An information display device includes an attention object recognition unit that recognizes a plurality of attention objects, a traveling state recognition unit that recognizes a vehicle speed of a vehicle, a HUD that displays attention display, an attention depth calculation unit that calculates TTC and calculates attention depths for the attention objects on the basis of the TTC, a display information generation unit that determines a first attention object having the largest attention depth among the plurality of attention objects and generates first display information regarding first attention display for highlighting the first attention object and second display information regarding second attention display which is a line surrounding the first attention object and second attention objects other than the first attention object among the plurality of attention objects, and a display control unit that displays the first attention display and the second attention display on the HUD.

An instrument panel for motor vehicles includes an information device which is configured to display information visible at various locations on the instrument panel for the driver of the motor vehicle. The information device is made up of a plurality of mechanical information elements which are movable independently of one another and are distributed over the instrument panel. The information elements are movable on a surface of the instrument panel and are arranged in such a way that in a first position the information elements project beyond the surface of the instrument panel and in a second position the information elements terminate substantially flush with the surface of the instrument panel.

A device for a motor vehicle for displaying information includes an instrument panel and an information device configured to display information at various locations on the instrument panel so as to be visible to a driver of the motor vehicle. The device also includes a control device which is configured to receive information specifications that are relevant to vehicle management and result from at least one of: a position of the vehicle, a position of the vehicle relative to a roadway, a position of the vehicle relative to a driving lane, and a position of road users in a surrounding of the vehicle. The control device also determines a display location on the instrument panel based on the information specifications, and displays an item of information on the instrument panel at the determined display location.

A vehicular display apparatus, when a host vehicle follows a preceding vehicle in front, displays a highlighting indication used to highlight the preceding vehicle over the preceding vehicle in a superimposing manner. The vehicular display apparatus includes a preceding vehicle detector that detects the preceding vehicle travelling in front of the host vehicle, a preceding vehicle distance calculator that calculates a distance between the preceding vehicle detected by the preceding vehicle detector and the host vehicle, a highlighting indication setter that sets the highlighting indication to be displayed over the preceding vehicle in a superimposing manner, and causes a highlight level of the highlighting indication to be higher when the distance between the preceding vehicle and the host vehicle calculated by the preceding vehicle distance calculator is long than when the distance is short, and a head-up display.

A vehicle sound effect generation apparatus generates a sound effect of an engine based on a vibration sound database including a fundamental wave sound having a fundamental frequency component and a plurality of adjustment wave sounds having a frequency component other than the fundamental frequency component. The vehicle sound effect generation apparatus includes a running state detecting unit that detects a running state of a vehicle, a sound effect generation unit that synthesizes the fundamental wave sound with the adjustment wave sounds based on the running state of the vehicle, and a visual guidance direction setting unit that sets a visual guidance direction at which a vehicle occupant shoots a look. The sound effect generation unit causes output characteristics of a sound effect in the visual guidance direction to increase more than output characteristics of a sound effect in a direction other than the visual guidance direction.

Implementations described herein provide systems and methods for controlling device positioning. In one implementation, a structure of an environment external to a target device is identified. A spatial relationship between the structure and a position of the target device within the environment is determined, and a representation of the spatial relationship between the structure and the position of the target device is generated.

A display control method for controlling displays of a first display device and a second display device included in a vehicle is provided. The display control method includes displaying, on the first display device, a transparent screen at a position where a driver is capable of viewing an outside of the vehicle through a windshield; locating a screen of the second display device at a position different from the screen of the first display device; and in a case that a line-of-sight position of the driver detected by a line-of-sight detection device included in the vehicle does not match the position of the screen of the second display device, controlling the display of the screen of the second display device more than the display of the screen of the first display device.

A drive assist apparatus includes a recognition processing portion recognizing circumstances of surroundings of a vehicle, a drive assistance processing portion performing a drive assist control in accordance with the circumstances of the surroundings, a display processing portion displaying a change of the circumstances of the surroundings on a display portion, a detection processing portion detecting information related to a line of sight of a driver of the vehicle, and in a case where the circumstances of the surroundings of the vehicle change, an output processing portion outputting a first notice notifying the driver that the circumstances of the surroundings of the vehicle have changed outputting a second notice notifying again the driver that the circumstances of the surroundings have changed after the first notice is outputted if it is not detected that the line of sight of the driver is directed to the display portion.

A vehicular display device, in execution of following cruise control with a preceding vehicle ahead of a host vehicle, causes a fixed indication to light up and displays a following mark in a superimposed manner with a following-target preceding vehicle. The fixed indication indicates that the following-target preceding vehicle has been detected. The vehicular display device includes a preceding vehicle detector that detects the following-target preceding vehicle, a display setter that sets the fixed indication to light up and sets the following mark to be displayed in a superimposed manner with the following-target preceding vehicle when the following-target preceding vehicle has been detected by the preceding vehicle detector, and a head-up display that displays images of the fixed indication and the following mark set by the display setter in a display region provided to be superimposed on a position of a windshield of the host vehicle.

The disclosure includes a system and method for wireless data sharing between a mobile client device and a three-dimensional heads-up display unit. A system may include a three-dimensional heads-up display unit (3D HUD) installed in a vehicle. The system may include a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: establish a peer-to-peer video stream between a mobile client device and the vehicle; generate live video data for providing a video stream for causing a screen of the mobile client device to display visual content of the 3D HUD that includes substantially live images depicting what the driver of the vehicle sees when looking at the 3D HUD; and stream the live video data to the mobile client device to cause the screen of the mobile client device to display the video stream that depicts what the driver of the vehicle sees when looking at the 3D HUD.