A light conductor is non-opaque and has a bottom surface and a top surface, which are distant from each other in a height direction. A display device has a screen configured to create an indication. The bottom surface of the light conductor is faced to the display device and to elevate the indication to show the indication on the top surface of the light conductor.

A large-sized head up display unit can be reasonably provided in an inner portion of an instrument panel. A column bracket to mount a steering column (5) is provided at a lower portion of a vehicle body strength member (4) extending in a vehicle width direction disposed in a vehicle rear side of a front wall panel (1) of a vehicle interior. A head up display unit (21) is mounted on the column bracket to be movable to a vehicle upward direction by an emergency input load from a vehicle front direction.

An electronic device and a method are described, The electronic device is adapted to be installed on a handlebar of a vehicle, the electronic device comprising: a processor; a communication module; a display comprising a halo-shaped display; a memory for storing therein executable instructions, the instructions upon being processed by the processor, causing the electronic device to: receive, via the communication module, navigational data from a mobile device, the navigational data being associated with a circular visual signal indication, the circular visual signal indication being indicative of at least one of (i) an upcoming directional instruction and (ii) a distance between a current location and an upcoming location associated with the upcoming directional instruction; and, cause the display, on the halo-shaped display, of the circular visual signal indication on a portion of the halo-shaped display.

The present disclosure provides an autonomous vehicle and associated interface system that includes multiple vehicle interface computing devices that provide redundant vehicle commands. As one example, an autonomous vehicle interface system can include a first vehicle interface computing device located within the autonomous vehicle and physically coupled to the autonomous vehicle. The first vehicle interface computing device can provide a first plurality of selectable vehicle commands to a human passenger of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle interface system can further include a second vehicle interface computing device that provides a second plurality of selectable vehicle commands to the human passenger. For example, the second vehicle interface computing device can be the passenger's own device (e.g., smartphone). The second plurality of selectable vehicle commands can include at least some of the same vehicle commands as the first plurality of selectable vehicle commands.

A display apparatus for a vehicle includes a screen on which an image is displayed. A projector projects the image to the screen, and a knob is rotatably disposed at one side of the screen. A vibration sensor senses a vibration and outputs a vibration signal. A controller determines a rotational direction and a rotational amount of the knob based on the vibration signal output from the vibration sensor.

The present disclosure relates to a steering system for a vehicle, comprising a steering wheel arrangement having a central axis and being reversibly retractable in a direction towards a dashboard of the vehicle and extendable in a direction away from the dashboard of the vehicle. The steering wheel arrangement includes a steering wheel having a steering wheel rim and at least one spoke, a steering wheel hub fixedly connected with the steering wheel by the at least one spoke and extending from the steering wheel towards the dashboard of the vehicle, the steering wheel hub and the steering wheel being rotatable about a central axis (A). The steering wheel rim has a non-planar configuration and has a total angle of rotation of 720 or less.

The invention relates to a lighting unit for a steering handle of a motor vehicle, which extends in a longitudinal direction (s), having: multiple lighting segments (22) situated one behind the other in the longitudinal direction (s); a diffusor (24), which forms an outer side (26) of the lighting unit (18) and emits light from the lighting unit (18) into the surroundings (28); multiple light sources (30), which are provided on an inner side (32) of the lighting unit (18) opposite the outer side (26), emit light towards the diffusor (24) and are at a distance (x.sub.1) from the diffusor (24) transversely to the longitudinal direction (s), wherein to each lighting segment (22) is assigned at least one light source (30), and wherein a reflective body (36) is provided in a transition region (34) of two adjacent lighting segments (22) and protrudes from the inner side (32) of the lighting unit (18) towards the diffusor (24), wherein a minimum distance (x.sub.2) between the reflective body (36) and the diffusor (24) is at most 20%, in particular at most 5%, of the distance (x.sub.1) between the light sources (30) and the diffusor (24).

The disclosure relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle, in which an operating device is used to receive a user input that characterizes a selection of an ambient mode to be set from multiple predefined ambient modes, and in which a control apparatus is used to trigger the setting of a group of settings, represented by the selected ambient mode, in vehicle components of the motor vehicle that are predefined by the selected ambient mode, that are to be set, and that each provide a comfort function.

The present disclosure relates to a drive mode setting device and a drive mode setting method, and specifically, to a technology for combining a plurality of drive modes with which a vehicle is equipped. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, provided is a drive mode setting device including: a combining command receiving unit which receives a drive mode combining command instructing the combining of at least two drive modes among a plurality of pre-stored drive modes; a combined drive mode setting unit which sets a combined drive mode by combining at least two drive modes on the basis of the drive mode combining command; and a driving control unit which determines a steering assistance force value for a steering input value by a driver on the basis of the combined drive mode, and generates and outputs a driving control signal corresponding to the steering assistance force value.

Systems and methods are presented herein for providing haptic feedback by a shifter assembly in an electric vehicle based on a data structure corresponding to a vehicle architecture that is different from the electric vehicle. The shifter assembly is determined by processing circuitry to be in communication with at least one control unit of the electric vehicle. Using the processing circuitry, a shifter haptic feedback data structure is retrieved from a server. A configuration of the shifter assembly, that indicates a number of slots of the shifter assembly, is identified using the processing circuitry. The shifter haptic feedback data structure is compared to the shifter assembly. Based on the comparing, the processing circuitry determines is made that the configuration of the shifter assembly includes a same number of slots as the shifter haptic feedback data structure. Haptic feedback is generated via the shifter assembly.