B60K2370/741

VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE

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.

Dynamic Information Protection for Display Devices
20210406565 · 2021-12-30 ·

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.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING REALISTIC USAGE DATA OF IN-VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT
20210406303 · 2021-12-30 ·

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.

Agent device, method of controlling agent device, and storage medium for providing service based on vehicle occupant speech
11211033 · 2021-12-28 · ·

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.

DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD
20210379995 · 2021-12-09 · ·

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.

Contextual autonomous vehicle support through written interaction

An autonomous vehicle including a sensor system that outputs a sensor signal indicative of a condition of the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle also includes a user interface device with a display. A computing system determines, based upon a profile of the passenger, that support is to be provided textually to the passenger when the support is provided to the passenger. The computing system further detects occurrence of an event that has been identified as potentially causing discomfort to the passenger. The computing system yet further sets a predefined support message defined in an account corresponding to the event maintained in a database prior to occurrence of the event as a support message to be presented to the passenger. The computing system additionally causes the display to present the support message textually, wherein the textual support message solicits feedback from the passenger of the autonomous vehicle.

THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE, HEAD-UP DISPLAY SYSTEM, MOVING OBJECT, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
20210377513 · 2021-12-02 · ·

A three-dimensional display device includes a display panel, a controller, and a communication unit. The display panel is configured to display an image. An optical element is configured to define a propagation direction of image light emitted from the display panel. The communication unit is configured to receive a captured image of first eye and second eye different from the first eye, of a user. The controller causes the display panel to display a calibration image. The controller is configured so that, based on cornea images of different parts of the calibration image in the captured image that are viewed with the first eye and the second eye of the user, respectively, a parallax image is displayed on the display panel.

SLEEPINESS PREDICTION DEVICE, MOVING BODY, AND SLEEPINESS PREDICTION METHOD
20220203804 · 2022-06-30 ·

A drowsiness prediction device includes: a carbon dioxide concentration detector that detects the concentration of carbon dioxide in a compartment; an oxygen saturation detector that detects oxygen saturation in the body of a driver present in the compartment; a predictor that predicts, according to the concentration of carbon dioxide and the oxygen saturation detected, a level of drowsiness that the driver would feel after the detection of the concentration of carbon dioxide and the oxygen saturation; and an outputter that outputs information indicating the predicted level of drowsiness.

CAMERA SYSTEM TO MONITOR THE PASSENGERS IN A VEHICLE AND DETECT PASSENGER ACTIVITIES
20220207278 · 2022-06-30 ·

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.

Vehicle starting mechanism

A vehicle starting mechanism includes a switch box and a power switch. The switch box is provided near an operation panel or a meter panel, and has a lid that can be opened and closed. The power switch is housed inside the switch box, and is capable of switching the vehicle between a state capable of traveling and a state incapable of traveling.