The present disclosure relates to apparatuses/systems and associated methods for controlling an environmental condition inside a container or housing. The apparatus includes (1) a thermoelectric cooling unit having a first side facing away from an inner surface of the housing and a second side facing the inner surface of the housing; (2) a capillary unit having a first part and a second part; and (3) a sensor positioned inside the housing and configured to sense a humidity value and a temperature value inside the housing. The first part is coupled to the thermoelectric cooling unit and is positioned inside the housing. The second part is positioned outside the housing. If the humidity value is greater than a humidity threshold and the temperature value is greater than a temperature threshold, the thermoelectric cooling unit removes moisture in the housing, and the first part of the capillary unit collects the removed moisture and transmits the removed moisture to the second part of the capillary unit.

A vehicle instrument panel structure is provided including a blower outlet and a guide member. The blower outlet is provided between a meter section on an instrument panel provided at a front section of a vehicle cabin and an interior member of a vehicle door, and is capable of blowing an airflow substantially toward a vehicle rear side. The guide member is provided at the vehicle rear side of the blower outlet so as to block the blower outlet from view of an occupant sitting in a vehicle seat provided inside the vehicle cabin, and extends at an angle toward the vehicle rear side on progression from a location corresponding to the blower outlet toward a vehicle width direction outer side.

A control device for a vehicle includes a plurality of displays having a first display that is configured to provide vehicle information to a driver of the vehicle, where the vehicle information includes speed information of the vehicle, a sensor configured to obtain eye tracking information of the driver, where the eye tracking information includes a gaze of the driver, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine, based on the eye tracking information, a second display of the plurality of displays to which the gaze of the driver is directed, select a first content to be displayed on the first display, where the first content is based on a gazed second content of the second display, and provide the first content to the first display to be displayed.

A display control device and an information display device will be provided which help, when a vehicle's abnormality is detected, the driver readily recognize the image corresponding to the vehicle's abnormal information item and accurately understand the content of the abnormality. A display control device 1 according to the present invention, which is to be mounted on a vehicle to control display of a display unit 6, includes a communication unit 3 to acquire multiple vehicle information items, a detection unit 4 to detect an abnormality of the vehicle from at least one of the multiple vehicle information items acquired by the communication unit 3, and a display control unit 5 to display on the display unit 6, multiple images each corresponding to one of the multiple vehicle information items, wherein, when an abnormality of the vehicle is detected by the detection unit 4, the display control unit 5 magnifies, from among the multiple images, an image corresponding to the at least one of the multiple vehicle information items from which the abnormality is detected, to be displayed on the display unit 6.

A display system includes a plurality of display screens and a display controller. The plurality of display screens are disposed in front of the driver of the vehicle in a vertical direction in a row such that the distance from the viewpoint position of the driver differs, and present images showing predetermined information to the driver. The display controller is configured to display the images with a lower color temperature on the plurality of display screens, as the distance from the viewpoint position is longer.

Methods and systems are provided for using remote sensor data for a vehicle. The vehicle includes a control system, an interface, and a processor. The interface is configured to automatically obtain one or more remote sensor values via a wireless network from a remote source that is remote from the vehicle. The processor is coupled to the control system and the interface, and is configured to control one or more functions of the control system using the one or more remote sensor values.

Systems and methods for generating head-up displays (HUDs) using waveguides incorporating Bragg gratings in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are provided. The term HUD is typically utilized to describe a class of displays that incorporates a transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints. HUDs can be incorporated in any of a variety of applications including (but not limited to) vehicular and near-eye applications, such as googles, eyewear, etc. HUDs that utilize planar waveguides that incorporate Bragg gratings in accordance with various embodiments of the invention can achieve significantly larger fields of view and have lower volumetric requirements than HUDs implemented using conventional optical components.

A display unit is equipped with an LED circuit body for irradiating light onto the windshield of a vehicle and a surface panel positioned on the front side in the light irradiating direction of the LED circuit body and constituting part of the surface of the instrument panel of the vehicle. The surface panel is provided with a plurality of pores formed in the direction connecting the LED circuit body to the windshield. The light irradiating direction of the LED circuit body is set to the direction in which the light irradiated from the LED circuit body and reflected by the windshield is visually recognized by the driver.

A vehicular input apparatus includes a gesture sensor, an external device controller, and an output stop unit. The gesture sensor detects a gesture that is a non-contact gesture. The external device controller outputs an operation signal corresponding to the gesture detected by the gesture sensor to a first external device. When the gesture sensor detects the gesture, the output stop unit causes the external device controller to stop outputting the operation signal in response to a detection signal from at least one of a contact sensor and a proximity sensor for manipulating a second external device. The external device controller outputs the operation signal to the first external device after a second predetermined period of time.

A light guide unit guides a display light toward a projection member. A multilayer film filter unit transmits the display light with an optical multilayer film and shields an external light incident from a projection window. In the XYZ color system, a first wavelength region is between a wavelength having a maximum value of a color matching function Z and a wavelength having a maximum value of a color matching function Y. A second wavelength region is between the wavelength having the maximum value of the color matching function Y and a wavelength having a maximum value of a color matching function X. A minimum transmittance of the multilayer film filter unit to the display light takes a minimum value among transmittances of respective wavelengths in a target wavelength region. The minimum transmittance in the first wavelength region is smaller than that in the second wavelength region.