A display system is a system which can set a first travel mode and a second travel mode. A display system includes: a display displaying an information image indicating vehicle information to be superimposed on a background pattern; and a circuitry controlling a display on the display so that a first background pattern is set as the background pattern when the first travel mode is set and a second background pattern visually recognized to be different from the first background pattern is set as the background pattern when the second travel mode is set.

Technologies and techniques for operating an operating device for a motor vehicle, in which a first touchscreen user input is received, characterizing a selection of a selection level, wherein a first selection level provides different adjustable driving modes as list participants, and a second selection level provides different adjustable ambience modes as list participants, one arranged by turning a ring element which circumferentially encloses the screen device, a second user input represented about an axis of rotation is received, which characterizes a selection of a list participant from a plurality of list participants in the chosen selection level. Depending on the first user input and/or the second user input, a control signal is provided characterizing a driving mode to be set and/or an ambience mode to be set in which a display of the driving mode and/or the ambience mode is triggered using the screen device.

A display unit for a hybrid vehicle having at least one internal combustion engine-powered drive and at least one electric motor-powered drive, includes the following components: a first electronic determining module for determining the proportion of the current or averaged total fuel consumption used for charging the energy accumulator for the electric motor-powered drive, and/or for determining the proportion of the current or averaged total fuel consumption used to drive the hybrid vehicle; and a first display element for displaying at least this determined charge-fuel proportion and/or this determined drive-fuel proportion, in addition to the total fuel consumption.

A travel control method for a vehicle for executing autonomous travel control includes, prior to executing the autonomous travel control, presenting a driver with travel control information as to whether or not to accept execution of the autonomous travel control and detecting, in response to a presentation of the travel control information, an acceptance input made by the driver indicating that the driver accepts the execution of the autonomous travel control. The travel control method also includes: setting an input form of a present acceptance input by the driver to an input form different from an input form of a previous acceptance input.

The disclosure provides a display device, a display control method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium. The display device of an embodiment is mounted on a vehicle and includes: a display part; and a display controller displaying operation information related to downhill road travel control, which controls a speed of the vehicle traveling downhill to a constant speed, on the display part. The downhill road travel control switches from a standby state to an active state when an execution condition, including that input of an accelerator operation and a brake operation is stopped, is satisfied. The display controller displays by changing at least a part of a display mode of the operation information when the downhill road travel control is in the standby state and the input of the accelerator operation or the brake operation is stopped.

A head-up display includes a display panel, a reflective optical element, a controller, and an obtainer. The display panel displays a first image. The reflective optical element reflects image light from the first image displayed by the display panel. The controller controls a position at which the first image is displayed on the display panel. The obtainer obtains, as positional information, a position of an eye of a user. The controller changes the position at which the first image is displayed on the display panel in accordance with the positional information.

A cleaning device for a surface, such as a windshield of a vehicle, includes an active positioning system and a cleaning head. The active positioning system is configured to deploy from a storage position hidden from view within a covered storage space and to position the cleaning head upon the windshield. The active positioning system includes a first extension member and a second extension member that move relative to one another to position the cleaning head, and also move the cleaning head across the windshield along a path. The cleaning head can have a brush portion configured to agitate debris from the window, and a drying portion configured to dry the window after cleaning. The cleaning device can be controlled via a touch-screen display in the vehicle, enabling a user to direct that specific portions of the windshield be cleaned as desired.

To display information appropriately without making an occupant feel annoyed, a steering operation element 10 of a vehicle 2 includes a hub part 31 provided rotatably with respect to a vehicle body 15; an extending part 32 extending radially outward from an outer circumference of the hub part; an outer edge part 33 provided on an outer edge of the extending part; a display 40 provided on the hub part; at least one first light source 27A provided on the extending part; and an interface control device 41 configured to control the display and the first light source, wherein the interface control device is configured to cause the display to display an image corresponding to at least one of vehicle state information indicating a state of the vehicle and environment information indicating a surrounding environment of the vehicle.

Systems and methods for disabling autonomous vehicle input devices are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer implemented method includes identifying an operating mode of an autonomous vehicle. The method includes determining one or more vehicle input devices to be disabled based at least in part on the operating mode of the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle input devices are located onboard the autonomous vehicle. The method includes disabling the one or more vehicle input devices based at least in part on the identified operating mode of the autonomous vehicle such that an input by a user with respect to the one or more vehicle input devices does not affect an operation of the autonomous vehicle.

The invention relates to a method for displaying a notification for a user in which first image data associated with the notification is displayed on a display unit in a normal display mode. The method also includes displaying second image data associated with the notification on the display unit in a safety display mode as soon as a predetermined fault condition is satisfied in the normal display mode. The predetermined fault condition being satisfied is checked by comparing a current display of the first image data by the display unit in the normal display mode, with respect to a presence of image faults, with a reference display of the first image data by the display unit in the normal display mode. The current display and the reference display are subdivided into regions and/or pixels for the comparison, said regions and/or pixels being associated with classes as background, foreground, image edge and/or irrelevant. Color value intervals and/or color value thresholds are set for each class based on an RGB scheme. A position within or outside of the color value intervals and/or color thresholds is established for each region and/or for each pixel and for each class, and an image fault is identified in response to a position being established outside of the color value intervals and/or color value thresholds, where regions and/or pixels that are classified as irrelevant are excluded from said comparing.