A method and system for enacting a change of operating modalities of a transportation vehicle. The method includes at least one display device, which at least partially includes a screen, operated in the transportation vehicle. The at least one display device has at least two operating modes for operator control by a user. A triggering signal to the at least one display device is automatically provided. The triggering signal is triggered by at least one trigger event, is provided directly or indirectly by the transportation vehicle, and triggers a change from a first operating mode to a second operating mode. The change is at least partially indicated to the user by at least one operator alerting signal.

An agent apparatus includes: a first acquirer configured to acquire voice of a user; a recognizer configured to recognize the voice acquired by the first acquirer; and a plurality of agent functional units, each of the agent function unit being configured to provide services including causing an output unit to output a response on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, wherein, when a first agent functional unit included in the plurality of agent functional units is not able to cope with a request included in the voice recognized by the recognizer and another agent functional unit of the plurality of agent functional units is able to cope with the request, the first agent functional unit causes the output unit to output information for recommending the other agent functional unit to the user.

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for audio equalization based on variant selection. An example apparatus to generate equalization adjustments for an audio signal based on user input includes a user interface to prompt a user for the user input corresponding to a selected variant of music, and an input feature set generator to generate an equalization input feature set, the equalization input feature set to be used by a model executor to adjust at least one weight of a neural network model to generate example equalization adjustments for the audio signal based on the user input, the equalization input feature set generated by: generating a data structure corresponding to the user input, the data structure including a number of entries identifying the selected variant of music, and including the data structure in the equalization input feature set.

A non-contact operating apparatus, for a vehicle, includes a generating unit, a projecting device, a detecting device, a stimulation output device, a determining unit, and a stimulation response output unit. The generating unit is configured to generate and update image containing an image object. The projecting device is configured to project the image in a predetermined display region. The detecting device is configured to detect an operation site of an occupant positioned in a vicinity of the predetermined display region. The stimulation output device is configured to output and update a tactile stimulation to the operation site. The determining unit is configured to determine whether the operation site performs a non-contact operation against the image object. The stimulation response output unit is configured to cause the stimulation output device to output the tactile stimulation to the operation site on the basis of a determination result.

Damage to a vibrator is reduced, and reliability of a display apparatus of a tactile sensation transmitting type is improved. The display apparatus includes: a display substrate having an operation surface; a support disposed away from the display substrate on an opposite side from the operation surface of the display substrate; a vibrator that is arranged between the display substrate and the support and configured to vibrate the display substrate; and an elastic support member that extends from a display substrate side surface of the support to a surface of the support on an opposite side from the display substrate in a manner wrapping around the support, and has one edge fixed to the surface of the support on the opposite side from the display substrate and the other edge elastically supporting the display substrate. The support includes a displacement restriction portion to which a portion of the elastic support member abuts, and which is configured to restrict displacement of the elastic support member in a direction perpendicular to the operation surface.

A vehicle control circuit is mountable on a vehicle on which a driver rides. The vehicle control circuit is configured to: receive an input of a detection result of a state of the driver during driving from at least one sensor, the sensor being mounted on the vehicle and configured to detect the state; output recommendation data to a notification device mounted on the vehicle, the recommendation data relating to use of a product or service for improving the state of the driver during driving indicated by the detection result; perform settlement processing for the use of the corresponding product or service in accordance with an input from the driver in response to the recommendation data; and provide a route to a destination of the use of the product or service based on completion of the settlement processing via the notification device.

A vehicle state presentation system includes a terminal device including an ear mounting unit that is mounted on an ear of a user, and a vehicle. The vehicle includes a first communication unit that wirelessly communicates with the terminal device, and a first controller that causes the first communication unit to transmit a notification signal indicating that the vehicle detects a state of the vehicle other than a predetermined state to the terminal device, and the terminal device includes a second communication unit that wirelessly communicates with the vehicle, and a second controller that causes an output unit to perform a notification to the user based on the notification signal received by the second communication unit when the terminal device moves out of a predetermined distance range in which the vehicle is included.

A sound output and text display device for a vehicle, including: an output unit that, in a case in which sound to be output inside the vehicle has been decided, outputs the sound inside the vehicle; and a display unit that displays text corresponding to the sound on a windshield in accordance with a state of use of the vehicle.

A driving assistance apparatus for a vehicle includes an imaging device, an ECU, and a head-up display device. When a position in which a straight line connecting a predetermined position and a position of a particular object intersects with a position estimating plane that is a virtual plane position on the same plane as a virtual display area is defined as a particular object estimation position, an indicator is a motion indicator moving such that a tip end of the indicator approaches the estimation position along a virtual straight line set in the virtual display area with lapse of time, and the ECU is configured to perform control such that a position shift amount of the estimation position shifted from the virtual straight line in a width direction of a vehicle on the position estimating plane is equal to or less than a predetermined value in a predetermined pre-collision time.

The present disclosure relates to an error detection IC including: a first interface unit configured to receive a first signal for outputting a specific fixed image to a display apparatus provided in a vehicle; a memory in which data for one or more fixed images are stored; a signal processing unit configured to select a fixed image to be output to the display apparatus from among the one or more fixed images, based on the first signal, and to output a second signal for outputting the selected fixed image to the display apparatus; an image determination unit configured to provide a signal informing an error of the fixed image to a controller of the vehicle, when it is determined that the error exists in data for the selected fixed image included in the second signal, based on the data stored in the memory; and a second interface unit configured to provide the second signal to a display module.