A vehicle control lever which has a moveable control panel provided on the lever. The control panel has a plurality of operating elements to control different vehicle functions, wherein the configuration of the operating elements can be re-assigned to control different vehicle functions based on the position of the control panel on the control lever.

A first sensor device detects a viewing direction of a user, who is located in an interior of the motor vehicle, onto a display surface of a motor vehicle. A control unit of the motor vehicle determines a display parameter of a digital image subject to the detected viewing direction, specifying an absolute pictorial configuration of the digital image. The determination of the display parameter is based on the viewing direction of the user onto the absolutely pictorial configuration of the digital image, such that a relative, perspective-related configuration of the digital image is obtained so that the relative, perspective-related configuration corresponds to a target configuration of the digital image. The control unit generates the digital image as a function of the determined display parameter and the digital image is then displayed on the display surface.

Technologies and techniques for operating of a touch-sensitive display device of a vehicle. A processor display generates content on the touch-sensitive display device, wherein the content includes assigned elements configured to function in a display mode and an operating mode, depending on a user's presence in at least one of a first position and a second position of the vehicle. A sensing apparatus detects an approach by a user toward the touch-sensitive display device. The processor identifies that the user is in the second position relative to the display device, and, based on the identifying, changes an operating state of the display device to change at least one display mode element of the display content assigned to the second position from display mode to operating mode.

On an inner wall in the interior of a vehicle, a display device is subdivided into a plurality of display fields with two directly adjacent display fields connected to each other along a common axis. At least one display field can be pivoted relative to at least one bending plane to beam display content into the interior at an angle relative to the at least one bending plane. In a first operating position, a surface of this at least one display field is oriented perpendicular to the at least one bending plane. In a second operating position, this at least one display field is pivoted relative to the at least one bending plane at an angle 90- relative to the at least one bending plane to beam the display content into the interior parallel to the at least one bending plane.

A method and a device are disclosed for activating a function subject to authorization in a vehicle comprising a system of digital rear-view mirrors with at least first and second touch screens, arranged on the driver's and passenger's side, respectively. The vehicle comprises members suitable for providing at least one function subject to authorization. The method comprises detection, by one of the members, of an action by a person that requires the activation of a function subject to authorization; transmission, from the member to the system of digital rear-view mirrors, of information relating to the detection; receipt, from the system of digital rear-view mirrors, of the information relating to the detection originating from the member, display, on one of the touch screens, of a notification comprising the function subject to authorization, and; an interaction zone suitable for receiving either an agreement or a refusal from the driver and/or the front passenger.

An information display apparatus and a spatial sensing apparatus for the information display apparatus are provided, the information display apparatus enabling the selection/change of the lot of display images in small point-of-view motion so that an interactive function for a driver is achieved. An information display apparatus displaying information onto a vehicle includes: an information display apparatus displaying image information onto an image display region on a forward part of a driver seat of the vehicle; and a spatial sensing means detecting positional information of instruction made by a driver in a spatial region between the driver seat and the displayed image display region, and the information display apparatus includes a means displaying the instruction made by the driver onto the image display region on the forward part in response to the positional information of the instruction made by the driver, detected by the spatial sensing means.

A vehicle may include a display, a sensor configured to detect state information related to a user and the vehicle, a communicator configured to receive travelling information related to the vehicle corresponding to the state information from an external server; and a controller configured to classify drivers having a same tendency as the user on the basis of the travelling information, generate a travel route of the vehicle on the basis of an emotion state of the user and information related to the classified drivers, and display the generated travel route on the display.

A vehicle includes: a cluster including a display panel, and a barrier panel disposed adjacent the display panel and having a plurality of barriers; an image obtainer acquiring an image; a steering wheel disposed adjacent the cluster and the image obtainer; and a controller configured to determine whether or not a condition for performing a three-dimensional image mode is satisfied based on a manipulation state of the steering wheel, to control operations of the display panel and the barrier panel to recognize a user's line of sight based on the image of the image obtainer, perform the three-dimensional image mode based on the recognized line of sight of the user when the condition is satisfied, and to control the operations of the display panel and the barrier panel to perform a two-dimensional image mode when the is not satisfied.

A vehicle, and a control method thereof, prevents and/or suppresses a user's negative emotions by providing necessary feedback based on the user's emotional state. The vehicle includes a sensing unit configured to acquire user emotion information indicating a user's emotional state using at least one sensor, a storage configured to store situation information representing the numbers of expressions of respective emotional states in each unit situation and user long-term information representing the numbers of expressions of the respective emotional states for a unit period based on the acquired user emotion information, and a controller configured to control feedback devices provided in the vehicle to control the user's emotional state based on at least one of the situation information, the user long-term information, and the user emotion information.

A vehicle system in a vehicle, comprising a first sensor configured to survey an environment proximate to the vehicle, including an object outside of the vehicle, a second sensor located within a vehicle cabin and configured to obtain data indicative of facial information of an occupant of the vehicle, and a processor in communication with the first and second sensors and programmed to output information regarding the object on a display of the vehicle system in response to the data indicative of the facial information indicating that the occupant is viewing the object outside of the vehicle.