A vehicle includes: a seat; a sensor part provided on the seat and detecting whether a user is seated on the seat; a lighting part provided in the vehicle and including a plurality of light sources disposed at a preset interval; and a controller configured to determine a gaze direction of the user based on a result of the detection of the sensor part and to selectively control the plurality of light sources to distort the preset interval based on the determined gaze direction of the user.

Provided is a low-cost image display apparatus that has asymmetry in the display characteristics in the right-to-left direction, displays a clear image to the driver, exhibits an appropriate viewing angle control function that reduces reflected glare on the window glass, and is thinly made While causing no moire, and there are also provided an information display system for a vehicle, and an optical film. The image display apparatus includes a viewing-side polarizing plate, a liquid crystal cell, a backlight-side polarizing plate, an optical film, and a backlight in this order, in which the optical film includes an optically anisotropic layer and a polarizer in this order from the liquid crystal cell side, the absorption axis of the backlight-side polarizing plate and the absorption axis of the polarizer are parallel or orthogonal to each other, the optically anisotropic layer is optically uniaxially anisotropic, while in a case where the optic axis of the optically anisotropic layer is projected onto the polarizer as viewed from the viewing-side of the image display apparatus, the azimuthal angle of the optic axis is +50° to +70° or −50° to −70° with respect to the horizontal direction, the average tilt angle of the optic axis with respect to the main surface of the optically anisotropic layer is 20° to 45°, and the in-plane phase difference Re (550) of the optically anisotropic layer is 70 nm to 240 nm.

An indoor display apparatus of a vehicle may include a vehicle state inputter configured to receive a vehicle state, a front detector configured to detect an object ahead of a vehicle, a flip-dot display installed at a top of a cockpit module, and being configured to implement a pixel by rotating a flip disk, an illuminator installed around the flip-dot display, and being configured to illuminate the surface of the flip-dot display, and a controller configured to receive an operation mode of the vehicle from the vehicle state inputter, to receive a distance to the object and a direction of the object from the front detector, and to operate the flip-dot display and the illuminator.

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.

A light control apparatus includes a diffuser plate, a light source, a light pipe, and a light blocker. The diffuser plate includes at least one opening therein. The diffuser plate includes feature located around the opening in the diffuser plate that exposes a portion of the diffuser plate. A light source positioned proximate a second surface of the diffuser plate is optically coupled to a light pipe positioned around a portion of the opening near the second surface of diffuser plate. A light blocker is positioned near a second portion of the at least one feature. The light blocker is positioned between the light source and the second portion of the feature, the light blocker having an opening therein to allow light to pass from the light source to the diffuser plate proximate the second portion of the feature.

A handle includes a handle main body having a gripping portion, and a display device disposed at a position visible to a driver in the gripping portion. The display device is configured to be mounted to a mounted portion provided at the gripping portion, and configured such that a harness extending from the handle main body side is capable of being connected thereto. The harness has a harness-side connector to be connected to a display device-side connector, on the tip side exposed from a portion with a surface side covered with an outer skin layer covering the surface side of the gripping portion. A holding portion capable of holding an exposed portion exposed from the outer skin layer in the harness over a range from the base portion side to the tip side where the harness-side connector is disposed is formed on the display device side or the mounted portion side.

An information provision system mounted on a vehicle includes: a visual device configured to visually provide information to an occupant of the vehicle; and a controller configured to control the visual device. The controller is further configured to: cause the visual device to provide first information in a first period; cause the visual device to provide second information different from the first information in a second period later than the first period; and set at least one of a luminance and a saturation of the visual device in at least a part of an information switching period between the first period and the the second period to be lower than that in the first period and the second period.

A semiconductor apparatus include a first electrode, an insulating layer covering an end of the first electrode, a functional layer arranged on the first electrode and the insulating layer, and a second electrode arranged above the functional layer, wherein, in a cross-section passing through the insulating layer, and the first electrode, the insulating layer includes a first portion having a side surface inclining at an angle of 45° or more and 90° or less, a second portion having a side surface inclining at an angle smaller than 45°, and a third portion below the first portion, and having a side surface inclining at an angle smaller than 45°, and wherein a length of the second portion in a direction vertical to the first electrode is larger than that of the third portion.

An example method includes detecting a potential threat to a vehicle that is external to the vehicle, determining a severity level of the potential threat and a location of the potential threat relative to the vehicle, and displaying an indication of the potential threat on an electronic display in a particular portion of the electronic display corresponding to the location and with a particular display attribute corresponding to the severity level. The particular portion is one of a plurality of different portions of the electronic display each corresponding to different threat locations, and the particular display attribute is one of a plurality of different display attributes corresponding to different severity levels. A corresponding system that detects and displays notifications of potential threats is also disclosed.

An assembly and method for updating a display assembly of a control panel is disclosed with optimal uniform illumination. In some instances, embodiments include efficient and cost effective methods for upgrading display assemblies without having to completely overhaul the electrical, mechanical, or wiring components already existing within the control panel.