A driver can intuitively and conveniently perform an operation for instructing a traffic lane change to a vehicle. In a driving support device 10, an image output unit 14a outputs, to a display unit 31, an image containing an own vehicle object representing an own vehicle and a plurality of traffic lanes. An operation signal input unit 14b receives an operation of a user for moving the own vehicle object in the image displayed on the display unit 31 from a first traffic lane to a second traffic lane. A command output unit 14c outputs, to an automatic driving control unit 20 that controls automatic driving, a command for instructing the change of a traveling traffic lane of the own vehicle from the first traffic lane to the second traffic lane when the operation is received.

A method and system for assisting a user when interacting with a graphical user interface combines gaze based input with gesture based user commands. A user of a computer system without a traditional touch-screen can interact with graphical user interfaces in a touch-screen like manner using a combination of gaze based input and gesture based user commands. A solution for touch-screen like interaction uses gaze input and gesture based input as a complement or an alternative to touch-screen interactions with a computer device having a touch-screen. Combined gaze and gesture based interaction with graphical user interfaces can be used to achieve a touchscreen like environment in computer systems without a traditional touchscreen or in computer systems having a touchscreen arranged ergonomically unfavorable for the user or a touchscreen arranged such that it is more comfortable for the user to use gesture and gaze for the interaction than the touchscreen.

A notification system of a vehicle includes a sensing unit that detects an object outside the vehicle or detects an operational status of a function of the vehicle; an output unit; and a controller. The controller is configured to determine whether a touch has been detected on an interior handle of a door of the vehicle. If a touch is detected on the interior handle, the controller determines that an object outside the vehicle detected by the sensor is within a predetermined distance in a rearward direction from the door on which the touch was detected, or determines that an operational status of a function of the vehicle detected by the sensor indicates that the function is not yet complete; and controls the output unit to output a notification corresponding to the detected object outside the vehicle or the detected operational status of the function of the vehicle.

An input device for an electronic device includes a gesture input device enabling a user to input a gesture by touching, and physically rotating, a rotation sensor sensing the physical rotation of the gesture input device, and a controller controlling the gesture input device. The gesture input device has a concave, downwardly inclined shape, and includes a curved section in a center portion of the gesture input device, and an inclined section around the curved section, and the inclined section includes a touch sensor configured to sense a user's touch input, and at least one rib raised or lowered according to a control signal from the controller.

A transparent display apparatus disposed inside a vehicle is disclosed. the transparent display apparatus comprising: a transparent display panel configured to transmit light from a first surface to a second surface; a rotation part coupled to one end of the transparent display panel; an anchoring part fixed to a ceiling of the vehicle, wherein the anchoring part includes a motor coupled to at least a portion of the rotation part and configured to rotate the rotation part about a longitudinal direction of the rotation part; an interface unit mounted inside the transparent display panel and/or the vehicle to receive a user command; and a control unit operatively connected to the interface unit and the motor, and configured to perform control so that the transparent display panel is switched to a plurality of modes based on a user command received from the interface unit.

A touch switch module according to one embodiment comprises a panel, a touch sensor and a control unit. The panel displays a slide bar. The control unit includes a slide velocity detection unit that detects a slide velocity which is a change over time in sliding when the touch moves along the slide bar and an operation information switching unit that compares the slide velocity with a predetermined threshold, that outputs first operation information as the operation information when the slide velocity is below the threshold, and that outputs second operation information that is different from the first operation information as the operation information when the slide velocity is equal to or higher than the threshold.

A guide set unit (3) sets an edit guide for adjusting steering feeling to steering control information. An adjustment information display unit (2) displays, on the same screen, a control characteristic graph visually representing the steering control information and the edit guide. A graph edit unit (4) edits the control characteristic graph using edit information when the edit information input unit (1) acquires the edit information.

A driver can intuitively and conveniently perform an operation for instructing a traffic lane change to a vehicle. In a driving support device 10, an image output unit 14a outputs, to a display unit 31, an image containing an own vehicle object representing an own vehicle and a plurality of traffic lanes. An operation signal input unit 14b receives an operation of a user for moving the own vehicle object in the image displayed on the display unit 31 from a first traffic lane to a second traffic lane. A command output unit 14c outputs, to an automatic driving control unit 20 that controls automatic driving, a command for instructing the change of a traveling traffic lane of the own vehicle from the first traffic lane to the second traffic lane when the operation is received.

A cockpit display system adapted to be installed in a cockpit and including a touch display, at least one head-up display, and a control unit. The touch display is disposed in a steering wheel in the cockpit and is adapted to display image information. A decorative layer of the steering wheel covers a display surface of the touch display. The at least one head-up display is adapted for display on a see-through window of the cockpit. The control unit is electrically connected to the touch display and the at least one head-up display. The control unit is adapted to display the image information on at least one of the touch display and the at least one head-up display according to a touch action performed on the touch display. Another cockpit display system is also provided.

Systems and methods for enabling control of various functions of a vehicle based on which occupant made a control input are described. In an example, a method includes determining which occupant of the vehicle is interacting with the vehicle user interface (UI) based on image data or an RF signal coupled to the occupant making the control input, and then responsively executing an action corresponding to the control input only if the occupant making the control input is permitted to do so.