A control unit of a display control device, which controls an illumination unit capable of forming a display with light on a steering wheel in a vehicle comprising a driving assistance function, controls rendering by first display elements formed on a central portion of a steering wheel, a second display element formed on connecting portions and a third display element formed on an outer edge, when there is a change in a driving assistance level. The control unit causes a driver to have a first sense in which the driving responsibility of a vehicle is transitioning from the front part of the vehicle in front of the steering wheel to the steering wheel, and a second sense in which the driving responsibility of the vehicle is transitioning from the steering wheel to the front part of the vehicle, thereby presenting change information regarding the driving assistance level.

An information processing device, includes: a gesture detection unit that recognizes gestures by a user; an output information control unit that controls output information to a display unit; and a device control unit, wherein: if the gesture detection unit has detected that the user has raised a hand for a certain time period, then the output information control unit displays upon the display unit a plurality of candidates for selection in association with gestures for operation; and if the gesture detection unit has detected a predetermined gesture by the user, the device control unit considers that, among the candidates for selection displayed upon the display unit, a candidate corresponding to the gesture that has been detected has been selected.

An information processing apparatus including: a control unit to generate a display image including running images of one or more applications each containing one or more operation device images attaining predetermined functions; an output unit to display the display image generated by the control unit; and an input unit to accept an operation performed on the operation device image contained in the running image, wherein the control unit extracts the functions associated with the operation device images equal to or smaller than a predetermined maximum count and contained in the running image of the application, based on priority levels of the functions associated with the operation device images contained in one or more applications, and generates the display image including the running image containing the operation device images associated with the extracted functions.

A vehicle shift system, including a shift pedal, a sensor configured to generate a first signal when the shift pedal moves in a first direction, and a controller coupled to the sensor and configured to control a transmission to change from a first transmission setting to a second transmission setting in response to the first signal.

The regulatory sign or traffic information presented on a roadway is detected by capturing an image of ahead of a vehicle, and also the regulatory information is detected by receiving a signal transmitted from outside the vehicle. When the regulatory information is detected from the signal transmitted from outside the vehicle, that regulatory information is notified. When no regulatory information is detected from the signal transmitted from outside the vehicle, the regulatory information detected by capturing the image of ahead of the vehicle is notified.

To improve convenience for a user. An in-vehicle information appliance 3 includes a voice input unit 10 that receives a speech voice A1 spoken by a user U, and the in-vehicle information appliance 3 outputs a response based on a result of applying an interactive voice recognition process to the speech voice A1. The in-vehicle information appliance 3 includes: a display unit 12; and a display control unit 34 that displays, on the display unit 12, an association image 45 depicting an icon associated with a word or language used in a speech for obtaining the response.

A vehicle stop guidance system and a method for storing a camera image obtained from a camera device configured to photograph a surrounding of a set vehicle to be stopped into a camera image storage unit; detecting a target facility at which the set vehicle is to be stopped; calculating a distance between a target object being a target which exists at the target facility and for which the set vehicle is to be stopped and a target device of the set vehicle to be made closer to the target object; calculating a stop position that causes the distance between the target object and the target device to fall within a set range based on a calculation result of the distance; and guiding the set vehicle to the stop position based on a calculation result of the position.

A vehicle includes a power detector for detecting a power state of the vehicle, a transmission detector for detecting a transmission mode of the vehicle, a door detector for detecting a door state of the vehicle, and a processor for generating an inadvertent ignition warning by comparing the power state, the transmission mode and the door state with an inadvertent ignition reference, for generating an inadvertent ignition level according to the accumulation of the generated inadvertent ignition warning, and for providing an inadvertent ignition warning message corresponding to the generated inadvertent ignition level.

A terminal device separate from a vehicle includes a receiver that receives a notification signal from the vehicle indicating that the vehicle is in a first state different from a second state, a notification unit that notifies a user of the terminal device of the first state based on the notification signal, an input unit that receives, from the user of the terminal device, an input commanding the first state to be maintained, and a transmitter that transmits a signal to the vehicle based on the input received by the input unit. The vehicle includes a control unit that performs control that maintains the first state after lapse of a predetermined time from a time that the notification unit of the terminal device notifies of the first state of the vehicle when a reception unit of the vehicle receives the signal transmitted from the transmitter within the predetermined time.

Implementations described herein relate to generating candidate suggestion(s) that are personalized to a given user locally at an in-vehicle computing device of a vehicle of the given user. For example, implementations can identify an occurrence of a given suggestion state, generate the candidate suggestion(s) that are personalized to the user for the given suggestion state, store the candidate suggestion(s) in on-device storage of the in-vehicle computing device in association with the given suggestion state, and cause a given one of the candidate suggestion(s) to be provided for presentation to the given user. Accordingly, upon a subsequent occurrence of the given suggestion state, implementations can obtain the candidate suggestion(s) stored in association with the given suggestion state, and cause the given one of the candidate suggestion(s), or an additional one of the candidate suggestion(s), to be provided for presentation to the given user.