An information providing apparatus for a vehicle includes in-vehicle devices, a communication network connected to each of the in-vehicle devices, a storage portion in which a signal change pattern based on the condition of each of the in-vehicle devices is stored in associated state for each situation around the vehicle, a situation determining portion that determines the situation around the vehicle based on the signal change of at least one in-vehicle device and the stored signal change pattern, an information acquiring portion that acquires information on the condition of the in-vehicle device related to the determined situation around the vehicle, an information generating portion that generates notification information on a recommended operation based on the information on the condition of the related in-vehicle device, and an information presenting portion that presents the notification information on the recommended operation.

A control device includes a driving device for controlling a function of a vehicle, a display device for at least one piece of information relative to this function, and a receiving surface of the driving device and the display device. The control device is mounted translatably on the receiving surface and relative to the display device. The distance between the display device and the driving device is adjustable by moving the control device relative to said the display device.

A redundant-controls system suitable for use an automated vehicle includes a primary-control-device, a secondary-control-device, an occupant-detection-device, and a controller. The primary-control-device is installed in a vehicle. The primary-control-device is selectively enabled to allow operation from an operator-seat of the vehicle by an operator of the vehicle to control movement of the vehicle. The secondary-control-device is installed in the vehicle. The secondary-control-device is selectively enabled to allow operation from a passenger-seat of the vehicle by a passenger of the vehicle to control movement of the vehicle. The occupant-detection-device is used to determine an operator-state-of-awareness of the operator and a passenger-state-of-awareness of the passenger. The controller is in communication with the primary-control-device, the secondary-control-device, and the operator-detection-device. The controller is configured to selectively enable the secondary-control-device to override the primary-control-device when the passenger-state-of-awareness indicates greater awareness than the operator-state-of-awareness.

A vehicle includes a display for displaying a keypad to receive a command through a touch gesture of a user, and a controller for determining an operable area for the user on the display based on a user's shoulder height and arm length, and for controlling the display to display the keypad in the operable area.

A system for controlling visual protection for a display unit includes a camera which is configured to generate a video signal; a video signal processing unit which is configured, based on the video signal of the camera, to determine a particular position of each of one or more persons relative to the display unit and to determine a particular viewing direction of one of the one or more persons; a database which is configured to generate a prediction for a behaviour of each of the one or more persons based on the particular position and viewing direction of each of the one or more persons detected by the video signal processing unit, wherein the prediction includes one or more predicted viewing directions of the particular person; and a display control unit which is configured to control the visual protection for the display unit based on the prediction.

A method for generating synthetic in-vehicle infotainment data includes receiving a plurality of preference data, wherein the preference data is associated with a plurality of domains associated applications in the in-vehicle infotainment system, receiving information related to an age or gender of a user of the in-vehicle infotainment systems, utilizing the plurality of preference data and the information related to the age or gender of the user to generate one or more user profiles associated with the in-vehicle infotainment system, and outputting a synthetic dataset to be utilized in a recommendation system of the in-vehicle infotainment system utilizing the one or more user profiles, wherein the synthetic dataset is associated with the one or more user profiles.

An agent device includes: an agent functional unit configured to provide a service including an output of a response to a voice to an outputter in response to a speech of an occupant of a vehicle; and a display controller configured to cause a display provided in the vehicle to display an animation regarding an agent corresponding to the agent functional unit. The display controller moves the animation between a first display area included in the display and a second display area of which a position is different from a position of the first display area in the vehicle in response to an instruction from the occupant.

A display control device includes: a proximity determination unit for determining whether or not a driver's hand exists in a detection area created in front of a touch operation screen, on the basis of a detection result of an object existing in the detection area, the detection result being transmitted from a proximity detection device; an allocation changing unit for changing an operational allocation on the touch operation screen when the proximity determination unit has determined that the driver's hand exists in the detection area; and a display output unit for outputting allocation information to a HUD when the operational allocation on the touch operation screen is changed by the allocation changing unit, the allocation information being to cause the HUD to display a display allocation corresponding to the changed operational allocation.

Methods, systems, and apparatus for a monitoring system are disclosed. The monitoring system includes a memory configured to store image data and a first camera configured to capture first image data including the activity of a passenger within the vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to obtain, from the first camera, the first image data including the passenger, determine an activity of the passenger based on the first image data, and determine that the activity of the passenger will be different than a baseline activity of the passenger. The electronic control unit is configured to record and capture, in the memory and using the camera, the first image data for a time period before and after the determination that the activity of the passenger will be different than the baseline activity.

A control apparatus includes a living body presence/absence determination unit configured to determine whether a predetermined living body is left in a vehicle cabin, a cabin camera configured to acquire image data containing a face of the predetermined living body left in the cabin, a facial expression analysis information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on facial expression of the predetermined living body based on the image data, a determination unit configured to determine whether a safety of a life of the predetermined living body is a predetermined reference or lower based on the information on the facial expression, and a control unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that the safety of the life of the predetermined living body is the predetermined reference or lower, activate a safety function for ensuring the safety of the life of the predetermined living body.