A vehicle alert management system that manages alert lights and tones in accordance with vehicle speed and other inputs is described. The vehicle alert management system is configured so that in use the alert management system attenuates an alert lamp or click or tone after a selected time interval if the system detects that vehicle speed is below a selected speed or within a selected threshold, or if the system detects no change outside a threshold speed range, or other suitable speed algorithm. The system in embodiments is configured to attenuate the in-vehicle cabin sound associated with a direction indicator on a vehicle so that it is inhibited after a selected time period, and allowed to play in the cabin after the vehicle speed moves out of a selected threshold range.

A vehicle is electrically connected to one or more accessories. The vehicle includes at least one controller that may be configured to identify the accessory based on accessory identification information. The controller may also be configured to provide one or more commands to control an operation of the accessory.

A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image, a front member on a front surface of the display panel, a driving circuit on a rear surface of the display panel and connected to the display panel, a supporting frame configured to surround a side surface of the display panel and a side surface of the driving circuit, a first support supported by the supporting frame and on the rear surface of the display panel, and a vibration generating module supported by the first support to vibrate the display panel.

A method and an operator control device operate an infotainment system. The operator control device has a control unit, an audio device, an actuating element, and a touch-sensitive display device, which is mounted so as to be movable and is designed to display at least one graphical control element. The touch-sensitive display device moves during an actuating action and thus activates the actuating element. The control unit determines an actuation position of the actuating action on the touch-sensitive display device when the actuating element is activated and compares said actuation position with a display position of the at least one graphical control element. The audio device is actuated to output an audible signal when the actuation position matches the display position.

In a parked vehicle, a head unit operating in low-power mode draws attention to a living being in a cabin of a parked vehicle. It does so by using a microphone to monitor said cabin for out-of-domain sounds, detecting a signal originating within said cabin, said signal being an acoustic signal that is representative of an out-of-domain sound, classifying said acoustic signal as being indicative of the existence of the living being within said cabin of said vehicle, and sending an alert to a first person.

A method for guiding boarding/alighting of a vehicle includes collecting body information of an occupant when the occupant approaches the vehicle, determining an arrival location of the vehicle based on a location of the occupant, and providing relative information as a notification based on the body information of the occupant.

An operation device includes a housing arranged on a center cluster located diagonally in front of a driver seat and a passenger seat of a vehicle, a left-side operation unit and a right-side operation unit arranged on a right side and a left side, respectively, of a front surface of the housing to receive an operation, a left-side operation detection unit and a right-side operation detection unit to detect an operation performed on the left-side operation unit and the right-side operation unit, respectively, a substrate on which the left-side and right-side operation detection units are arranged, and an output unit that outputs a sound in response to a received operation and is arranged on the substrate so as to be located between the left-side operation detection unit and the right-side operation detection unit at a position to equalize distances from the driver seat and the passenger seat.

A marker display device for an electromechanical device including at least two scales on which a plurality of markers are distributed, respectively linked to the values of physical magnitudes corresponding to at least a first and second physical magnitude linked to each other and relative to the operation of an electromechanical device; a first and a second indicator are adapted to indicate a value associated with the first and second physical magnitude, respectively, both indicators being aligned on aligned markers, belonging to a first and a second graduated scale during the normal operation of the elements of the device assembly.

An engine sound color control method based on an engine dynamic characteristic with artificial intelligence is provided. The method maximizes audio-visual control through the audio-visual synergy effect by performing both of the visual control of the dash board by the artificial intelligence using the virtual engine revolution per minute based on the shifting event and driving pattern of a vehicle. In particular, the auditory control of the speaker is operated by the signal processing controller based on the virtual engine RPM in response to an engine vibration signal of the engine. Further, a driver is provided with rapid response with vehicle power performance control through a real-time audio-visual change regulated by the artificial intelligence.

A fake engine sound control device includes an environment information acquisition unit, a vehicle speed acquisition unit, an engine speed acquisition unit, a fake engine sound generator, and a fake engine sound controller. The environment information acquisition unit acquires environment information. The vehicle speed acquisition unit acquires vehicle speed information. The engine speed acquisition unit acquires rotation speed information. The fake engine sound generator generates a fake engine sound. The fake engine sound controller determines, based on the environment information and the vehicle speed information, whether leading to a target vehicle speed is required, the target vehicle speed being different from the vehicle speed indicated by the vehicle speed information, and controls, when leading to the target vehicle speed is required, the fake engine sound generator based on the target vehicle speed and the rotation speed information.