The invention relates to a method for assisting a user in the remote control of a motor vehicle (2) by means of a remote-control device (3), wherein depending on sensor data (14) provided by means of at least one environment sensor (5, 6, 7, 8) of the motor vehicle (2) a first surroundings image (13) of at least one part (20) of the surroundings (9) of the motor vehicle (2) from a determined perspective (19) is provided and displayed by means of the remote-control device (3). In this case, the determined perspective (19) is selected from a plurality of selectable perspectives (19) as a perspective (19) that is independent of a position of the at least one environment sensor (5, 6, 7, 8), depending on a user input effected by the user and detected by means of the remote-control device (3).

A vehicle computer has a vehicle display and a vehicle input device, and a mobile telephone has a mobile telephone display and a mobile telephone input device. A method for controlling the vehicle computer using the mobile telephone has the following steps: an application is run on the mobile telephone; a control command for the vehicle is entered into the application by a user using the mobile telephone input device; a software library, which can be used by multiple applications, is operated by the application; the mobile telephone is connected to the vehicle computer via a local network connection using the software library, a software interface for the software library being implemented in the vehicle computer; the control command is transmitted to the software interface; and the control command is carried out by the vehicle computer.

An alert system includes a vehicle that transmits predetermined verification information within a communication range and a portable terminal that performs a predetermined alert operation on receiving the verification information. The portable terminal includes a control part that stores reference status being status of the vehicle and needing no alert operation. The control part regularly receives the verification information within the communication range. The control part determines that an alert operation is necessary when the portable terminal is moved out of the communication range from inside of the communication range and when a result of comparison between the verification information received immediately before the portable terminal is moved out of the communication range and the reference status stored in advance indicates that the verification information and the reference status are different. The control part performs the alert operation when it is determined that the alert operation is necessary.

A vehicle includes a terminal connection unit configured to access portable terminals, a terminal communication unit configured to receive signals from the accessed portable terminals according to types of the terminals and generate normalized data, and a control unit configured to generate a control signal for controlling a corresponding component in the vehicle based on the normalized data.

The present invention relates to a windshield and wiper blade deicing system. The system is designed to use a plurality of vents that are angled to blow out or direct warm air from the vehicle engine and heater of the vehicle towards the windshield and wiper blades for quickly melting ice and snow thereon. The plurality of vents can be disposed near, or proximal to, the base of the windshield and the vehicle hood. The system uses internal warm air generated from the vehicle engine, and the heater of the vehicle and control same with a deicing controller. The system can be controlled by a plurality of control buttons disposed on a dashboard of the vehicle. The system can also be controlled remotely by a key fob of the vehicle.

A display panel with a pixel matrix has control circuitry designed to actuate at least one pixel element of the pixel matrix for displaying at least one graphic display object. The display panel is flexible and is movably supported by a controllable supporting arrangement. An electronic control unit can adjust a position of the display panel as a function of a position signal between a first position, where the display panel can cover at least one portion of a vehicle roof, and a second position, where the display panel can cover at least one portion of a windscreen.

A method, computer readable storage medium, and electronic device are provided which operates on hierarchical data having a plurality of levels by detecting one of a plurality of gestures on a touch-sensitive input mechanism of the electronic device. Each of the plurality of gestures is associated with a different level in the hierarchical data.

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate user interaction with a display that is capable of presenting at least portions of the user interfaces of multiple devices, such as by recognizing and interpreting a gesture as providing input to one of the devices. In the context of a method, an identification of one or more valid gestures of at least a first device is received in an instance in which a plurality of devices interact such that portions of the respective user interfaces are capable of being presented upon a display. The method also includes receiving information indicative of a gesture and determining whether the gesture is valid. Depending upon whether the gesture is a valid gesture, the method also includes causing an indication of the gesture to be provided to the first device.

A notification device includes an identification information acquisition section that acquires identification information output from an in-vehicle device in response to a change of a vehicle condition, a sound source data acquisition section capable of performing an acquisition operation of acquiring sound source data from an outside, a storage section capable of storing the sound source data for notification acquired by the sound source acquisition section and association data in which the identification information and the sound source data for notification are associated with each other, and a control section that outputs the sound source data for notification on the basis of the association data when the identification information acquisition section acquires the identification information. The sound source data acquisition section and the storage section are provided in a mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal is provided with an association data edit section capable of editing the association data.

A method of selective display of vehicle information is to be implemented by an electronic system, and includes steps of: a) obtaining, by a processing unit of the electronic system, measured data of a physical quantity that is associated with a vehicle as generated by a sensing unit of the electronic system; b) making a determination, by the processing unit, as to whether the measured data satisfies a predefined criteria; c) controlling, by the processing unit when a result of the determination is affirmative, an output unit of the electronic system to display the measured data; and d) controlling, by the processing unit when the result of the determination is negative, the output unit to refrain from displaying the measured data.