The present invention provides an in-vehicle device (10) that includes a monitoring unit (11) that determines a state of an object on the basis of an output of a sensor mounted in a vehicle, a generation unit (12) that generates process information for causing the vehicle to execute a process in accordance with the state, a control unit (13) that causes an output device to output cause information indicating at least one of the object or the state which is a cause of the process, and a reception unit (14) that receives an input for changing the process due to the cause indicated by cause information, in which, on the basis of a reception result of the reception unit (14), the generation unit (12) generates the process information in which the process is changed.

A touchpad includes a flat surface portion and a protruding solid portion having a hemispherical shape. An operation recognition part and an operation validity determination part are implemented in a touchpad control part. The operation recognition part recognizes a gesture operation performed on an operation region of the touchpad. The operation validity determination part determines only a rotating slide operation that is a slide operation with a finger along a lower periphery of the solid portion as a valid operation while an automobile is in a state of manual driving.

A touchpad includes a flat surface portion and a protruding solid portion having a hemispherical shape. The operation recognition part recognizes a gesture operation performed on an operation region of the touchpad. An operation validity determination part determines that only a rotating slide operation with respect to a lower periphery of the solid portion is a valid operation even at a time of an operation lock invalidating the gesture operation. In a case where the rotating slide operation is performed at the time of the operation lock, the operation lock is released, and at the same time, a specific function is executed by an AP execution part.

A device for entering information includes an operating element and a control device. The device further includes an angle encoder configured to detect a rotational movement about an axis of rotation of the operating element, a touch encoder configured to detect a pressure movement of the operating element, and a transmission element configured to transmit data from the angle encoder and/or from the touch encoder to the control device. In addition, the device includes an energy transmission device configured to supply energy to the operating element via a cable-free transmission of energy.

A console assembly for a vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a touch-sensitive panel providing at least one touch-sensitive switch, and a circuit electrically connected to the at least one switch. The circuit is configured to receive one or more inputs from the touch-sensitive panel and issue commands to control one or more aspects of the vehicle.

A method and an apparatus for controlling an onboard system includes determining, using a sensor mounted in a steering wheel, a track of a current gesture of a driver in a process of holding, by the driver, the steering wheel; determining a type of the current gesture from preset gesture types based on the track of the current gesture; and controlling the onboard system to perform an operation corresponding to the type of the current gesture.

A human-machine interface device includes a touch panel having a front surface intended to be visible to a user and a rear surface, the touch panel being configured to detect an interaction of the user with the touch panel and being resiliently deformable, and a plurality of actuators arranged behind the touch panel, each actuator being controllable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration wherein the actuator deforms an area of the touch panel located opposite the actuator by forming a bump protruding from the front surface of the touch panel. The human-machine interface device has at least one configuration wherein several actuators in the extended position together define a single control element protruding from the front surface of the touch panel.

A visible component for a motor vehicle includes a fiber-reinforced plastics component having a multi-layer fiber reinforcement which is integrated in an at least largely transparent plastics matrix. The fiber reinforcement is formed by a visible layer in the form of a metallized glass fiber layer and at least one largely transparent structural layer. A touch display is also provided on a rear face of the fiber-reinforced plastics component facing the visible layer.

A vehicle includes a body defining a cabin having an interior and a passenger door, an interior panel located in the interior, a track located in the passenger door within the interior, and a desk operably housed in a slot in the interior panel and slidably coupled to the slot in the interior panel and the track to move between a stowed position within the interior panel and a use position extending outward from the interior panel.

A remote control module for a vehicle, the remote control module comprising a base comprising a housing for a nomadic device configured to provide access to and control at least one first functionality of the vehicle; a control device configured to control a second functionality of the vehicle; and a fastening device for fastening the base to a seat frame of the vehicle.