corresponding to height of the risk level, and which transmits, to the driver through a visual HMI device, visual information indicating a direction of the risk position viewed from the driver.

A controller includes a position detecting unit, switching unit, vibration controlling unit, and vibration detecting unit. The position detecting unit detecting a contact position with an operation surface. The switching unit switches between vibration and detection modes of at least one vibration element in accordance with temporal change in contact position detected by position detecting unit, the vibration mode being a mode wherein at least one vibration element vibrates, and detection mode being a mode wherein at least one vibration element detects vibration. The vibration controlling unit causes one or more first vibration elements to vibrate so as to vibrate the operation surface, at least one vibration element including one or more first vibration elements. The vibration detecting unit detects an operation surface's vibration based on vibration's detection results detected by one or more second vibration elements, at least one vibration element including the one or more second vibration elements.

A movably mounted actuation element and an actuator apparatus for producing a feedback movement of the actuation element depending on an excitation signal are included in an operating apparatus for a motor vehicle. The actuation element has a defined rest position in the housing. The actuation element is arranged in such a rest position in the non-actuated state in which at least one centering element blocks the feedback movement. The actuation element carries out an evasive movement in a direction aligned obliquely or perpendicular to the direction of the feedback movement in the case of an application of an operating force on part of the user, the actuation element switching from the rest position into a released position, in which it is released for the feedback movement by the at least one centering element, as a result of the evasive movement.

Technical solutions are described herein for providing driver notification in a vehicle. An example system includes one or more sensors that measure one or more attributes of a remote object in a predetermined vicinity of the vehicle. The system further includes an output device that provides a notification to a driver. The system further includes a remote object monitoring system that generates a driver notification to be provided via the output device based on the attributes of the remote object. Generating the driver notification includes determining a recklessness score for the remote object based on the attributes of the remote object. Generating the driver notification further includes, in response to the recklessness score exceeding a predetermined threshold, generating the driver notification that comprises a directional information that provides a spatial awareness of a location of the remote object in relation to the vehicle.

The invention relates to an input assembly, comprising a carrier, an input part, which is mounted on the carrier in a manner capable of vibrating along at least one direction of movement) by means of mounting means, with an input surface intended to be touched by an operator and with a touch-detection device for detecting a touch upon the input surface by the operator, an electromagnetic actuator for exciting a movement of the input part along the direction of movement by means of an electric control signal in order to generate a haptic feedback for the operator in the case of a touch by the operator, wherein the actuator has a resiliently mounted additional mass and the actuator is attached to the input part via a vibration isolator.

The invention relates to a system for interacting with an occupant of a motor vehicle comprising: a. a measuring device comprising at least one sensor arranged to acquire at least one parameter associated with the occupant of said vehicle; b. an on-board processing unit arranged to receive said parameter and to define a data item representing the emotional state of said occupant by means of said model, said representative data item being a comfort index score (CISn) of said occupant; c. the representative data item corresponding to a point in a two-dimensional space (anvn) for characterising the emotional state of the occupant; d. characterised in that an emotional comfort index is computed on the basis of the representative data item; e. and in that at least one actuator is configured to activate at least one multi-sensory stimulus for interacting with the occupant, said stimulus allowing the emotional state of said occupant to be changed.

An operating input device for a vehicle and to a steering input device is disclosed. The operating input device has an upper part having an operating input surface with an input area associated with an operating function, and a lower part serving as a support structure for the upper part. The upper part is relatively movable to the lower part by an operating input force applied on the operating input surface in an operating input direction extending substantially perpendicular to the operating input surface. For generating a haptic feedback, the upper part and the lower part are coupled movably relative to each other such that by a feedback actuation mechanism, which is couplable to the operating input device, the upper part is movable relatively to the lower part at least in a first haptic feedback generating direction extending at least substantially parallel to the operating input surface.

An operating input device for a vehicle and to a steering input device is disclosed. The operating input device has an upper part having an operating input surface with an input area associated with an operating function, and a lower part serving as a support structure for the upper part. The upper part is relatively movable to the lower part by an operating input force applied on the operating input surface in an operating input direction extending substantially perpendicular to the operating input surface. For generating a haptic feedback, the upper part and the lower part are coupled movably relative to each other such that by a feedback actuation mechanism, which is couplable to the operating input device, the upper part is movable relatively to the lower part at least in a first haptic feedback generating direction extending at least substantially parallel to the operating input surface.

The invention relates to a device for controlling armature solenoid provided with a DC voltage source (14), at least one buffer capacitor (18), which is connected in parallel to the DC voltage source (14) and has a known capacitance (C), and a first switch (28), which is arranged between the DC voltage source (14) and the buffer capacitor (18). The exciter coil (16) and a second switch (30) arranged in series therewith are connected in parallel to the buffer capacitor (18). A control and evaluation unit (22), when the buffer capacitor (18) is charged, opens the first switch (28) and closes the second switch (30) in order to determine, on the basis of the measurement voltage (20), the frequency of the resonant circuit having the capacitance (C) of the buffer capacitor (18) and the inductance (L) of the armature solenoid (12). The inductance (L) of the armature solenoid (12) is determined on the basis of the frequency, and the air gap width (h) of the armature solenoid (12) is determined on the basis of the inductance. The PWM control signal with which the armature solenoid (12) is operable in order to generate a predefined force to be applied by the armature solenoid (12) is applied to the second switch (30) on the basis of a look-up table or a mathematical modelling of the electromagnetic behavior of the armature solenoid (12).