A method of controlling a vehicle uses a detachable knob. The method includes detecting whether the detachable knob is attached to a first display of an audio video navigation (AVN) system. The first display includes a number of regions. Information on a controlled function corresponding to one of the regions to which the detachable knob is attached is transmitted from the AVN system to the detachable knob. A first user interface corresponding to the information the controlled function is output on a second display of the detachable knob. Result information according to an operation of the detachable knob is transmitted from the detachable knob to the AVN system. The controlled function is controlled based on the result information in the AVN system.

Provided is a vehicle including a vehicle communicator configured to receive image information of a home device and position information derived on the basis of a signal transmitted by the home device, a display configured to display an image on the basis of the image information, and a vehicle controller configured to identify a selection area of the home device on the image on the basis of the image information and the position information, wherein the display shows the identified selection area.

A vehicle display device includes a first display which is provided at a position where the first display is visually recognizable by a driver and has a touch panel function, a second display which is provided at a position closer to a seat next to the driver than the first display is in a vehicle width direction and has a touch panel function , and a controller configured to set one or more first operation buttons in the first display irrespective of the presence or absence of an occupant in the driver's seat, set one or more second operation buttons in the second display in a case where an occupant is present in the seat next to the driver, and not set the second operation button in the second display in a case where an occupant is not present in the seat next to the driver.

Disclosed is a method for controlling a display of a vehicle and an electronic device therefor, the method including acquiring display configuration information related to multiple displays in a vehicle, identifying an access right to access a target display which is at least two of the multiple displays, based on the display configuration information, acquiring first source information, generating second source information to be displayed on the target display, from the first source information based on the access right, and controlling to transmit the second source information to the target display.

Systems and methods are provided herein for a social network providing real-time and/or interactive entertainment experiences in an automotive environment. In one example, a method comprises detecting, by a social networking system, a first user of the social networking system; determining a social graph of the first user, wherein the social graph comprises a plurality of nodes and edges; determining a location of the first user; determining recommendations for activities for the first user based on the social graph and the location of the first user; and displaying, via a display screen of a user device of the first user, an application of the social networking system based on the social graph and location of the first user, wherein the first user is one of a vehicle user and a person user.

A power source supply circuit supplies an output power source of a battery to a vehicle control apparatus that includes a first instrument control portion that selectively receives a voltage applied to a first power source input portion or a voltage applied to a second power source input portion as an operation voltage and a second instrument control portion that receives a voltage applied to a second power source input portion or a third power source input portion as the operation voltage.

There is disclosed a system for generating and displaying augmented reality content on a display that incorporates movement both internally and externally to the display and takes into account the perspective of a viewer so that three-dimensional content may properly perspective shift based upon movement of the viewer or viewers.

A method for operating a device, wherein a graphical user interface is generated and displayed on a display area. The user interface has at least one operating object assigned to an application program for controlling the device. Output data are generated and displayed in the region of the assigned operating object, wherein the application program has a function having exactly two activatable program states. The first program state is activated and the output data are generated based on the activated program state. An input gesture is detected based on the user interface. The operating object has a first region and a second region and the input gesture is assigned to the first region or to the second region.

First and second touch-sensitive screens are included in an operator control apparatus for a motor vehicle with the second screen arranged at a distance from the first screen. A control device generates a first graphical element on the first screen and a second graphical element on the second screen with at least the first graphical element able to be depicted on both screens. The control device can receive a predetermined change command from at least one of the first and second screens and thereafter a predetermined drag command from a user and to take the change command as a basis for depicting the first graphical element on the second screen and to take the drag command for the depiction on the second screen as a basis for adjusting a relative orientation of the first graphical element and the second graphical element in relation to one another.

The invention present disclosure relates to a control device for redundant execution of an operating function, wherein the control device comprises at least a first processor unit and a second processor unit and a plurality of peripheral units and a first switching unit is provided for the first processor unit and a second switching unit is provided for the second processor unit, and wherein the control device is designed in a first operating mode to execute the operating function by means of the first processor unit and in the meantime to execute a predetermined auxiliary function by means of the second processor unit. According to the invention, the control device is designed, in a second operating mode to execute the operating function by means of the second processor unit, and in so doing to continue to execute the auxiliary function (24) in a predefined reduced scope by means of the second processor unit, wherein a coupling device is provided, which is designed to connect the second processor unit to the first switching unit.