System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to adaptively communicating notices to passengers within a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes in response to receiving a notice about an occurrence of an event, determining a viewing orientation of a passenger in the vehicle according to at least one electronic input that indicates information about a physical position of the passenger within the vehicle. The event is an incident associated with the vehicle for which the passenger is to be informed. The method also includes selecting at least one alerting device from available communication devices in the vehicle according to the viewing orientation by determining which of the available communication devices correspond with the viewing orientation of the passenger. The method further includes controlling the at least one alerting device to communicate the notice to the passenger about the occurrence of the event.

An operating device includes a casing, an operating button arranged at the casing for the manual actuation of the operating device, and a printed circuit board that is arranged in the casing. A switching element is mechanically coupled to the operating button and arranged on the printed circuit board. The switching element produces a pronounced sound when the operating button is actuated. To this end, next to the switching element, the printed circuit board is mechanically connected to the casing by at least one support element and each support element is designed to stabilize the printed circuit board against a tremor that is produced by the switching element when producing the sound.

A vehicle includes an object detection sensor configured to output an output signal, a notification device, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect an object based on the output signal of the object detection sensor, classify the detected object into a classification, determine a notification magnitude level based on the classification of the detected object, and output a notification with the notification device at the determined notification magnitude level.

An apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image; a driving circuit at a rear surface of the display panel and including a printed circuit board; a guide frame including an opening, the opening accommodating the display panel and the driving circuit; a rear cover configured to cover the rear surface of the display panel and the driving circuit, the printed circuit board being between the rear surface of the display panel and the rear cover, a support at the opening of the guide frame, the printed circuit board being spaced apart from the rear surface of the display panel by the support; and one or more sound generators at the rear cover, the one or more sound generators being configured to vibrate the display panel.

A vehicle display control device includes a processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to perform. The processor is configured to identifying a specific vehicle that is another vehicle satisfying a specific condition based on information acquired according to communication from another vehicle located near a host vehicle, identifying a distance and a direction associated with the specific vehicle viewed from the host vehicle, and causing a display device to display a notification image capable of including a first area surrounding a host vehicle icon indicating the host vehicle and a second area surrounding the first area and a display icon indicating the position of the specific vehicle.

Systems and methods are provided to perform a vehicle function. A vehicle function command is detected and it is determined if an event moved is active. In response to a determination that the event mode is active, an event mode parameter is retrieved. Otherwise, in response to a determination that the event mode is not active, a normal mode parameter is retrieved. The vehicle function is performed based on the retrieved event mode parameter or normal mode parameter.

Systems and methods are provided to perform a vehicle function. A vehicle function command is detected and it is determined if an event moved is active. In response to a determination that the event mode is active, an event mode parameter is retrieved. Otherwise, in response to a determination that the event mode is not active, a normal mode parameter is retrieved. The vehicle function is performed based on the retrieved event mode parameter or normal mode parameter.

Method and system for checking availability of an online function of a voice recognition system in a motor vehicle. A communication connection is provided between a communication interface in the motor vehicle and an external device, where it is determined whether the provided communication connection exists or has been interrupted at a current time. If the communication connection exists, a check is carried out in order to determine whether the online function of the voice recognition system of the motor vehicle is available via the existing communication connection. If the online function is not available and/or the communication connection has been interrupted, a notification describing a lack of availability of the online function of the voice recognition system is provided in the motor vehicle. The notification is provided irrespective of actual activation and/or use of the voice recognition system.

Method and system for checking availability of an online function of a voice recognition system in a motor vehicle. A communication connection is provided between a communication interface in the motor vehicle and an external device, where it is determined whether the provided communication connection exists or has been interrupted at a current time. If the communication connection exists, a check is carried out in order to determine whether the online function of the voice recognition system of the motor vehicle is available via the existing communication connection. If the online function is not available and/or the communication connection has been interrupted, a notification describing a lack of availability of the online function of the voice recognition system is provided in the motor vehicle. The notification is provided irrespective of actual activation and/or use of the voice recognition system.

An infotainment system for a vehicle is provided. The system includes a plurality of touch sensitive displays, a speaker system, at least one physical input control, a plurality of microphones, a gesture input system, a head and eye tracking system and a computing system. The various input systems are used to interact with the infotainment system. The system provides feedback to vehicle occupants using the displays and audio information.