Disclosed is a vehicle user detection device and method using a touch signal to distinguish a user of an in-vehicle touch display without any additional devices. The vehicle user detection device and method using a touch signal allow a touch display to be accessed only by a driver, thereby promoting safe driving.

When the vehicle executes adaptive cruise control in a state in which the inter-vehicle distance to the preceding vehicle is set to a set distance selected from a plurality of reference distances whose magnitude changes in units of the first change amount, setting a proposal unit capable of proposing to a vehicle occupant that the interval be changed by a second change amount smaller than the first change amount; and an input capable of executing an input operation capable of changing the set interval only by the second change amount.

The present invention relates to an input device of or for a vehicle for inputting commands for triggering vehicle related functions. The input device includes a housing enclosing a cavity, a vibration generating unit arranged in the cavity and including an exciter for generating vibrations or impulses, a decoupling unit by which the vibration generating unit is fastened to the housing, an input panel for inputting commands for triggering vehicle related functions by touching the input panel, the input panel being supported in the input device such that vibrations generated by the vibration generating unit are transferred to the input panel, thereby providing haptic feedback, and at least one light guide arranged in the cavity for guiding light generated by a light source to the input panel for illuminating the same. Moreover, the present invention is drawn to a vehicle comprising such an input device.

The present disclosure generally relates to a method implemented in a Recreational Vehicle User Interface (RVUI) and a corresponding RVUI for controlling one or several functions of a recreational vehicle (RV). A circular-shaped user input element is displayed at a touchscreen of the RVUI. Furthermore, a user input is detected at the touchscreen of the RVUI. This user input comprises a movement along the displayed circular-shaped user input element. The movement is indicative of a request to control a user-selected function of the recreational vehicle. The user-selected function includes any one or a combination of: a climate control function, a heater function, a ventilation function, a water heater function, a vehicle battery function, a light control function, and a security alarm function. Responsive to detecting this user input, control of the user-selected function is initiated, or otherwise triggered.

A control method and apparatus, and a vehicle are provided. The method includes: controlling a display apparatus to display a first area, where the first area indicates an area available for parking of the vehicle; controlling, based on a first instruction, the display apparatus to display a first parking area, where the first area includes the first parking area; and controlling, based on a first area boundary of the first area and the first parking area, the display apparatus to display a second parking area, where the first area includes the second parking area. Technical solutions of this application may be applied to an intelligent vehicle or an electric vehicle, so that complexity of a user operation in an automatic parking process can be reduced. This helps improve user experience.

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.

An information display apparatus for a vehicle that records information of a video of an on-vehicle camera that images an outside of the vehicle and displays the video on a display unit of the vehicle. The information display apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display, on the display unit, a thumbnail image to select the video displayed on the display unit among the information of the recorded video; and an estimation unit configured to estimate occurrence of a predetermined incident in the vehicle based on a detection result of an external sensor or an internal sensor mounted on the vehicle. The display control unit is configured to, when the occurrence of the incident is estimated, add marker information to the thumbnail image corresponding to the video including information imaged at an estimated occurrence time of the incident, and cause the display unit to display the thumbnail image.

Provided are a vehicle control apparatus and a control method thereof. The vehicle control apparatus includes a display device provided in a vehicle body, in which the display device includes a display including a first area, a second area and a third area to display visual information, a drive assembly configured to change at least one of a shape of the display and a position of the display, and a controller configured to control the display and the drive assembly, and in which the controller is further configured to control brief information displayed in the second area to be specified and displayed as detailed information in the first area or control detailed information displayed in the first area to be simplified and displayed as brief information in the second area.

A control device for controlling a display device is mounted on a moving body that moves to a target position specified by a user by automatic steering. The moving body is configured to be capable of perpendicular parking into the target position and parallel parking into the target position. When the perpendicular parking or the parallel parking is performed, the control device causes the display device to display a top view image of the moving body and surroundings, and to display a frame image indicating a place set as the target position superimposed on the top view image. The control device is capable of enlarging and displaying the top view image according to an instruction from the user. The control device makes a display range when the top view image is enlarged and displayed different between when the perpendicular parking is performed and when the parallel parking is performed.

A user interface for a vehicle includes a two-dimensional display and an optical faceplate. The display displays information on a display portion. The optical faceplate includes a contact surface, a three-dimensional display surface for displaying information, and an optic light guide material. The optical faceplate is integrated into the display such the areal extension of the display surface and/or the contact surface is smaller than an areal extension of the display. The contact surface receives light emitted from the display. The user interface further includes comprises a device that determines a context according to a state of the vehicle, information that is visible on the display portion and/or the display surface, and/or user input captured by the user interface. The user interface displays contextually dependent information so that the information that is visible on the display portion and on the display surface depend on the determined context.