A vehicle display control device acquires position information of a detection object ahead of a vehicle. The vehicle display control device generates an image indicating a direction from the vehicle toward the detection object based on the acquired position information of the detection object. When the generated image is displayed on a display area in front of a driver's seat of the vehicle, the vehicle display control device causes display of the image overlaid on a forward scene of the vehicle while limiting display of the image in a specific region inside the display area.

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for determining a position of a symbol display in an at least partially transparent operating unit for a steering wheel of a motor vehicle. A position of a symbol display unit is determined. A target position is determined for a visualization of a symbol using the symbol display relative to the symbol display unit. An average eye point when using the steering wheel relative to the symbol display unit is determined. A distance and a viewing angle of the average eye point relative to the symbol display unit is determined. A position of the symbol display in the symbol display unit is determined such that the visualization of the symbol by means of the symbol display, when viewed from the determined distance and the determined viewing angle from the average eye point, takes place at the target position for the visualization of the symbol.

A display control device displays, inside a vehicle, a captured image of surroundings of the vehicle. The display control device includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image including at least one of a side area and a rear area of the vehicle, a seating information acquisition unit that acquires seating information indicating presence or absence of an occupant in a passenger seat, a driving state acquisition unit that acquires driving state information of the vehicle, and a display control unit that, when the seating information indicates that an occupant is present in the passenger seat, controls a display position of the captured image inside the vehicle based on a driving state of the vehicle.

A control device is configured to control a vehicle-mounted device that is mounted in a vehicle. The control device includes one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more memories are coupled to the one or more processors such that the one or more memories are capable of communicating with the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to determine whether an external load is applied to a movable member or an operation member of the vehicle-mounted device, and output, to a driver who drives the vehicle, a setting screen for changing a setting of the vehicle-mounted device to which the external load is applied when it is determined that the external load is applied.

A heads-up display (HUD) system for a vehicle includes a HUD configured to project augmented reality (AR) graphics on a surface of the vehicle in an active field of view of the driver, a driver monitoring camera (DMC) configured to monitor a driver eye position and gaze direction, and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) configured to measure motion of the vehicle. A control system is configured to receive driver eye position and gaze direction data from the DMC, receive vehicle motion data from the IMU, generate AR HUD graphics based on the driver eye position and gaze direction data and the vehicle motion data, and display, by the HUD, the generated AR HUD graphics on the vehicle surface.

The disclosure relates to a contact-analogous head-up display, in particular an augmented reality head-up display, which places information in direct contact with the environment. Contrary to conventional head-up displays, the items of information appear as part of the environment. The subject matter of the disclosure relates to a dynamic improvement of the visibility of concealed AR elements in situations in which several elements are displayed in parallel.

A vehicle display device comprises a first display; a second display; a reception unit for receiving passenger monitoring information on the basis of vehicle DMS sensing information; and a control unit for controlling the operation of each of the first and second displays and the driving module. Here, the control unit can display a first screen on the first display, recognize the passenger sitting in the passenger seat on the basis of the received passenger monitoring information, and determine whether to generate a second screen for the passenger seat on at least a portion of the first display on the basis of the recognition results.

A monitoring system for an automobile includes at least one illumination source that is configured to project a first illumination type towards a driver location. At least one imaging device is configured to capture the first illumination type at the driver location. A visor assembly includes a stowed position and an articulated position. The visor assembly in the articulated position obscures at least part of the first illumination type from the driver location. An electro-optic device is located in the visor assembly and is configured to switch between a transmissive state and a darkened state. The first illumination type passes through the electro-optic device in the transmissive state and the darkened state, and a second illumination type passes through the electro-optic device in the transmissive state but is blocked in the darkened state.

A vehicle display device includes a detection unit that detects a risk index that is present in front of a vehicle and has a possibility of coming into contact with the vehicle, and a display control unit that displays an image on a windshield of the vehicle. The display control unit momentarily displays a visibility-reducing image on the windshield in a range other than a risk index range corresponding to the risk index detected by the detection unit, the visibility-reducing image reducing visibility for a driver of the vehicle.