A vehicle-mounted alert system includes display devices equipped to a vehicle, a sight line detection device detecting driver's sight line, a surrounding monitoring device detecting a presence of an object near the vehicle and a direction of the object with respect to the vehicle, and an alert control device controlling the display devices to display an alert image for informing the driver of the presence of the object detected by the surrounding monitoring device. The alert control device controls the display device located in a direction of the sight line of the driver to display the alert image, and then, controls the display devices so that the alert image successively moves from the display device located in the direction of the sight line of the driver to the display device determined based on the direction of the object detected by the surrounding monitoring device.

If a first sign information detector 62 is normal, a first display 94 displays sign information detected by the first sign information detector 62, in accordance with an instruction from a control circuit 70. At this time, a second display 64 hides sign information in accordance with an instruction from the control circuit 70. On the other hand, if the first sign information detector 62 is abnormal, the first display 94 hides the sign information in accordance with an instruction from the control circuit 70. At this time, the second display 64 displays sign information detected by the second sign information detector 64, in accordance with an instruction from the control circuit 70.

Herein is disclosed a virtual embodiment display system comprising one or more image sensors, configured to receive one or more images of a vehicle occupant; one or more processors, configured to determine a gaze direction of the vehicle occupant from the one or more images; select a display location corresponding to the determined gaze direction; and control an image display device to display a virtual embodiment of an intelligent agent at the display location; the image display device, configured to display the virtual embodiment of the intelligent agent at the selected display location according to the one or more processors.

Implementations relate to interactions, over a wireless communication modality, between an automated assistant of an automobile computer system, and separate client device(s). In some of those implementations, the client device(s) can be paired with the automobile computer system, and the client device(s) and the automobile computer system can include separate instances of an automated assistant, which can be associated with different user accounts. In some additional or alternative implementations, particular actions to be performed by a local application of a client device can be advanced via user interaction with the automobile automated assistant, despite a counterpart to the local application not being installed directly on automobile computer system. For example, despite an automobile computer system not having a third-party messaging application installed, the automobile automated assistant can access requested actions to be performed by the third-party messaging application in order to further a requested action. The automobile computer system can transmit, via the wireless communication modality, content to cause the third-party application to further the requested action.

A vehicle includes a first display circuit and a second display circuit. The first display circuit is disposed at a position capable of being visually checked by a driver. The second display circuit is disposed at a position capable of being visually checked by a driver. The first display circuit can display at least information about autonomous driving. The second display circuit can display at least information other than the information about the autonomous driving. First display circuit has first redundancy. The second display circuit has second redundancy lower than the first redundancy.

A method for transmitting information to a driver of a motor vehicle, with at least two information channels being provided to transmit information, includes presenting the information via at least a first information channel for the driver, determining a perception quantity representing perception by the driver with regard to the information presented, and defining a transmission of the information via a further information channel on the basis of the perception quantity determined.

A system may include global controls, each associated with a different one of a plurality of user interface screens of a vehicle; contextual controls, each associated with a command function available from a selected one of the plurality of user interface screens; and a vehicle processor configured to display a current one of the plurality of user interface screens, and update command functions associated with the contextual controls responsive to user input to the global controls. A method may include, responsive to receiving an indication of a user input press of a global control, updating command functions associated with contextual controls in accordance with command function available from a user interface screen associated with the global control; and upon receiving a user input release of the global control within a predetermined threshold period of time, navigating to the user interface screen associated with the global control.

A display control system includes a display controller, and a single virtual frame-memory. The display controller controls a plurality of display devices physically separated from each other. The virtual frame-memory stores one or more screen images to be displayed on the plurality of the display devices. The display controller is configured to write, into the virtual frame-memory, a screen image to be displayed on and across at least two of the plurality of the display devices.

A MET and a HUD are provided inside a cabin of an host vehicle so as to be capable of being viewed by an occupant. An acquisition section is configured to acquire information regarding surrounding objects around the host vehicle. A control section is configured to suppress display on the HUD of an image of a surrounding object other than a first preceding vehicle traveling ahead in a current traveling lane of the host vehicle from out of images of surrounding objects for which the information has been acquired by the acquisition section. The control section also displays the first preceding vehicle and other surrounding objects on the MET, with display of the other surrounding objects being incrementally toned-down according to their importance level.

Systems and methods for adapting various autonomous vehicle settings to protect personal information based on the composition of passengers in a vehicle. In particular, sensitive user information is intelligently parsed out or generalized based on user preference and the presence of unknown passengers. In some examples, sensitive user information is routed to more secure channels such as a mobile device application or a personalized display. In some implementations, the position of passengers within a vehicle is determined to identify which displays are in each passenger's field of view. Additionally, pick-up and drop-off locations can be scrambled to nearby destinations to obscure a home address, work address, or other identifiable address information.