A switchable backlight for a switchable privacy display apparatus comprises a collimated waveguide, first and second light sources and an optical turning film comprising elongate prismatic elements with facet orientations that pupillate the output of the waveguide in two orthogonal directions for each of first and second light sources. High luminance uniformity is achieved for a head-on user in privacy and public viewing modes and high uniformity of security factor is achieved for off-axis snoopers, with increased speed of privacy switch-on in privacy mode.

A vehicle includes one or more sensors arranged on at least one of a dashboard, a roof, and a center console of the vehicle, or one or more image capturing devices for capturing one or more images from a left side and a right side of the vehicle, an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to communicate with the one or more sensors or the one or more image capturing devices, and at least one of a morphing surface, a windshield display, and one or more displays configured to be controlled by the ECU, where the one or more sensors are arranged under a black panel surface.

Technologies and techniques for detecting a user input for a device of a vehicle, an operable function of the device is detected and a first and a second potential operational action type depending on the operable function. A preferred operational action type is determined and an output is generated depending on the preferred operational action type. The output includes an operating object, dependent on which the preferred operational action type is displayed to the user. The operating system includes a control unit and an output unit. The control unit detects an operable function of the operating system, to determine a first and a second potential operational action type for the operable function depending on the operable function, and determines a preferred operational action type. The control unit generates an output depending on the preferred operational action type and to output the output by means of the output unit.

A driving assistance apparatus includes a gaze detection portion detecting a gaze distribution of a driver for a vehicle, an image acquisition portion acquiring a captured image from an imaging device that captures an image in surroundings of the vehicle, a driver information acquisition portion acquiring driver information that allows identification of the driver for the vehicle, a generation portion generating a personalized saliency map based on the captured image and the driver information, the personalized saliency map that serves as a saliency map for the captured image and that differs depending on the driver, and a determination portion determining whether or not the driver looks at a visual confirmation target in the surroundings of the vehicle by comparing the gaze distribution detected by the gaze detection portion and the personalized saliency map generated by the generation portion.

Dynamically adjustable display systems for adjusting the position of a flexible display in response to ambient light. The display system includes a flexible display that is capable of reversibly bending along one or more bending axes. The display system further includes an adjustable support on which the flexible display is mounted, the adjustable support being able to selectively bend the flexible display. The display system includes photodetectors for detecting ambient light. The photodetectors may be positioned about a perimeter of the flexible display. A control unit in communication with the adjustable support and the plurality of photodetectors may cause the adjustable support to bend the flexible display in response to ambient light detected at the plurality of photodetectors.

In a driving analysis device, an information generation unit generates a time series of detection elements including a line-of-sight direction indicating to which of a plurality of preset viewable areas a line of sight of a driver driving a vehicle is oriented and an open/closed state of driver's eyes. An acquisition unit acquires evaluation data from the time series of the detection elements using a time window having a preset time width. An extraction unit extracts a plurality of feature quantities including at least a result of summation of appearance frequencies with respect to each of the detection elements from the evaluation data. An analysis unit analyzes a driver's tendency using a function that receives, as input, at least a part of the feature quantities extracted by the extraction unit.

In a consciousness determination device, a time series of a plurality of detection elements that includes a line-of-sight state indicating to which of a plurality of preset viewable areas a line of sight of a driver driving a vehicle is directed and an open/closed state of driver's eyes is generated. Detection data is extracted from the time series of the detection elements using a time window having a preset time width. The line-of-sight state of the driver with respect to each of the plurality of viewable areas is aggregated using the detection data. Based on an aggregation result, at least one of (i) a state of consciousness of the driver with respect to each of the plurality of viewable areas and (ii) a state of consciousness of the driver with respect to an event associated with each of the plurality of viewable areas is determined.

Various aspects of a device and method to manage interaction with one or more control circuits in a vehicle and one or more wearable devices are disclosed herein. The device comprises one or more circuits configured to receive a first set of input values from the one or more wearable devices associated with a first user. The one or more wearable devices are communicatively coupled to the device used in the vehicle. A second set of input values is received from one or more vehicle sensors embedded in the vehicle. An operating mode of the device is determined based on the received first set of input values and the second set of input values. One or more functions of the vehicle are controlled based on the determined operating mode of the device.

A method for controlling vehicle functions to increase the well-being and/or to increase the attention of at least one vehicle user in a vehicle. A number of vehicle functions are activated when at least one specific user menu is selected. Here, a lead function assigned to the user menu from the number of vehicle functions is predetermined in each case and the time and content processes of the other vehicle functions assigned to the user menu are coordinated with respect to the lead function.

The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus including: a camera; a display unit; a processor configured to monitor a passenger, based on a vehicle internal image data generated by the camera; a printed circuit board configured to be electrically connected to the camera, the display unit, and the processor; a case configured to form an outer shape by being coupled to the display unit with the printed circuit board interposed therebetween; and a mounting portion configured to fix the case to a portion of a vehicle seat.