A method for controlling vehicle operations based on user orientation and user interaction data is provided. The method includes detecting, using a sensor operating in conjunction with the computing device of the vehicle, an orientation of a part of a user relative to a location on a display that is positioned in an interior of the vehicle, detecting, using an additional sensor, an interaction between the user and a portion of the display positioned in the interior of the vehicle, determining, using the computing device, whether a distance between the location and the portion of the display satisfies a threshold, and controlling, by the computing device, an operation associated with the vehicle responsive to determining that the distance between the location and the portion of the display satisfies the threshold.

A system for controlling a vehicle includes: an occupant gaze recognition unit to recognize a gaze of an occupant in the vehicle; a point of interest determination unit to determine the point of interest among an external object visible through a side window of the vehicle based on the gaze of the occupant; and a seat position control unit to change a seat position of the occupant to enable a continuous stare at the point of interest according to a movement of the vehicle.

Redundant vehicle controls based on user presence and position are disclosed herein. A method can include determining a presence and a position of a driver in a sensing zone of a vehicle using a sensor platform integrated into the vehicle. The sensing zone is associated with a primary driving interface of the vehicle. Determining when the position of the driver indicates that the driver is not in a fully-seated position relative to a driver's seat of the vehicle, and that the vehicle is in a non-seated drive mode where the driver is permitted to operate the vehicle while not being in the fully-seated position. Activating a secondary driving interface of the vehicle when the driver is not in a fully-seated position and the vehicle is in the selected driving mode. The secondary driving interface can be used in combination with the primary driving interface.

When a screen to be displayed on a touch panel display includes no visual content for appreciation, such as a movie, the screen is displayed at a position closer to the user, at which the user can naturally manipulate the screen. When the screen includes a handwritten input acceptance box, the screen is placed at an upper position so that a handwriting input operation by the user is eased. When the screen includes visual content for appreciation, the screen is displayed at a position slightly distant from the user so as to be suitable for viewing the visual content for appreciation. The position suitable for appreciation is set according to the display size and resolution of the visual content, included in the screen, for appreciation.

A vehicle interface system is disclosed. The system includes a conductive textile 100 and circuitry 408. The conductive textile 100 is configured to provide user input information, wherein the user input information is in response to contact with the conductive textile. The circuitry 408 is configured to analyze the user input information, identify a user input based on the user input information, and determine an associated command based on the identified user input

The present disclosure relates to an infotainment system, to a locomotion vehicle, and to a user interface. The user interface may comprise: an input device for detecting swipe gestures of a user guided by a structure in respect of two dimensions, called “finger strip” in the following, a display device, and an evaluating unit. The evaluating unit may be configured to evaluate swipe gestures detected by means of the finger strip for substantially continuously variable adjustment to an output variable and to evaluate tap inputs detected by means of the finger strip for selection and/or definition of favorites.

A mode of transportation, an infotainment system, and a device for operating an infotainment system of a mode of transportation having a finger strip extending in a linear or curved manner for haptically guiding a finger of a user, a detection unit for detecting swipe gestures carried out on the finger strip, an analyzing unit for processing detected swipe gestures, and a linear light outlet extending at least approximately completely along the finger strip. The device acknowledges a user gesture by a light signal emitted from the light outlet in response to a user gesture detected by the detection unit.

The invention relates to a transportation means, a user interface and a method for overlapping the display of display contents of a user interface of a transportation means. The method comprises the steps: displaying first display contents on a first display device of the transportation means; picking up a pre-defined user entry with respect to the first display contents and in response thereto; extending a first surface associated with the first display contents on a second display device of the transportation means.

An object image extraction unit (110) extracts, from a photographed image of ahead of a vehicle, an extracted object image matching an extraction condition among a plurality of object images. A display allocation area specifying unit (130) specifies in the photographed image, an area that does not overlap any extracted object image and that is in contact with any extracted object image, as a display allocation area of guidance information, and identifies an adjacent extracted object image that is in contact with the display allocation area and a tangent of the adjacent extracted object image to the display allocation area. An object space coordinate calculation unit (140) calculates a three-dimensional space coordinate of an object of the adjacent extracted object image, as an object space coordinate. A tangent space coordinate calculation unit (160) calculates, based on the object space coordinate, a three-dimensional space coordinate of the tangent on the assumption that the tangent exists in a three-dimensional space, as the tangent space coordinate. A display area determination unit (170) determines a display area of the guidance information on a windshield, based on the tangent space coordinate and three-dimensional space coordinates of the eye position of a driver and the position of the windshield.

Arrangements herein relate to an information-attainment system and a method of operating same. The system can include an inquiry input system to receive an inquiry for a point-of-interest (POI). The system can also include an occupant monitoring system to determine a potential occupant vector with respect to the POI. The system can further include a processor and a location determination system to acquire positioning information that is directly associated with the POI based on the potential occupant vector. The processor can receive the inquiry for the POI and the positioning information directly associated with the POI based on the potential occupant vector. In response to the receipt of the inquiry for the POI and the positioning information, the processor can be configured to identify the POI and acquire information associated with the POI that is responsive to the inquiry.