Disclosed are a head unit of a vehicle and a method for efficiently managing content of the head unit. In particular, the method for managing content for the head unit for the vehicle includes: receiving, from a server, a content change notification indicating an occurrence of a content change for a specific user; and, in response to the content change notification, either setting a content change flag for the specific user or immediately performing an update with the server according to the content change, based on an activation state of the vehicle and a user currently logged in the head unit.

A speed maintenance instruction is output when a vehicle enters a next intersection and a predetermined condition is satisfied. It is determined whether a forward obstacle is disposed between the vehicle and the next intersection. A possibility of collision with the forward obstacle is determined if the forward obstacle is disposed between the vehicle and the next intersection and the vehicle maintains a current vehicle speed. When the possibility of collision is determined, the speed maintenance instruction is not output even if the predetermined condition is satisfied.

In a display control device, in a case in which a total number of image pages displayable at a meter display is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the display control device displays a same number of dots as the total number of image pages, and displays a page indicator that specifies a dot corresponding to the displayed image page. Further, in a case in which the total number of image pages exceeds the predetermined value, a page indicator is displayed in which a cursor is arranged at a position corresponding to the displayed image page together with a scroll bar. As a result, even if the total number of image pages is large, the display of the page indicator is not complicated.

An apparatus is configured to efficiently recognize a gesture by interworking with an infotainment system. The apparatus obtains information about the gesture of a user, is connected with the infotainment system of a vehicle to identify a state of the infotainment system, branches a gesture allowed in recognition, based on the state of the infotainment system, and performs gesture recognition, based on the information about the sensed gesture and a result of branching the gesture allowed in recognition. The apparatus addresses overload and reliability degradation problems according to continuous image recognition.

A camera monitor system for responding to an amount of light includes: a sensor unit configured to measure an amount of external light of a vehicle; a camera unit configured to capture an image of an outside of the vehicle; a display unit comprising a first display layer configured to display the image of the outside, captured by the camera unit, and a second display layer configured to display at least one icon at least partially overlapping the first display layer; and a controller configured to set luminance of the first display layer in response to the amount of external light received from the sensor unit and to change transparency of the icon of the second display layer.

A vehicle interior component configured to present a user interface for a vehicle occupant with vehicle systems may comprise a housing, cover structure and user interface system to present the user interface at a cover surface. The user interface may comprise a light display to transmit light from a light source and/or an input device comprising a mechanical coupling to interface with a sensor arrangement. The user interface may comprise output from the light display and/or input by interaction with the input device at the cover surface. The component may comprise a module comprising the light display and the input device. The module may comprise an absorber. The light display may comprise a light guide and/or display panel. The light guide may comprise a projection and/or icon to transmit light through an aperture and/or recess of the cover structure.

The control system for a vehicle includes processing circuit, and memory and a touchscreen. The processing circuit detects the characteristics of contact (e.g., touch) between the user's hand and/or an object and the touch-sensitive surface of the touchscreen. Responsive to the touch, the control system may present touch controls of a particular class on the touchscreen, establish sub-areas of the touchscreen, and/or control the operation of a system of the vehicle. The touch controls displayed on the touchscreen may perform the function of a dynamic touch control in that the graphic of the icon of the touch control may change to provide status regarding the operation of the system related to the touch control.

A method for controlling a display device in a motor vehicle includes detecting a person's body posture using sensors that generate corresponding sensor values, and determining, based on the detected sensor values, whether the person is in a normotonic posture. The method also includes determining a distance between the person's eyes and the display device if the person is determined to be in a normotonic posture, and adjusting predetermined display parameters on the display device based on the distance of the person's eyes from the display device.

A display control device comprising a display control section configured to arrange, on a display, icons for starting each of a plurality of applications, an acquisition section configured to acquire a number of times of use for each of the applications; and a computation section configured to compute a priority level for each of the applications based on a condition including the number of times of use as acquired by the acquisition section, the display control section being configured to effect a rearrangement, in a prescribed region of the display section, each icon having a high ranking for the priority level computed by the computation section, and, during the rearrangement, being configured to fix a display position of icons remaining in the prescribed region.

A transparent pixel matrix, a screening layer, and a control circuit are included in a display apparatus. The control circuit displays a graphic object on the pixel matrix. The screening layer includes individually switchable segments arranged behind the pixel matrix and the segments are switchable with respect to their transparency between a minimum value and a maximum value. The control circuit selects the graphic object based on an input by the user. The control circuit signals the graphic object is selected by operating a first segment among the segments arranged behind the selected graphic object as a selection segment, with the minimum value of transparency or with the maximum value of transparency, and by operating a second segment among the segments as a background segment in a complementary fashion with respect to the selection segment, with the maximum value of transparency or the minimum value of transparency.