Techniques for interacting with authorized and unauthorized users by a door interface component are discussed herein. A vehicle computing device can implement the door interface component and/or an authentication component to control operation of a door of the vehicle or initiate a communication for assistance. For instance, the door interface component can include a button, that provides different visual indicators and functionality based on whether the user is authorized to enter the autonomous vehicle (e.g., open a door or provide visual indicators for the user to select to cause the door to open) or to request to move the vehicle, initiate hiring the vehicle, or call for help when the user is unauthorized to enter the autonomous vehicle.

Proposed is a vehicle hands-free incoming call notification system that is connected to a driver's phone through short-range wireless communication and supports a hands-free function. The system includes a caller information reception unit configured to receive caller information through the short-range wireless communication from a driver's phone to which an incoming call is connected according to a call origination of a caller terminal, and a notification unit for a driver configured to output the received caller information to at least some displays among a plurality of vehicle displays, to output an incoming call tone to a speaker, but when an incoming call-incognito mode is set, to output the caller information only to at least one exclusive display for a driver so that only the driver is able to check.

A distracted driver can be informed of his or her distraction by a visual notification. It can be detected whether a driver of a vehicle is focused on a non-critical object located within the vehicle. In response to detecting that the driver of the vehicle is focused on a non-critical object located within the vehicle, an amount of time the driver is focused on the non-critical object can be determined. When the amount of time exceeds a threshold amount of time, a visual notification of distracted driving can be caused to be presented on or visually adjacent to the non-critical object.

A driving control system including a sensor unit, a data storage unit, a user communication means and a control unit. The sensor unit is arrangeable in a first vehicle and configured to generate at least one user-specific driving parameter of at least one user travelling with the first vehicle. The at least one user-specific driving parameter is based on a driver's driving behavior of the first vehicle. The user communication means is configured to receive an input of the user to store the at least one user-specific driving parameter in the data storage unit and activate the stored at least one user-specific driving parameter in a second vehicle to be occupied by the user. The control unit is configured to transmit the at least one user-specific driving parameter of the user from the data storage unit to the second vehicle.

A management system of an automated valet parking lot according to an example in the present disclosure is a management system of an automated valet parking lot attached to a facility. The management system includes a setting unit for setting a management area for the facility, an authentication unit for performing, when a vehicle is deposited in the automated valet parking lot, usage authentication of the automated valet parking lot with a portable terminal associated with the vehicle, a tracking unit for tracking the position of the portable terminal authenticated for the usage, and a notification unit for notifying the portable terminal of an alarm when the portable terminal is outside the management area.

A system for providing proactive service to a passenger of an autonomous vehicle during an autonomous-driving ride. The system includes a hardware-based processing unit, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage component including an input-interface module that, when executed by the hardware-based processing unit, obtains input data indicating a condition related to the autonomous-driving ride. The storage component also includes an actions module that, when executed by the hardware-based processing unit determines, based on the condition indicated by the input data, a proposed action; and proactively initiates dialogue with the passenger by way of a vehicle-passenger interface, the dialogue including proposing that the vehicle take the proposed action. Example actions include executing a conversation function, an educating function, an HVAC function, an autonomous-driving function, and an infotainment function. The technology in various embodiments includes any of the processes performed by the systems or devices described.

A display method implemented using a display system for a vehicle, the method including the following steps: connecting said mobile terminal to the onboard display device; displaying, on the screen of the onboard display device, a graphical user interface comprising a first menu representing said plurality of applications as icons; generating a graphical user interface on the touch screen of the mobile terminal; and using the touch screen of the mobile terminal as a touchpad to navigate the first menu of the graphical user interface displayed on the screen of the onboard display device, a swiping gesture by a user's finger on the touch screen of the mobile terminal generating the display of movement of a marking area in the first menu of the graphical user interface displayed on the screen of the onboard display device, the marking area indicating the selection of an icon.

A system managing vehicle operations based on thermal data. The system includes a thermal camera arranged in the vehicle to sense intra-vehicle thermal conditions. The system also includes a hardware-based storage device including a thermal-data analysis module that, when executed by a hardware-based processing unit, determines, based on the intra-vehicle thermal data, an activity or state of one or more vehicle occupants. The storage device may also include: an action module that, when executed, determines an output action based on the activity or state; and an output-interface module that, when executed, initiates performing the output action. The storage device may also include In various embodiments, the hardware-based storage device includes a database module that, when executed, obtains pre-stored occupant data corresponding to an occupant, and determining the output action is based on the pre-stored occupant data and occupant activity or state determined.

An instrument panel for a leisure vehicle includes a display including a first region including a central part of the display, the first region being configured to display a predetermined image set by a user or a video from a camera installed in the vehicle. The display also includes a second region including at least a part of a peripheral part of the display, the second region being configured to display travelling information indicating a travelling condition.

A user device may be used to prevent a user from driving a vehicle while distracted by the user device. The user device may create a user profile, determine whether the user is driving, and collect usage data while the user is driving. The user profile may include information regarding the driver's propensity to be distracted while driving and the usage data may include information on whether the user is actually distracted by the user device. The user device may determine whether the driver is distracted based on the user profile and the usage data, and may respond in one or more ways, such as by alerting the driver with an audio signal, disabling a feature of the user device, logging instances of user distraction with a diagnostics device, activating a braking system of the vehicle, warning nearby drivers about the driver being distracted, and more.