Methods and systems are provided for initiating an alert in a vehicle. A method includes: receiving sensor data associated with an environment of the vehicle; determining at least one road user based on the sensor data; determining at least one blind spot area associated with a pillar of the vehicle and the road scenario; determining that the at least one road user is a vulnerable road user based on the blind spot area and a size and location of the at least one road user; determining a line of sight of the driver; determining, by the processor, whether the at least one road user is within the line of sight of the driver; and in response to the determining whether the at least one road user is within the line of sight of the driver, selectively generating, by the processor, alert signal data to an alert system of the vehicle.

A blind spot visualization system and method for eliminating blind spots for an operator of a vehicle. The blind spots are caused by obstructions in the vehicle. A first image based on a first frequency range, and a second image based on a second frequency range, is generated. The images of the first frequency range and the images of the second frequency range are combined to create a composite image. Displays on the obstruction, facing the operator, receive the composite image. The displays display the images to the operator so that the blind spots, caused by the obstructions in the vehicle, are eliminated.

Methods and systems are provided for initiating an alert in a vehicle. A method includes: receiving sensor data associated with an environment of the vehicle; determining at least one road user based on the sensor data; determining at least one blind spot area associated with a pillar of the vehicle and the road scenario; determining that the at least one road user is a vulnerable road user based on the blind spot area and a size and location of the at least one road user; determining a line of sight of the driver; determining, by the processor, whether the at least one road user is within the line of sight of the driver; and in response to the determining whether the at least one road user is within the line of sight of the driver, selectively generating, by the processor, alert signal data to an alert system of the vehicle.

The disclosure relates to a camera monitor system for a vehicle, comprising a camera, a monitor, a monitor holder, and a printed circuit board, wherein the monitor is mechanically installed in the monitor holder and wherein the monitor holder comprises a vehicle interface for mechanical attachment to the vehicle, wherein the printed circuit board is mechanically installed in the monitor holder. The disclosure also relates to a vehicle with such a camera monitor system.

An anti-kinetosis device for a motor vehicle includes a triaxial accelerometer, a display means, and a control unit. The triaxial accelerometer detects accelerations of the vehicle along three axes emits a corresponding acceleration signal. The display means includes light markers forming a first horizontal plane. The control unit includes an acceleration signal input, a processor, and a memory. The control unit receives the acceleration signals emitted by the accelerometer at the acceleration signal input. The memory stores instructions configured to cause the processor to align the first horizontal plane perpendicular to a gravitation vector by driving the means for displaying light markers and configured to cause the processor to align the first horizontal plane with a physical parameter of a first person seated in the motor vehicle. The first horizontal plane is positioned just beside the first internal surface and just in front of the second internal surface.

A method of providing views in a CMS for a vehicle includes capturing multiple fields of view with multiple cameras, displaying the multiple fields of view on multiple displays, one of which includes a primary display, touching a picture-in-picture (PIP) indicium on the primary display to select a predetermined PIP configuration that displays one of the multiple fields of view for at least one of the multiple displays, and displaying the predetermined PIP configuration on the at least one of the multiple displays during a first vehicle operational state. The predetermined PIP configuration is absent from the at least one of the multiple displays during a second vehicle operational state that is different than the first vehicle operational state.

An apparatus for controlling a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a processor; a memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the processor; and the one or more programs include instructions for: a first determination unit configured to determine whether the vehicle is in a driving state; a first controller configured to deactivate a touch mode of the touch panel provided in the digital side mirror system when the vehicle is determined to be in the driving state; a second determination unit configured to determine whether the vehicle is in a switch mode for controlling the function of the vehicle through the operating switch; and a second controller configured to control a driver to perform a function from a menu selected through the operating switch when the vehicle is determined to be in the switch mode.